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93(P) - The Progressive/Left Insurgency: Strategy Session ft. Bill Fletcher Jr. (Patreon)

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2019-06-30 14:47:48
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Bill Fletcher Jr (@BillFletcherJr) returns to the show to discuss the American people's desire for more than just beating Trump, as evidenced by Tiffany Caban's victory in Queens. What is the Democratic Party, really? Why only organizing can beat Biden, and cultivating future leaders. Bernie 2020 vs Bernie 2016.

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Comments

Bijou Smith

"...mass expression of frustration..." best burn on disaffected liberals I've heard in a while.

Bijou Smith

Bernie is younger people. Brooksy is right. Few from my generation (the cynical X-geners) have arisen so far to champion his movement. A lot of us are comfortable, even quite good, academics, but cowardly shy of entering politics. The most disappointing generation in terms of not living up to potential. But to be fair, he does have some excellent Gen-X advisors and brains trust, case in point, he has Stephanie Kelton as economics advisor --- cancelling student debt is straight out of the Kelton playbook. In my view she is his KEY advisor. She will push him to spend huge on the deficit, and use the smokescreen of taxes on the wealthy to "pay for it" (for pure political expediency) because she knows damn well taxes pay for nothin', it's all deficit spending which is precisely the 22 trillion dollars in circulation (3%) the rest (97%) is all credit/debt money which is what wreaks the economy.

Ellen Ellsberg Edge

Love your show Michael. Please stop concern trolling those of us who won’t vote for corporate Dems. Or, if you feel you must, I’ll be signing off. I just don’t need that shit.

J P 3

Agree with both of you re: Bernie. The big issue as you note is that there is a big generation gap. There are no younger Governors or Senators who come close to him in terms of credibility, track record, etc. Sanders had a unique situation in 2016 and was able to build a national profile. He enters the contest having spent over $200 million building networks and a name ID, plus perhaps another $500 million in free media since 2016. A younger Bernie with a lower media profile would be a lot easier to marginalize at this stage. To the extent that there has been good news since 2016, it's mostly been a legacy of the "failed" Sanders primary run. e.g. in terms of media, policy shops (even very rudimentary ones like Matt Bruenig's PPP), independent political advocacy organizations, the development of labor organizers, elected leaders at local and state level. Not sure if things are developing fast enough, but there are some reasons for optimism.

Zen Ben

Bill Fletcher is deeply insightful about the dynamics of American Left politics. He is a sane and sober voice in the time of clown fascism.