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Speaking of the Future Establishment

College newspapers may be the key to getting the myriad of progressive organizations on campus to come together.

On July 13, a large auditorium at the Washington Convention Center lit by 19th-century chandeliers wasn't hosting the usual crowd of elderly men in gray suits. For the first time in 30 years of liberal organizing, Campus Progress brought together over 600 progressive twenty-something activists to the capital of political establishment.

Recovering from the steady stream of recent defeats, liberals argue over the future of the Democratic Party. And as with the recent AFL-CIO split, there is no agreement on winning strategy in sight. Progressives blame the centrist '90s and want to move away from corporate sponsors to pulling together a new, lower- and middle-class majority of Americans. But beltway moderates can't seem to abandon conservative-leaning elites.

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Starts9/8/2005
Ends10/8/2005
IssuesMedia, Politics/Government, Youth, Legal Reform, Educational reform
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Posted on September 8, 2005 in Event / Call to action by Anayansi