Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Neal's Writing Elsewhere
Nick's Writing Elsewhere
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
Looking Back on Seven DSA Conventions
Thoughts on DSA's 2025 National Convention and how far the organization has come.
Aug 22
•
Neal Meyer
10
Share this post
Left Notes
Looking Back on Seven DSA Conventions
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
2
July 2025
A Typology of Socialisms in the 21st Century
What separates democratic socialism, social democracy, and communism from one another? A great deal.
Jul 17
•
Neal Meyer
99
Share this post
Left Notes
A Typology of Socialisms in the 21st Century
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
28
Zohran, Democratic Socialism, and Social Democracy
Zohran Mamdani’s recent mayoral primary win again has the media asking what democratic socialism is and how it differs from mainstream European…
Jul 2
•
Nick French
23
Share this post
Left Notes
Zohran, Democratic Socialism, and Social Democracy
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
10
June 2025
The Democratic Socialist Core to Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign
At a time when much of the left is in retreat or ducking for cover, Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign is championing democratic socialist politics and…
Jun 19
•
Neal Meyer
28
Share this post
Left Notes
The Democratic Socialist Core to Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
1
Good Billionaires Gone Bad . . . Gone Good Again?
Some Democrats see an opportunity to get Elon Musk back on their team. It’s a terrible idea — but par for the course for an increasingly unprincipled…
Jun 11
•
Nick French
11
Share this post
Left Notes
Good Billionaires Gone Bad . . . Gone Good Again?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
May 2025
War on the Slop Machines
Generative AI’s destructive effects on learning, creativity, and sociality are becoming clearer by the day. Socialists should be clear about the costs…
May 23
•
Nick French
18
Share this post
Left Notes
War on the Slop Machines
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
2
Political Parties Are Not Illegal in the US
A popular argument on the left holds that political parties are essentially illegal in the US because they are so regulated that they can’t manage their…
May 8
•
Neal Meyer
10
Share this post
Left Notes
Political Parties Are Not Illegal in the US
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
6
April 2025
How Democrats Changed Their Social Base to Defend Their Neoliberal Program
Democrats’ right turn 30 years ago broke the party’s historic working-class base. As workers left the party, party leaders then treated those losses as…
Apr 22
•
Neal Meyer
44
Share this post
Left Notes
How Democrats Changed Their Social Base to Defend Their Neoliberal Program
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
20
March 2025
Worker-Led Unionism in the 21st Century
We interviewed Eric Blanc about his new book to discuss what it will take to organize workers on a mass scale and reverse the US labor movement’s long…
Mar 31
•
Nick French
20
Share this post
Left Notes
Worker-Led Unionism in the 21st Century
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
2
Can Public Opinion Help Stop Donald Trump?
Even authoritarian regimes fear losing popular support. That’s why winning the battle for hearts and minds will be key to stopping the new Trump regime.
Mar 18
•
Neal Meyer
16
Share this post
Left Notes
Can Public Opinion Help Stop Donald Trump?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
1
February 2025
You’re Invited to a Panel on the US Labor Party
Democrats are MIA in the fight against Trump. Could labor provide a more compelling alternative?
Feb 14
•
Nick French
8
Share this post
Left Notes
You’re Invited to a Panel on the US Labor Party
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Socialists Need to Plant a Flag
What right-wing Democrats — and Lenin — can teach the left about party building.
Feb 2
•
Neal Meyer
29
Share this post
Left Notes
Socialists Need to Plant a Flag
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
13
Share
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
