By DAVID MUIR [New Statesman] – So how are progressives to beat this global right wing playbook?
First, understand that unless we develop a shared global story we will be picked off one by one. The right thrives on turning the financial crisis into a national disaster rather than a global emergency. When we elevated the financial crisis and explained that this was global and we could only get through it globally people would start to understand.
Second, we must showcase success. Get testimonials from those families who’ve kept their jobs and stayed in their house and show how right wing politicians would put that at risk. Equally in opposition we must bring home dramatically the human cost of the coalition cuts and display the waste of lost potential. Humans are programmed to be disgusted by waste.
Third, we need to be much sharper in pushing right wing politicians out of the mainstream.
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