While Netroots Nation is perhaps the most prominent gathering of left-wing critics of the Democratic establishment, they were nonetheless reminded of the left's fractious nature.
Later, they meet at a gathering of left-wing artists and writers and strike up a conversation.
He has said he plans to devote his energies to creating a new centre-left coalition, gathering together the Peronist left and sections of the Radicals, to form an Argentine equivalent of Chile's successful governing coalition, the Concertación.Opponents have criticised Mr Kirchner as high-handed and as a man who has shown little willingness to be held accountable to democratic institutions.
In early 1939, Meeropol took his song to Barney Josephson, the founder and owner of Cafe Society, the integrated Greenwich Village cabaret that had become a gathering place for left-wingers, intellectuals, artists, writers and jazz lovers.
"In France, the extreme right of Marine Le Pen is at the gates of power," Mr Valls said at a gathering of fellow left-wing politicians in Bologna, Italy.
So, as his insurgent campaign catapults toward its uncertain end, the question of "What happens now?" hung heavily over the radical-left gathering.
Just before leaving home for Politicon 2016, a gathering of mostly left-leaning political junkies in Pasadena, the former Alaska governor posted a note on Facebook saying she was heading for "the lion's den" "to share some reality on behalf of Americans with righteous indignation".
It wouldn't be a Left Field gathering without an impromptu sing-along with Billy Bragg, so the singer-songwriter led the crowd through an a cappella rendition of Jerusalem, ending with the words: "For Tony Benn.
Big Butte Creek travels northwest, gathering McNeil Creek on the left and Clark Creek on the right, along with many other minor tributaries.
Obama addressed this problem in a remarkable speech on June 28 , 2006 at a gathering of the Christian-left group Call to Renewal, in Washington, in which he offered a frank critique of liberal queasiness regarding faith.
