I remember one time I was talking about how capitalism was failing and classmate-friend-teacher-organizer Mia Herndon said “capitalism is working exactly as it is meant to. in competition and constant growth, those who don’t compete, or who compete less viciously, suffer, serve and struggle.” Now it feels to some people like America is failing, like . . .
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Sharing some Monday morning post-J20 post-Women’s March thoughts: 1. Dismissing the Women’s March isn’t helpful. We (vaguely speaking “the left”) may not be able to survive (literally), let alone win or succeed, if we think we don’t need to engage and win over the “centrists” (center-left, center, and maybe even center-right) forces in this period. 2. Pushing . . .
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