Left Notes

Left Notes

Home
Podcast
Neal's Writing Elsewhere
Nick's Writing Elsewhere
Archive
About
Most Popular
View all

Recent posts

View all
31:11
The Democrats’ Zohran Problem
Zohran Mamdani and his fellow socialists are increasingly popular with the Democratic Party base. Establishment leaders are struggling to figure out how…
 • Nick French and Neal Meyer
31:20
What the Hard Hat Riot Really Meant
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, cultural divisions started to become apparent in the Democratic coalition. But what really drove working-class voters…
 • Nick French and Neal Meyer
Finding a Road Beyond Reformism
What would it take to move from winning a program of egalitarian reforms within capitalism to fighting for a change of the system itself?
 • Neal Meyer
Not by Popular Power Alone
Institutions of popular power are important for effecting a socialist transition. But it’s important not to neglect other elements — like maintaining…
 • Nick French
Looking Back on Seven DSA Conventions
Thoughts on DSA's 2025 National Convention and how far the organization has come.
 • Neal Meyer
A Typology of Socialisms in the 21st Century
What separates democratic socialism, social democracy, and communism from one another? A great deal.
 • Neal Meyer
Zohran, Democratic Socialism, and Social Democracy
Zohran Mamdani’s recent mayoral primary win again has the media asking what democratic socialism is and how it differs from mainstream European…
 • Nick French
The Democratic Socialist Core to Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign
At a time when much of the left is in retreat or ducking for cover, Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign is championing democratic socialist politics and…
 • Neal Meyer
Good Billionaires Gone Bad . . . Gone Good Again?
Some Democrats see an opportunity to get Elon Musk back on their team. It’s a terrible idea — but par for the course for an increasingly unprincipled…
 • Nick French
Left Notes
Left Notes
Writing about politics, the labor movement, and philosophy from a democratic socialist perspective.
The latest from
Neal Meyer
A Socialist Organizer’s Guide to 2026
User's avatar
Nick French
Defending the New Marxism
User's avatar
Recommendations
View all 6
it's really that deep
it's really that deep
caitlyn clark
Luke Savage
Luke Savage
Luke Savage
Labor Politics
Labor Politics
Eric Blanc
Hey Leah: listen, look, left
Hey Leah: listen, look, left
Leah Bannon
Radish Research
Radish Research
Chris Bohner
© 2026 Neal Meyer and Nick French · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture