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Reich to Democrats: Stop obsessing over upper-income suburban voters
Robert Reich writing for Realclearpolitics today:Nothing in politics is ever final. Democrats could still win back the white working class – putting together a huge coalition of the working class and...
View ArticleThe Social Justice League of America
The Social Justice League of AmericaReading comic books growing up made me politically progressive. Superhero comics particularly sparked my interest in politics as a young child and shaped my world...
View ArticleWhy Bernie Sanders Is Winning the Hearts and Minds of America
If you're lucky, once in your lifetime, maybe twice if you're really lucky, you'll get an opportunity to support a presidential candidate who speaks to your values on a very deep personal level. For...
View ArticleBlows Against The Empire!--Paul Kantner
It’s sad to see the death of Paul Kantner, the founder and inner-glue of the very great San Francisco band Jefferson Airplane.Marty Balin had the greatest voice, by far. Grace was Grace, with the...
View ArticleAre rights compatible with neoliberalism? Bernie vs Clinton and...
This diary could also have been titled: “What is a progressive socio-economic agenda?”I try to turn off all the lights in my house that I’m not currently using them in order to cut down on my carbon...
View ArticleRevolutions Usually Fail: What To Do After.
It’s pretty hard to make a revolution, even a polite electoral one, out of jaded, overweight suburbanites in the richest country in the history of humanity.But somehow, here we are. What seemed...
View ArticleJoin Peninsula Progressive CHS this Week
This week, the Progressive Preninsula CHS is opening its new offices at 171 Church St, Ste 160, in downtown Charleston. We aim to be a hub for our interconnected projects for social justice and...
View ArticleThe Revolution Can Be Organized
Famous social activist and organizer Saul Alinsky urged the creation of organizations, not just abstract “movements.” The distinction is that one has practical goals to work for, while the other is...
View Article#StealTheBern Part IV: Social Justice
This is Part Four of “Hillary, still not a progressive: only copying Bernie’s rhetoric”from a portion of Hillary’s Nevada Speech; following Part I: Linkapalooza, Part II: Environment, and Part III:...
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Hating America
We can do better than this. In a thoughtful, engaging piece in The Guardian, Oliver Laughland reminds us of the charade some folks are currently watching in a dangerous flirtation with "what if"?Donald...
View ArticleMissouri Republicans End Black History Month Re-Writing The History of Ferguson
Missouri Republicans are taking time to talk about real issues that face Missouri; and as Black History month winds down, they gathered at their annual Lincoln Days, a celebration of the Republican...
View ArticleThe Left’s Reluctance: Rethinking the Universalist Approach to Democracy...
Writing in reference to Reconstruction era America, prominent black sociologist, political theorist, and activist, W.E.B. Du Bois took up Rousseau’s century-old dilemma: How is it possible to bring a...
View ArticleInvesting in People Matters: A Black Man’s perspective on The People’s Budget
By Marc CarrEveryone deserves equal access to affordable housing, a quality education, and gainful employment. The Movement for Black Lives is a reminder of our nation's strained racial relations. The...
View ArticleBlaming The Puppet for the Crimes of the Puppeteer
If the ignorance of the American voter about the mechanics of our political system did not produce such toxic and disastrous consequences, it might be as laughable as late-night talk shows suggest. In...
View ArticleWhy our current system isn't working.
This is not an election season blog. I don’t want anyone to talk about how Bernie or Hillary are going to change things. All this election coverage is just drowning out the important small stories,...
View ArticleTomgram: Engler, The Transformative Power of Democratic Uprisings
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.[Note for TomDispatch Readers: From Jeremy Scahill and Eduardo Galeano to Nomi...
View ArticleLook Here for Uplifting Inspiration...Forget your Cynicism.
Leave Cynicism and righteous anger on the side for just a few minutes.I spent some time this evening watching some of the coverage from 2008.I think that it is important for ALL OF US to visualize what...
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Terrorism Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg of Our Fear, But Also of Our...
Whether it’s a bombing in Brussels, the threat of deportation for undocumented immigrants, the prospect of further encroachment of women’s, gay or minority rights, or just the possibility of a bully...
View ArticleHow a Nice Democratic Dad learned to say "Yes!"
The 2016 election is a seminal event as this country prepares to pick the successor to President Obama. The stakes are too high to not give proper weight and thought to the issues. We need to learn...
View ArticleBernie Sanders and the Moral Dimension of Politics
Crossposted at Populist Caucus.For far too long, the political stereotype in America has been that conservatives are interested in “moral values,” while liberals are a bunch of hedonists and heathens....
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