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US: Joe Biden

 “ Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden  by Branko Marcetic, exposes the forgotten history of Joe Biden, one of the United States’ longest-serving politicians, and one of its least scrutinized. Over nearly fifty years in politics, the man called “Middle-Class Joe” served as a key architect of the Democratic Party’s rightward turn, ushering in the end of the liberal New Deal order and assisting the political takeover of the radical right. Far from being a liberal stalwart, Biden  often outdid even Reagan, Gingrich ,  and Bush, assisting the right-wing war against the working-class, and ultimately p aving the way for Trump.   The most comprehensive political biography of someone who has tried for decades to be president,  Yesterday’s Man  is an essential read for anyone interested in knowing the real Joe Biden and what he might do in office.” Americans must fight Joe Biden and the Democratic Party’s neoliberal agenda. —Jacobin Magazine “We are now likely to witness the cycle repea