Why Does No One Want To Work?
The last year has illuminated the shadowy corners of the reality of work in the US, and there are many reasons why few people are ready to jump on the bandwagon back to the pre-COVID status quo.
Category: US Politics
Biden’s “Paradigm Change”
The End of Neoliberalism and the Difficulty of Developing a New, Stable Regime of Capital Accumulation “It changes the paradigm,” Joe Biden said on March 12, celebrating the passing of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package in Congress. “For the first …
Three Challenges for the Left
This editorial by Ty Moore seeks to outline three major challenges facing the Left under the Biden administration
Done Right, Mutual Aid Builds Working-Class Power
If DSA avoids approaching mutual aid as a prefigurative project, designed to bypass a direct struggle for political power, socialists can help connect working people’s self-organization for immediate survival needs to an effective strategy to win socialism.
COVID Shines a Light on Women’s Struggles
As we begin to see glimmers of light at the end of the tunnel of the global pandemic, many are taking stock of the impact of the past year. Who carried society through these difficult months? Who risked their health …
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.
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 …