Harold Meyerson

There are at least two things that can stop a government police force that’s violently out of control. One occurs when it performs its brutality out in the open, where it can be recorded. The second comes when it attacks people with whom the public can em... See more

In Socialism, his 1972 magnum opus, Michael Harrington termed the American labor movement an “invisible” mass social democratic movement. Even as he noted that its language, its forms, and its foreign policy (at least at the AFL-CIO) suggested nothing lik... See more

In the late 1960s, as the Vietnam War bloodily dragged on with no prospect of ending, the actions and theories of a small number of longtime war protesters grew desperate and rather apocalyptic. It was not until the end of the ’60s that I began to hear so... See more

Harold Meyerson 04/01/2026 Un auténtico neoyorquino, si es que alguna vez ha habido uno. No pretendo hacer una valoración negativa cuando digo que a lo que más me recordó el discurso inaugural de Zohran Mamdani como alcalde de Nueva York fue a Manhattan, ... See more

I do not mean this as a negative assessment when I say that what Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural address as mayor of New York reminded me most of was Woody Allen’s Manhattan—albeit with a more all-encompassing view of the city. Like Manhattan, Mamdani’s speech... See more