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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)And here it is!- "A New National Progressive Movement Is Emerging" [View all]
**NOT CONDONING**What an interesting read this ever is. It makes you think.
Enjoy.

Were basically proposing a way to fix Congress in one fell swoop, said Saikat Chakrabarti, a former Sanders staffer and Brand New Congress co-founder. A big reason people dont vote in midterms is that it currently feels very futileat best, you get one or two progressive candidates to win, but those people wont be able to do much in a Congress that is largely run by the current establishment. We are instead presenting a plan to put in a whole slate of progressive candidates at once, so voters will have a real option for big change.
We think for the first time in 100 years, and not because were special or smarter, but because of the situation with the Bernie movement, the United Progressive Party could be the first third party going from minor party status to major party status, said UPP founder Justin Renquist. We could see 30 to 50 percent of the Democratic Party, progressives, be so disgusted with this whole process and just leave We are a populist leftist reformist movement that needs to come together. Lets be the big tent party that the Democrats said they were, but are not.
From the Bottom Up
Sanders and his most ardent followers have repeatedly said that change only comes when the people demand it. Ironically, the campaign itself is a very traditional top-down institution, where the messaging is tightly scripted and the millions raised equally tightly held. The campaign has not endorsed many candidates running for federal office and has mostly told volunteers to cover the costs of creating their campaign materials. On one hand, they are very disciplinedalmost no one affiliated with the campaign or volunteering says they are free to talk to reporters. But their fiscal stinginess has also unleashed a remarkable army of self-starters whose efforts are creating a new foundation for an emerging and growing progressive movement.
The campaign, of course, believes that anyone under age 30 who they register to vote will likely support them. So late last week, they set up a San Francisco Bay Area voter registration tour of surrogate speakersled by young hip Hollywood actorsthat stopped at the major campuses. Like many campaign events, the first to appear were not these insiders, but the outside activists. That was the case at Stanford University, where Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera, who is also running for state Assembly, appeared with a variety of handouts: cards telling people how to register, voting options, and endorsements of other local progressive candidates.
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Like I "claim? You haven't noticed any change in her positions since she wrote her book, when
merrily
May 2016
#7
She'll jump right back to the pro-oligarchy positions when it's safe for her to do so, though.
Arugula Latte
May 2016
#5
She's already pivoted rightward, by courting Republicans over Sanders supporters. n/t
intheflow
May 2016
#40
OMG! I have been asking Skinner to please start a web site for us Progressive Dems
JimDandy
May 2016
#6
Why would he start a website for the left? According the wiki for DU, he's pro-centrist/Blue Dog
merrily
May 2016
#9
When you call him a blue dog you expose either a complete lack of understanding to
Actor
May 2016
#26
It is a violation of TOS to promote third parties on DU. And it helps the GOP.
SunSeeker
May 2016
#47
I applied to join and donated to " keep this movement going" That is how it will happen.
Vincardog
May 2016
#24
I didn't change my voter regristration and am still going to the state convention. Think of it as a
Vincardog
May 2016
#62
History is on the side of a Progressive Revolution or at least Solution RIGHT NOW!!!
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#30