The Democrats

The historic 2008 elections put a Democrat in the White House and in the majority in both houses of Congress, yet those hoping for change have been deeply disappointed. Lance Selfa looks at the Democrats in broad historical perspective, showing the institutional roots of today's betrayals, with a new introduction and chapter on the Barack Obama presidency. Lance Selfais an editor of International Socialist Reviewand The Struggle for Palestine. He is also a regular contributor to the Socialist Workernewspaper, based in Chicago, Illinois.

Lance Selfa has written extensively about U.S. politics and current affairs. He is the editor of The Struggle for Palestine, and his writing appears regularly in Socialist Worker newspaper and the International Socialist Review.