Democratic Left Magazine

Read the fall issue of Democratic Left, including an interview with @AdyBarkan, lessons from the Indian farmers’ movement, and reflections on @Indiawaltonbflo’s primary victory: democraticleft.dsausa.org

With inspiration from its sister union in Milwaukee, the Madison teachers’ union recentered its mission to focus on social and racial justice, and to highlight that it had a responsibility to uphold an accessible, equitable, and public education system. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/fall-20…

“What would I have said to @SpeakerPelosi if I had more time with her? I’d say that I think Medicare for All is the right policy to address the magnitude of what’s wrong with the health care system in this country.” An interview with @AdyBarkan. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/fall-20…

At a time when the United States faces internal problems that threaten its very claim to be a democracy, what can leftists learn from struggles in other democracies at risk? democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/fall-20…

“It matters how a city treats its underclass”: A bus driver in Seattle reflects on what the pandemic has revealed and continuing to find hope, even as our institutions fail us. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/fall-20…

How can we convince those who gave up everything to escape a system called socialist to understand the benefits of socialism? democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/fall-20…

How the Madison teachers’ union took a deep approach to revitalization centered on racial and social justice. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/fall-20…

“As I developed my socialist views, I poured myself deeper into organizing because I could not bear to live in a reality that accepted the alternative: a crumbling democracy, an epidemic of racism, a broken healthcare system.” An interview with @AdyBarkan. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/fall-20…

“@BuffaloDSA is far more passionate about our candidate than the establishment is about theirs, and when the energy of grassroots volunteers is well organized, we can win,” a chapter member said, of campaigning for @Indiawaltonbflo. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/fall-20…

My personal reflection on the two September 11th in my life and a tribute to those who "fought for someone they didn't know" against both military dictatorship and imperialism (via the @DemLeftMag) dsausa.org/democratic-lef…

.@RossBarkan’s new book argues that Governor Cuomo’s seeming success was always a fraud. dsausa.org/democratic-lef…

“Andrew Cuomo is unlikely to regain his former popularity anytime soon, but it’s still worth studying his response to the pandemic. We should be glad to have reporting, like @RossBarkan’s, that brings it to light.” THE PRINCE reviewed by @DemLeftMag: dsausa.org/democratic-lef…

"[Cuomo] resisted funding relief for tenants, and preferred gutting state services over raising taxes on the rich; only a progressive state legislature, including 6 DSA members, could force him to act in the interests of working people." Read all about it dsausa.org/democratic-lef…

Although he has resigned as governor, it’s still worth studying Andrew Cuomo’s incompetent response to the pandemic, as his failures typify the damage wrought by neoliberal governance. dsausa.org/democratic-lef…

By centering Black struggles against racial slavery, colonization, and capitalism, Cedric J. Robinson offers a critique of orthodox Marxism, providing an alternative historical and structural understanding of the capitalist world-system. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-…

“Solidarity is about acknowledging that our oppressions are connected and that the only true freedom is collective freedom,” Marian Jones writes. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-…

“We will need hundreds, thousands of people taking direct action,” a DSA member fighting to #StopLine3 said. “DSA can make a real difference if we mobilize people to come to Minnesota and put their bodies in front of that equipment.” democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-…

Going beyond wage-labor relations in the industrial center, Black Marxism forces the Left to reckon with resistances that have often been invisible to orthodox Marxists. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-…

“Everyone should be a member of @DemSocialists, and everyone should be proud of being a DSA member.” An interview with @sunraysunray. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-…

“They ask me to come back to work. Nothing about this situation makes rational sense. But the market compels it.” Reflections on returning to work at a restaurant. democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-…