"Thirty-seven years ago New Left student protestors clashed with working-class police officers at a time when the New Deal coalition was being ripped apart. If today's police officers are joining in solidarity with nurses, firefighters, and senior citizens against an anti-union Republican governor, it shows just how far the left has come. Malanga has laid out the right's rhetorical framework for attacking this coalition, but if California is any indication, the 'silent majority' isn't buying it."
In The New Republic, Christopher Hayes reviews The New New Left by Steven Malanga and finds opportunity in Malanga's criticisms.
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