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November 24, 2013

A Day, or so, in the Life of Jerry Krase, De Blasio Campaign Volunteer

Jerry Krase
Jerry Krase
Park Slope Bill De Blasio Get Out the Vote Campaign Headquarters

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn began Ivan’s bitterly cold and dark day as a forced laborer in a Gulag camp; mine began a bit more leisurely on a brilliantly warm and sunny Tuesday...

September 23, 2013

Bill de Blasio: A Progressive Mayor for All New Yorkers Part II

Jerry Krase
Jerry Krase
"Dizzy's A Finer Diner" in Bill De Blasio Country (Park Slope, Brooklyn) where I conducted my thoroughly unreliable voter survey that showed that few patrons can remember the last five Democratic mayoral candidates.

While I, and other self-confessed “Progressives” celebrate the victory of Bill De Blasio in the recent New York City Democratic Mayoral Primary, there is need to pause and...

August 23, 2013

Bill de Blasio: A Progressive Mayor for All New Yorkers

Jerry Krase
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Four of seven Krase children (Marie, Teresa, Maryann and John) amid the summer crowd in Red Hook Houses circa 1940.

Bill De Blasio I believe has the best chance among real progressives to win the mayoralty and to take New York City in a different, more hopeful direction. It’s time for New...

July 7, 2013

Gramsci Comes to The Bronx: Too Little and Too Late

Jerry Krase
Jerry Krase
Still waiting for Antonio Gramsci in Belmont.

Whereas Jesus Christ stopped at Eboli on his way elsewhere and has yet to make a confirmed appearance anywhere in the bailiwick of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, I am happy to report...

February 22, 2013

Political Suicide in New York City and Italy: Part I - Italy

Jerry Krase
Jerry Krase
My cat Rosita has a better chance figuring out the New York Times crossword puzzle than the New York Times has figuring out Italian politics.

New York City and Italy have a great deal in common, starting and ending with self-destructive electorates; voters who are intent on putting into office people who, in one way or...