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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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

Socialists Need to Plant a Flag

What right-wing Democrats — and Lenin — can teach the left about party building.

Feb 2 •

January 2025

Maybe We Shouldn’t Normalize AI Relationships

More and more people are building “relationships” with AI chatbot friends and lovers. It’s an extremely depressing sign of the times.

Jan 26 •

The Time of Monsters and Modest Beginnings

Grant us the serenity to accept the things we can't (yet) change about the world, the courage to change the (small but important in the long term…

Jan 17 •

December 2024

Left Notes’ 2024 in Review

This year was less a year for the record books and more a year for the dustbin of history — at least from the point of view of left-wing politics. But…

Dec 31, 2024 •

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