The Panopticon Review: Legendary Public Intellectual, Political Activist, Cultural Critic, Journalist, Social Theorist, and Author Ralph Nader On the Roots of Trump's Win Over Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election and What It Means For the Democratic Party

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Legendary Public Intellectual, Political Activist, Cultural Critic, Journalist, Social Theorist, and Author Ralph Nader On the Roots of Trump's Win Over Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election and What It Means For the Democratic Party

"This Is a Collapse of the Democratic Party": Ralph Nader on Roots of Trump's Win Over Harris

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November 6, 2024

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"This is a collapse of the Democratic Party." Consumer advocate, corporate critic and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader comments on the reelection of Donald Trump and the failures of the Democratic challenge against him. Despite attempts by left-wing segments of the Democratic base to shift the party's messaging toward populist, anti-corporate and progressive policies, says Nader, Democrats "didn't listen." Under Trump, continues Nader, "We're in for huge turmoil."

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Kofi Natambu, editor of The Panopticon Review, is a writer, poet, cultural critic, and political journalist whose poetry, essays, criticism, reviews, and journalism have appeared in many literary magazines, journals, newspapers, and anthologies. He is the author of a biography MALCOLM X: His Life & Work (Alpha Books) and two books of poetry: THE MELODY NEVER STOPS (Past Tents Press) and INTERVALS (Post Aesthetic Press). He was the founder and editor of SOLID GROUND: A NEW WORLD JOURNAL, a national quarterly magazine of the arts, culture, and politics and the editor of a literary anthology NOSTALGIA FOR THE PRESENT (Post Aesthetic Press). Natambu has read his work throughout the country and given many lectures and workshops at academic and arts institutions. He has taught American literature, literary theory and criticism, cultural history and criticism, film studies, political science, creative writing, philosophy, critical theory, and music history and criticism (Jazz, Blues, R&B, Hip Hop) at many universities and colleges. He was also a curator in the Education Department of Detroit’s Museum of African American History. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Natambu currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife Chuleenan.

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Legendary Public Intellectual, Political Activist, Cultural Critic, Journalist, Social Theorist, and Author Ralph Nader On the Roots of Trump's Win Over Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election and What It Means For the Democratic Party

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