MUCH OF THIS article will focus on the Democratic Socialists of America and an analysis of DSA's electoral perspectives and results going into the midterm elections.
[This article was written in advance of the November 2026 elections, but the print edition will reach Against the Current readers after the election in our November-December issue. — The ATC editors]
While there are thousands of DSA members engaged in grassroots organizing in unions, tenant organizations, climate change (…)

There were unprecedented scenes of violence and rioting surrounding nationwide protests in France on Saturday, when up to 800,000 demonstrators voiced a variety of grievances, from students denouncing teaching shortages, long hours and dilapidated schools, to those suffering rising costs of living. As in other cities and towns on Sunday, Paris woke up to an aftermath of debris-filled streets and looted shops, including in the capital's upmarket districts where police were concentrated on (…)

With six months to go before France's presidential elections, outgoing Emmanuel Macron faces a stern appraisal of his two terms in office. For he has placed the country at the edge of a precipice, by systematically refusing to listen to the population's difficulties and aspirations, writes Mediapart publishing editor Carine Fouteau in this op-ed article.
The events of October 17^th 2026, even if followed by others, will endure as the symbolic concentrate of the ten years of “Macronie” – the (…)