Walk, Rabbit, Walk: Protecting the Left nonviolently
As our profile increases, so do violent provocations. DSA’s Red Rabbits are taking both security and nonviolence seriously.
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Universal Child Care: It means different things to different candidates
Once-radical ideas are being taken up by Democratic presidential candidates.
Preschool for all is truly winnable
Portland DSA is getting ready to put universal pre-K on the ballot … and pay for it by taxing the rich.
Less Rent, More Control
Housing is a nationwide crisis—but the federal government is MIA.
CHAPTER AND VERSE: DSA members pursue power at the polls
More than 35 DSA members ran for public office November 5. Twenty of them won. Others fell short. But all came away with valuable experience promoting their politics to voters.
CHAPTER AND VERSE: How to raise funds and build community
Detroit’s Douglass-Debs is a model worth imitating.
FURTHER READING: Bleak House
Books to take us home, past capitalist predation
Medicare for All: A Bargain at $33 Trillion
The United States now spends twice as much on health care as the average of all the other industrial countries. Yet we rank 28th in life expectancy – right down there with Turkey. We rank 55th in infant mortality – just between Gibraltar and Serbia. With Medicare for All we can bring down costs, pay less, and live healthier lives.
John Bolton is My Hero? Or, Don’t Knock Impeachment
Many comrades have trouble getting their arms around the removal of the most depraved, reactionary president in memory. Not surprisingly, nobody in their right mind wants to launch a new Cold War against the Satanic Russians. Nevertheless, heartfelt encouragement of impeachment from the Left is fully warranted.
The Immigration “Crisis” Isn’t What Trump Wants You to Believe
Today, too much of the discussion about the border is poisoned by Trump’s nativist narrative, a mix of cruelty, racism, and opinions that seize upon negative anecdotal examples as illustrative of the whole.
