The ferocity & scale of onrushing authoritarianism demand that we think beyond binaries. We can’t counterpose electoral & strike action: we need to do both. And we can’t decisively defeat MAGA without effectively challenging the neoliberal model.
The real problem with the 2022 news coverage is not that it was off target, but rather that “prognostication-as-reporting is utterly dysfunctional.”
Put the mainstream Democrats aside. After the midterms, more left-wing insurgents are going to the House, Bernie Sanders has two strong allies in the Senate, and progressive ballot measures passed everywhere. Election night was a good night for the Left.
"Don't underestimate the power of a pissed off generation," said NextGen America.
The American crisis isn’t over, but the midterms were a good sign.
Hospitality workers enjoy unusual clout in Nevada, where the powerful Las Vegas culinary union is rallying members to tip close races.
The right-wing media empire, and other reports on the private and public uses of tech power
The Vermont independent isn't buying the happy talk from a party still talking up a pre-midterm turnaround. And he has a prescription to avoid it.
California was the first state to implement a $15 minimum wage, and is now at the forefront of raising the wage floor, fast becoming the Fight for $20 and a Union. Can the minimum wage issue impact the mid-term elections?
Winners and Losers; Trump's Media War; Google Walkout; Cable News Myths; China's Great Firewall; AOC vs Fox News; Zuckerberg's Gift
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