For the US left, the struggle is just beginning
In a Substack article, Grace Blakeley argues the US midterms vindicated left-wing candidates — Abdul El-Sayed took Michigan on affordability, James Talarico turned Texas blue, and a record number of DSA-backed candidates won the House — with victory driven by the cost-of-living crisis, opposition to the AI data centre rollout, and Trump's unpopularity. She predicts mainstream Democrats will squander the win to protect their corporate donors and urges the left to organise within and against the Democratic Party and to build working-class power through unions and social movements.
