Theories of socialism have tended to overemphasize the capitalist structure and diminish the role of democratic struggle and popular will. But without millions of people struggling for a cause—one which transcends the limits of what has been conceptualized as ‘structure’—we will not have accomplished our goals as a movement.

Pollsters can tell you what voters will tolerate. They can’t tell you what people will fight for. In T. E. Moon’s latest, he tackles the limits of poll-tested politics, the hunger for accountability, and a modest proposal for the left: Hang the Bastards!

Angela Gonzales-Torres' opponent in the race for California's 34th Congressional District, Jimmy Gomez, has been accused of sexual assault. In her latest, Lydia Cardwell examines DSA-endorsed Angela Gonzales-Torres' campaign, the Left’s struggles with misogyny in its own movement, and the necessity to fight against the Right not just as fascists, but as a political movement structured around enacting violence against women.

Richard Solomon details the real and legal possibilities for transformative change under an AOC presidency. He asks: what could a socialist American president actually accomplish in office? The answer turns out to be: quite a lot, both for the masses and for the global socialist movement. Part 2 of this two-part series focuses on the issues of Palestine, Cuba, and climate change.

Federal agents have raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's home after months of threats from Trump officials to strip her citizenship. In the second of this two-part series, Andy C. and T.E. Moon look at how the people in Minneapolis drove out Operation Metro Surge and how D.C. organizers are holding out against a slow-burn federal occupation. Like the abolitionists before us, our networks of neighborhood defense must go on the offensive to make Democratic Revolution and seize power.