• Transatlantic Left Voices

Socialists in the U.S. face setbacks in Congress, but their influence is growing in city and state governments, especially in New York, where they push for progressive reforms. Despite being a minority, their successes at local levels could help build a stronger national movement. However, challenges remain in achieving major federal reforms and distinguishing from the Democratic Party.

• Transatlantic Left Voices

Bowman’s defeat is no doubt a loss for the Left, but wealthy suburbs are not fertile territory for socialists and progressives anyway. The race does not portend broader revolt against pro-Palestine politics or progressive politics more generally.

• Transatlantic Left Voices

The US midterm elections, held between presidential elections, determine the party that will dominate the legislative houses of Congress for the next two years. “Dominate” is more appropriate than “control”, because the rules requiring a 60-percent majority in some votes make it nearly impossible to break deadlocks when the division of Congressional seats is practically […]

• Transatlantic Left Voices

The triumph of Eric Adams, a stridently anti-Left candidate, in the mayor’s race and numerous victories for the Left in down-ballot races reflects the different structural challenges candidates encounter in a high-profile, high-stakes campaign to lead a city of 8.8 million people as opposed to more localized contests. It also underscores that most voters are not strictly ideological in their choices but instead will gravitate toward candidates who they think understand their lives and will fight for them.

• Global Solidarity

The Democratic Party machine is a hollow shell, a monopoly whose product appeals to relatively few but thrived because it could smother any competition. Since a real opposition finally got organized, the machine has repeatedly been overwhelmed.

• Transatlantic Left Voices

In this timely publication, Moritz Wichmann of neues deutschland gives a nuanced perspective on the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America and what takeaways we can draw from their biannual convention earlier this month.