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Does the Working Families Party Work? An Appraisal of Twenty-five Years of Semi-independent Politics

Does the Working Families Party Work? An Appraisal of Twenty-five Years of Semi-independent Politics Working Families 579088 NLFXXX10.1177/1095796015579088New Labor ForumFertik research-article2015 New Labor Forum 2015, Vol. 24(2) 48 –55 Does the Working Families Copyright © 2015, The Murphy Institute, City University of New York Reprints and permissions: Party Work? An Appraisal of sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1095796015579088 Twenty-five Years of Semi- nlf.sagepub.com independent Politics Ted Fertik Keywords Democratic Party, labor, politics, liberalism, elections For a long time, labor and progressives have had serious question for the present is what that essentially one electoral strategy: elect Democrats, strategy should be. and hope for the best. Every cycle, prominent pro- The Working Families Party (WFP)—estab- gressives issue statements that somehow, this lished in New York in 1998, but originating time, things will be different. Somehow, they with the New Party in 1990—is the most never are. A respected labor movement strategist advanced political project on the American left recently put the matter bluntly: whose purpose is to cut the Gordian knot of labor and progressives’ dependence on the in election after election the labor Democratic Party. Discussions of the WFP used movement and other progressives have to revolve around the merits and demerits of the been arguing that . . . the Democrats must arcane electoral mechanism http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

Does the Working Families Party Work? An Appraisal of Twenty-five Years of Semi-independent Politics

Fertik, Ted
New Labor Forum , Volume 24 (2): 8 – May 1, 2015
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Working Families 579088 NLFXXX10.1177/1095796015579088New Labor ForumFertik research-article2015 New Labor Forum 2015, Vol. 24(2) 48 –55 Does the Working Families Copyright © 2015, The Murphy Institute, City University of New York Reprints and permissions: Party Work? An Appraisal of sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1095796015579088 Twenty-five Years of Semi- nlf.sagepub.com independent Politics Ted Fertik Keywords Democratic Party, labor, politics, liberalism, elections For a long time, labor and progressives have had serious question for the present is what that essentially one electoral strategy: elect Democrats, strategy should be. and hope for the best. Every cycle, prominent pro- The Working Families Party (WFP)—estab- gressives issue statements that somehow, this lished in New York in 1998, but originating time, things will be different. Somehow, they with the New Party in 1990—is the most never are. A respected labor movement strategist advanced political project on the American left recently put the matter bluntly: whose purpose is to cut the Gordian knot of labor and progressives’ dependence on the in election after election the labor Democratic Party. Discussions of the WFP used movement and other progressives have to revolve around the merits and demerits of the been arguing that . . . the Democrats must arcane electoral mechanism

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