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Enemies of the 1% - February's Rabble-Rouser Newsletter

The Rabble-Rouser is the newsletter for CWA District 1 Political activists. We're fighting to build a radical political movement to transform the nation’s politics and economics. That’s no small task, and we have to stay sharp and deepen our understanding of the challenges and opportunities we face if we want to win.

 

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We're unapologetic enemies of the 1%, and our ranks are growing. Millions of Americans are waking up and are ready to take back our nation's economy and politics from the billionaire class who have been wielding their power with disastrous consequences.

P.S. If you missed it, listen to Senator Warren take on Wall Street on the latest CWA Union Hall Call  here. 

This Election Could be the Birth of a Trump-Sanders Constituency, by John B. Judis, Vox - Click to Read.

Even if Trump and Sanders don't win the white house, their campaigns may change presidential politics forever. Their success in building a following in their parties is an early warning sign of discontent with the outlook that has dominated American politics for decades.

The Strange Career of James Crow, Esquire, by William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, The Atlantic - Click To Read.

Popular memory likes to imagine that Jim Crow’s career ended in the 1960s, but proceedings in a federal courtroom in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, over the last few weeks make it clear that Jim Crow did not retire: He went to law school and launched a second career. Meet James Crow, Esquire.

Outcry Over the Austerity Crisis in Flint Grows, By John Nichols, The Nation - Click to Read.

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s anti-democratic use of power and austerity economics went horribly awry for the people of the Flint. Details of how Flint’s water was contaminated, and of how pleas for help were neglected, are leading to calls for inquiries, arrest, resignation.


BONUS READ:

The Bernie Coalition, By Matt Karp, Jacobin  - Click to Read.

In Iowa and New Hampshire, Barack Obama won over high-income liberals. Bernie Sanders’s campaign points in a different direction.

Evidence suggests that Sanders is the rare “progressive” candidate who can actually win over white working-class voters but, so far, he has failed to win substantial support from the nonwhite lower-income voters outside of Iowa and New Hampshire who must form the bedrock of any genuinely progressive democratic coalition.