On the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power, a look at the great dissident of November 7, 1917
Harold Meyerson
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The Left and Ralph Northam
Tuesday’s election in Virginia will determine who controls the 2021 redistricting process—and whether more progressives will go to Congress and the state legislature.
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The Top-Sideways Revolt of the Anti-Trump Republicans
Some eminent Republicans may have repudiated Trump, but absent audible rumblings from the GOP base, they’re not likely to add to their ranks.
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A Challenge to Feinstein?
The veteran senator is a fixture of California politics, but she personifies the Golden State’s past—not its present or future.
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Low Unemployment Doesn’t Increase Wages Like It Used To
Full employment is still necessary, but rebuilding the middle class also requires dethroning shareholders and boosting worker power.
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The Genius of Bernie’s Gradualism
Sanders’s Medicare for All bill is built on the understanding that revolutions take time.
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A Post-Charlottesville To-Do List for Anti-Trumpers
Some ways to counter the neo-fascists and their president
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Trump’s Racist Silence
By his refusal to condemn white nationalism after the Charlottesville murder, Trump acknowledges that virulent racism is the linchpin of his presidency.
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Sam Brownback’s Not One for Religious Freedom
Trump’s new appointee as ambassador for religious freedom is a faith-based trickle-down fanatic who imposed his beliefs on his unwitting fellow Kansans.
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The Party of No Negates Itself
After indulging themselves in fantasies of negation, Republicans can’t agree on what they’re for.
