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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Welcome Rebellion in the Democratic Party
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/04/12/welcome-rebellion-democratic-partyby
Katrina vanden Heuvel
The political fallout from the Panama Papers has been felt throughout the world. So far, the trove of leaked documents has exposed shady financial activities involving powerful and wealthy figures such as British Prime Minister David Cameron, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putins friends, Chinese actor Jackie Chan and Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi. The scandal even forced Icelands prime minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, to resign in disgrace.
In the United States, however, the reaction to the Panama Papers has been somewhat muted. No Americans have been implicated in the massive leak not yet, at least and the revelations, although tantalizing, have simply provided concrete evidence of something many already knew. Yet, while nobody should be surprised that the financial and political elite stash their wealth in offshore tax havens, the Panama Papers explicitly document the unfairness of a rigged system that deprives countries of the funds needed to make crucial public investments. That is particularly relevant at the current moment in U.S. politics.
Indeed, that fundamental unfairness is at the heart of the Democratic presidential race, which, last week, descended into petty bickering. In advance of the Wisconsin primary, in which voters handed insurgent candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) his sixth victory in seven contests (before his win in Wyoming over the weekend), front-runner and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton not so subtly suggested that Sanders had no business being in the race. Hes a relatively new Democrat, Clinton told Politico reporter Glenn Thrush, and, in fact, Im not even sure he is one.
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The Welcome Rebellion in the Democratic Party (Original Post)
Ferd Berfel
Apr 2016
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. The 'Needed' Rebellion in the Democratic Party....
Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)2. WOw............
daleanime
(17,796 posts)3. Sorry, I'm just in a very literal mood right now....
and honestly it's "desperately needed".
Duval
(4,280 posts)4. Shades of 2008 attacks against Obama.
And I'm sure more to come. YES, Bernie's is a Welcome Rebellion in the Democratic Party. I just got another call from the DNC, and chose not to answer.