Democratic Socialists of America

The US midterm elections were a major blow to the far right. Now it’s up to democratic socialists to make the most of it, argues the Bread & Roses caucus. Plus Geovanny Tolentino and Jordan Millett look at how socialists in Salem, Oregon won by embracing the rose.

The Tempest National Committee argues that Trump’s huge defeat in the US midterm elections creates an important opening, but one that will not be met by a strategy centred on electoral politics within the Democratic Party.

Bread and Roses voted at its 2026 convention to join efforts encouraging AOC to run for President. Elliot Lewis and James Hernández why.

Ella Teevan discusses the US midterms, how the Democratic Socialists of America can build on its successes, and challenging US imperialism and President Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.

There are elections where nothing happens — this is often the case — but every once in a while there are elections where big things happen, contends Neal Meyer.

Paul Le Blanc responds to criticism of his recent text on the situation in the United States, “Defining Trumpism, defeating Trump”.

Fights inside the Democratic Socialists of America over “cancel culture,” “political correctness” and “call-out culture” are not side dramas. They are symptoms of a deeper organisational sickness, argues Anthony Teso.

The issue is not whether the Democratic Socialists of America matters — it clearly does, writes Anthony Teso. The question is can it evolve beyond a project aimed at moving the Democratic Party to the left within the existing political system.

Paul Le Blanc reviews ‘A User’s Guide to DSA’, which connects readers with the largest organisation on the US left while drawing them into a series of debates among committed party members.

Paul Le Blanc shares some thoughts on Leninism, democratic centralism, party organization and related matters for today’s socialist struggle.

Shireen Akram-Boshar argues that a recent interview by Eric Blanc with Bashir Abu-Manneh and Hoda Mitwally offers a mistaken analysis, focusing on “ultraleftism” in the movement to advance an electoral agenda.

Solidarity — Mamdani’s meteoric victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, and his pending general election success in November, sheds light on critical facets of the broader US political turmoil.