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Showing Original Post only (View all)Socialists Just Showed the Democratic Party How to Win Across the U.S. [View all]
Democratic socialist Seema Singh Perez will be the first Indian-American member of the Knoxville city council. (Facebook/Elect Seema Singh Perez City Council 3rd District)
WEB ONLY / FEATURES » NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Tuesday nights progressive electoral wave is proof that embracing a bold left agenda is the key to victory.
BY MILES KAMPF-LASSIN
One year ago, a wave of disbelief, gloom and rage washed across the country. A vile orange manifestation of Americas darkest id had won the presidency, Republicans held control of all three branches of government, and new nightmares awaited.
Trump is still president, the GOP still has the House and Senate, and every day we witness new threats to the environment, the social safety net andwith an incoherent man-childs hands on the nuclear footballthe very future of humanity.
But last night we saw a very different kind of wave, one that moves us towards a politics that rejects the horrors of Trumpismand instead embraces a bold progressive vision for the future. Across the country, candidates running from the Left wonand many of them won big.
Larry Krasner, a civil-rights attorney who has represented activists from Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street, was elected as Philadelphias new District Attorney in a 40-point blowout. Krasner ran on a platform of stopping mass incarceration, ending bail and civil asset forfeiture and explicitly renouncing Trump. Following his victory, he told Business Insider, I think the Democratic Party should be madly wrapping its loving arms around progressives.
FULL story: http://inthesetimes.com/article/20682/socialists-democrats-larry-krasner-election-2017?link_id=1&can_id=a9cf23302332fb8fa0573509116ae7fe&source=email-socialists-just-showed-the-democratic-party-how-to-win-across-the-us-meet-phillys-new-progressive-da&email_referrer=email_261353&email_subject=socialists-just-showed-the-democratic-party-how-to-win-across-the-us-meet-phillys-new-progressive-da
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Omaha Steve
Nov 2017
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Exactly, they won as Democrats on Democratic policies. Some want to redefine "Democrats" and....
George II
Nov 2017
#48
It didn't help that many of these "socialists" were shitting on "corporate" Northam
Blue_Tires
Nov 2017
#3
Those who did not are REPUBLICANS PERIOD... I vote for the person with a 'D' next to his/her name.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#25
I perused the article and found nothing outstanding that the Democratic Leadership and base does not
SandyZ
Nov 2017
#4
Candidates who don't embrace the (D) after their name and the Democratic Platform...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#16
You have screwed women with abortion bills from hell which Mello helped to pass...some progressive.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#27
You are right that the headline is hyperbolic, but your post exaggerates even more.
FSogol
Nov 2017
#38
The black community turned out big for Northam. Northam with Fairfax toured the entire state.
FSogol
Nov 2017
#44
You are the only one saying the Northam campaign said "we don't need you" to anyone.
FSogol
Nov 2017
#40