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Chris Kutalik

Dad, organizer, SURJ communications director, and writer of Slavic acid fantasy.

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The Democratic Socialist Lane Is Now a Fact of US Politics

A recent Washington Post opinion piece analyzing the proposed 2028 Democratic primary calendar opens with a wild and striking lede: “The odds that the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee will be socialist-aligned, or affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, just declined.”

What If? Part 2

Second in my series of speculative fiction about what Southern California could look like walking the democratic road to socialism.

What If?

A Week in North Hollywood During the Long Nightmare of a Socialist Near-Future

Democratic Socialists Wrestle With LA City Politics

Slates and Mayor's Race Hot Topics

Cuba’s Sunlight Is Hard to Sanction

Study Shows Decarbonization as One Avenue on the Road to Ending Empire

Why Was There a Long Bernie Moment but not a Long Jackson Moment? Why was 2016 "Our Time" and Not 1988?

And What Are the Lessons?

Keep Hope Alive

I Was a Teenage Jesse Jackson Delegate

Just How High is the Sky? Does the US Left Have a Supporter Ceiling? Does DSA?

Last week Democratic Socialists of America hit 100,000 members.

From Carnations to Caracoles: Beyond Revolution and Reform

“In keeping with Zapatista tradition of anti-climax, the worst place to see a demonstration in the Zócalo is from the platform.”

Affordability a New Strategic Grammar for the Left

The Left desperately needs a new strategic grammar—one rooted not just in resistance but in a clear, popular program that helps working people people survive Trumpism in material terms.