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The long wait is over. We're proud to announce the launch of the Gravel Institute, fighting PragerU on its own turf. Watch this video to find out what we're doing – and hear a special surprise. pic.twitter.com/kSbHFYc2Ug— Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) September 28, 2020

Narrated by H. Jon Benjamin.. this might actually slap.

Highlighted presenters at end of video:

  • Bernie Sanders
  • Chelsea Manning
  • Cornel West
  • Slavoj Zizek
  • Richard Wolff
  • Stephanie Kelton
  • Nick Kelton
  • Mike Gravel
  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Thats a very strange group. It seems they're trying to radicalise people by offering Bernie and Gravel as the friendly succdems, while working with Wolff, Manning and Zizek, who are considerably further left. I'm all for it though, I think it's a good idea - I'm just surprised Bernie agreed to this, after bending over backwards for the democrats since the primaries ended.

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I’m just surprised Bernie agreed to this, after bending over backwards for the democrats since the primaries ended.

      Bernie campaigning for Biden will inoculate future left candidates against accusations of acting as spoilers, the way Bernie campaigning for Hillary in 2016 strangled a thousand "he cost us the election" articles in the crib in 2020. That's the game you play when you lose; they'll just fuck you over harder if you try to take your ball and go home.

      He obviously doesn't buy what Biden is selling (he ran against the guy), and he probably sees this as something that could help another big-tent leftist candidate in the future.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        If you're on the left and you are part of the Democratic party, you will have to make compromises. That's as true for Bernie as it is for AOC as it is for Lee Carter. I get why folks here want these politicians to go at the DNC with both barrels but they do that and they won't be in power. Question is whether you think compromises are worth having leftist politicians in positions of power. Frankly IMO Bernie endorsing Biden kinda sucks but that's exactly the kind of compromise that has to be made and isn't really that big a deal.

        • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          They still tried to make it stick, but it never really caught on -- if it had, Bernie wouldn't have been the frontrunner on the eve of Super Tuesday. "I did 40 events for Hillary" is a pretty effective counter.

            • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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              4 years ago

              Yeah they really fucking try to make this stick, even to this day, but no one takes it one bit seriously besides the r/neoliberal and r/enough_sanders_spam cranks. I don't think prostrating himself to the party was a good strategy overall, but as far as this goes, it definitely killed the argument.