In this week's special election edition, more on the winner who lost, the "winner" who lost and won, and that "ah shit" moment.

The unthinkable has happened, but we need clarity about why--starting with the failure of the Democrats to pose a real alternative to Trump's scapegoating.

SW writers and readers expressed their fear and disgust with Donald Trump--but also the determination to organize an opposition to stop him.

As Democratic leaders urged supporters to "give Trump a chance," thousands of people took to the streets in outrage.

The last two months of the presidential election campaign have vindicated Bernie Sanders' left-wing message. So why isn't he saying so?

How did it all come down to a nearly even contest between the most unpopular pair of presidential candidates ever?

Why is Hillary Clinton in danger of losing as many as four "swing states" that Barack Obama won in two successive elections?

Whatever happens on Election Day, the left will have to confront the threat of a growing far right energized by the Trump campaign.

Bernie Sanders' role since the summer has been to assure progressives that Hillary Clinton is, despite the evidence, one of them.

The political system that claims to be the "world's greatest" routinely takes away democratic rights from millions of people.

SocialistWorker.org republishes an essay by Leon Trotsky with a comment on how it applies today to the left's debate about Syria.

At the core of the left's debate about Syria is the hesitancy--or outright refusal--of some to embrace the pro-democracy revolt of 2011.

The journey of refugees fleeing to Europe is more deadly today than ever--and that's exactly how European Union leaders want it.

With premiums under Obamacare about to rise again, it's time to ask whether for-profit insurers belong in the health care business.

Founded 50 years ago, the Panthers won a mass audience for revolutionary politics on a scale unrivaled in the U.S. since the 1930s.

For Timothy Sheard's working-class detective Lenny Moss, his advantage in any battle is never bullets but solidarity.

E.P. Thompson and pessimism | Labor at Standing Rock | We need a new party | The "lesser evil" in 1964

The discussion continues about what's valid and what's not in an essay by Leon Trotsky about imperialism and national liberation.

SW readers comment on a republished essay by Leon Trotsky taking up questions about imperialism and national liberation.

A Trump victory would neither herald fascism nor an acceleration toward the end of capitalism. We still have to organize.

What Gramsci was allowed to say | The relevance of E.P. Thompson | Why I'm voting for Stein | We need a party for the left