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The Swamp by Nancy Ohanian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Allow me to offer a few additional thoughts on the recent\u00a0Economic Inequality Town Hall<\/b>\u00a0that triggered Howie\u2019s post on job guarantees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event, \u201cInequality in America: The Rise of Oligarchy and Collapse of the Middle Class,\u201d took place on the 19th in the Visitor Center at the US Capitol before an overflow crowd. Its panel included Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, filmmaker Michael Moore and economist Darrick Hamilton, with input from thoughtful experts, interspersed with short films of people describing their economic realities in ways that fracture stereotypes. I watched it here<\/a>, thinking what a great resource it is for candidates and others exploring progressive values. Over 1.7 million viewers watched online, a figure I hope rises as it’s sent about and if astute teachers make it a homework assignment.<\/p>\n

Smack dab in the center of the swamp, this should have been a top drawer\u00a0political\u00a0story<\/strong>. Those wondering why so much of mainstream media is being deserted for alternative media offerings might do a search trying to find coverage of this event in publications like WaPo and the NY Times, and in the All Things Lightly Considered-type shows at NPR. To be fair, the following day was a crowded news day at NPR. For example, a gorilla in Philly walked upright to keep his hands clean.<\/p>\n

What does this lack of MSM attention tell us?<\/strong>\u00a0Unless we start making noise, we\u2019re going to see corporate media continue to use its coverage, or withholding of it, to damp down the prospect of truly progressive contenders who might exorcise the demon leeches from America\u2019s executive branch and the rest of government.<\/p>\n

One wearies of media\u2019s frequent lumping together of all stripes of populism as if they make up a uniform monolith. As if Berlusconi and Bernie are cousins, with Trump the missing link. It\u2019s hard not to suspect some of an effort to tar Bernie\u2019s brand of egalitarianism. Let journalists, commentators, editors and any remaining of the vanishing ombudsman species know how dopy it sounds. It might eventually shame them into making the distinctions one hopes those in their profession are capable of. If they aren\u2019t capable or willing to end such media malpractice, they\u2019d best continue on to their more promising careers in propaganda.<\/p>\n

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren sure looked to me like an amiable presidential ticket. Mitch McConnell and Republican strategists who once dissed Warren in order to elevate her status, hoping she\u2019d land on a presidential ticket, might be rethinking their wish list. You know wish lists. Like Hillary had for running against Trump. But as Hillary points out, she had the cool, prosperous, dynamic places in her pocket<\/a>. What\u2019s to worry about places where people are hurting from neglect, from opioids, war casualties, unaffordable education and foaming the runway with people<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Last
Part of Last Conversation Piece by Juan Munoz, on the grounds of the Hirshhorn Museum. I heard them whispering about what might be done about Bernie and Senator Warren.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I marvel at what Bernie has done<\/strong>. Distilling his themes and pounding away at them, he\u2019s helped sort our confusion over what\u2019s happening around us, giving us focal points. He might have had to run for President to do it, but with apologies to Ralph Nader, Bernie has had more success than anyone in recent memory to substantively change the political dialogue across the political spectrum. You probably have to go back to Clean Gene McCarthy and Uncle Ross Perot for contenders. Reagan of course, but he moved us toward the dark side. Bernie\u2019s provided a legitimate framework that Everyman can use to interpret what is going on behind the scenes in those places where public viewing is\u00a0verboten, like forbidden meetings of lawyers for colluding banks<\/a>. Despite his label as an Independent, never mind democratic socialist, he is the vanguard for reforming the Democratic Party, in the near term the only real game in town. That is one hell of an accomplishment. Even when it seems Bernie\u2019s about to stretch our attention spans by smacking our hands with a ruler, he\u2019s coming off as darn likable. Smiling more and dressing dapper, if he wasn\u2019t so worried about the country cracking apart – worry that seems written on his face – he might enjoy himself. No one can accuse Bernie of sticking his finger in the wind before he speaks. How many politicians can you say that about?<\/p>\n

\"The
The Breadline by sculptor Georg Segal, part of the expansive FDR Memorial. One of FDR\u2019s quotes there,\u00a0 \u201cTHEY WHO SEEK TO ESTABLISH SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE REGIMENTATION OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS BY A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUAL RULERS\u2026 CALL THIS A NEW ORDER. IT IS NOT NEW AND IT IS NOT ORDER.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There\u2019s nothing I\u2019d change in this kitchen sink pitch for\u00a0Bernie during the primaries<\/a>. It begins with an example of the media knives out for Bernie. A National Press Club election post-mortem on the media is here<\/a>. True, Bernie now gets invited on the Sunday shows, for short segments. Producers figured out the most popular politician in America is a ratings booster.<\/p>\n

\"Bernie
Bernie, at a symposium for the Economists for Peace and Security<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For a thicker slice of Bernie unbound than the Sunday shows carve, here\u2019s a twenty-five minute symposium keynote I heard him give last November to the Economists for Peace & Security<\/a>, warming up on the bought-and-paid-for levers of inequality.<\/p>\n

A quick digression on when I became aware of Micheal Moore\u2019s work.<\/strong>\u00a0I knew former Congressman Jim Corman, a terrific guy, gone now, whose family was kind enough to host my wedding in their backyard,\u00a0with Jim giving my wife away. Jim’s father was a silica miner in rural Kansas who died of related lung disease. Jim was always batting to hit long balls for the downtrodden. The GOP targeted him for his support of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to tackle desegregation with busing. Next in line for Ways & Means chairman, he lost by a hair when Jimmy Carter conceded defeat while the polls were still open in California. Jim was dismayed by what Reagan was doing to unions, starting with the air traffic controllers. He predicted a downward spiral for those who\u2019d achieved middle class status with the help of unions.<\/p>\n

Through Jim, I met Dale Kildee, a Michigan congressman who grew up in and taught school in Flint. I took him to see (Hyperlink) \u201cRoger and Me<\/em><\/a>,” a 1989 film in which Moore explores the impacts of General Motors laying off Flint union workers, replacing their labor with that of non-unionized workers in Mexico. Roger is Roger B. Smith, then chairman of GM. The late, great Roger Ebert discusses the film\u2019s\u00a0controversies here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Two of the film\u2019s scenes involved women trying to make ends meet for their families by raising rabbits, necessary to supplement their job wages. The first<\/a> had a sign offering customers the choice of rabbits for pets or meat. In the second<\/a>, a woman shows her affection for a rabbit then whacks it in the head and skins it for her family\u2019s dinner that night. Both matter-of-factly discuss their lives while demonstrating the critical role their rabbits played. I glanced at the Congressman and saw tears rolling down his cheek. I then understood what was happening in his home town. And this was long before Republicans decided to save money with hot and cold running lead.<\/p>\n

\"Bernie
Bernie at the National Press Club, introducing a film on inequality by Robert Reich and Jacob Kornbluth<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sanders made the point, there was more discussion on inequality issues in this single town meeting than the networks ever present. Indeed, think of the rarity of gems like\u00a0Harvest of Shame<\/i>, Edward R. Murrow\u2019s final program for CBS. If you haven\u2019t seen the riveting 1960 documentary on the lives of\u00a0American\u00a0migrant agricultural workers it can be seen here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I did see a decent piece on the town hall event in\u00a0The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, a British owned-paper with an American edition, and a media partner for the event.<\/p>\n

The Guardian occasionally risks losing its MSM card by publishing Thomas Frank\u2019s essays. Here\u2019s a worthy batch<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To its credit,\u00a0FOX News<\/em>\u00a0took note of the event. Except that it did so with goofballs claiming middle class shrinkage is from so many moving up<\/a>.\u00a0Comedy Central<\/em>\u00a0gets a run for its money.<\/p>\n

The Hill<\/em>\u00a0initially focused on quips Moore and Sanders made about Stormy Daniels, along with Russians, being among the shiny keys to distract us<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Some irony there, the lesson that if you want media notice, at least give media a chance to quote mention of Stormy as a shiny distraction. I guess if one really wants coverage, put her on a panel.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, I am above such cheap tricks.<\/p>\n

\"Stormy
Stormy Daniels by Nancy Ohanian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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