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Berned Out? Don’t Mourn—Organize

July 16, 2016 Sonali Kolhatkar, www.truthdig.com ,
By Sonali Kolhatkar for Truth Out - Backers of Bernie Sanders are angry over his decision to endorse Hillary Clinton, a rival he spent more than a year critiquing and challenging, distinguishing his positions from hers. I get it. There is a deep sense of betrayal for a faction of the American left who had probably given up on the U.S. political system, only to find inspiration in the progressive values of a white-haired senator from Vermont.

Senate Food Fight Erupts Over Sham GMO Labeling Bill

June 30, 2016 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams - The pending "compromise" GMO labeling bill has food safety and consumer advocates both in and out of government scrambling to block the legislation, which they warn will destroy popular efforts to label products made with genetically modified (GMO) ingredients. Sen. Bernie Sanders has vowed to put a hold on the legislation, which would prevent it from coming up for debate unless proponents can muster 60 votes.

Safe States, Inside-Outside & Other Liberal Illusions

June 19, 2016 Howie Hawkins, www.counterpunch.org , , ,
By Howie Hawkins for Counterpunch. Bernie Sanders is on his way to an endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the candidate of War, Wall Street, and Wal-Mart. Sanders ran as a New Deal Democrat, but he will soon be campaigning for a plain old corporate New Democrat. To keep his troops engaged through this transition, Sanders will stage a few rules and platform fights at the convention. But rule changes are irrelevant to the real party power structure of candidate organizations and their corporate investors. Any platform planks won will be irrelevant as well. No corporate Democrat will feel bound by them. Faced with that demoralizing prospect, some Sanders supporters are recycling failed old strategies in an attempt to salvage Sanders’ “political revolution” without opposing the Democratic Party.

Populism With A Brain

June 16, 2016 Barry C. Lynn and Phillip Longman, www.washingtonmonthly.com
By Barry C. Lynn and Phillip Longman for Washington Monthly - National Review recently described Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump as “two populist peas in a pod.” This was not a compliment. Across the political spectrum, people stick the “populist” label on politicians they see as exploiting the worst resentments and envies of some tribe or another. The segregationist George Wallace, by this reckoning, was a populist. So, too, Jean-Marie Le Pen. Yet there is a richer tradition of populism in the United States that has new relevancy today.

The “Afterbern”: What’s Next For The American Left?

May 23, 2016 Salar Mohandesi, www.viewpointmag.com , ,
By Salar Mohandesi for Viewpoint Magazine - One of the most significant political stories of the year is the meteoric rise of a little-known, seventy-four year old, self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" senator from the small state of Vermont. Although he may win many of the remaining contests, it seems extremely unlikely that Bernie Sanders will clinch the Democratic nomination. Nevertheless, his bid for the presidency has dramatically, perhaps irreversibly, changed the political landscape in this country.
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