{"id":922,"date":"2005-06-09T17:58:18","date_gmt":"2005-06-09T21:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=922"},"modified":"2005-06-09T17:58:18","modified_gmt":"2005-06-09T21:58:18","slug":"the-left-must-learn-from-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=922","title":{"rendered":"The Left Must Learn From 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interview with Joshua Frank
\nby Kevin B. Zeese <\/a><\/p>\n

At this time, Dean, along with Barack Obama, is thought to be a beacon of hope within the Democratic establishment. He wants to transform the party. He wants to empower the grass roots. But there’s a catch, and that’s that Howard Dean really doesn’t disagree with his party’s own platform, which is virtually the same as the Republicans’. So his quest for change is not grounded in any ideological divergence. No, Dean’s “new” path is a strategic one. He simply wants to corral all the progressives into the Democratic fold. He certainly doesn’t want them to leave the party and go join up with some progressive third party. And that is really what Dean’s job is now: keep the party activists in line while he cashes their checks. Take their money and don’t let them stray. Because when and if they ever do, real change could be possible. And Lord knows that nobody in power out in Washington wants that to happen. They like business just the way it is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Can’t be said enough. Neither can this<\/a>, no matter who polishes the myth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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