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I, like millions of others, are still processing what happened last week.
There have been a zillion articles and commentaries written about what happened, and I thought readers might be interested in my choices for the best and most accurate ones, along with a few ideas of what to do next (early next week, Ed Week will be publishing a more extensive piece I’ve written about the way forward for schools and educators).
You might also be interested in The Best Posts & Articles About The 2024 Election’s Impacts On Education, as well as The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change. Teachers might find this one particularly helpful: I’m Not Sure If It’s The “Best,” But Here’s A Collection Of Ideas For How Schools & Teachers Might Respond To A Trump Victory.
Here’s what I’ve identified so far, and I’ll add to them. It’s a short list:
I’m not really sure how any analysis can ignore racism & sexism’s role, but the other points here make sense. It also doesn’t mention fundamental problem of campaigns ignoring organizing between elections. ——-2024 analysis: Why Democrats lost and Trump won. slate.com/news-and-pol…
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 9, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Let’s say however, economic issues were the reason. It still doesn’t change the fact that the majority of white voters were willing to vote for someone who has threatened to terminate the Constitution, whose own generals called a fascist, because they think groceries are too high…
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) November 9, 2024
“Working people: That’s what parties of the left were very largely about. The same folks who just expressed such remarkable support for Donald Trump,” Thomas Frank writes.
Read: https://t.co/H4FnOvRY9E
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 9, 2024
Lots of ‘takes’ on the reasons for Harris defeat. It seems to me that the biggest one that was entirely within the Dems control was Biden’s refusal to stick to his ‘implied’ commitment to serve only one term.
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 9, 2024 at 10:26 AM
The dems could become. True ‘ mediating institution,’ but I’m not holding my breath
My comment in the above Blue Sky post was in response to someone suggesting that local Democratic Parties turn into mutual aid organizations throughout the country.
— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) November 9, 2024 at 9:20 AM
I’m no pundit, but I was a comm organizer 4 20 yrs prior 2 becoming a tchr. If Dems took half of $ they blew on Harris campaign & invested it in helping build comm based organizations 4 yrs ago instead of doing slash & burn canvassing every 4 yrs they might find more success
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) November 8, 2024
I, like millions of others, are still processing what happened last week. There have been a zillion articles and commentaries written about what happened, and I thought readers might be interested in my choices for the best and most accurate ones, along with a few ideas of what to do next (early next week, best of the year, social studies Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
