InfluenceWatch Podcast #306: The Left of the Global Left
You’ve probably heard of the Democratic Socialists of America, the left-wing radical faction we most recently discussed in episode 302 for its financial problems. But the DSA is just a…
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
The Progressive International: The “Left of the Left” Goes Global
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) issued a reprehensible response to the October 2023 terrorist attacks upon Israel, finally revealing the group’s true nature to many, but the DSA is…
The Progressive International: Israel the Enemy
While the United States (and the capitalist imperialism it supposedly embodies) is portrayed as the ultimate source of general human misery, Israel receives an outsized share of specific blame. Indeed,…
The Progressive International: Members
The Progressive International sits at the very ideological fringes of global leftism, and this says much about the true nature of those American activist groups that have joined the coalition.
The Progressive International: Leadership
A persistent problem in contemporary sociopolitical commentary is that people, groups, and ideas that aren’t especially radical are nevertheless regularly portrayed as such, while those that truly exist far outside…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #302: The DSA Busts the Budget
All is not well at the Democratic Socialists of America, the most prominent and powerful openly socialist political advocacy organization in America. Longtime activists are quitting, the budget isn’t balancing,…
Turmoil at the Democratic Socialists of America
Maria Svart, the longtime national director of the Democratic Socialists of America, recently tendered her resignation to the organization’s governing National Political Committee. Her announcement caps what has been a…
DC “March for Gaza” Doubles as March for Hamas and Houthis
Social media has been flooded with posts since last weekend’s “March for Gaza” in Washington, DC, where protestors demanded for ceasefires between Israel and Hamas and between the U.S. and…
Explaining “Everything Leftism”
It’s a simple question: How can “Queers for Palestine,” the slogan on protest signs of pro-Palestinian (or anti-anti-Hamas) protesters, be a thing? (Homosexuality is stigmatized and criminalized in the Palestinian…
The Mainstreaming of Marxism in Unions
For decades, Marxism has has a complicated relationship with labor unions in the United States, with some unions leaning toward communism while other unions were unapologetically anti-Communist. However, since the…