Osborn’s campaign clearly hit a chord among working people. On election day, Osborn’s 47 percent showing against Fischer—in a state Kamala Harris lost by 59 to 39 percent—confirmed the crossover appeal of Osborn’s blue-collar agenda among voters.
In New York City, a disgraced mayor and a discredited Democratic Party are creating potential openings for socialists. NYC history suggests that the Left might profitably revive proportional representation as a tool to build its electoral strength.
To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity.
For a supposed anti-interventionist, it’s odd that Trump is enthusiastically embracing ideas from the era of intense American imperialism.
Reviewer Briody calls this book "a tightly written and well-reported account of the rise of extremism in small-town America."
The outgoing senator recognizes—to a greater extent than any other Democrat—the need to renew the party’s commitment to a politics of economic populism.
The Democratic Party lacks the energy of a determined opposition — it is adrift, listless in the wake of defeat, ready to concede that Trump is some kind of avatar for the national spirit. The choice: either be a determined opposition or be a loser.
Poet Beau Beausoleil contemplates the horrors which await the American public as a result of the recent election.
The great solidarity movement of 2024
Off-the-record, some liberals support Trump on a case-by-case basis. In normal times, finding overlapping interests with your political adversaries makes sense. But let’s be clear: Trump will not be playing by the rules of normal politics.
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