Progressive political candidates in 2026 are doing more than just trying to win an election. Sometimes politicians only think of how volunteers can serve the campaign, but that’s an ineffective view to building power.
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The growing visibility of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and victories by some DSA-backed candidates has triggered an upsurge of redbaiting by Republicans and fear-mongering by moderate Democrats.
Brecht criticized social injustice, denounced National Socialism and envisioned more humane, socialist society. Remembering Brecht means revisiting his insistence that art should question existing power relationships and imagine a different society.
If the economy is the issue, he can win Michigan in November. El-Sayed's overriding message has to be that his election will help end Trump’s disastrous control of the economy. Halley Stevens concession and endorsement; Mallory McMorrow endorsement.
Rather than send wheat to Minneapolis to be processed, incurring high transportation costs, farmers and the state banded together to form the North Dakota Mill, the only state-owned mill in the United States.
NATO confronted in the streets of Ankara
Few figures on the left have been as committed to realizing the democratic promise of American politics as Eugene Debs.
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