Far‑Left Emerges From Democratic Establishment

A recently published memoir argues that the contemporary insurgent Left in the U.S. did not mainly arise outside the Democratic Party but evolved from operatives, fundraisers, and institutions within it. That genealogical view reframes insurgency as an internal institutional transformation rather than external infiltration. — If correct, this shifts accountability and reform debates from 'outsider threats' to intra‑party networks, affecting candidate selection, primary dynamics, and how parties police norms.