Tag Archives: Elizabeth Warren

Sanders or Warren? Populist-Progressivism or New Deal? Take Your Pick!

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Working-Class Perspectives

Despite their general agreement on specific issues, the two most left-wing candidates for the 2020 Democratic Party nomination, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have embraced different ideological markers.  Sanders calls himself a “democratic socialist” and his near-miss 2016 primary … Continue reading →

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Memo to the Occupiers

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

Occupy Wall Street has many on the left cheering.  That includes me, albeit with reservations. As someone who devoted a good portion of his life to fighting  injustice—or as the late liberal icon and state legislator Robert Hagan was fond of … Continue reading →

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On Violence and Class Warfare

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

“Class warfare.”  Lately, it is breaking out everywhere.  The phrase, that is.  Over the last 10 days commentators, pundits, comedians, and, finally, Democratic politicians have gotten into the game.  Elizabeth Warren, the new wonder woman Democratic Senatorial candidate in Massachusetts … Continue reading →

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The Working Class and the Great Capitulator

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

When I began writing this piece its focus—and the act that earned Barack Obama the moniker “Great Capitulator”—was his decision to cave into Republican senators and Wall Street fat cats and withdraw his nomination of Elizabeth Warren to head the … Continue reading →

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