US POLITICS has long been polarised between Democrats and Republicans – to a significant extent a polarisation that has masked considerable common ground between the two parties, particularly in the age of neoliberalism and neoconservatism.

However, the elections last week showed not merely a revulsion against Trumpism but the growth of socialism as a force in US politics, something that would have seemed most improbable just 20 years ago.

From Morning Star via This RSS Feed.