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<title><![CDATA[Bhaskar Sunkara - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24483.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Bhaskar Sunkara]]></description><category domain="24483">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Should Run for President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/21/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-for-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The congresswoman can run a serious national campaign on the left and pull a movement in behind it. She should get in early]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Do Elite Democrats Fear Hasan Piker?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/08/why-do-elite-democrats-fear-hasan-piker</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party establishment rushed to condemn the Twitch streamer after news of his alliance with a Michigan Senate candidate]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Would Mamdani's Plans Work in New York?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-would-zohran-mamdani-s-dream-economy-actually-work/ar-AA1PQUaE</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Socialists just seized the commanding heights of New York City.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's New Platform Is Scary--Because It Can Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/10/republican-platform-liberal-rebrand</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The manifesto rebrands historically liberal stances, like guarding entitlements and growing blue-collar jobs, as Republican]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Biden &amp; Dems Must Attack the Rich: It Works]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/democrats-inequality-franklin-d-roosevelt</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To defeat Trumpism, progressives must crib from FDR's book and call out economic inequality and plutocracy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kissinger Should Be Ashamed To Be Seen in Public]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/27/henry-kissinger-100-war-us-international-reputation</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much of the world views Kissinger as a war criminal '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' yet in the US, surrounded by powerful friends, he is feted as a celebrity intellectual]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fake Populist Rhetoric of 'Pro-Worker' Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/10/jd-vance-josh-hawley-republicans-populist</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[JD Vance, Tucker Carlson and Josh Hawley love saber-rattling about 'elites'. But they have no interest in taking on corporate power]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What if Anti-Racists Aren't Advancing Equality?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/06/racial-equality-working-class-americans-advocacy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much of today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s advocacy around racial justice places the onus on individual actors and the private sector. We need collective action instead'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No More Excuses: Dems Need to Take Sweeping Action]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/democrats-us-senate-control-georgia-no-excuses</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters have given Democrats a mandate. The party must pursue ambitious, concrete policy change]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite Chaos &amp; Dirty Tricks, Sanders Can Still Prevail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/05/the-dnc-cant-steal-the-election-from-bernie-sanders-despite-the-iowa-chaos</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yes, the Iowa caucuses were a disaster, but Sanders supporters need to remember that if they organize and turn out to vote they can indeed win]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Joe Rogan's Endorsement Is Good for Sanders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/25/joe-rogan-bernie-sanders-endorsement-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While some say Sanders should reject the endorsement, it is clear that it can only help him]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Leading in Iowa Is Good News for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/13/sanders-iowa-leading-democrats-panic</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders has outsider appeal '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but knows how to both win and govern'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Biden Isn't the Inevitable 2020 Dem Candidate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/23/joe-biden-inspires-no-one-not-even-his-own-wife</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can we stop pretending that Joe Biden is the inevitable 2020 candidate?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Want to Defeat Trump? Attack Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/04/want-to-defeat-trump-attack-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anyone angling to be the Democratic nominee should espouse a real progressive agenda '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' just being anti-Trump isn't enough]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barack Obama Represents the Old Democratic Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/08/barack-obama-democratic-party-purity</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former president says he's worried about 'purity' tests in the Democratic party. What he's really worried about is his surrogates losing control of the party]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Started a Revolution. In 2020, He Can Finish It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/19/bernie-sanders-2020-election-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Without Sanders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' campaign, we would never have had Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or mainstream support for Medicare-for-All]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Get Rid of Apu. He's a Hero to Many of Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/01/apu-simpsons-hero</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As an Indian-American, I learned to embrace Apu. I hope he stays on The Simpsons]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Constitution Is An Out-Dated, Anti-Democratic Relic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/opinion/constitution-founders-democracy-trump.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bhaskar Sunkara</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The subversion of democracy was the explicit intent of the framers.]]></description>
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