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Redneck Lefty
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You can read more in this interview with Gaffield. www.liberalcurrents.com/desallines-a... The book is available at Yale University Press: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... and is a great read. fin/
Dessalines: A Maligned Hero Gets His Due
Dessalines was a man of action more than ideas, but his actions helped bring revolutionary ideas into existence, along with a wide range of revolutionary thought around the world, inspired by Haiti’s ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Mamdani is a threat not because he is a special unicorn, but because his success is replicable.

THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.

(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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The establishment won't adapt its policies to energize their base, won't hire and/or listen to digitally competent staff, won't provide anything compelling behind "relationships and experience" when a asked what they bring to the table instead.

And find the question insulting, frankly.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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And that's why he's SUCH a threat to the decrepit establishment.

He has energy that they can't summon.

He's an attractive candidate to talented staff and has the insight to hire/retain them and the humility to listen to them. The old heads aren't/don't/won't.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM