Eugene McCarthy

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  10/17/2021
  

  Seeing the Future When No One Believes You

  by Rebecca Gordon

  The recollections and rehabilitations occasioned by the 20th anniversary of the War on Terror are, predictably, giving short shrift to the voices of dissent who questioned the ability of American military power to resolve political conflicts. Like their mythical namesake, those denounced as Cassandras in 2001 were right. 

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  3-11-18
  

  Remembering 1968: How an upstart primary challenge ended a presidency

  Lyndon Johnson had the power of incumbency, but his prospects fell when an upstart, Eugene McCarthy, decided to challenge him in the primaries.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  4-21-16
  

  What Bernie Sanders Should Learn From Eugene McCarthy

  by Julian E. Zelizer

  In 1968, the Democratic insurgent refused to support the establishment nominee—and it was disastrous.