- 9 years ago Sticky: Why I created this tribe
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Sanders Didn’t Lose the Black Vote: He Never Had It, and Never Asked Why
“Without understanding why the most left wing constituency in the US delivers its vote reliably to the most right wing interests in the Democratic party, Bernie wasn’t even knocking on the door of the black vote.” By Bruce A. Dixon.
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Et Tu, Bernie?
It is one thing to hold one’s nose and vote for Hillary Clinton as the lesser evil. It is quite another to suddenly absolve the Clintons, who have, as Bernie Sanders repeatedly pointed out, contributed so much to the national crisis. By Robert Scheer.
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The fall and fall of German social democracy
The SPD has lost voters to the left and the right, and needs to get them back fast to avoid becoming irrelevant. By Janosch Delcker.
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A Bernie Sanders Supporter Confronted a Superdelegate — Then Leaked Their Private Conversation
One superdelegate casually admitted to a Bernie Sanders supporter that she’ll vote to nominate Hillary Clinton, despite 81.6 percent of her state voting for Sanders. By Tom Cahill.
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Bernie Sanders calls back to America’s socialist roots
Before the Soviet Union and then the Cold War confused and conflated the issues and the terms used to describe them, democratic socialism was the largest political movement in the United States outside the Republican and Democratic parties. Dozens of socialist mayors and several socialist congressmen were elected to office.
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The Argument for Universal Basic Income - Evonomics
What stands in its way?
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Look Who's Buying American Democracy
According to an investigation by the New York Times, half of all the money contributed so far to Democratic and Republican presidential candidates—$176 million—has come from just 158 families, along with the companies they own or control. Who are these people? They’re almost entirely white, rich, older and male—even though America is becoming increasingly black and brown, young, female, and with declining household incomes.
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Presidential candidates ignore the costs of unpaid internships
"But of the 16 candidates running for president, only one pays his interns: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), at $10.10 an hour."
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Bernie Sanders to deliver much-awaited speech on democratic socialism Thursday
The presidential hopeful plans to give remarks about his political philosophy at Georgetown University.
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Portugal caught up in post-election turmoil
Portugal's fragile economic recovery might be in jeopardy as post-election political turmoil creates uncertainty about who will govern the country.
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In election devoid of class politics, Liberals won on the economy
Canada didn’t get the memo that it's okay to talk about inequality again
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Carl Icahn Is Making a Brazen $150 Million Bid to Buy Congress
When people talk about money in politics, they invariably focus on elections — on the insidious role played by outside groups to push into office those with hidden political agendas.
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The media’s lying to you about Bernie Sanders: This is why a socialist can win the Fox-loving red states
I spent days with Sanders fans across red states. They watch Fox, live in the heartland, and are voting for Bernie.
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PRISON PHONE CALLS: When capitalism incapacitates its most precious capital--people | The Mindful Word
Analysis of the unjust situation inmates in the U.S. have in regards to making prison phone calls and the effect that has on their well-being.
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Bernie Sanders’ Refusal To Attack Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Principled—It’s Political Genius
The democratic socialist is taking a stand by running a clean campaign, and it’s already making a big impact on the race for president.
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There is a Bernie Sanders arcade game, and it is amazing
Dodge the "extreme right wing" and fat cats in your hydrogen plane.
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Bernie Sanders' Morality is a Threat to the Status Quo
It seems the mainstream media is finally starting to pay a little bit of attention to Bernie Sanders. Unfortunately, that little bit of attention usually involves futile attempts to goad Sanders into dissing Hillary Clinton, or asking him to comment on the "authenticity" both he and Trump seem to possess; authenticity which, polls suggest, the electorate craves.
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The Great Reformer
Olof Palme’s career illustrates the Swedish model’s great successes — and crippling weaknesses.
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The Sanders Paradox: a Brief for Bernie
In this presidential summer of our discontent, the radical left has been fighting hard—not chiefly against capitalism and its galloping calamities, it seems, but against . . . Bernie Sanders. By William Kaufman.
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Bernie Sanders' Labor Day index, with apologies to Harper's Magazine
By Bernie Sanders. Illustrations by Robert Neubecker / For The Times