San Pedro Stands with Standing Rock p. 3 Four Candidates Vie for Councilman Buscaino’s Seat p. 5 Tony’s Barbecue and Bibingkinitan’s Culinary Adventure p. 12 Aloe Blacc Brings a Legacy of Soul to the Holidays p. 16
Bernie Sanders Warned that the Usual Politics Wouldn’t Be Enough
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his year, for the first time in our publication’s history, our national coverage was dominated by a single story: the presidential election. Yet this was a story through which many other stories flowed, from the economic populism of the Bernie Sanders campaign and the articulation of a Black Lives Matter platform, to the rise of right-wing authoritarianism with Donald Trump.
Issues Emerge, Sanders Surges
White House, will not regain the Senate or the U.S. House, will not be successful in dozens of gubernatorial races across the country, unless we generate excitement and momentum and produce a huge voter turnout… “With all due respect — and I do not mean to insult anyone here — that turnout, that enthusiasm, will not happen with politics as usual. The people of our country understand that given the collapse of the American middle class, and given the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality we are experiencing, we do not need more establishment politics or establishment economics.” We went on to explain: “Another way to describe the difference is solidarity-building social democracy — epitomized by the New Deal and the Great Society, as well as Nordic countries like Denmark and Sweden today — versus market-oriented neo-liberalism, [See Hindsight, p. 6]
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We began our coverage in January, when a story about Bernie Sanders and his economic populist campaign began, “Since Bernie Sanders launched his presidential bid, he’s been crystal clear on a number of key points: America belongs to the people, not a handful of billionaires; and people must organize themselves into a political revolution to reclaim their rightful power. Politics as usual will not be enough.” Our story referenced a message Sanders made at the Democratic National Committee in the summer of 2015 — a message that now sounds prophetic: “In my view, Democrats will not retain the
By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
December 22, 2016 - January 4, 2017
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