The Path Forward For The Left | John Nichols | TMR

Live-streamed on December 9, 2024 John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, to discuss his recent interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the paths forward he sees for the Left after the 2024 election. John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, discusses his recent interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the paths forward he sees for the Left after the 2024 election. https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising https://www.thenation.com/authors/john-nichols/ John Nichols joins Sam as he dives right into his recent interview with Bernie Sanders, unpacking Bernie’s major takeaways from Democrats’ failure in the 2024 elections, from the need for a new way to communicate with a multi-racial, multi-ethnic working class to the imperative for Democrats to stand aside and let independent, working-class progressive candidates run without the burden of the party establishment weighing them down. After briefly expanding on the challenge of convincing the Democratic Party Brand to stop pushing the Democratic Party Brand, Nichols steps back to walk through the history of this tactic’s success on the left, playing a particularly prevalent role in bolstering FDR’s progressive coalition and the major progress they achieved. Next, John and Sam look to Bernie’s 2016 anti-oligarchy candidacy, exploring how Democrats’ failure to address that growing political inequality provided a path (twice) for Trump and the GOP (twice) to successfully stand as the party of money power and as anti-establishment, bolstered by the GOP’s messaging dominance (see: Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase), before looking deeper into the contemporary examples for Bernie’s model – namely himself and Angus King, two independents that, while outside of the party infrastructure, caucus (and vote) with Democrats. Wrapping up, Nichols and Sam look at the ongoing race for DNC chair, and the promising future of a Blue-Wall-led party – touching particularly on the success of DNC chair candidate Ben Wikler. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #politics #news Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.fans.fm/majority/join Get all your MR merch at our store: https://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://www.fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://www.am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://www.majoritydiscord.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://www.majority.fm/app CHECK OUT MORE from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning OTHER LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MajorityReport Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MajorityFM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorityreport.fm/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://www.avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://www.majorityreportradio.com/