The People's Collective: The Future of the Democratic Party

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Add to Calendar 2018-11-07 18:30:00 2018-11-07 20:30:00 The People's Collective: The Future of the Democratic Party Event details: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/peoples-collective-future-democratic-party - University of Chicago Law School blog@law.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public
Room D
1111 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Open to the public
Presenting student organizations: People’s Collective

Join The People's Collective for a debate about the future of the Democratic Party. Centrist politicians across the globe are losing ground to people like Jeremy Corbyn on the left and Jair Bolsonaro on the right. In the United States, the Democratic Party has become the subject of a contest for control that was unleashed by the 2016 primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The 2018 midterms have seen the rise of newcomers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has articulated a democratic socialist platform that TV pundits would have dismissed as unthinkable two years ago. Other Democrats offer a moderate liberal vision for the country. The voters will have their say on Tuesday. When the dust settles, we'll invite progressives of all stripes to come together for an open-ended discussion about the big question: what is the future of the Democratic Party?

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