US Democrats are struggling to make sense of a socialist surge | Anne McElvoy
(The Guardian United States)

Anti-Trump activists such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the Democratic Socialists of America have galvanised disillusioned votersOn the well-kept shores of Martha´s Vineyard, Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Obamas arrived this month, still drawing their respective following of acolytes for book signings, cocktail parties and informal think-ins about what Democrats need to do to turn back the tide of Trumpism. The local joke is that when they leave the tiny airport `the left turns right` to their down-island destination of identical clapperboard summer retreats. Beyond this cloistered world of J Crew and clam bakes, the destination of travel looks very different. As America prepares for electoral combat season in the midterm elections this November, the centre-left is being lured to turn harder to the left.The hot movement for opponents of Donald Trump´s aggressive populism is the Democratic Socialists of America, fiercely competing for political oxygen with Democratic party candidates. Continue reading...