‘No Honeymoon’: Progressives call for Biden to move left
3 years, 11 months ago

‘No Honeymoon’: Progressives call for Biden to move left

Al Jazeera  

Progressives say pressure on Biden, who is beginning to lay out legislative goals, is key for their movement. Let's make sure it's #NoHoneymoon for the Joe Biden administration pic.twitter.com/xmq08fkpja — RootsAction January 26, 2021 Bill Fletcher Jr, a racial justice advocate and former senior staffer with the AFL-CIO, the largest US labour union, told Al Jazeera the Biden administration has put forward policies that are “good”, but “don’t go far enough”. Progressives are pleased with some of Biden’s appointments, Solomon said, like economic adviser Jared Bernstein, whose academic work focuses on the middle class, and progressive Representative Marcia Fudge’s nomination to head Housing and Human Development. None of the progressives who spoke to Al Jazeera criticised Biden’s immigration measures, including orders to reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme that protects undocumented people brought to the US as children from deportation, a currently blocked 100-day total deportation freeze and an immigration reform bill that would provide an eight-year path citizenship for undocumented people living in the US. Antonio Arellano, interim executive director of Jolt, the largest Latino progressive organisation in Texas which is not part of the “No Honeymoon” campaign, told Al Jazeera the measures show Biden recognises the “important role immigrants play in the social and economic fabric of our country.

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Daily Mail  

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Huff Post  

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LA Times  

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Firstpost  

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Al Jazeera  

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CNN  

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Firstpost  

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LA Times  

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Associated Press  

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NPR  

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Associated Press  

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Firstpost  

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ABC  

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Associated Press  

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NPR  

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4 years, 6 months ago

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India Today  

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Associated Press  

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The Hindu  

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4 years, 8 months ago

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Associated Press  

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4 years, 8 months ago

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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CNN  

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5 years, 5 months ago

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Associated Press  

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