Posts Tagged ‘ Bernie Sanders ’

What If He’s Not an Idiot?

May 16, 2017
What If He’s Not an Idiot?

JOHN ATCHESON - It’s worth considering what we are not talking about as we watch the political pornography of the Trump Administration play out and also how the focus on Russia undercuts the Democratic Party. In other words, what if this is exactly what Trump intended when he fired Comey? It’s worth remembering...

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Posted in Analysis, May 2017 | No Comments »

The Democratic Party’s Anti-Bernie Elites Have a Huge Stake in Blaming Russia

April 22, 2017
The Democratic Party’s Anti-Bernie Elites Have a Huge Stake in Blaming Russia

NORMAN SOLOMON - After Hillary Clinton’s devastating loss nearly six months ago, her most powerful Democratic allies feared losing control of the party. Efforts to lip-synch economic populism while remaining closely tied to Wall Street had led to a catastrophic defeat. In the aftermath, the party’s progressive base -- personified by Bernie Sanders --...

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Posted in Analysis, April 2017 | No Comments »

A 10-point Plan to Stop Trump and Make Gains in Justice and Equality

February 10, 2017

GEORGE LAKEY - I was among the 100,000 who marched in San Francisco’s Women’s March the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. While enthusiasm for the struggle seemed high, an important question was looming: What’s the strategic plan, as we head into the Trump era? Although there’s no simple answer, I offer this 10-point plan...

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Posted in February 2017, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

Jury is Still Out on Trump’s Foreign Policy Agenda

November 24, 2016
Jury is Still Out on Trump’s Foreign Policy Agenda

ROBERT PARRY - By inviting in Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat hostile to “regime change” wars, President-elect Trump may be signaling a major break with Republican neocon orthodoxy and a big shake-up of the U.S. foreign policy establishment.

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Posted in Analysis, November 2016 | No Comments »

Oregon Activist Mary Paladino Dies

October 3, 2016

OBITUARY OF MARY CADY PALADINO - Mary was a brilliant, strong, spirited woman with a huge and joyful heart, who greatly valued her independence, worked tirelessly every day of her long, happy life to make the world a better place, and was consistently a beacon of positive energy, love and light to those around...

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Posted in October 2016, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

The Debut of Our Revolution: Great Potential. But.

September 5, 2016
The Debut of Our Revolution: Great Potential. But.

NORMAN SOLOMON - While Bernie Sanders was doing a brilliant job of ripping into the Trans-Pacific Partnership during the livestreamed launch of the Our Revolution organization on Wednesday night, CNN was airing a phone interview with Hillary Clinton and MSNBC was interviewing Donald Trump’s campaign manager. That sums up the contrast between the enduring...

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Posted in Analysis, September 2016 | No Comments »

Clinton’s Transition Team Suggests a Corporate Presidency

August 30, 2016
Clinton’s Transition Team Suggests a Corporate Presidency

NORMAN SOLOMON - Like other Bernie Sanders delegates in Philadelphia a few weeks ago, I kept hearing about the crucial need to close ranks behind Hillary Clinton. “Unity” was the watchword. But Clinton has reaffirmed her unity with corporate America. Rhetoric aside, Clinton is showing her solidarity with the nemesis of the Sanders campaign...

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Posted in Analysis, August 2016 | No Comments »

McKibben: Time to Declare a War (Literally) on Climate Change

August 22, 2016
McKibben: Time to Declare a War (Literally) on Climate Change

JON QUEALLY - We're under attack, says author and climate campaigner Bill McKibben, and the only way to defeat the enemy is to declare a global war against the destructive practices that threaten the world's imperiled ecosystems and human civilization as we know it.

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Posted in August 2016, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

“No Conflict Has Ever Been Solved with Violence”

July 26, 2016
“No Conflict Has Ever Been Solved with Violence”

WINSLOW MYERS - Martin Luther King Jr., in his famous Riverside Church speech of 1967, “Beyond Vietnam,” cataloged the ingredients of the toxic brew we must acknowledge and eliminate if we really hope to make America great: rampant racism, materialism, and militarism.

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Posted in Analysis, July 2016 | No Comments »

Democratic Socialism Returns to the U.S.

July 16, 2016
Democratic Socialism Returns to the U.S.

LAWRENCE S. WITTNER - It’s clear that democratic socialism has made a comeback in American life.

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Posted in Analysis, July 2016 | No Comments »

Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense

June 12, 2016
Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense

LAWRENCE S. WITTNER - The major argument for free public college and university education is the same as for free public education in general: like the free public elementary and high schools already existing in the United States, free public higher education provides educational opportunity for all and strengthens the American workforce.

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Posted in Analysis, June 2016 | No Comments »

What Should We Conclude From the Sanders and Trump Victories?

April 13, 2016
What Should We Conclude From the Sanders and Trump Victories?

WINSLOW MYERS - Trump and Sanders in their stark difference both from each other and from establishment candidates exemplify our national duality: fear-mongering and oversimplification from Trump, idealism and authenticity from Sanders. Every four years we have a fresh chance to look both for the real America and for the best possible America. Fifty-seven...

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Posted in Analysis, April 2016 | No Comments »

How to Counter Recruitment and De-Militarize Schools

April 5, 2016
How to Counter Recruitment and De-Militarize Schools

DAVID SWANSON - U.S. military recruiters are teaching in public school classrooms, making presentations at school career days, coordinating with JROTC units in high schools and middle schools, volunteering as sports coaches and tutors and lunch buddies in high, middle, and elementary schools, showing up in humvees with $9,000 stereos, bringing fifth-graders to military...

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Posted in April 2016, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

The Trillion Dollar Question

April 3, 2016
The Trillion Dollar Question

LAWRENCWE WITTNER - Isn’t it rather odd that America’s largest single public expenditure scheduled for the coming decades has received no attention in the 2015-2016 presidential debates? The expenditure is for a thirty-year program to “modernize” the U.S. nuclear arsenal and production facilities. Although President Obama began his administration with a dramatic public commitment...

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Posted in Analysis, April 2016 | 1 Comment »

10 Good Things About The Not-So-Great Year 2015

December 31, 2015
10 Good Things About The Not-So-Great Year 2015

MEDEA BENJAMIN - It would certainly be easy to do a piece about 10 horrible events from 2015, from the ongoing war in Syria and the refugee crisis, to the bombings in Beirut, Paris and San Bernardino, to the rise of Donald Trump and Islamophobia. But that wouldn’t be a very inspiring way to...

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Posted in Analysis, December 2015 | No Comments »

Tell Your Senator to Oppose War on Iran

August 25, 2015
Tell Your Senator to Oppose War on Iran

DAVID SWANSON - If both proponents and opponents of the nuclear agreement with Iran depict Iran falsely as a nuclear threat, the danger of a U.S. war on Iran is going to continue, with or without the deal. The deal could end with the election of a new president or Congress. Ending the agreement...

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Posted in August 2015, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

Occupying Democracy: Amendments to Get Money out of Politics

December 2, 2012
Occupying Democracy: Amendments to Get Money out of Politics

RUSSELL SIMMONS - We have recently seen the massive expense of the political system on all levels, and we have joined forces to fight for our democracy. We refuse to let our future be auctioned off and sold to the highest bidder. When the focus of our candidates has to be on raising money,...

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Posted in Big Picture, December 2012 | No Comments »