The Future of the Status Quo
The Left after the Election
A panel event held on December 6, 2012, at New York University.
Video Recording Panelists Ben Campbell (The North Star)
Annie Day (Revolution)
Chris Maisano (DSA, Jacobin)
Bhaskar Sunkara (Jacobin)
Moderated by Tana Forrester (Platypus Affiliated Society).
Description This past US election season saw an array of positions on the Left concerning the outcome that might follow from either major party’s victory. Among them, there were some who openly supported the incumbent Barack Obama as the lesser of two evils, others who opposed him by casting a vote for another candidate, and still others who followed the abstentionist line by not voting at all.
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