Tag: Bernie Sanders
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My political autobiography
It has become a truism: every election is the most important of our lives. Is this any more true of the 2020 presidential election? Of course it is! As we approach what is already shaping up to be another prolonged and contentious primary season, I want to offer an autobiographical preamble to my ongoing commentary…
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Democratic Socialism or Corporate Cronyism
It’s mid-April, and the 74-year-old democratic socialist senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders is not only still in the race for the Democratic nomination, he is in the midst of a spring surge to overtake the most inevitable candidate in modern political history. On Wednesday (April 13th), Bernie held a rally in Washington Square Park in NYC…
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A little birdie told me…
“Of course, miracles do happen; but it is unwise to expect them.” -Alfred North Whitehead That bird knows more than you think, Bernie.
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Socialistic Capitalism (a rant)
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Hillary v. Bernie and the Future of American Democracy
I’ve been meaning to write about the primaries for a while now, but administrative duties at CIIS, finishing my dissertation and other writing projects, and online teaching has taken up all my time and energy. Lack of time hasn’t stopped me from rushing off a ton of tweets and FaceBook posts in support of Bernie Sanders’ campaign,…
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