If I have one message for the Bernie left in the aftermath of the Democratic primary, it's that we need less angst about the 2020 election (in all directions!), and more work toward building a TEN YEAR PLAN to amass real power in at every level of government https://twitter.com/justicedems/status/1249820294040125446

It will take at least ten years for Bernie voters to age into power within the Dem Party. And it will take at least ten years to win the offices we need to give those voters meaningful leverage in Congress & the states. None of this has much to do with the Biden-Trump campaign

We need to nurture our embryonic majority, sustaining its commitment to Medicare For All, etc, and its combativeness toward corporate Democrats. No, generational politics isn't a cure-all, but does anyone think the case for national health care will get weaker in 10 yrs?

And no, there is no third-party shortcut. We need something like a 'party-surrogate,' a master organization of Berniecrat voters, unions, & candidates, to maintain momentum.

More to come, but two important pieces to read now:
https://jacobinmag.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman https://catalyst-journal.com/vol3/no2/a-socialist-party-in-our-time