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(14,705 posts)Even the Financial Times is saying that Democrats should listen to the new rising left in the party
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/f6de7d2a-90c6-11e8-b639-7680cedcc421
The US Democratic party is returning to its roots. During Barack Obamas administration, the presidents spokesman, Robert Gibbs, derided the professional left for wanting things like Canadian healthcare. Eight years on, the most popular new liberal faces are asking for just that and much more.
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It is true, and is something that Democrats, who have moved too far away from their labour roots in recent decades, have not fully reckoned with. From Bill Clintons administration onwards, the Democratic party has been led by neoliberals who were more or less happy to continue down the laissez-faire path set during the Reagan era.