Recognising the Democratic Party as one of the chief pillars of a system that maintains exploitation and oppression in US society is the first step toward building a socialist alternative to it.
The French ruling class has persisted in winding back democracy to force neoliberalism onto an unwilling population. Its refusal to accept the electoral results is just the latest example, and the growth of the far right is one of the results.
When momentous events happen in a media-saturated society, one of the first casualties is any sort of historical perspective. This became clear in the wake of the 14 July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Having narrowly survived assassination and now formally anointed as the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump’s takeover of the Grand Old Party in the United States is complete.
The left’s victory in France’s parliamentary election shows that the country’s most important political actors—urban workers and young people—want to fight against both fascism and neoliberalism.
