The significance of Turkey’s May 14 election
Category: Electoral Politics
Nicaragua: Ortega and Biden Make a Deal
The release of the prisoners now makes it possible for President Biden and Blinken to make a deal with Ortega that would improve his situation—removing the sanctions—while increasing U.S. influence in Nicaragua. Ortega accused the opponents he imprisoned of being traitors working for the United States, but it is he who wants a closer relationship with Washington.
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The Rise and Fall of the Corbyn Left
A review of Michael Chessum’s inside account and analysis of Corbynism’s trajectories and defeat.
Abenomics and the Liberal Democratic Party
Bad Politics for Japan
Donald C. Wood assesses the failed record of economic policies pursued by Shinzo Abe, right-wing former Prime Minister of Japan.
Moore v. Harper
A Case that Threatens Democracy
Legal scholar Elizabeth Rapaport discusses the dangers to democracy posed by the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Moore v. Harper.
On the Eve of National Elections, Looking Backward
Italy’s Rising Black Tide, A Creeping Counter-Revolution
On September 25 Italy will hold elections following the resignation of Prime Minister Pario Draghi and the concern is palpable.
Biden’s Speech on January 6 Insurrection and the Growth of America’s Far Right
But the rise of rightwing politics and authoritarianism and of armed groups preparing for violent action is an even greater problem than Biden’s speech suggests and neither mainstream Democrats, nor progressives, nor the left, seems to have a strategy to stop the rise of the right.
Bolivia Update: Arce’s First Year
In October and November of 2019, clashes over the validity of presidential elections in Bolivia led to protests and the eventual ouster of the leftist Indigenous president Evo Morales, in what most observers characterized as a coup. In the year . . .
Where Are We on Thanksgiving Day in America?
I give thanks that there’s a chance that in the coming year we can begin to build a mass working class movement and an independent working-class political party.
The Suicidal Democracy
House of Cards Being Blown Apart
The Freedom in the World 2021 report has unveiled 2020 to be the 15th consecutive year of decline in democracy across the world.
After Bogus Nicaraguan Election, Daniel Ortega Remains Dictator
Having arrested and jailed his most significant rivals weeks before the election, President Daniel Ortega was reelected on November 7 to a fourth consecutive term, his fifth altogether.
Analysis of the recent election in Ecuador
The Many Faces of the Left in Ecuador
A look at the debate between the progressive and Indigenous sectors
The elections in Ecuador earlier this year continue to inspire international debate among competing left currents over lessons to be learned.
French Anti-Pass Demonstrations on the Eve of the Presidential Election
The fragmentation of the left has led to an almost certain second-round dual between Macron and Le Pen in 2022, with grave implications for the future of an explicitly left mass movement.
Perspectives on the DSA Convention
The backdrop for the last two DSA conventions was resistance to Donald Trump and the anticipation of a second Sanders campaign. In 2021, that is gone: Trump is no longer president. Sanders lost. In the Biden era, what is DSA?
Democratic Socialists of America Faces Challenges at Convention
Without fear of Donald Trump and hope in Bernie Sanders, DSA seems to have lost some of its energy. There has been less membership participation in preparation for this convention.
Black Candidates Lead in New York City, Black Socialist Wins Mayor in Buffalo
The big surprise of the New York State election, was the victory of India B. Walton, a Black woman and a self-described socialist in the Democratic mayoral primary in Buffalo, New York, a poor city of 250,000 people, 37% Black.
Lies and Professional Politicians
Professional politicians are a relatively recent historical phenomenon and their lies are to a great extent a response to social structural imperatives that did not exist in precapitalist societies.
Nicaragua: Ortega Arrests Opposition Candidates Ahead of November 2021 Election
We should reject the argument made by some on the left that we have to support the dictator Ortega and his government because the U.S. is now opposed to it.
Why Have the Republicans Gone Off the Deep End? Is it All Because of Trump?
The social and economic crisis of capitalism has radicalized sections of the middle class. It has also driven sections of smaller corporate capital in a more desperate right wing direction.
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