They are certainly aligned with the US Democratic party, but I think it's a mistake to equate the Democrats with "the left" unless you're only speaking in that total American context where "Left=Dems, Right=GOP, end of story."

Where I live, US Democratic Party policy positions would be held by unelectable right wingers. I agree that confusing some kind of left alignment with the US Democratic Party is not advisable, even in parts of the USA.

the Democratic party of the USA is center-leftish at best.

For example they don't openly support

- unions

- universal free healthcare

- strong workers' guaranteed rights (paid holidays, paid sick leave, paternity/maternity, limited working hours - e.g. max 40 hours per week -, overtime pay etc. etc.)

> they don't openly support

What's the definition of openly support you're using? Going off the party platform, it seems like they do:

> unions

> strong workers' guaranteed rights

https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/building... see the section "Protecting Workers and Families and Creating Millions of Jobs Across America"

> universal free healthcare

Except for the word "free", https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/achievin... makes their position on universal health care clear. Exactly how the cost gets shared by society is something that's a bit more nuanced (there's no way for it to be completely free; the question is how much is funded by taxes vs other fees).

that's interesting.

thanks for posting it.

My knowledge of their program was evidently not updated with their latest propositions.

I hope they'll make it this time.