America’s summer of socialism
Populist radicals are storming the Democratic Party. Is this the US left’s Maga moment?
By
Freddie Hayward
Freddie Hayward is the US correspondent at the New Statesman. He started out at the Bangkok Post, as what Hunter S Thompson once called a vagrant journalist. Stints in Sierra Leone and Westminster followed before he ended up in the imperial capital, Washington DC.
Latest articles
Features on
All Articles
Could Iran be America’s next Vietnam?
Then, the key to American failure was naivety – now, it is Donald Trump’s personal hubris
By
Americans love queuing even more than we do
Donald Trump’s 4 July parade was an assault on the senses
By
Trump is making America’s 250th birthday all about himself
The celebration has become a monument to monomania
By
Why is America still talking about Kamala Harris?
The Democrats need a fresh face
By
Keir Starmer is a dishonest man
His successor must make a break with this failing government
By
Everyone is a conspiracy theorist now
Under Trump, conspiracy has spread from low-status voters to Washington’s respectable liberal class
By
Democrats need Hasan Piker
The party can’t afford to ignore the alternative media
By
Good luck King Charles, and thanks for the bell
The monarch’s state visit was little more than a brief entertainment for Donald Trump
By