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The Lemming Democrats

Benjamin Ross ▪ February 7, 2017

Why do they keep marching off the same cliff? Instead of one doomed, issueless campaign after another, the Democrats need a new class politics.

Against Progressive Neoliberalism, A New Progressive Populism

Nancy Fraser ▪ January 28, 2017

To establish a counterhegemony against that of finance capital, we must build a new, “progressive-populist” bloc combining the goals of emancipation and social protection.

The End of Progressive Neoliberalism

Nancy Fraser ▪ January 2, 2017

In a moment of political upheaval, it is up to the left to reject the false choices on offer and seize upon widespread discontent to redefine the terms of debate.

The Historical Task of the Left in the Present Period

Michael Walzer ▪ January 2, 2017

If the survival of a vital center is also the precondition of an active left, one of the historical tasks of the left today is to help hold the center—even as we promote a militancy all our own.

Booked: The End of Managerial Liberalism, with K. Sabeel Rahman

Timothy Shenk ▪ November 30, 2016

K. Sabeel Rahman talks about his new book Democracy against Domination, and why liberals need to recover a language of economic power.

Parties recover from defeat in two ways. They can try to beat the opposition at their own game, or they can try to change the rules of the game. Donald Trump did the latter. Now it’s the Democrats’ turn.

Prepare For Regime Change, Not Policy Change

Turkuler Isiksel ▪ November 13, 2016

Lessons from the autocrats’ toolkit.

No Second Reagan

Jedediah Britton-Purdy ▪ November 13, 2016

We can never allow Donald Trump’s politics to be normalized in the way that Ronald Reagan’s have been.

The View Opposite Trump Tower

Nicolaus Mills ▪ November 12, 2016

Without realizing it, Donald Trump has politicized a generation as no other politician could have.

Notes From a Very Close Election

Bill Fletcher Jr. ▪ November 11, 2016

The Trump victory was far from a slam dunk. But it still showed an alarmingly large constituency for a racist, misogynist revolt against the future.

Bad New Days

Rich Yeselson ▪ November 9, 2016

This will likely be seen as one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history—above all, in institutionalizing the GOP as an unchecked vehicle for racism, nativism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny.

From Complacency to Solidarity

Madeleine Schwartz ▪ November 9, 2016

At this moment, it’s hard for me to hope that the Trump presidency and its horrors will mobilize Americans enough. But it must.

A Time for Rage

Timothy Shenk ▪ November 9, 2016

Trump’s America will be a terrifying place. But fear is paralyzing. Rage, channeled appropriately, provides the beginnings of something better: resistance.

Tomorrow’s Fight

Jedediah Britton-Purdy ▪ November 9, 2016

Trump has put us where he put his followers all year: frightened, in a besieged place, a country we do not feel we recognize, in need of a champion. Now we all have to be one another’s champions.