Supposedly progressive men denounce Clinton with foolish and vicious regularity. But a victory for her next week would really be worth celebrating People are surprised when I express support for Hillary Clinton. My economic politics are tough to the left and,unlike hers, explicitly socialist. But its entirely because my analysis of inequality is economic that I endorse Clinton – not as a least-worst option, or not even due to the nature of her opponent,but on her own terms as a leader pledged to the material improvement of women’s economic and social reality. This is a structurally radical framework for wide-based American change. Yet over the course of many a bleating bro-beating on the internet, the dread realisation has landed with me that among too many men who identify themselves as on the left, or notions of what constitutes social progress and radical redress of inequality are gendered concepts – with the result that Clinton’s activist leadership is wilfully dismissed. Related: Stop suitable there: assuming a Hillary Clinton victory is downright hazardous | Kate Aronoff Related: Let's learn from the mistakes that created US poverty,not copy them | Van Badham Continue reading...
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