Farheen Hakeem knew she was doing something right when local Democrats came calling. In 2006, on the heels of a failed run as a Green Party candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, Hakeem ran for commissioner of Minnesota’s Hennepin County board. Although she lost to long-time Democratic-machine candidate Peter McLaughlin, she earned 33 percent of the vote. Democrats took notice. Hakeem received… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesGov. Manchin is the governor of West Virginia, not Virginia. Please do a basic fact check before you post mistakes like that.
Posted by Moose on Aug 11, 2008 at 4:09 PM Bravo to these candidates, not only for their integrity, but for understanding that true progress will not come from the Democratic party. Ms. Hakeem and other Greens deserve much respect for digging in for long-term change and refusing to be window dressing for a corporate party that is rotting from the inside. Thanks to Howard Zinn, non-corporate media and common sense, more and more Americans are waking up to the fact that the Democratic party is where progressive politics goes to die. Yes, “progressive” Dems may win a few token elections, but they sure don’t do much else.
“Any candidate who’s going to bring true progressive values to the political system,” he says, “is going to be stabbed in the back by the Democratic Party.”
Excellent observation, Mr. Johnson. Maybe In These Times should do a report on how the Democratic Party treats progressives who actually stand up to the big-money establishment.
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