Don’t Curse, Organize

How should radicals and liberals resist and help defeat an administration hostile to every principle and policy that makes a decent society possible? The only way to take back the power of the state is with an institution that has the potential to do so. There is just one national institution that fits that description: the Democratic Party. Leftists, in and out of social movements, should instead seize the opportunity that Hillary Clinton’s defeat has given them. Join local chapters of the Democratic Party. Start Democratic clubs where liberals, moderates, and radicals can debate how to challenge Trump and his allies at every level. Consider running for the city council or the state legislature or Congress—and seek out advice about how to set up a campaign and, yes, raise money to finance it.