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(2017/02/21) Where the Democrats went wrong and how to bring them back
Edition #1081 Today we look at the past failings of the Democratic party over the past several decades that brought us to our current point and then look for ways to turn that ship around Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Van Jones Says Clinton Days Are Over, Centrism Has To Stop - @RingOfFireRadio - Air Date: 01-08-17 Ch. 3: Song 1: Wake Me Up - Avicil Ch. 4: Act 2: Is unity overrated? w/ @onesarahjones - The Zero Hour w: @RJEskow - Air Date 1-28-17 Ch. 5: Song 2: My Conversation - The Uniques Ch. 6: Act 3: Thomas Frank: Listen Liberal and where the Democratic party went wrong - @Jimmy_Dore Show - Air Date 1-20-17 Ch. 7: Song 3: Betrayal - Wang Chung Ch. 8: Act 4: There is no anti-capitalist party in the US - Economic Update w: @profwolff - Air Date 2-10-17 Ch. 9: Song 4: Out With the Old - Casa Di Mondo Ch. 10: Act 5: Keith Ellison: 'We've Got To Reset the Future of the Democratic Party' - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 12-30-16 Ch. 11: Song 5: Out With the Old - The Sensational Nightingales Ch. 12: Act 6: Help Elect Keith Ellison as DNC Chair via @DemSpring - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 13: Song 6: Out With the Old - Korsairs Ch. 14: Act 7: The Democratic Party Takeover HAS BEGUN - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-24-17 Voicemails Ch. 15: A movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment - Amanda from Asheville, NC Ch. 16: Losing hope from the wave of very dark rhetoric coming from the right - Amanda from Snohomish, WA Ch. 17: The American privilege of voting for Clinton - John from New York Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 18: Final comments on voting with eyes wide open Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone Activism: TAKE ACTION Sign up to start a delegation in your area and/or make calls to DNC members in your state. Check out the "How You Can Help" page on KeithforDNC.org for social media actions/media and more. Follow @EllisonCampaign on Twitter and Keith for DNC on Facebook. EDUCATE YOURSELF Keith Ellison for DNC Video on Approach to Voter Turnout (@EllisonCampaign) Keith Ellison Is Everything Republicans Thought Obama Was. Maybe He's Just What Democrats Need. (Mother Jones) Why We Support Keith Ellison for DNC Chair (The Nation) Keith Ellison: How the Democrats Can Win (The Nation) The Democratic Party Needs Keith Ellison (The Huffington Post Blog) College Democrats of America President and Vice-President Endorse Keith Ellison for DNC Chair (Press Release) Onetime Rival Endorses Ellison for DNC Chair (Common Dreams) Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!