Democrats (US)

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.

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.

The hideous truth about Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
Lance Selfa sums up the three major impacts of Trump’s big, ugly mess.

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.

Trump versus Harris: Is fascism coming to the United States?
Bryan Palmer — Stopping fascism that some see coming to America is indeed both necessary and laudatory. But to do that we need to know what fascism is and what it is not.

(Video) The genocidal returns of lesser evilism: The US presidential elections and left strategy
brian bean, Kristen Godfrey, and Natalia Tylim take up the question of the 2024 elections as a strategic issue for the organized socialist left and not simply as a question about how an individual may choose to vote in an increasingly undemocratic election

Palestine: From shifting the discourse to changing US policy
Max Elbaum — The movement opposing Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza has transformed this country’s conversation about Palestine. This achievement opens the path to forcing a change in US policy and to putting internationalism at the center of the progressive movement’s agenda.

US politics today: Chaos, conflict and a creeping constitutional crisis
Ashley Smith — The greater evil is obviously Trump and the far-right GOP. Harris and the Democratic Party are lesser evils by comparison. But that does not exonerate them of being evil.