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The Perennial Revolutionary Programme Of Antiquity
courtesy Jonathan Schwarz I've been getting a fair amount of static for my post the other day warning about tribal politics rearing its ugly head as the Occupy movement continues. It's not just the billionaires who will put their resources to bear to...
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Will The U.S....
Progressive Breakfast - 10/11/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Will The U.S....
Will The US House Side With China On Currency
If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we're going to have to do something about trade. The huge trade imbalances -- especially with China -- are sucking our jobs and factories and companies...
Do Plutocrats Need to Worry about Potholes
One luxury automaker is betting big that America's affluent feel no responsibility to the greater society crumbling all around them. And lots of pols are making the same wager. Audi, the luxury automaker, has a new ad campaign out. You may have seen the TV spot. The...
Explaining Ten Years of War to a Child
This week, my eight-year-old son asked me a couple of questions about the war in Afghanistan. They were simple questions. Yet, both times I struggled to answer. The first question came out of the blue. "Dad," he asked me, "Why did we go to war in Afghanistan?" I had...
Whats Next For The American Dream Movement
As the last full day of the Take Back the American Dream conference ended, the "Building the Progressive Movement: What Should We Do Next?" action strategy session posed the question that was probably on the minds of many attendees: What should we do next? The...
Jobs Numbers Send SOS To Washington Act Now
The September 2011 jobs numbers continue to send an SOS to Washington to act now on jobs. This economy verges on another downturn. The few jobs being created are not sufficient even to employ the new people coming into workforce, much less to begin to reduce the 25...
Years of Discontent Trigger American Autumn
To convey the significance of the Occupy Wall Street movement, NBC News anchor Brian Williams this week quoted the 1960s Buffalo Springfield song, For What It’s Worth: “There is something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.” Maybe it’s unclear what the...
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Demanding Justice...
