If the Democrats don’t shape up, Biden’s presidency will lead to a Trumpian sequel | Astra Taylor

The president has failed to capitalise on progressive sentiment: his party needs to stand up for the working class

How should one feel about the first year of the Biden presidency?

I can't really say I'm disappointed, since I didn't have high hopes going into it. But I do feel dread. This last year has felt a bit like being trapped in a nail-biting intermission between two horror films. The opening instalment consisted of Donald Trump's first four years in office - it ended with the cliffhanger of a deadly plague and a surreal, poorly executed, but still terrifying ransacking of the Capitol. The sequel practically writes itself, as the man ascends to power a second time, even more emboldened and determined to hold on to power.

Astra Taylor is a writer, organiser and documentary maker