Tag: Democrats
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We Don’t Need No “Moderates”
Don’t fall for the false notion that candidates committed to economic and social justice are unelectable in “red” and “purple” areas. Help those candidates win.
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Privilege: Many Jill Stein Voters Have It, and Many Hillary Clinton Voters Do, Too
As an outspoken supporter of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, I often get questions akin to the one Stein was asked at the Green Town Hall on August 17: “Given the way our political system works, effectively you could help Donald Trump like Ralph Nader helped George Bush in…
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Donald Trump is A Problem, Not The Problem
Last September, Frank Rich wrote an article for New York Magazine entitled “The Importance of Donald Trump: Far from destroying our democracy, he’s exposing all its phoniness and corruption in ways as serious as he is not. And changing it in the process.” How so? Rich argued that Trump has…
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Political “Pragmatism” Undermines Progressive Goals
The Working Families Party (WFP) bills itself as “New York’s liveliest and most progressive political party.” Founded in 1998, the WFP sought to use fusion voting and community organizing to “hold politicians accountable” to an admirable set of progressive principles including but not limited to “full public financing of elections…community…
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The Shutdown: Blame Republicans but Watch the Democrats
I wrote an email to my political mailing list on August 21, 2011 entitled “Does the White House have Power?” At that time, many mainstream Democrats insisted that Barack Obama was an innocent victim of an intransigent Congress, that he ardently supported progressive priorities like a public health care option…
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