The K-shaped Recovery: The rich got richer, the rest of us got screwed
The economic pain wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic has been unprecedented, with job losses far steeper than in any recession dating back to the 1980’s.
Category: US Politics
Video: Panel Debate on Putting the Break in the Dirty Break
Reform & Revolution organized a panel discussion on March 27, 2021, bringing over 150 together to hear a discussion and debate with representatives from different caucuses and currents in DSA: “Putting the Break in the Dirty Break: DSA, the Democrats …
The Road from Nevada
Bernie Sanders’ supporters recently swept the elections for the leadership of the Nevada state Democratic Party. The centrist machine took the money and ran. What does this reveal about the potential of a realignment strategy to reform the Democratic Party?
We Need Medicare for All Now, but Socialists Must Fight For Much More
There is more reason than ever to replace private insurance with a single-payer, Medicare for All system, and masses of people must rally around the bill to show Congress that we demand health care. However, to fully meet the health care needs of all working and poor people, socialists must go much further and raise the need for every aspect of the medical industry to be taken under public and democratic ownership, removing the corrupting influence of the profit motive from everything from hospitals to pharmaceuticals.
Why the FBI Feared Fred Hampton and the Rainbow Coalition
“I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.” The story …
The Package King: a Review of Joe Allen’s Rank and File History of UPS
I read The Package King: A Rank and File History of UPS while on my breaks during UPS’ peak season, the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I got the book as a birthday gift from my mother, herself a longtime …
Right-Wing Riot: The Establishment Strikes Back
The violent storming of Congress on January 6th, the culmination of Trump’s bid to steal the election, provoked a tidal wave of disgust. The potential still exists to mobilize popular outrage into mass action to drive back the right, and …
Trump’s Unhinged War for the Republican Party
This is a cynical attempt by Trump to undermine Republican lawmakers who refuse to sanction his conspiracy, to weaken their political standing among their constituencies, and set the stage to levy challenges against them in the 2022 primaries.
The Biden Years Will Open Big Opportunities for the Left
While the socialist left in the US remains relatively small and isolated, we’re entering this new period in a stronger position than we have in the last half century.
Demand Democracy: A Socialist Program to Radically Expand Democratic Rights
DSA and its candidates should link calls to radically extend voting rights, abolish the Senate and the Electoral College, to the fight for democratic control over the economy.