1.0 link 87909 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/the-progressive-populist-_b_87909.html Back in 2004, I wrote an essay predicting "the progressive populist moment" was at hand. Katrina vanden Heuvel disagreed. It turns out I was premature. In this year's Democratic primary, the activists and rank-and-file of the Democratic Party have been the magnet pulling the candidates towards a common platform of ending the Iraq war, misguided trade agreements, and economic injustices that have ruined the lives of so many Americans. The movements for peace, justice and economic reform should be proud...

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