Progressive Politics

From the fields worked by the enslaved to the factories organized by labor, the true history of America is a history of class struggle. Our past victories like the eight-hour workday, livable wages, safety nets, unions, and social security were not gifts from above, they were gains won through collective action, forcibly wrested from a capitalist class that stood against us every step of the way. These hard earned gains built a foundation of prosperity that lifted millions of Americans up for decades.

But as U.S capital matured and globalized to maximize profit, it turned on its domestic workers with a relentless drive to crush unions, suppress wages, and offshore production. This systematically dismantled the post-war compromise, resulting in a race to the bottom that has reshaped American society through the degradation of our jobs, the erosion of our communities, and the upward transfer of wealth from the many to the few.