Blueprint for a Political Revolution

By: Jared Abbott; Dustin Guastella

If we’re going to change the United States, socialists will have to win the working class. And we urgently need a strategy and an organization to do just that.

Illustration by Cristina Daura.

For at least four decades now, workers have been steadily dropping out of party politics. In 1982, nearly half of all working-class voters identified as Democrats, but by 2018, that figure had fallen to less than a third, even as the Republican Party saw no uptick. In response, the Democrats have attempted to supplement (and […]

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For at least four decades now, workers have been steadily dropping out of party politics. In 1982, nearly half of all working-class voters identified as Democrats, but by 2018, that figure had fallen to less than a third, even as the Republican Party saw no uptick. In response, the Democrats have attempted to supplement (and […]

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For at least four decades now, workers have been steadily dropping out of party politics. In 1982, nearly half of all working-class voters identified as Democrats, but by 2018, that figure had fallen to less than a third, even as the Republican Party saw no uptick. In response, the Democrats have attempted to supplement (and […]

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For at least four decades now, workers have been steadily dropping out of party politics. In 1982, nearly half of all working-class voters identified as Democrats, but by 2018, that figure had fallen to less than a third, even as the Republican Party saw no uptick. In response, the Democrats have attempted to supplement (and […]

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