Most on the broad left view electoral activity as all-important to progressive reform and even the advance of socialism. They focus almost exclusively on elections, inevitably to the benefit of parties of the liberal bourgeoisie, like the Democrats. By contrast, revolutionary socialists recognize the electoral system as a weapon in the hands of the ruling class that can never be used to transform the system in any lasting way.
Most people see the United States as a middle-class society. This idea has dominated sociology and even influenced left-wing organizing. Is this view accurate? How does it square with Marx’s idea that the working class is the vast majority in capitalist society? Ahmed Kanna examines an important contribution to this debate on analysis and strategy.
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