Democrats (US)

What’s the future for New York City under Zorhan Mamdani’s win?

The Zohran Mamdani Campaign: Solidarity with the movement and critical notes on the future

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.
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Ultra-leftism won't help free Palestine

Eric Blanc, Bashir Abu-Manneh and Hoda Mitwally on how activists can more effectively support Palestinians.
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‘We’re fighting, and we’re fighting to win’: Interview with Cyn Huang on the DSA National Convention

Democratic Socialists of America member Cyn Huang on the party’s recent National Convention in Chicago.
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DSA, the Democratic Party and the radicalization process

Paul Le Blanc — It is essential for committed revolutionaries not simply to be satisfied with superficial characterizations of the Democratic Socialists of America, but rather to comprehend the actual significance of this organization.
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From US hegemony to a ‘war of all against all’: Boris Kagarlitsky on Trump’s first 100 days

Despite severe restrictions on political prisoners, Boris Kagarlitsky continues to analyse global developments. Here, he offers a sharp and often ironic reflection on the dynamics behind Trump’s return to power.
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Beyond ‘No Kings’

Paul Le Blanc on finding a persuasive rhetoric and demands going in the socialist direction that make sense to people.

A political earthquake in New York City: Socialist Zohram Mamdani wins Democratic mayoral primary

Winnie Marion discusses Zohram Mamdani’s victory and its broader implications for US politics. 
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The hideous truth about Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

Lance Selfa sums up the three major impacts of Trump’s big, ugly mess.
"Zohran for Mayor" in Stuyvesant Town (Eden Janine, Flickr, Creative Commons)

What Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York City tell us about our political moment

Eric Blanc — Absorbing the key lessons of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign is essential for the fights ahead, not just in New York City, but across the United States.
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US socialists: ‘Trump’s election shows the far right has been better at capitalising on these times of crisis than the left’

Cyn Huang and Daniil Sapunkov discuss the US presidential election result and what it likely impacts on politics at home and abroad.
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The Trump effect

Boris Kagarlitsky — The election results show that the mere threat of a reactionary turn was not enough. Liberals are now doomed to reap the fruits of their catastrophic policies, the dire consequences of which will affect not only the United States but the entire world.
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Capitalist politics in crisis: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and the struggles ahead in the United States

Justin Akers Chacón — The defeat of the Democrats is not a reflection of hard right political shifts in the working class but a rejection of that party’s hard right shifts amid a deepening confluence of overarching crises.

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