The Future of the American Left

What is going to happen to the American left, now that the world is turning upside down? Let me begin with a picture of what has happened in the past.

In the century and a quarter since the American Civil War and the rise of a modern capitalist economy, there have been three great upsurges from the left. In each instance a sizable part of the population rose up against injustice, won victories, pushed the country in more democratic directions—and left behind a sediment of institution...