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After the US midterms
The Democrats won big — but only because the alternative to Joe Biden’s administration was even less appealing. Despite the cries of ‘fascist’ and ‘socialist’ from the red elephant and blue donkey, little was at stake, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
MOVING ON: Union members holds signs for Massachusetts Democrat Party candidate Muara Healey, who went on to become the state’s first female — and the US’s first openly lesbian — governor, while (left) Donald Trump’s style of Republicanism was seemingly rejected by voters
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
WITHOUT saying it in so many words, the Wall Street Journal summarised the results of the November 8 midterm election: the US electorate feared the Republicans more than they disliked the Democrats.
Historically, a major party with an incumbent president overseeing a painful economy, and with that president polling negatively, receives a big hit from the electorate. That didn’t happen this year.
As the Wall Street Journal puts it more diplomatically: “Voters were in a sour mood that usually signals that they are ready for change in Washington and state capitals. But in many cases, they were not looking for the change that Republican candidates were offering.”
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