In virtually every election held in every district and every state on 4 November, Democrats improved on their performance in last year’s presidential election. And in many places, they exceeded their most optimistic predictions. “No Kings” went to the polls.
The challenge for the revolutionary movement continent-wide is to build influence amid the instability of a spent economic model and seemingly scattering political memory in the whirlwind.
Whatever the outcome of the New York mayoral race, a mass, activist left independent of the Democratic Party will be needed to win the social gains Mamdani’s supporters seek.
Sometimes, there is good news. In the era of Trump 2.0, it might come only in small doses, but we ought to grab it with both hands when it presents itself.
