New Democrats

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• SOURCE: Public Books
  5/17/2023
  

  Two New Books Take the 1990s as a Pivotal Decade

  by Henry M.J. Tonks

  Books by Lily Geismer and Nicole Hemmer look at the changes that took place within the Democratic and Republican parties (respectively) during a decade that was supposed to be the end of history. 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  12/13/2022
  

  How the "Third Way" Made Neoliberal Politics Seem Inevitable

  by Lily Geismer

  The Third Way never presented a coherent case for what it stood for or how it might balance the roles of the market and the state. But it led to a generational reworking of the role if government and a sidelining of mass political movements. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/18/2022
  

  Review: Lily Geismer's Denunciation of Clintonism Ignores Clear Economic Improvement

  by David Greenberg

  Historian Lily Geismer's book is meant as a sharp criticism of Clintonian economic policy, but ignores the broad range of policies and the record of reduced poverty, says one reviewer. 

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• 7/12/2020
  

  Will White Liberals Keep Faith With This Historical Moment?

  by Elwood Watson

  White liberal allies to today's Black protest movements must dig in for the long haul and remember the words of Audre Lorde: "The war against dehumanization is ceaseless."