The Democratic party rejected the New Deal and its stress on working-class Americans in favour of a technocratic elite – is it time for a political revolution? Stunned by the rise of Bernie Sanders,Hillary Clinton has been at pains to guarantee the Democratic rank and file that she too understands their concerns; that just like her rival, she is capable of denouncing wealthy interests, and of promising to atomize up enormous banks and even of hinting that she might prosecute powerful financiers.
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Source: theguardian.com