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Chiquitita

(752 posts)
4. Different time, different tactics
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 09:24 AM
Aug 2015

Ultimately this isn't going to hurt Sanders' campaign. I think the campaign is handling it well and will continue to. The event is all over the media and is going to get the people who support BLM but not following the presidential race talking about Bernie and wondering about his policies. It will be an overall plus for him over time, as long as we Bernie supporters are skillful in how we deal with it.

If you look at the two young women's Facebook pages they look like two passionate, inexperienced firebrands. They are going to get tons of push back. But their tactics to reach their objective, forcing white progressives to prioritize action on policy brutality and the for-profit prison system, seem to have worked for the moment.

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