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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...

Tags: 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Congress of Racial Equality, Gandhi, George Lakey, KKK, LGBT, Obamacare, Ronald Reagan, Standing Rock, Tea Party
Posted in February 2017, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

An Inside\Outside Strategy for Defending the US Republic

January 30, 2017

$An Inside\Outside Strategy for Defending the US Republic$

MARIA STEPHAN - Both the administrative pillar of resistance and the ‘Indivisible’ legislative pillar will be bolstered if linked to a grassroots strategy of cross-issue mobilizing and direct action – the core strategy.

Tags: Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Maria J. Stephan, Standing Rock North Dakota, Tea Party
Posted in January 2017, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

Apocalypse Now: Seriously, It’s Time for a Major Rethink About Liberal and Progressive Politics

November 13, 2014

DON HAZEN - We are losing badly to the corporate state. Here's what we need to do.

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Posted in November 2014, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

Most Americans Agree About Global Warming, But Not Congress

February 9, 2014

WENDY KOCH - The vast majority of Americans in each of 40-plus states surveyed say global warming is real, serious and man-made, and the concerns tend to be slightly higher in coastal or drought-stricken areas, says an analysis out today.

Tags: EPA, Tea Party, Tea Party Republicans, Wendy Koch
Posted in Big Picture, February 2014 | No Comments »

Why Florida Was Dubbed “the Worst State”

August 7, 2013

LAURA FINLEY - Much attention has been paid to Florida’s asinine Stand Your Ground law, which John Oliver on The Daily Show described as cut and pasted from 1880s Tombstone. That is just the start of it, however. Other backwards laws and policies have been passed, largely under uber-Conservative Governor Rick Scott.

Tags: "Docs vs. Glocks" Law, George Zimmerman, Governor Rick Scott, limited government, Stand Your Ground Law, Tea Party, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, The Daily Show, Treyvon Martin
Posted in Analysis, August 2013 | No Comments »

Three Ways to Fix the Climate in 2012 and Beyond

September 29, 2012

EBAN GOODSTEIN - It’s hot. It’s going to get hotter. And despite the politics of the moment, extreme weather will eventually drive a national consensus on climate action. What can each of us do to insure we get there soon, rather than too late? There are three answers. The first is to build political...

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Posted in Analysis, September 2012 | No Comments »

The State of the Anti-War Movement

June 17, 2012

DAVID SWANSON - A magazine asked me this morning for my thoughts on Iraq and the peace movement. What did this war produce?

Tags: Afghanistan, David Swanson, Iran, Iraq, NATO, Occupy Wall Street, peace movement, Syria, Tea Party
Posted in Analysis, June 2012 | 1 Comment »

Tea Party and Occupy Share Some Similarities

May 1, 2012

JOHN DARLING - Tea Party and Occupy supporters found that they have many similarities at a forum in Southern Oregon. In their first public outing together, Tea Party and Occupy backers — and an audience of 200 — found a lot of common ground. They agreed that corporations, lobbyists, the military and the federal...

Tags: economy, freedom, Jeff Golden, John Darling, Medford's United Church of Christ, Occupy, poor, rights, Southern Oregon debate, sustainability, Tea Party
Posted in May 2012, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult

September 24, 2011

MIKE LOFGREN - Both parties are rotten - how could they not be, given the complete infestation of the political system by corporate money on a scale that now requires a presidential candidate to raise upwards of a billion dollars to be competitive in the general election? Both parties are captives to corporate loot.

Tags: God, GOP tactics, liberal fear, Michelle Bachmann, Obama, posturing, propaganda, Public workers, Republican, rhetoric, tax cuts, Tea Party, wealthy
Posted in Big Picture, September 2011 | No Comments »

The Third Force Idea: Creating a New Political Voice

January 23, 2011

TED GLICK - “Those who take the meat from the table teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss call ruling too difficult for ordinary men and women.” - Bertolt Brecht ...

Tags: civil disobedience, grass roots, Green Party, Independents, Libertarians, nonviolence, political voice, rights, Scott McLarty, Tea Party, Ted Glick
Posted in Analysis, January 2011 | 6 Comments »

A New Year: Time to Envision, Demand Peace

December 28, 2010

MICHAEL TRUE - “The same war continues,” Denise Levertov wrote, in “Life at War.” Her lament is even more appropriate for 2011 than as it was when she wrote the poem forty-five years ago. Columnists and academics, including International Relations professor Andrew Bacevich, Boston University, are finally acknowledging facts familiar to anyone “awake” regarding...

Tags: Afghanistan, Andrew Bacevich, Denise Levertov, Iraq, Michale True, Obama, Pakistan, Tea Party, utopia
Posted in Analysis, Dec. 2010 | 1 Comment »

Reader: Tea Party is “Grossly Racist”

December 12, 2010

RON LOWE - Let's cut to the chase about the Tea Party. Do you want to spend another year listening to their hypocrisy and tomfoolery? Could it be that Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, the Tea Party, and Republicans, are getting away with their lies because their base and many Americans are simply dumber than...

Tags: Ron Lowe, Tea Party
Posted in Dec. 2010, Letters | No Comments »

Learning from the Tea Party

November 2, 2010

TED GLICK - Polling and pundits tell us that tonight we will see a significant political incursion from the right wing, if not, indeed, a complete power takeover. We may not appreciate the Tea Party, but we had better learn a few lessons from them, as this article suggests. Business as usual is not...

Tags: Glenn Beck, Progressives, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party, Ted Glick
Posted in Analysis, Big Picture, Nov 2010 | No Comments »

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