Where Next For the Left

With authors Greg Albo and Stephen Maher, co-editors of the Socialist Register, in conversation with Sasha Lilley co-founder of Against the Grain.

We are clearly facing a transitional political moment, as Donald Trump returns to the presidency, capitalist states fail to take action on climate change, and neoliberal policies become ever more incoherent and delegitimized. Meanwhile, the 'democratic socialist' conjuncture – marked by the sudden emergence of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn on the political stage, following the new socialist parties, Syriza, Bloco, and Podemos – now appears to have closed. Thus amidst mounting crises and challenges, socialists are at a crossroads: are we moving on, or starting over?

Greg Albo is a leading figure on the international left who has published widely on global capitalism, the state, and contemporary politics. He teaches political economy in the Department of Political Science at York University in Toronto.

Stephen Maher is an…