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The Trump years were deeply undemocratic, but they did not mark an abandonment of a previously rich democratic politics
MICHAEL P. MCCABE is adjunct professor of political science at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. He is a member of Democratic Socialists of America and founding member of the Bronx/Upper Manhattan branch of its New York City
chapter.
The Trump years were deeply undemocratic, but they did not mark an abandonment of a previously rich democratic politics