Many on the U.S. left fear governing power, in part because it has been so difficult to achieve. More recent optimism among socialists is a welcome development—but we need a middle ground between being cynical and naive.
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Bernie Sanders’s strong showing in Iowa is a turning point in the battle between the party’s establishment and left wing.
The 200,000-member-strong Amalgamated Transit Union cited Biden’s electability against President Trump.
How bad it really gets: Inequality and climate disaster wreck an Illinois town. Trump's divine right, and more.
Bernie's staff here says we knocked on 130,000 doors this weekend. I did about 250 of those doors, so do the math: 500 people like me. Possibly I’m just swept up in the moment, but it seems like a great social movement in the making.
The Times They Are a-Changin' | Bernie Sanders. Trump Forwards His Xenophobic Agenda. The Lost Neighborhood Under New York's Central Park. The First Rainbow Coalition | Trailer. Reflecting on Kobe Bryant.
Real change is all around us. Every conversation, protestor, canvasser, donation fuels this movement.
Friday Portside posted An Open Letter to the Green Party About 2020 Election Strategy, by Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher, Leslie Cagan, Ron Daniels, Kathy Kelly, Norman Solomon, Cynthia Peters, and Michael Albert.
The youth movement is on the ground in New Hampshire showing the nation how it's done.
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