Socialist Mayor's Rise Reflects Urban Housing Crisis
The election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City's mayor represents a significant moment in American urban politics, emerging directly from the material conditions of extreme inequality that define contemporary metropolitan life. His explicit rejection of billionaire wealth and commitment to...
Progressive Coalition Reframes Climate as Kitchen-Table Economics
A coalition of progressive politicians, labor unions, and tenant organizations is attempting to resolve a fundamental contradiction in American climate politics: the historical framing of environmental action as requiring working-class sacrifice while capital accumulates profits. This strategic...
Democratic Socialist Takes NYC, Tests Reform Within System
The inauguration of Zohran Mamdani as New York City's mayor represents a significant moment in American municipal politics—the election of a self-identified Democratic Socialist to lead the nation's largest city. His campaign mobilized over 10,000 volunteers on a platform of rent freezes, free...
State Austerity Meets Tactical Retreat: Capital's Contradictory Maneuvers Under Trump
The Trump administration's final actions of 2025 reveal the contradictory nature of capitalist state power navigating competing pressures from different class fractions. The withdrawal of federal troops from Democratic cities represents a tactical retreat from overt authoritarian measures that...