Socialists Should Not Vote for Joe Biden

Voting for neoliberals won’t lead to meaningful victories on any of the issues that matter to working people. Nor will a Biden victory save us from the real dangers posed by the far right, which grew substantially during Obama’s smooth-talking neoliberal presidency.

An Election in Turmoil, a Regime in Decline

Lenin once said, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." In recent US political life, every week has felt like a decade. The biggest imperialist power in the world is experiencing a crisis on multiple fronts, with Donald Trump playing a central destabilizing role. What does this mean for the 2020 election and the fight for socialism?

Presidential Debate #1: The Squabbles of Capital

The first presidential debate, for all its drama and chaos, showed that there are actually very few political differences between the two candidates. While it is certainly alarming to watch Donald Trump continue his increasingly overt overtures to the far right, we must understand that it is the working class, not Joe Biden, that has the power to fight back against the far-right.

Trump Wants to Steal the Election. Biden Won’t Stop Him, but the Working Class Can

Trump wants to steal the election using the undemocratic mechanisms enshrined in law. Voting for Joe Biden and the Democrats won’t stop him. We need a mass movement to count all the votes, against the electoral college, and for democratic rights. 

Who’s Funding the Trump and Biden Campaigns?

The 2020 election is a lovers’ quarrel among segments of the ruling class. 

“The Power Of Example And The Example Of Power” – Colin Powell on Joe Biden at the DNC

The Democratic Party’s embrace of war criminal Colin Powell shows once again that both parties are parties of imperialism.

The PRO Act: Biden’s Latest Lie to Labor

Polls show that support for unions is rising. 60 million workers would join one if they could. At a Labor Day event with the AFL-CIO, Biden outlined his plan to be labor’s “friend in the White House.” But the PRO Act will be betrayed just like the Employee Free Choice Act over a decade ago. Only class struggle will give us our rights.  

Biden-Harris: Conciliation And Moderation Will Not Stop the Far Right

Joe Biden and the vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris are making sure to not bother anyone but progressives. Meanwhile, polarization and far-right attacks are rising.

RNC Day 1: A Spectre is Haunting the Republican National Convention

The first day of the Republican National Convention was defined by both red-baiting and race-baiting as Republicans strengthened their appeal to the most reactionary elements of their base while also appealing to the suburban middle class.