Issues for the week of August 21, 2020 - Public Seminar

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Week of August 21

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The Biden-Harris Ticket

Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

The Two-Party System is Toast

Honda Wang

Writer based in New York
Election 2020 Syllabus

Biden Versus Trump: Whose Story of America Will Americans Choose?

Rogers M. Smith

Professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania

What Would Good National Leadership Look Like Now?

Desmond King and Rogers M. Smith

Why Socialists Should Support the Democratic Ticket in November…

Max B. Sawicky

Economist and writer

The Story Behind DSA’s Non-Endorsement of Joe Biden

Andrew Sernatinger

Labor activist and member of DSA in Madison, Wisconsin

Even If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back

Marshall Auerback

Market analyst and commentator

An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left

Former leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society

‘Resistance’ Women Loved Elizabeth Warren. Here’s Why Their Groups Didn’t Fight for Her.

Lara Putnam

Professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh

The Lincoln Project Should Be Cautiously Welcomed

Jeffrey C. Isaac

Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington

The Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling & Me

José Ángel Navejas

Author of Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant and Invierno: Playlist desde Chicago

Lies, Fakes, and Deep Fakes

Sidney Tarrow

Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School