{"id":22819,"date":"2016-06-24T22:08:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T02:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=22819"},"modified":"2016-06-24T22:09:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T02:09:20","slug":"petition-bernie-to-run-independently-build-new-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2016\/06\/24\/petition-bernie-to-run-independently-build-new-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition Bernie to Run Independently, Build New Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movement For Bernie<\/em> has the Petition Bernie to Run Independently, Build New Party<\/a>. They have several answers to objections that might be raised.  I wanted to record this one on this blog.<\/p>\n

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\nA New Party for the 99%
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There is another danger if Bernie drops out to back Hillary. It would leave Trump, Cruz, or other right-wing Republicans a free hand to monopolize the growing anti-establishment anger, while most of the left is trapped behind Clinton, the crowning symbol of establishment, dynastic, Wall Street politics. Could the far-right even dream up a better scenario to build their forces? While Trump might not win the election, support for hard-right populist politics will grow if there no fighting left alternative offered.\n<\/p>\n

\nMeanwhile, the confidence and energy our youthful, working-class political revolution will turn into demoralization and disorganization if the movement is corralled into Clinton’s Wall Street funded campaign – the exact opposite of a political revolution!\n<\/p>\n

\nThe stakes are too high to let this moment slip through our fingers. Capitalism is plunging humanity into a social and ecological catastrophe. Bernie’s campaign shows a viable fightback is possible. What’s missing is a strategy to sustain and grow our movement. Now is the time for bold action to build a fighting, working class political alternative – a party for the millions, not the millionaires.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Can you imagine what would happen if the Republican Party became the face of the revolution?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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