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| Fed up with the 2 parties, a group of centrists rises up |
By Jon Ward 2017-04-02
The Centrist Project’s organizing principles are vague. The group wants candidates to seek cooperation rather than conflict, to represent people before political parties or special interests, and to be motivated by public service rather than self-interest. The messy business of hammering out a more precise agenda or platform will come down the road if the Centrist Project has electoral success. At the moment, it is trying simply to achieve liftoff. |
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| [RIGHTIST] Populism's Effect On Mainstream Parties |
By Christian Science Monitor 2017-04-02
"It means that even if the populists lose at the ballot box they still win." This shows the failure of Western-style democracy with its multi-party competition component. -- The New Legalist editor |
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| Tomgram: Rajan Menon, Making America Insecure Again |
By Rajan Menon 2017-03-30
A man who himself benefited handsomely from globalization, outsourcing, and a designed-for-the-wealthy tax code nonetheless managed to convince coal miners in West Virginia and workers in Ohio that all of these were terrible things that enriched a "financial elite" that had made itself wealthy at the expense of American workers and that electing him would end the swindle. |
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