Category Archives: Electoral Strategy for 2016

The Movement and Elections

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Richard Moser

This is the last of seven posts on Electoral Strategy. The Movement and Elections It’s what we do that matters. The rank and file of the social and labor movements hold the most important position and bear the heaviest burden … Continue reading →

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The Green Party and the 2016 Election

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Richard Moser

The sixth in a series of seven post on Electoral Strategy.  The Alternative: The Imperative We need the Green Party. An electoral strategy aiming toward social transformation requires a dramatic shift from the routine ways that we view and contest elections. … Continue reading →

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Push, Pull, and Pivot: Bernie Sanders and the Movement

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Richard Moser

The fifth in a series of seven posts on Electoral Strategy. Push, Pull, Pivot The inside/outside strategy depends on our own capacity to view other wings of the movement — positions we may not initially agree with — as leverage. The … Continue reading →

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Towards a Transformative Electoral Strategy

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Richard Moser

The fourth in a series of seven posts on Electoral Strategy. Towards A Transformative Electoral Strategy Now here is the hard part: What strategy might enhance the existing one but that also, of necessity, starts from the conditions at hand? … Continue reading →

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How We Surrender To Or Resist Triangulation

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Richard Moser

As the crisis deepens we will likely approach a shift in the equation of risk. The dangers we face to make the big changes will become less threatening than the dangers we face in continuing on the current course. Continue reading →

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Triangulation: Strategy of the Two-Party System

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Richard Moser

The second of seven posts on Electoral Strategy   Triangulation While it’s still stunning to watch the DNC repeat the losing strategy of 2016, we should know this is part of a decades-long history of moving toward the right: aka … Continue reading →

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Every Four Years: Toward a Transformative Electoral Strategy

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Richard Moser

This is the first post in a seven part series on Elections.  Every Four Years It’s not what they do that matters, it’s what we do that’s so important.  The people are the single most important part of the electoral … Continue reading →

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