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Asad Haider

Asad Haider is the author of "Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump" (Verso, 2018), and an editor of Viewpoint Magazine.

Hillary Clinton (L) and Bernie Sanders (R) participate in the NBC News -YouTube Democratic Candidates Debate on January 17, 2016 at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

How calling someone a “class reductionist” became a lefty insult

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Police officers search men accused of looting during race riots in Detroit, Michigan | Police officers intervene people who exit damaged store after the glass was knocked out in Midtown, NYC (Getty Images/Salon)

The 2020 rebellion has deep roots — and it can’t be resolved by electing Joe Biden

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Joe Biden | Bernie Sanders Supporters (Photo illustration by Salon/AP Photo)

Will the millennial left make peace with the “lesser evil” of Joe Biden? It’s complicated

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Nurses from National Nurses United practice social distancing as they protest in front of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

How do workers organize when we can’t go to work?

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks during a campaign rally in Detroit, Friday, March 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Despite his loss, Bernie Sanders’ campaign proved that organizing around class interests works

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Amazon employees hold a protest and walkout over conditions at the company's Staten Island distribution facility on March 30, 2020 in New York City (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A general strike is on the horizon in the US — but what happens after could change everything

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