The Democratic Party’s Grim Metaphor: Tom Perez

Tom Perez’s lackluster first year as head of the Democratic National Committee provides a metaphoric glimpse into the waning influence of the Democratic Party as a whole.

Norman Solomon
作者 Norman Solomon
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez speaks at a protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban in Lafayette Square outside the White House, March 6, 2017. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Sometimes a party’s leader seems to symbolize an enduring malaise. For Democrats in 2018, that institutional leader is Tom Perez. While serving as secretary of labor during President Obama’s second term, Perez gained a reputation as an advocate for workers and civil rights. That image may have helped him win a narrow election among Democratic

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Democratic Party Set to Purge Progressive Reformists

Refusing to face why the Republicans won in 2016, the national Democratic Party rebuffs proposals to make the party more democratic and less corporate-friendly.

Norman Solomon
作者 Norman Solomon
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a campaign stop at the University Of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016.

With the Democratic Party’s “Unity Reform Commission” now history, major political forces are entering a new stage of contention over the future of the party. Seven months after the commission’s first meeting — and nine months after Hillary Clinton backer Tom Perez won a close election over Bernie Sanders supporter Keith Ellison to become chair of

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Election Of Tom Perez To DNC Chair Shows The DNC Establishment Has Learned Nothing

Failing to learn from the humiliating losses of the last election, establishment Democrats continue to cater to their oligarchical donors while rejecting the party’s progressive base and its future.

Whitney Webb
作者 Whitney Webb
Tom Perez gives a victory speech during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP/Branden Camp)

WASHINGTON --- The past year has not been kind to the Democratic Party. Engulfed in major scandals in the lead-up to the election, Democrats suffered humiliating losses in November, losing the majorities they held in the House and Senate along with the presidency and several key governorships. In addition, major rifts within the party became

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The DNC Has Fanned The Flames Of Grassroots Anger By Electing Tom Perez

Establishment Democrats did not want Ellison, a former Sanders surrogate and a black Muslim American, to be the chair.

Kevin Gosztola
作者 Kevin Gosztola
Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, right, and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who was named deputy chairman, listen to a question from the media during a press conference at the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP/Branden Camp)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Establishment Democrats elected former Labor Secretary Tom Perez to chair the Democratic National Committee. They defeated Representative Keith Ellison and survived a push from the grassroots to take a meaningful step to transform the Democratic Party into a real and actual opposition party. DNC

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Labor Secretary: New Overtime Rules Coming Soon

The new rule could result in larger paychecks for millions of workers.

Associated Press
作者 Associated Press

President Barack Obama arrives for a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014, to sign a Presidential Memorandum directing Labor Secretary Tom Perez to modernize overtime protections. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Tom Perez told Congress on Wednesday that his agency is

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