Why did Bernie Sanders fail?
In the third in an occasional series on the US presidential election and the Left, we talk to Angela Nagle and Michael Tracey about their analysis of Bernie Sanders' campaign. We put to bed some bad arguments as to why Bernie didn't win the nomination, and examine some better ones: was the campaign was too establishment-friendly? too "left"? too middle-class? too anti-nationalist?... or are structural factors to blame instead?
And we ponder the end of the union of Old and New Lefts, of cultural liberalism and socialism. And the most worrying of all: was Bernie just a blip?
Reading:
/270/ Russia vs the West ft. Richard Sakwa
Excerpt: /269/ Three Articles: The 90s
Anti-Politics & Beyond (Munich Book Launch - Audio)
Ruling Class Hysteria (Berlin Book Launch - Audio)
/268/ Emergency vs Emergency ft. Geoff Shullenberger
/267/ South Africa Mafia State ft. Benjamin Fogel
Excerpt: /266/ Reading Club: Foucault & Biopolitics
Excerpt: /265/ Three Articles: Inflation!
Excerpt: /264/ Aufhebonus Bonus
/262/ The Useless Past ft. Matt Karp
Excerpt: /261/ Three Articles: Macronistan
Excerpt: /260/ Reading Club: Fear II - Furedi
/258/ Conformist Rebellion ft. Elena Lange & Joshua Pickett-Depaolis
/257/ How to Boil a Frog (2) ft. Chris Bickerton
/256/ How to Boil a Frog (1) ft. Charles Devellennes
Excerpt: /255/ Reading Club: Fear I – Robin
/254/ Three Articles: Ukraine
/252/ Technopopulism & Toxic Politics ft. Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
/250/ Oil & Disorder ft. Helen Thompson
/249/ Dances with Truckers ft. Ashley Frawley
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