by Richard Eskow | Jul 2, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, The New Populism
Well, now, this is interesting. Sen. Elizabeth Warren went to Kentucky to campaign for Allison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic Secretary of State who’s looking to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that “a wide...
by Rev. William Barber | Jun 19, 2014 | Progressive Vision, The New Populism
How do we build a people’s movement? We start with vision. Prophetic moral vision seeks to penetrate despair, so that we can believe in and embrace new futures. It does not ask if the vision can be implemented—questions of implementation are of no consequence until...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, The New Populism
Twenty-four hours have now passed since House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's surprise primary defeat. Oceans of pixelated ink have already been spilled interpreting its meaning. Cantor's defeat has certainly put an end to the conventional wisdom that "establishment...
by Terrance Heath | May 29, 2014 | Populist Majority, The New Populism
At the New Populism Conference, Rev. William Barber reminded progressive populists that we must know why we fight, and what we're fighting for. We must not shrink from battle, when we have all we need to fight and win. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D, Massachusetts), in her...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 29, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, The New Populism
Here's how to get in less than 20 minutes all that we've been saying about what the populist majority supports and the winning political message that will get them to the polls: Watch pollster Celinda Lake's presentation at The New Populism Conference last week. Her...
by Robert Borosage | May 28, 2014 | Blog, The New Populism
A powerful new populist challenge is emerging from the reality of an economy that is not working for working people. It is expressed not by the Koch-funded, rabidly anti-government Tea Party, but by the new populists, inside and outside the Democratic Party. Sen....