Introduction This essay has a long pedigree. The thinking behind it was developed during the 1970s and 80s in two earlier essays, “The Primitive Socialist City” and the “Democratic Socialist City”. These were thought experiments on what a radical democratic city would look like written when I was chair of an urban affairs commission of… Continue reading Politics and Activism in Cleveland 2022
Category: Reflections
2020 in Review
“We’ve got a lot of work to do” is a frequent summation of the 2020 election’s outcome, and true enough as far as it goes. But what kind of work? And who will do it? For Cuyahoga County progressives, November’s election was an apt climax to a tough year. Joe Biden became only the fifth… Continue reading 2020 in Review
Biden/Harris in Perspective
For everyone working for progressive transformation, in America, the Biden/Harris ticket is at minimum evidence of movement in that direction. I’m old enough to remember when Joe Lieberman was the Democratic candidate for vice president, painful as that is to recall. If the running mates in between (John Edwards, Joe Biden and Tim Kaine) represented slight improvement, Kamala Harris… Continue reading Biden/Harris in Perspective