Open Letter to Disillusioned Young Voters

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Monday November 10, 2014 · 7:48 PM PST

2014/11/10 · 19:48

Carl Gibson, young American activist, wrote an open letter to Democrats about the 2014 midterm elections--

Open Letter to Democrats From a Disillusioned Young Voter
By Carl Gibson
Dear Democrats,

Are you listening? President Obama says he hears us. He says that people don’t have a reason to show up to vote if the politicians they have to choose from don’t motivate them. ... To all you would-be elected officials looking for my generation’s support at the polls, listen closely – get populist or get ready to lose bad. ... We just didn’t vote for Democrats who haven’t done anything for us since we voted for them in 2012, and who brazenly took our votes for granted this year. ... we won’t show up and vote for you if you aren’t offering us anything real.
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Carl Gibson, 26, is co-founder of US Uncut, a nationwide creative direct-action movement that mobilized tens of thousands of activists against corporate tax avoidance and budget cuts in the months leading up to the Occupy Wall Street movement. He currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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