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It’s Not Over, By Kate Aronoff (Jacobin)

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In this piece, Kate Aronoff describes the potential of the Bernie Sanders momentum.

If the task ahead is to mobilize the broad public — and not just the already existing left — the questions raised above can be replaced by simpler ones: What happens on July 28 when Clinton wins the nomination, leaving those who support a democratic socialist to choose between a hawkish corporate democrat and a far-right xenophobe? How can Sanders staffers and volunteers keep giving the people inspired by his message something to do and to believe in?

To accept defeat and withdraw from electoral politics would be disastrous. It goes without saying that movements should never commit all their energy to electoral work, long understood — and with good reason — as a graveyard for popular insurgency. But the Sanders campaign has started to erode the half-century-long divide between activists and the halls of power.

You can read the full piece here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/06/bernie-sanders-american-left-socialism-movements/

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