The Demise of Progressive Democrats: ‘Resist and Submit, Retreat and Surrender’

21st Century Wire says…
The US 2016 Presidential Election was a watershed point in 21st century western politics. With the defeat of Hillary Clinton and the near collapse of the Democratic Party, it seems that America’s ‘progressive’ left has lost the ability to relate to much of the working and the middle classes. During the Obama Administration, the party was taken over by the billionaire donor class ruled by Wall Street interests, Silicon Valley svengalis, and the unelected commissariate – the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Their failed strategy of total reliance on identity politics at home, and backing Islamist extremism and a New Cold War with Russia abroad – has spelled abject failure for the US electorate.
Still, the vanguard of the progressive left is still in denial of these realities. However, a new shake-up on the left may already be underway.
Last month, America’s latest progressive icon, Bernie Sanders had this to say…
Sanders: "The Democratic Party is an absolute failure." (June 11, 2017)
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This post was published at 21st Century Wire on July 14, 2017.