This is the bright spot in our mostly bleak moment: a rising wave of militancy and mobilisation on the left, particularly the socialist left, in the US and the UK, two countries where the left in general and socialism in particular have been in retreat since the late 1970s. For all their differences, both belong to the socialist tradition – Corbyn hailing from the Bennite Labour left, Sanders from the Young People’s Socialist League. When Corbyn won the leadership of the Labour party in 2015, the official consensus was that he wouldn’t last long. Far from annihilating the party, Corbyn has invigorated it. Jeremy Corbyn: Labour could do a better Brexit deal.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2018 09:00 UTC