Saving  the Postal Service has gone from a no-brainer issue to a DSA campaign–and a moral imperative for us all.

When the epidemic is over, will disabled people again be treated as expendable?

Having left no fat for the famine, U.S. capitalism is uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19.

Saez and Zucman; Allowing tax evasion is a choice. When the wealthy respond to the tax code by saying, “You and who else are going to make me pay?” we don’t have to mumble that the public can make do without, after all. We can make—and at times have made—a different choice. We can make them pay.

Is it true that some clouds have silver linings? When it comes to epidemics, the answer is yes. With a few notable exceptions, epidemic infectious diseases, even as they caused suffering and death, have enhanced government’s ability to control future outbreaks and protect the public’s health.

AIDS revealed indifference to LGBTQ lives … and led the community to organize.

The stage is set for a crisis of legitimacy. It could allow us to build a new world on the rubble of the old, if we make the choice to fight for socialism. 

The Summer issue of our quarterly magazine is here! And with lots of content not unrelated to this week’s uprising. We’ll post the articles separately all week, but don’t miss the acclaimed John D’Emilio on what ACT-UP can teach us all, and Kandist Mallett’s prescient words about COVID injustice.

Did you wake up to check for news from the uprising? To see who needs jail support? All we could do at Democratic Left is bear witness, so we checked in on Twitter with DSA accounts across the country. Check in later for official word on the #DefundPolice movement.