Election 2020

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The 2020 Election became a showdown between fascism and liberal democracy. Although a second Trump term was narrowly defeated, Trump's resiliency demands investigation in order to make sure the movement his revived can be defeated at ballot boxes in the future. These articles report on the 2020 Election by navigating the battle-lines that shaped the race.

Pundits took the Democrats' strength in the midterms as a referendum on Republican extremism and support for moderation. But the results really show that voters want more from Democrats, not less.

Lauren Katz and Ryan Mosgrove

One approach for mobilizing the working masses into socialist political operations.

Building a policy platform based on oppositional politics risks putting the working-class in bed with otherwise hostile interests.

Trump's regime ended with an insurrection at the Capitol. The attack failed, but revealed the wells of hatred that infect much of the White working-class.

Historical precedent shows that Democrats win when they embrace the grassroots demands of their party. If Democrats want to build a winning coalition, they will need to recruit the left to watch their back.

It was a mixed-messages kind of election - Trump was defeated but not fully repudiated. How should we make sense of where we are now?

Trump’s two-pronged strategy—litigation and political pressure—to remain in the White House is sputtering on all cylinders, but unlikely to succeed.

How might the 2020 election be stolen, and how will the opposition fight back?

The danger of authoritarian rule is real. Only broad electoral unity can face down the forces of capital that stand behind Trump's megalomania.

Making sense of DC's local political campaigns, which are continuing on in the shadow of what is shaping up to be a tumultuous general election.

Donald Trump intends to steal the 2020 election. We can't let that happen.

The DSA is not endorsing Joe Biden. But members should do what they can to assist in his victory.

Does the Left’s eagerness to remake the country in the face of the crisis make it the mirror image of the nationalist right?

With the democratic primary effectively over, how did the left fail to rally decisively behind Bernie?

An interview with candidate McKayla Wilkes, who is running against House Majority leader Steny Hoyer.

Putting aside my not-insignificant disagreements with the other Democratic candidates, their electability compared to Trump is questionable.

In the coming debates, Bernie must deepen and sustain Biden's diminished public perception. In fact, it should be expanded to emphasize that Biden will not fight for the multi-racial working class.

Pete Buttigieg and Howard Shultz are part of a larger phenomenon in U.S. cultural discourse that privileges a set of experiences and traits that are interpreted as merit, beyond any real policy value that a candidate brings to public debate.

A Discrete Socialist

How can DC-area socialists build connections between the Bernie campaign and the labor movement?

A Discrete Socialist

We must use the Bernie campaign as another opportunity to build links between chapters and organizers.

A Discrete Socialist

The Sanders campaign presents great risks. DSA refusing to engage with the campaign would result in isolation from the broader progressive community.

A Discrete Socialist

At 60,000 members, with infrastructure and serious organizing experience across the country, DSA is in a unique position to step into this political space, and channel this organizing energy behind an explicitly socialist program.

A Discrete Socialist

The Sanders campaign revived DSA in 2016, and if we are prepared to seize the opportunity, it may again.

DSA's National Political Committee ratifies the 3-to-1 member vote to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders's candidacy for president.

A message from the National Director outlines what DSA's response(s) can be and the path currently planned if Sen Sanders announces another run for the presidency.

Joe Schwartz and Mike Hirsh, in a multipart colloquy, take on the longest-running dynamic in DSA: electoral work vs. movement building.

A roundup of the 2017 People's Summit in Chicago.

Margaret Flowers

Polls have consistently shown that Democratic Party voters want single payer, but the Party keeps telling them they can't have it.

Larry Stafford Jr.

A plan for how to use extant political parties to the advantage of progressives.

Interest in a universal basic income (UBI) appears to be rising alongside a widespread sense that we are nearing the end of work. Two examples show what this sort of plan might look like.

To avoid the trap of allowing misleading rhetoric to dictate our policies, we need to continue to articulate and organize around an alternative world view.