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2016 Postmortem

bettyellen

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8. Social justice will not be back burnered and wait for white men to have enough first.

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Fri Dec 30, 2016, 12:50 PM

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"Social justice encompasses economic justice." [View all] Garrett78 Dec 2016 OP

That's well and good, but as it was used in the 2016 Dem primaries, "economic justice" ucrdem Dec 2016 #1

OK, you see most of those things as "bashing Barack, Hillary and Bill". Ken Burch Jan 2017 #9

The sad thing is that the Democratic Establishment accepted NAFTA was a failure for workers forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #2

THat was my interpretation of the TPP as I read more on it... JHan Jan 2017 #11

Not quite zipplewrath Jan 2017 #13

Social justice doesn't encompass economic justice under our current economic system. jalan48 Dec 2016 #3

I think historically they have that kind of backwards mythology Dec 2016 #4

There isn't anything backward or forward about it. It isn't a matter of chronology. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

Social justice will not be back burnered and wait for white men to have enough first. bettyellen Dec 2016 #8

The Civil Rights movement started long before the late 40s and 50s forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #10

Not directly zipplewrath Jan 2017 #14

And vice-versa, whatever that means. Orsino Dec 2016 #6

Not vice-versa if you go by the definitions in the OP. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #7

One thing is true, there is no economic justice without important components of social justice, JCanete Jan 2017 #12

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