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US Left

Trump demands end to Florida recount in new attack on voting...

15 November 2018 The intervention by President Donald Trump in the Florida elections, demanding that all vote counting be halted and the Republican candidates for...

Roaming Charges: Chuck and Nancy’s House of Cards

by Jeffrey St. Clair November 9, 2018 + It seems like everybody got something out of the midterms, except one lonely man. Nancy Pelosi won. Mitch McConnell...

What Now?

By Andrew Levine November 9, 2018 The good news is that Democrats will take over the House of Representatives and hold onto or take back governorships...

8 Thinkers on the Left Explain What the Midterm Results Mean...

Nina Turner, Maria Svart, Rick Perlstein, Barbara Ransby, Bill Fletcher Jr., Ai-jen Poo, Larry Cohen and Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor give their takeaways from Tuesday night November...

How Donald Trump Saved the Democratic Party From Itself

By Ryan Grim November 6 2018 On the morning of November 9, 2016, millions of Americans woke up in a fog. In New Holland, Pennsylvania, Annie...

A Spectre Is Haunting the White House: Why the Trump Administration...

A new report from the Trump White House attempts to curb the growth of socialism in the United States. Clearly, the administration sees the...

Did Bernie Sanders break down doors for new US socialist movement?

By Dave Lindorff 20 Jul, 2018 Since its heyday in the early 20th Century, socialism in the US struggled to win even a tiny following. Now...

Et Tu, Bernie?

By Chris Hedges Jun 17, 2018 There are two versions of Bernie Sanders. There is the old Bernie Sanders, who mounted a quixotic campaign for the...

A Huge Win for Organized Labor in Missouri

Unions just upset the calculus of the Koch brothers and their corporate allies by winning a landslide victory for labor rights. By John Nichols August 8,...

Did Bernie Sanders break down doors for new US socialist movement?

By Dave Lindorff 20 Jul, 2018 Since its heyday in the early 20th Century, socialism in the US struggled to win even a tiny following. Now...