A Brief History of the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party, and the US political system as a whole, is a very strange beast.
Adam Hilton is a visiting lecturer at Mount Holyoke College.
The Democratic Party, and the US political system as a whole, is a very strange beast.
Desperate for unity, the Democrats have clipped the superdelegates’ wings. It’s another win for the Bernie wing of the party.
Brazile’s DNC revelations don’t change anything for the Left.
The Democratic Party has a history of throwing up barriers to working-class organization that Bernie Sanders will find hard to overcome.
Bernie Sanders has called for a “political revolution.” But the New Politics movement shows the challenges of accomplishing that within the Democratic Party.