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      We Must Be Prepared to Nonviolently Defend a Democratic Election in the Streets

      We Must Be Prepared to Nonviolently Defend a Democratic Election in the Streets

      Trump must go. And then the real work of democratic politics can continue.

      Jeffrey C. Isaac
      Aug 22, 2020

      The U.S. is suffering from numerous biological and human plagues. Trump is an autocrat whose role models are Putin, Bolsonaro, and Duterte. He is now doing everything in his power to obstruct a free and fair election in November, and there is great danger that he will refuse to leave office through constitutionally prescribed means.

      It is likely that the election will generate many court challenges and political contestation involving governors, state legislatures and Congress. We may also see civil violence fomented by Trump's far-right supporters, many of whom are armed and dangerous and have already shown their willingness to brandish their weapons in public.

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      America for the Rich or the Poor?

      America for the Rich or the Poor?

      Which America will be ours after the pandemic?

      Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
      Jun 04, 2020

      In the summer of 1995, when I was 18, I started visiting Tent City, a temporary encampment in an abandoned lot in northeast Philadelphia. About 40 families had taken up residence in tents, shacks, and other makeshift structures. Among them were people of various races, ages, and sexual orientations, all homeless and fighting for the right to live.

      Tent City was set up by the Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU), a grassroots organization of poor and homeless people and a chapter of the National Welfare Rights Union. As in so many other areas of the country, homelessness in Philadelphia, a city battered by decades of deindustrialization, job loss, and affordable housing cuts, had become endemic. Although they were still living in what had once been the center of the northeast industrial corridor, many in Philly, especially the residents of Kensington, had been reduced to two main sources of income: welfare and drugs. A teenager might have stood better odds of going to jail or being shot than graduating from Kensington High. More than 40% of the population in the area had to break the law simply to survive. Police brutality was rampant.

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      Throwing the Base Under the Bus--and Other Deep Thoughts From NYT

      Throwing the Base Under the Bus--and Other Deep Thoughts From NYT

      Edsall wants Democratic candidates to appeal to white working-class voters, not by offering them real economic succor, but by throwing the rest of the party under the bus.

      Julie Hollar
      Nov 07, 2019

      The New York Times' Thomas Edsall has an axe to grind, and the paper loves to let him grind it. Edsall is convinced that the Democrats need to move to the center, in ways that will offend much of the party, in order to appeal to the moderate white "swing" voters he believes are the key to a Democratic victory in 2020.

      "Democrats will have to tackle issues that may alienate--and even give offense to--progressives, women, Latinos and African-Americans," Edsall preaches in his latest column (11/1/19). (Edsall repeatedly makes arguments like this, in which only cisgender, straight white men are never to be betrayed. See, for example, "What's a Non-Racist Way to Appeal to Working-Class Whites? NYT's Edsall Can't Think of Any," FAIR.org, 3/30/18, and "NYT Steers Dems Away From the Obvious Formula for Defeating Trump," FAIR.org, 8/29/19.)

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