Although I’ve argued the case for democratic socialism since before I ever heard of Bernie Sanders, it is fair to say that today I would count as a member of the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party. When I served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the 1980’s, the main difference between me and Bernie was that I was a member of the Democratic Party and he was an independent.
Later I would write an entire book, “The Primary Route,” on the crucial importance of the presidential primaries in building an American electoral left. And, as chair of the San Francisco chapter of the Progressive Democrats of America, an organization that urged him to run for president as a Democrat for a year before his final decision, I was thrilled to see him do it, and ultimately served as one of his delegates to the 2016 Democratic Nominating Convention in Philadelphia.
As it unfolded – and before and afterwards, I wrote numerous pieces about the campaign, starting on July 4, 2013 :
Only Bernie – 2020! Yes, there are other good candidates, but …, May 29, 2019
Where We Go from Here, by Bernie Sanders, January 24, 2019
A Thought for Bernie Sanders: Maybe He Should Join the Democratic Party?, July 21, 2017
The significance of Bernie Sanders’s opposition to Donald Trump’s Syria bombing, April 17, 2017
Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’, August 9, 2016
In It For the Long Run, August 4, 2016
Live From the Wells Fargo Center, July 31, 2016
In Defense of My Fellow Sanders Delegates, July 27, 2016
An Old-Time Convention in Philadelphia?, July 6, 2016
The Missing Clinton-Sanders Debate: California Dreaming?, June 4, 2016
Can superdelegates be convinced to support Bernie Sanders? Unlikely, but not impossible, May 19, 2016
The Sanders Campaign – From Sea to Shining Sea, April 29, 2016
We Need to Explode the Myth That Clinton is the Stronger Candidate – And We Need to Do It Fast, April 8, 2016
Sanders Supporters Are Not Sheep … They’re the Future, March 23, 2016
Sanders and Clinton After Michigan: A Look at the Map, March 11, 2016
Does Hillary Clinton Actually Have Superior Experience?, February 25, 2016
Feeling the Bern: An Analysis of the Sanders Phenomenon, February 10, 2016
To All the Clinton Supporters on the Left – Please Come Home, January 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders and the Superdelegates, January 16, 2016
On Medicare-For-All, Clinton Reminds Us That She’s Part of the Problem, December 22, 2015
The Sanders campaign and the great fear on the American left, December 10, 2015
On Bernie Sanders’s Foreign Policy, October 28, 2015
What’s Barney Frank Got Against Primaries?, July 29, 2015
Only in America? The False Dichotomy Between Movement Building and Electoral Politics, May 21, 2015
The Significance of Bernie Sanders’ Decision to Enter the Democratic Primaries, May 1, 2015
Why the Democrats Should Hope Bernie Sanders Runs In the Democratic Primaries, June 23, 2014
Because America Needs an Electoral Left: Why Bernie Sanders Should Enter the Presidential Primaries, April 4, 2014
Wanted: 2016 Presidential Candidates, July 4, 2013
