We Won’t Forget the Questions Bernie Asked

After half a decade of Bernie Sanders, the genie doesn’t go back in the bottle.

Letters + Internet Speaks

Send us your deepest thoughts — we’ll try to publish them.

The Oral History of the Bernie Campaign

Four key figures in Bernie Sanders’s quest for the White House on what really happened.

The Social Democracy Index

We looked at the best polling from the 2020 primary season. Turns out, you can spot a Bernie Sanders supporter not just by their age, but by their support for social-democratic policies.

How We Lost Michigan

In 2016, Bernie won a major upset in Michigan, thanks in part to a groundswell of support in the state’s rural areas. In 2020, he lost every county in the state — and the numbers show he lost many of his rural supporters, too.

The Prophet of Inequality

Whatever its shortcomings, Thomas Piketty’s latest book, Capital and Ideology, is a serious attempt to map our social world without resorting to easy abstractions.

The Enemy Within

Leaked messages from Labour Party staff littered with casual racism and sexism show that they worked against Jeremy Corbyn and wanted to keep the Tories in power.

Reading Victor Serge from the Depths of Defeat

Despite isolation, political defeat, and incalculable grief, the Russian revolutionary Victor Serge persisted in writing in collective rather than personal terms.

Bernie Sanders’s Five-Year War

How he lost and where we go from here.

The Two Paths of Democratic Socialism: Coalition and Confrontation

After Bernie Sanders, democratic socialists in America face a vital strategic dilemma. Do we go the Justice Democrats route of winning gains as the junior partner in a progressive coalition, or do we take a gamble on more independent class organization and struggle?

How the Labour Party Lost the Chance of a Lifetime

Corbynism had a popular program — but not the popular insurgency it needed to fight for it.

Don’t Look Back in Anger

Britpop is often dismissed as an embarrassing, retrograde moment in British culture. But at its best, it hinted at what might have happened if the working class had managed to regain its sense of power and pride after the defeats of the 1980s.

Where Have All the Political Footballers Gone?

“Football gives meaning to life, yes. But life also gives meaning to football.”

Mark Fisher’s Popular Modernism

It’s been three years since we lost Mark Fisher, but his vision of a socialist future endures.

Did Americans Want a Political Revolution?

Joe Biden told us there was an easy path. Reality will soon catch up to that fantasy.

We Don’t Live in Weimar Germany

Liberals say that socialists who don’t support Joe Biden are “like the German Communists who refused to fight Hitler.” The analogy doesn’t hold up — and it’s also historically illiterate.

We Knocked on a Million Doors for 45,000 Votes

I helped organize Bernie Sanders’s canvassing efforts in Iowa, and I learned that we can knock on as many doors as we want, but to make lasting change, we need to think beyond election day.

Let’s Talk About South Carolina

Bernie Sanders didn’t lose because of the “black vote,” but winning places like South Carolina is crucial to building a left majority.

The Victory to Come

Bernie critics seem to think they dodged a bullet. They haven’t — the bullet is still on its way.