Progressive Opinion

manufacturethis.org — AAM Director praises Obama Administration's decision to take safeguard action on surging tire imports from China.

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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — The House passed climate legislation last week, including a "border adjustment" provision to address China's unrestrained carbon emissions. President Obama criticized such a measure as "protectionist"-- but he's missing the point. If U.S. producers have to curb emissions, China must as well.

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thenation.com — USW President Leo Gerard and New America Foundation's Leo Hindery have penned a strongly worded op-ed in The Nation that argues for a rebuilding of U.S. manufacturing.

In their conclusion, Gerard and Hindery offer a number of constructive proposals, including significant revisions to U.S. trade policy and ongoing support for Buy America policy.

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alternet.org — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. did not wait on Lyndon Baines Johnson to inspire him. He didn't say, "Lyndon, should I march?" He didn't say, "Jack, should I march??" He went out and marched! He did not say, "I have a complaint." He said, "I have a dream!!" and he marched on that progressive vision.

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truthdig.com — A media environment that tilts to the right is obscuring what President Obama stands for and closing off political options that should be part of the public discussion. This was brought home at this week’s America's Future Now! conference.

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All the economic pain and uncertainty leading up to what may still become a catastrophe had before now had mostly been buried in the business section. But even now, media coverage is tepid, superficial and misleading. Here's what we need to do. more »

Not since the era of the robber barons have so few held such a large piece of our economic pie. We are unlikely to achieve the policy changes that will benefit working people as long as our country tolerates extreme levels of wealth concentration. more »

alternet.org — For a clue as to what kinds of people either Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama would carry into office, look at the top campaign advisers, fundraisers and staffers already around them, for they're likely to move right along with their man. If progressives look at Obama's team through the conventional political lens, they'll get worried. Before panicking, however, let's note that little about the Obama campaign is conventional.

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haaretz.com — What an expatriate finds after returning to the United States: America now seems to be eroding under the pressure of its fears, and as that happens Americans appear to be valuing mediocrity over excellence, turning a blind eye to facing hard truths full on.

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inthesetimes.com — These questions still haunt progressives about Sen. Barack Obama. Does an Obama presidency promise dramatic and progressive change, as his rhetoric sometimes suggests? Or will Obama simply shift from Bush’s neoconservatism back to the confused — if slightly less conservative — perspective of the Democratic Party establishment? The answer may depend on how progressives respond to the challenge of building the expectations and organizations that put demands on an Obama presidency. Here's an in-depth look at what progressives face.

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