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Is Now the Time to Break with the Democrats?: A Debate

January 2018May 2018 J. Phillip Thompson and Adam Hilton democracy, Democratic Party, Labor, liberalism, neoliberalism, politics, race, Sanders Campaign, Winter 2018

What should be the strategy on the left at this time?

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The AFL-CIO “On the Beach”

June 2017 Administrator collective bargaining, Democratic Party, Labor, neoliberalism, Spring 2017, working class

In the chilling 1959 cold war apocalyptic film, On the Beach, the entire northern hemisphere has succumbed to radiation sickness

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White Working-Class Voters and the Future of Progressive Politics

May 2017June 2019 Michael Zweig capitalism, collective bargaining, Democratic Party, elections, Labor, politics, populism, racism, Spring 2017, trade unions, working class

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, there have been hundreds of reflections written on the behavior, attitudes, needs, and prospects of the “white working class,” a segment of the population that will prove vital to any progressive coalition that stands for both social and economic justice. But what do we mean by “white working class”?

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The significance of Bernie Sanders’s opposition to Donald Trump’s Syria bombing

April 2017May 2018 Thomas Gallagher anti-war, Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, Syria

In years past, it has often been difficult to find anti-militarist beacons in Congress – Democrats included. Particularly since Dennis

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Sick on Arrival Health Care Reform in the Age of Obama

March 2017June 2018 Marie Gottschalk Democratic Party, healthcare, healthcare reform

Despite all of the parallels drawn between President Obama and Franklin Roosevelt, the new administration initially responded to the health

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The Democratic Party Left After the Ellison DNC Campaign: Unite or Fight?

March 2017June 2018 Thomas Gallagher Democratic Party, electoral politics

One thing to keep in mind about the recent Thomas Perez–Keith Ellison race for Democratic National Committee chair is that it was pretty much an only-in-America sort of thing. Were we in any kind of parliamentary system – like most countries have – the two sides would probably be in different parties – the Bernie Sanders core of the Ellison