Beyond the "Left" vs. "Centrist" Debate: Why the Democratic Party Must Refocus on the Working Class to Lead Again.
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Beyond the "left" vs. "centrist" debate: Why the Democratic Party must refocus on the working class to lead again.
Labels can be misleading and misused. The label "Centrist" is empowering because it signifies you are mainstream, not extreme, a place where all people can come together. To be labeled "Left" is to place you outside the mainstream, extreme; left connotes a kind of kookiness as well as—horror of horrors—Socialism.But are the labels accurate? For most of the 20th century, the Democratic Party was, without question, the party that championed the wo…
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"Socialist" is the word of the summer in the United States. For almost 80 years it was little less than an insult in national politics, a label marked with fire by the Cold War. However, now it begins to become a credential. Some of the figures with the greatest pull among the Democrats are also among the most decorated to the left: the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani; Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; and Senator Bernie Sanders embody t…
In the wake of the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, socialist democratic candidates have won primaries all over the country in preparation for the mid-term elections next November. A fundamental trend within the Democratic Party, which sees its base turning increasingly towards more progressive candidates, says the Financial Times.
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