{"id":20723,"date":"2016-03-20T05:09:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T12:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=20723"},"modified":"2016-03-20T05:09:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T12:09:27","slug":"bernie-sanders-political-revolution-still-can-triumph-and-transform-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/20\/bernie-sanders-political-revolution-still-can-triumph-and-transform-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders\u2019 Political Revolution Still Can Triumph and Transform America"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a follow up to TC's 19\/03\/2016 article <\/span>Either way, Bernie Matters!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Bernie Sanders campaign has shown that traditional left-wing politics are far more popular among the American public than anyone realized a few months ago. Indeed, Sanders’ surprising success suggests that American left progressives are the most underrepresented constituency in the country. And given that Sanders’ campaign was probably the first time millions of Americans encountered these ideas, it’s reasonable to think they will become even more popular with greater familiarity.<\/p>\n

Thus, the 2016 Sanders campaign for president, however the second half of the primary process plays out, should be a starting point, not the end game. But given the sorry history of left politics in America, there’s every reason to think nothing will come of it. So the salient questions for left progressives are:<\/p>\n

What would it take for this time to be different? Can the Sanders campaign be the spark that creates lasting and powerful left progressive politics in the United States?<\/p>\n

Inserted from <\/span>Truthdig<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Here is an interview with Noam Chomsky tackling the same subject.<\/span><\/p>\n