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A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook? | Norman Solomon

If widespread and sustained, grassroots activism could force the Democratic party leadership to stop blocking policy proposals that offer major uplift to huge numbers of Americans in economic and social distress

People already tried with Bernie Sanders’ campaign, twice. And twice they were crushed by undemocratic practices designed to favor the preferred puppet. The capitalists have a stranglehold on the party machine. They will never let their interests be challenged.

The Democratic Party is the controlled opposition.