Tag Archives: 2016 Elections

Bert Garskof :
Listen to Bernie, then take to the streets

Sanders can’t bring about his exciting progressive program without what he calls a revolution. By Bert Garskof | The Rag Blog | January 18, 2016 It seems obvious to me that the programs espoused by Bernie Sanders, if implemented, would … Continue reading

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David P. Hamilton :
How Bernie Sanders wins

The key to the Sanders campaign is motivating people to participate in greater numbers and more actively than they have ever done before. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | January 12, 2016   Part A. Winning the … Continue reading

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Carl Davidson :
My two cents on the Democratic forum hosted by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow

Maddow did a good job of posing open questions and trying to get decent answers. By Carl Davidson | The Rag Blog | November 10, 2015 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s Nov. 6, 2015 Rag Radio interview with Carl Davidson, who … Continue reading

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Debra Keefer Ramage :
Here and there: Bernie Sanders and
Jeremy Corbyn

The British press laughed off Labour’s Corbyn, just as pundits here have deemed Sanders ‘unelectable.’ By Debra Keefer Ramage | The Rag Blog | September 10, 2015 UPDATE: Socialist Jeremy Corbyn, the “loony leftist” assumed by his detractors to be … Continue reading

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David McReynolds :
The Republican debate and the raw ego of
Donald Trump

The most glaring problem was how little this group understands the world in which we now live. By David McReynolds | The Rag Blog | August 10, 2015 NEW YORK — My assumption is that most of you watched the … Continue reading

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Carl Davidson :
What the big debate tells us about a
Republican presidency

Here’s my instant two cents on the first GOP ‘debate’: put your money in the body bag business. By Carl Davidson | The Rag Blog | August 7, 2015 First, if any of the top people here win the White … Continue reading

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Bill Freeland :
Donald Trump: From here to obscurity

Trump may imagine himself as president, but what he can’t imagine is the perception of himself as a loser. By Bill Freeland | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2015 Here’s a first: the entire U.S. media, from the most … Continue reading

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Thorne Dreyer :
RAG RADIO PODCAST | An exclusive interview with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

‘This country is moving very fast toward an oligarchic form of society where a small number of people have incredible wealth and incredible economic power.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 21, 2015 UPDATE: On Thursday, … Continue reading

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Jack A. Smith :
Have Obama and the Democrats actually
become liberals?

Wow, this is like Christmas every day for the next two years! Of course, none of it will happen. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2015 Has the 2015 center-right Democratic Party transmuted literally overnight … Continue reading

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Tom Hayden :
Message to the president

Now is the time to fight for a legacy you can be proud of, and to lay down a path to victory for your coalition in 2016. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | November 6, 2014 The Congressional … Continue reading

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Harry Targ :
What to make of the elections – and what we should do next

Progressives must engage in education, agitation, and organization around social and economic justice issues while fighting the politics of fear. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2014 I am looking at exit poll data and, as … Continue reading

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James McEnteer :
The age of compromises and the compromises
of age

Chastened by her exhausting persecution as First Lady, HRC apparently decided as a member of Congress to go along to get along. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | July 10, 2014 Once upon a time, Hillary Rodham, the … Continue reading

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