Tag: progressive
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Why you should vote today (an appeal to radicals)
originally published on November 2, 2010 Paul Rosenberg offered this the other day at Open Left: A Republican victory this Tuesday will tilt the odds heavily in the direction of retrospectively casting 2008 as another 1968, despite all the numbers of election night pointing to the contrary. If Democrats hold on to control of Congress,…
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“World update: Strikes force Lady Gaga to postpone shows” (Wow, France… pt. 2: parroting)
originally published on November 1, 2010 In my post last week (Wow, France… Why can’t we do that here?!??), I asked, as the title suggests, what prevents the kind of broad, committed, collective action that we’re seeing in France from happening here in the United States. This is especially perplexing, given that their strike is…
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Wow, France… Why can’t we do that here?!?? (pt. 1: inoculation)
originally published on October 21, 2010 Do you ever look at newspaper articles about worker and student strikes in countries like France or Greece or Argentina-you know, the kind of activity that shuts down the whole country-and think to yourself, “Holy shit, that’s what I’m talkin’ about! Those people know how to protest!?” Well, I…
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The Stakes in this Election: Incredibly High | Mike Lux discusses “The Progressive Revolution”
originally published on October 20, 2010 Welcome to the second interview in our series. This week we feature progressive organizer, strategist, blogger, and author Mike Lux. Mike is the CEO of Progressive Strategies, the Co-founder of Open Left, and he has been active for thirty years on many progressive issues. Mike is the “outsider’s insider.”…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 