Former top military official wins Sri Lankan presidential election
By K. Ratnayake, 18 November 2019
Gotabhaya Rajapakse’s election marks a sharp shift towards autocratic forms of rule, amid a deepening crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism and the rising resistance of the working class to austerity measures.
Chinese soldiers appear on Hong Kong streets for first time since protests began
By Ben McGrath, 18 November 2019
The use of PLA troops to clear roadblocks in Hong Kong is a thinly veiled threat that the Chinese military could be used to violently suppress the protest movement.
Former US Secretary of State Kissinger points to danger of “catastrophic” conflict between US and China
In Berlin Wall speech, Pompeo advances crusade against Russia and China
Obama joins effort to push Democratic primary campaign to the right
By Patrick Martin, 18 November 2019
Obama declared his opposition to anything “revolutionary” or “crazy” being put forward by presidential candidates whom he did not name, although he was clearly referring to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
The Trump impeachment and US policy in Ukraine
Seeking to cultivate fascistic base, Trump pardons two war criminals and promotes a third
Louisiana governor wins re-election in blow to Trump
By Patrick Martin, 18 November 2019
Edwards won despite three campaign appearances by President Trump and an all-out effort by the Republican National Committee.
UN special rapporteur exposes Swedish sexual misconduct frame-up of Assange
By Oscar Grenfell, 18 November 2019
Despite never having been charged with a crime, Sweden’s investigation provided the pseudo-judicial pretext for embroiling Assange in the legal system.
Roger Stone conviction affirms he lied about having connections with WikiLeaks
Protesters at London’s Trafalgar Square speak out to demand freedom for Julian Assange
By our reporters, 18 November 2019
World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to some of the protesters who attended Saturday’s demonstration to demand the freedom of the WikiLeaks founder.
Federal court strips citizenship from US-born woman held in Syrian detention camp
By Tom Carter, 18 November 2019
Handing a victory to the far-right campaign to undermine the Fourteenth Amendment, a federal judge found that Hoda Muthana is not a citizen despite the fact that the State Department twice issued a passport listing her nationality as “United States of America.”
Google’s Project Nightingale: The largest transfer to date of private medical data to the tech giant
By Benjamin Mateus, 18 November 2019
More than 50 million not de-identified health records spanning 21 states are being shared with Google through a secret partnership with Ascension Healthcare.
Fiat Chrysler workers face battle as FCA and UAW seek to maintain lowest labor costs
By Jerry White, 18 November 2019
After barely navigating past the opposition of GM and Ford workers, the UAW is now colluding with Fiat Chrysler executives to maintain the company’s cost advantage over its industry rivals.
United Auto Workers declares sellout Ford contract ratified amidst widespread opposition
“We’re all in the same boat all over the world, fighting these greedy billionaires”
Michigan Ford engine plant workers denounce UAW sellout, plant closure
The expanding UAW corruption scandal and the case for rank-and-file committees
Lessons of the GM autoworkers strike
More on autoworkers struggles »
Chicago Teachers Unions pushes through austerity contract, paving way for school closures
By Kristina Betinis, 18 November 2019
The five-year contract, lauded by union and city leaders, threatens more school closures and continues the starvation of the country’s third-largest school district.
School closures threatened as Chicago teachers vote on widely-hated tentative agreement
Vote “no” on the tentative teachers' contract! Form rank-and-file committees to defend public education in Chicago!
Union-backed Chicago Sun-Times attacks Chicago teachers
As contract vote approaches, DSA defends sellout by Chicago Teachers Union
German army recruits swear war oath in front of Reichstag building
By Gregor Link, 18 November 2019
Both Schäuble and Kramp-Karrenbauer have made clear in recent weeks that the time has come for the return of German imperialism to the world stage.
Germany: Left Party parliamentary group elects new leadership
Fire devastates student accommodation block covered in combustible cladding in Bolton, England
By Barry Mason, 18 November 2019
The six-storey building was covered in HPL cladding that can heat 25 times faster and burn 115 times hotter than non-combustible products, according to a recent study.
Australian bushfire crisis continues as political fallout intensifies
By Mike Head, 18 November 2019
Prime Minister Morrison and Labor Party leader Albanese have both tried to call a halt to any discussion of the crucial issues raised by the fires.
Young FedEx worker killed in latest industrial death at Memphis World Hub
By Warren Duzak, 18 November 2019
Duntate Young, 23, was killed on Wednesday while working the midnight shift at the company’s World Hub in Memphis.
16 November 2019
Morales’ MAS in talks with Bolivia coup regime on how to quell unrest
By Bill Van Auken, 16 November 2019
Popular resistance mounts against Bolivian coup
Canada abets US-sponsored coup in Bolivia
The US-backed coup in Bolivia
Political and economic turmoil escalates in Lebanon
By Jean Shaoul, 16 November 2019
Strike against Asarco copper enters second month
By Samuel Davidson, 16 November 2019
Notes on police violence
No charges against US Park Police in 2017 shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar
By Harvey Simpkins, 16 November 2019
Glasgow helicopter crash inquiry scapegoats pilot
By Steve James, 16 November 2019
New Zealand police introduce new armed units
By Tom Peters, 16 November 2019
New Zealand cabinet minister echoes fascist gunman’s manifesto
New in German
Das Impeachmentverfahren gegen Trump und die US-Politik in der Ukraine
Patrick Martin, 18. November 2019
Die öffentlichen Anhörungen zum Amtsenthebungsverfahren haben eine bittere Schlammschlacht innerhalb der herrschenden Elite der USA ans Licht gebracht, die durch das Scheitern ihrer antirussischen Politik in der Ukraine ausgelöst wurden.
Ehemaliger US-Außenminister Kissinger warnt vor „katastrophalem“ Konflikt zwischen den USA und China
Nick Beams, 18. November 2019
Der ehemalige US-Außenminister Henry Kissinger warnt vor einem unausweichlichen „Konflikt“ zwischen den USA und China, der „schlimmer sein wird als die beiden Weltkriege, die die europäische Zivilisation zerstört haben“.
Massenproteste gegen Regierung in Prag
Markus Salzmann, 18. November 2019
Unmittelbar vor dem 30. Jahrestag der sogenannten „Samtenen Revolution“ haben in der tschechischen Hauptstadt Prag am Samstag erneut Hunderttausende gegen die rechte, korrupte Regierung von PremierministGs$P9me5er Andrej Babiš demonstriert.
Politische und wirtschaftliche Unruhen im Libanon eskalieren
Jean Shaoul, 18. November 2019
Laut Weltbank könnte eine weitere Entwertung des libanesischen Pfunds die Hälfte der sechs Millionen Einwohner des Landes unter die offizielle Armutsgrenze drücken.
New in Norwegian
Impeachment av Trump og amerikansk politikk i Ukraina
Patrick Martin, 18. november 2019
De offentlige høringene i riksrettgranskningen har brakt for dagen bitre gjensidige anklager innen den amerikanske styringseliten, utløst av fiaskoen for deres antiRussland bestrebelser i Ukraina.
Tidligere utenriksminister Kissinger peker på faren for «katastrofal» konflikt mellom USA og Kina
Nick Beams, 18. november 2019
USAs tidligere utenriksminister Henry Kissinger advarte mot en uunngåelig «konflikt» mellom USA og Kina, som «vil bli verre enn verdenskrigene som ruinerte europeisk sivilisasjon».
Trump benåder to krigsforbrytere og forfremmer en tredje, i bestrebelser på kultivering av en fascistisk base
Evan Blake, 18. november 2019
Trumps uhørte benådning av krigsforbrytere fremhever hans administrasjons autoritære karakter.
Morales’ parti MAS i samtaler med kuppregimet i Bolivia om å få stagget uro
Bill Van Auken, 18. november 2019
Enigheten om å gå i diskusjon kom samtidig med at masser av arbeidere og småbønder fortsetter å strømme inn i La Paz, med krav om den selvutnevnte «midlertidige presidentens» fall.
Politiske og økonomiske rystelser eskalerer i Libanon
Jean Shaoul, 18. november 2019
I følge Verdensbanken kan en ytterligere devaluering av det libanesiske pundet skyve opptil halvparten av landets seks millioner innbyggere under den offisielle fattigdomsgrensa.
New in French
La résistance populaire monte contre le coup d'État bolivien
Andrea Lobo, 16 novembre 2019
Des milliers de travailleurs et paysans sont descendus dans les rues de la capitale La Paz et dans le quartier avoisinant d’El Alto et dans Cochabamba, défiant la répression de l’armée et de la police.
«Il peut toujours m’appeler»: une députée néo-démocrate propose de se joindre au gouvernement libéral du Canada
Roger Jordan, 16 novembre 2019
L’offre de la députée de l’Alberta de joindre le cabinet de Trudeau s’inscrit dans la continuité de la campagne électorale du NPD, lequel désirait former une alliance gouvernementale avec les Libéraux pro grande entreprise.
Un entretien avec l'auteure de The Free State of Jones
L'historienne Victoria Bynum sur les inexactitudes du Projet 1619 du New York Times
Eric London, 16 novembre 2019
Bynum est une experte de l'attitude des pauvres et des paysans blancs du Sud envers l'esclavage.
New in Spanish
La crisis electoral española y la traición de Podemos
Alex Lantier, 16 noviembre 2019
Con sus políticas antiobreras, el partido “populista de izquierda” Podemos permitió que los neofascistas crecieran presentándose como la única oposición a la corrupta élite política.
Aumenta la resistencia popular contra el golpe en Bolivia
Andrea Lobo, 16 noviembre 2019
Miles de trabajadores y campesinos en la capital Boliviana, La Paz, en el vecino distrito de El Alto y en Cochabamba se han volcado a las calles desafiando la represión policial y militar.
"La oposición a la esclavitud también ha sido un tema
importante en la historia de Estados Unidos"
Una entrevista
con el historiador James McPherson sobre el Proyecto 1619 del New York
Times
Tom Mackaman, 16 noviembre 2019
El WSWS habló recientemente con James McPherson, profesor emérito de historia de la Universidad de Princeton, sobre el Proyecto 1619 del New York Times.
Los demócratas comienzan audiencias de juicio político con denuncias de Rusia
Barry Grey, 16 noviembre 2019
El primer día de audiencias públicas y televisadas demuestra que en el conflicto de impeachment dos facciones de derecha de la clase dominante están luchando sobre diferencias sobre la política exterior.
Decenas de palestinos muertos en ataques israelíes en Gaza
Bill Van Auken, 16 noviembre 2019
La escalada contra Gaza sirve las necesidades políticas de Netanyahu, que está buscando desesperadamente un “gobierno de unidad” para evitar ser echado del poder y enfrentarse a un proceso criminal.
Correos electrónicos filtrados revelan que el asesor de Trump, Stephen Miller ayuda a la política fascista
Trévon Martin, 16 noviembre 2019
Los correos electrónicos muestran que Stephen Miller, asesor principal de la Casa Blanca a cargo de la política de inmigración, patrocinando puntos de vista racistas y publicaciones supremacistas blancas y neonazis.
El New York Times incluye su obsesión racial en comentarios culinarios
Trévon Austin, 16 noviembre 2019
Las ideas reaccionarias del artículo de Eligon están vinculadas a la insistencia del Times y de los otros elementos que giran alrededor del Partido Demócrata en que las identidades raciales, sexuales y de género son las principales divisiones en la sociedad estadounidense.
Autoridades de Missouri rastrearon los períodos menstruales de las mujeres en un esfuerzo por cerrar el último proveedor de aborto del estado
Jessica Goldstein, 16 noviembre 2019
Una hoja de cálculo del estado contenía información confidencial no médica, como los nombres de los pacientes y los números de identificación médica, los cuales le permitían al estado utilizarlos para identificarlos y localizarlos, espiando así efectivamente a los pacientes.
New in Russian
Одиннадцать тысяч ученых предупреждают о чрезвычайной климатической ситуации
Даниэль де Врис, 15 ноября 2019 г.
Сорок лет переговоров по поводу изменения климата между капиталистическими правительствами не сделали ничего для того, чтобы изменить траекторию движения в сторону экологической и гуманитарной катастрофы.
New in Turkish
Bolivya’da ABD destekli darbe
Bill Van Auken, 14 Kasım 2019
Güney Amerika’nın en yoksul ülkesi Bolivya, Pazar günü Devlet Başkanı Evo Morales’in,ve hükümet yetkililerinin istifasına yol açan ABD destekli darbenin ardından bir iç savaşın eşiğinde bulunuyor.
Almanya’daki Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, Berlin Duvarı’nın yıkılmasının yıldönümü üzerine toplantı düzenledi
Muhabirlerimizden, 14 Kasım 2019
Gerçekte Demokratik Alman Cumhuriyeti’nin kurulması, sosyalizmin gerçekleştirilmesi ile ilgili değil, Batı’da kapitalizmin istikrara kavuşturulması ile ilgiliydi
New in Arabic
يتنافس خمسة مرشحين على الانتخابات الجزائرية في 12 كانون الأول / ديسمبر وسط معارضة جماهيرية
قمران آيرة, ٦ تشرين الثاني نوفمبر ٢٠١٩
وسط احتجاجات جماهيرية مستمرة ضد المؤسسة الحاكمة الجزائرية والانتخابات الرئاسية في 12 كانون الأول / ديسمبر ، أعلنت الهيئة الانتخابية الجزائرية أن خمسة مرشحين يخوضون الانتخابات.
New in Bengali
ভারতে মাদারসন মোটরগাড়ি শ্রমিকদের ধর্মঘটকে মাওবাদী ইউনিয়ন নেতৃত্ব ক্রমাগত বিচ্ছিন্ন করে রাখছে
মোসেস রাজকুমার ও শশী কুমার, ২৫ অক্টোবর ২০১৯
মাসারসন অটোমোটিভ টেকনোলজিস অ্যান্ড ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং (এম-এ-টি-ই বা মেট)-এর শ্রমিকদের দ্বারা সংগঠিত অনির্দিষ্টকালের ধর্মঘট এখন তৃতীয় মাসে পড়ল।
মার্কিন ফ্যাসিবাদকে এক বলিষ্ট না! ট্রাম্পকে গদিচ্যূত করতে গণআন্দোলন গড়ে তুলুন!
সোশ্যালিস্ট ইকুয়ালিটি পার্টি-র রাজনৈতিক কমিটি, ১৪ অক্টোবর ২০১৯
সন্দেহের ওপর ভিত্তি করে যে তদন্ত কংগ্রেস শুরু করেছিল তার পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে রাষ্ট্রপতি ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্পের প্রতিক্রিয়া প্রকাশ্যেই সম্পূর্ণ ফ্যাসিবাদী চরিত্রের। গত সপ্তাহে মিনিয়াপোলিস, মিনেসোটা ও লেক চার্লসে ট্রাম্প প্রকাশ্যে বিদেশীদের প্রতি আতঙ্ক, জাতিগত বিদ্বেষ এবং ইহুদি-বিদ্বষের স্বপক্ষে কথা বলেছে।
New in Portuguese
O golpe na Bolívia apoiado pelos EUA
Por Bill Van Auken, 14 Novembro 2019
Apoiado por Washington, o violento golpe na Bolívia foi facilitado pela covardia política e traição do governo de Morales e seu partido MAS.
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Wall Street Journal investigation confirms Google operates censorship blacklist
18 November 2019
A report published Friday confirms many of the central allegations made by the World Socialist Web Site in 2017 regarding Google’s censorship of the internet.
Socialist Equality Party (UK)
Socialist Equality Party announces candidates in UK general election
By our reporter, 18 November 2019
The SEP is waging a political struggle against austerity, authoritarian rule, militarism and war.
Socialist Equality Party to stand in UK general election: No to austerity, militarism and war! Free Julian Assange! For class struggle and socialist internationalism!
Socialist Equality Party (UK), 6 November 2019
The Socialist Equality Party will stand candidates in the December 12 UK general election to wage a political struggle against austerity, authoritarian rule, militarism and war.
The New York Times' 1619 Project
An interview with historian James Oakes on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
By Tom Mackaman, 18 November 2019
The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke to James Oakes, Distinguished Professor of History and Graduate School Humanities Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, on the New York Times’ 1619 Project.
“Opposition to slavery has also been an important theme in American history”
An interview with historian James McPherson on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
By Tom Mackaman, 14 November 2019
The New York Times’s 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history
By Niles Niemuth, Tom Mackaman and David North, 6 September 2019
SEP and IYSSE meeting series in the United States
Race, Class and the Fight for Socialism: Perspectives for the Coming Revolution in America
This meeting series will refute the historical falsifications advanced in the New York Times “1619 Project,” explain their underlying political motivations and present the strategy for socialist revolution in America today.
The “Irrepressible Conflict:” Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution
By Eric London, 9 November 2019
Arts Review
Michael Winterbottom’s Greed: A searing indictment of the super-rich
By Thomas Scripps, 18 November 2019
Greed offers a sharp and often funny critique of the impact on society of rule by a criminal financial oligarchy and deserves a wide audience.
The Lighthouse: A gothic horror film
Parasite: An unusual director with his antenna attuned to social class
By Joanne Laurier, 16 November 2019
Parasite is a dark comedy from South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho that concerns itself with income inequality and its implications. The Lighthouse is a pointless horror film set in the late 1800s in New England.
Harbor (Jeter l’ancre un seul jour): A young refugee in need finds allies
By David Walsh, 15 November 2019
“Vietnam was the first and last war with no censorship”
Veteran photojournalist Tim Page discusses his “21” exhibition
By Richard Phillips, 14 November 2019
New manuscript discovered of The Tale of Genji, the 11th century Japanese novel
Filmmaker Errol Morris provides the extreme-right’s Stephen Bannon a platform in American Dharma
The Socialist Equality Party Election Campaign in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan presidential election: Workers must prepare to fight moves towards police-state rule
By K. Ratnayake, 16 November 2019
Calls by the major candidates for “strong government”—code-words for the development of dictatorial methods—are a response to the growing opposition of workers and the poor to government austerity.
Sri Lankan SEP holds final presidential election meeting
By our correspondents, 15 November 2019
Sri Lanka: SEP presidential candidate exposes pseudo-lefts’ pro-capitalist program at university debate
By our correspondents, 13 November 2019
Vote for Pani Wijesiriwardena in the Sri Lankan presidential election! Rally to fight for international socialism!
By Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 12 November 2019
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History
David North introduces Turkish-language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky at Istanbul Book Fair
By our reporter, 11 November 2019
Mehring Yayıncılık announced the publication of five major works by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) at its Istanbul Book Fair stall, including two authored by David North.
Free Assange and Manning
Petition calling for Julian Assange’s freedom tabled in Australian parliament
By James Cogan, 15 November 2019
Public meetings in Australia and New Zealand
Stop the US extradition of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange! Free Assange and Manning!
Australian workers and youth speak-out in support of Julian Assange
By our reporters, 13 November 2019
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Workers Struggles
Indian Honda contract workers still on strike; West Bengal teachers demand pay rise; maintenance workers take industrial action at Australian paper mill
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
16 November 2019
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UK High Court bans strike by 110,000 Royal Mail postal workers
By Robert Stevens, 14 November 2019
Record low numbers participate in 24-hour stunt strike at University of California schools and health system
By Evelyn Rios, 15 November 2019
University of California union attempts to wear down workers with a sixth 24-hour strike
Little Rock, Arkansas teachers stage one-day strike
By Nancy Hanover, 15 November 2019
India: 48,000 striking Telangana transport workers defy back to work order
By Kranti Kumara, 7 November 2019
Commentary
Leaked emails reveal Trump aide Stephen Miller’s fascist politics
By Trévon Austin, 15 November 2019
The Spanish election crisis and the treachery of Podemos
By Alex Lantier, 15 November 2019
The Spanish elections and the rise of the fascistic Vox party
Democrats begin impeachment hearings with denunciations of Russia
By Patrick Martin, 14 November 2019
Bloomberg and his fellow oligarchs lay down the law: Not a penny more in taxes
By Barry Grey, 14 November 2019
Remembrance Day and Rearmament:
Why Canada’s elite finally turned on notorious right-wing hockey commentator Don Cherry
By Carl Bronski, 14 November 2019
The Democrats’ campaign for internet censorship: Who is to determine what are “lies”?
By Andre Damon, 9 November 2019
One year since the Northern California Camp Fire
An accounting of a crime
By Toby Reese, 11 November 2019
Autoworkers Struggles
Acting UAW chief unveils bogus “anti-corruption” reforms
Ford workers complain of extreme temperatures in Chicago plants amid record-setting freeze
Ford workers describe UAW’s intimidation tactics to pass Ford contract
Ford Kentucky Truck workers speak out against contract: “The people on the floor don’t trust the UAW”
From the archive of the WSWS
What is the UAW?
By Shannon Jones, 12 November 2019
Former UAW-GM VP Joe Ashton charged in corruption scheme
How Ford and the UAW plan to cut autoworkers’ health care
Feds may have secretly recorded UAW President Gary Jones ordering cover-up of embezzlement of union funds
Science
Social inequality in Early Bronze Age Europe
By Philip Guelpa, 12 November 2019
Socialist Equality Party
Video: 70 years after the Chinese Revolution—How the struggle for socialism was betrayed
31 October 2019
Introduction to the 1955 SWP resolution “The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath”
From the archives
SWP resolution: The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath
Introduction to the 1951 report to the Fourth International by Chinese Trotskyist Peng Shuzhi
From the archives
The Causes of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Chiang Kai-Shek, and the CCP’s Perspectives
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
IYSSE meetings in Germany: Stop the shift to the right at the universities!
By our correspondents, 6 November 2019
Stop the censorship of socialist views by the University of Leipzig student council
Germany: Humboldt University student parliament supports lawsuit against far-right Professor Baberowski
Mehring Books
Mehring Yayıncılık publishes new ICFI books for İstanbul Book Fair
By Ulas Atesci, 29 October 2019
Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By David North, 2 September 2019
Preview the new publication from Mehring Books
Author’s introduction to Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
By Vadim Z. Rogovin, 30 August 2019
Now available from Mehring Books
Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition by Vadim Z. Rogovin
Obituary
Detroit Democrat John Conyers, long-standing fixture in Congress, dies at 90
By Patrick Martin, 30 October 2019
Featured Commentary
Drawing the lessons of the ICFI split—International Strategy and National Tactics: The change in the ICFI’s approach to national liberation movements
By Deepal Jayasekera, 30 September 2019
This lecture was delivered to the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 25, 2019 by Deepal Jayasekera, Assistant Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka
Introduction to the Turkish language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky’s four fateful years in Prinkipo: 1929-1933
By David North, 23 September 2019
The ICFI and the Crisis of Stalinism
The World Capitalist Crisis and the Tasks of the Fourth International: An analysis of the ICFI Perspectives resolution of 1988
The International Committee’s response to the “End of History”: The March 1992 Plenum of the ICFI
The Dissolution of the USSR and the Unipolar Moment of US Imperialism
China: Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre
The Political Origins and Consequences of the 1982–86 Split in the International Committee of the Fourth International
The 2020 US Elections
Joe Biden: A familiar face, a deeply reactionary record
By Patrick Martin, 23 September 2019
Amy Klobuchar: The favorite Democrat of Senate Republicans
By George Gallanis, 19 August 2019
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: #MeToo, McCarthyism and machine politics
- Beto O’Rourke: The incredible shrinking empty suit
- Kamala Harris: Law-and-order with a dose of identity politics
- Pete Buttigieg: The made-to-order political “outsider”
- Elizabeth Warren espouses economic nationalist policies aligned with Donald Trump
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