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Bernie Sanders’ popularity does not alter in any way the negative connotations of the words “communism” and “Communist Party.” As a matter of fact, his popularity is an argument in favor of changing our name; in favor of trying to create an organization that reflects and represents the values he talks about and to which people are attracted.
I have been pushing for such big changes, first and foremost, in our name, but more than that. I’m for an entirely new formation with radical, democratic, egalitarian, humanistic, ecological, socialist politics; with an organizational culture that encourages innovation and experimentation, requires critical discussion and scrupulous realism, and prizes collectivity and transparency.
I think we need an organization that fits how people live, work, think and feel today, which is so profoundly different from even a decade, let alone a century, ago.
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