Should activists sit this election out? Not if you believe in activism. The right tactical call for activists is to elect the politicians they're most able to cajole, persuade, and pressure. That means viewing politicians in a different light...
‘Today, the people won.’ — Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush has beaten a 20-year incumbent and is positioned to become Missouri’s first Black congresswoman.
"It is not good enough just to elect Joe Biden. We've got to continue the movement in this country for transformative change."
Concentrations of economic power have to be confronted. Workers’ rights and bargaining power have to be extended.
"Why would we want a return to normalcy? We need a vision for the future, not a return to the past."
As Bernie Sanders has emerged as the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, his insistence that he is a democratic socialist is a dealbreaker for many voters and pundits. What does socialism mean in the context of modern America...
At the same moment that Trump was riding his horse Xenophobe through a narrow passageway in the Electoral College to the presidency, California elected only Democrats..., extended progressive tax revenues and ...locked out anti-immigrant policy...
There was a time in America when being called a socialist could end a political career. Not anymore.
The squad understands that "diversity" is meaningless if the measure of success is "sameness." The congresswomen are choosing to do politics a different way because they recognize that Congress has never worked for their communities.
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