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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Why US Democrats Must Derail Republican Party Nationalist Populism With Economic Populism

Why US Democrats Must Derail Republican Party Nationalist Populism With Economic Populism | real utopias | Scoop.it
Electoral success for Democrats in November will hinge on muting Republican nationalism with economic populism centered on raising wages.
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Friday Talking Points -- Debate Talking Point Rundown - Huffington Post

Friday Talking Points -- Debate Talking Point Rundown - Huffington Post | real utopias | Scoop.it
Because of the importance of the first debate of the season for Democrats, we're devoting the entire column today to scrutinizing the various talking points (good and bad) delivered by the candidates.
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Full Transcript: Democratic Presidential Debate - New York Times

Full Transcript: Democratic Presidential Debate - New York Times | real utopias | Scoop.it
The full dialogue from the debate hosted by CNN and Facebook from the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas.
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It's amazing to hear the difference in the opinions between the Democratic and Republican parties.

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A self-assured performance by Clinton in Democratic presidential debate - Washington Post

A self-assured performance by Clinton in Democratic presidential debate - Washington Post | real utopias | Scoop.it
The front-runner’s experience put her in command as she and her rivals took the stage in Las Vegas.
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Democratic candidates sound like Occupy Wall Street in show of scorn for the current financial system

Democratic candidates sound like Occupy Wall Street in show of scorn for the current financial system | real utopias | Scoop.it
This subject is too big to fail
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The Quiet Revolution: How the New Left Took Over the Democratic Party - Patriot Post

The Quiet Revolution: How the New Left Took Over the Democratic Party - Patriot Post | real utopias | Scoop.it
Frustration with division and gridlock in Washington lead many Americans to impugn both political parties for the current broken and ineffective state of government.
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The Quiet Revolution: How the New Left Took Over the Democratic Party - American Thinker

The Quiet Revolution: How the New Left Took Over the Democratic Party - American Thinker | real utopias | Scoop.it
The Quiet Revolution: How the New Left Took Over the Democratic Party American Thinker This in turn, he argued, causes the working class proletariat to rise up and overthrow the capitalist order, seize the means of production, eliminate private...
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The Bernie effect: Noam Chomsky says Sanders will push the Democratic Party to the left

The Bernie effect: Noam Chomsky says Sanders will push the Democratic Party to the left | real utopias | Scoop.it
Noam Chomsky is glad to see Bernie Sanders (I-VT) running for president because, even though he doesn’t think he’ll win, he’ll provide a needed “thorn in the side” of the Clinton juggernaut. Chomsky, a beloved public intellectual, linguist and MIT professor emeritus, said in an email to a friend of Alternet’s Zaid Jilani, that Sanders’ campaign is an important vehicle for ideas and facts in an electoral system beset by big money and political dynasties, writing: …
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Paul Krugman on Why Wall Street May Finally Be Losing Its Grip on Democrats

Paul Krugman on Why Wall Street May Finally Be Losing Its Grip on Democrats | real utopias | Scoop.it
The columnist sees a budding populism and unrepentant liberalism in a once centrist party.
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The quiet Social Security revolution: How Democrats learned to stop loving benefit cuts

The quiet Social Security revolution: How Democrats learned to stop loving benefit cuts | real utopias | Scoop.it
For the first time in decades, dangerous myths about "insolvency" are fading away. Here's how it happened
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Michael Parenti on “Left” Support for the Democratic Party

Michael Parenti on “Left” Support for the Democratic Party | real utopias | Scoop.it
  “Left anticommunists find any association with communist organizations to be morally unacceptable because of the 'crimes of communism.' Yet many of them are themselves associated with the De...
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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation