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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLegendary radical activist Angela Davis: ‘We have to do whatever is necessary’ to stop Trump
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/legendary-radical-activist-angela-davis-we-have-to-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-stop-trump/Famed activist and academic Angela Davis on Friday urged voters to do whatever is necessary to avoid a Donald Trump presidency, Fusion reports.
Davis, who is Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness at U.C. Santa Cruz, was speaking at the Brooklyn Museum in New York on Friday, where she was recognized for her commitment to advocacy.
Davis cautioned against allowing GOP candidate Donald Trump to take the election in November.
We talked about the emergence of new movements, but what we havent referred to is the extent to which racism has been revealed and in ways that many of us, who are seasoned activists, had thought to be consigned to dustbin of history, Davis told a rapt audience.
She cautioned against allowing apathy to permit incendiary people like Trump to seize power.
Davis added we have to do whatever is necessary.
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Legendary radical activist Angela Davis: ‘We have to do whatever is necessary’ to stop Trump (Original Post)
G_j
Jun 2016
OP
HRH only got a slim majority of Democrats, who are only 29% of registered voters.
HooptieWagon
Jun 2016
#5
+1
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)2. Here's an idea to beat Trump:...
... Let's nominate a weak candidate, who campaigns poorly, who has a RW track record but Republicans hate, who a large majority of Independants don't like, and even almost half of Democrats, who polls as 'least trustworthy' of all the candidates, and who's currently under a criminal investigation by the FBI. What a plan!!!!
book_worm
(15,951 posts)3. Gee maybe if Bernie had gotten more popular votes and delegates
he would be the nominee.
Not Sarcasm (as clearly yours isn't either).
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)5. HRH only got a slim majority of Democrats, who are only 29% of registered voters.
Good luck with those numbers in Nov.
Sanders pulls 2/3 of Independants, who are 42% of registered voters.
If I was a down ticket candidate I'd be shitting bricks at the prospect of Hillary heading the ticket.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)10. Please tell the Superdelegates.
They need to do the Superdelegate thing and fly into the Bernie camp.
G_j
(40,366 posts)4. Point taken
though that is not what Davis is advocating.
2cannan
(344 posts)7. Excellent summary of reality, unfortunately...nt
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)6. I love me some Davis
Stallion
(6,473 posts)8. Angela Davis is Part of The Establishment
I love the new DU standard of posting statements without explanations, or links.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)11. Whatever is necessary? Sounds like fun.