Progressive Movement

I Am Thankful for Those Who Have the "Cathedral Builder's Mentality"

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alice Tregay, Harvey Mader, Milt Schraeder, Paul Tully, Jerry Prete, Thanksgiving, Progressive Movement, Senator Paul Simon, Brad Woodhouse, Paul Wellstone, Thanksgiving Commentary, Politics News

Lord knows I am thankful this Thanksgiving Day that this period of retrenchment has finally come to an end -- that we are poised once again to make fundamental progressive change in America.

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Conservatism's Hope: the Tubes

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Media, Politics, Conservatives, Social Networking, Grassroots, Media, Progressive Movement, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

The hope for Republicans is that bloggers will predicate a conservative grassroots movement removed from the Christian arm of the Party--a base as intellectually responsive as the Daily Kos.

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After Obama: How Dems Can Keep Party Going

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Much of the sweeping victories enjoyed by the Democratic Party this November have been credited to three major catalysts: Barack Obama, for his campai...

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Critical Friendship: Obama & Us

Sally Kohn | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Community Organizing, Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, Agenda, Politics News

Obama won by convincing millions of Americans that there are no permanent enemies of progressive change. In the same spirit, Obama's supporters must not become permanent friends to our new President.

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Thanks From ACORN - Now Let's Move A Progressive Agenda!

Bertha Lewis | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Voter Registration, Election Reaction, Acorn, Progressive Agenda, Acorn Attacks, Bertha Lewis, Election Results, Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, Politics News

If I could hug everyone at once, I would. Without everyone who stood with us it would have been impossible to fight back the way we did.

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What We Won on Election Day

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Obama ran a campaign of high integrity, focusing on issues that really mattered, showing he could lead the whole country forward -- not pandering, but speaking to our higher selves.

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This Wednesday:Will we be Citizens Again?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, New Mexico, Bailout, The White House Project, Obama 2008, Progressive Movement, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Civil Rights, Home News

No matter what happens on Tuesday, the Obama campaign will have revisited a lost ideology of citizenship for Americans that has enormous potential for our nation.

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An Interview with Erica Payne, Author of The Practical Progressive

Julian Brookes | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: America Votes, Progressive Book Club, Erica Payne, Obama Nation, Tesseract Group, Progressive, Media Matters, The Practical Progressive, Democracy Alliance, Progressives, Jerome Corsi, Progressive Movement, Catalist, Pbc, Politics News

Erica Payne's book, The Practical Progressive: How to Build a Twenty-First Century Political Movement, is the essential guide to what's happening, who's who, and how to get involved in the new progressive "infrastructure."

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Rethinking the American Electorate after an Obama Victory

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Mariano Rivera, Baseball, Bill Ayers, Yogi Berra, Progressive Movement, Progressive Politics, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

For years now a central piece of the progressive worldview is that progressives are enlightened Americans in a sea of their ignorant, bigoted and narrow-minded compatriots.

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The Progressive Agenda and the Financial Crisis

Nathaniel Loewentheil | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Legislative Agenda, Progressive Values, Franklin Roosevelt, Progressive Politics, Progressive Movement, Wall Street Crisis, Politics News

The conservative movement's narrative about the role of individuals and the market led us this mess. We need a new narrative, a new progressive economic philosophy, to lead us out.

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Time to Take a Second Look at Our "Free Trade" Agreements

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, World Trade Organization, Wto, Nafta, Protest, Free Trade, Globalization, Battle in Seattle, Movie, Progressive Movement, Stuart Townsend, Politics News

We also have nearly 15 years of experience with NAFTA and it clearly did not deliver on most of its promises. It was sold as a job creator, but the United States has actually lost jobs.

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The Message of American Progressivism

Mike Lux | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, Progressivism, 2008 Presidential General Election, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Progressive Movement, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Democratic Convention, Politics News

I am convinced that coherence and unity in pushing the compelling idea of American progressivism is a big part of what made the Convention such a success.

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Big Oil Big on Profits, Small on American Values

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Progressive Values, Big Oil, Climate, Oil Profits, Renewable Energy, Oil Prices, Climate Change, Progressive Movement, Oil Companies, Global Warming, Green News

Until oil companies start acting like they are on the American team and help us reduce ALL oil consumption, I will be glad we have lots of grassroots advocacy campaigns to keep the pressure on them.

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Report from the Progressive Democrats of America Convention

Rob Kall | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Impeachment, Pda, Progressive Infrastructure, Progressive Movement, Universal Single Payer Healthcare, Single Payer Healthcare, Progressive Democrats of America, Progressives, Politics News

In Cleveland, the DNC is discussing the Democratic Party platform. In Chicago, PDA (Progressive Democrats of America leaders are planning how to move...

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"Honor Killing" Comes To America

Irshad Manji | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Progressive Values, Hate Crimes, Human Rights, Religion and Politics, Atlanta, Progressive Politics, Progressive Movement, Multiculturalism, Honor Killing, Politics News

Right-wing media loves to ask, "When it comes to denouncing the oppression of Muslim women, where are the feminists?" Well, here we are.

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It's 1968 Revisited, And It's Not The Liberals' Year

Tony Sachs | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

To elect a far-left liberal in 2008 would be like Reagan getting elected in 1968, or FDR in 1924. The country simply isn't ready yet. The liberals' time will come again -- just not this year.

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Obama Will Break Our Hearts -- But Progressives Need to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

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We should not give Obama an easy pass on his FISA turnaround, but progressives need to maintain a nuanced view of the relationship between electoral politics and movement building.

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Nader, Unsafe at Any Speed, Says Obama Wants to "Talk White"

RJ Eskow | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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We should honor Nader's many career achievements, thank him for his service, then stop paying any attention to him.

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Why Obama Won

Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Obama was able to defeat the once-formidable Hillary Clinton because he was perceived to be the better candidate among the increasingly progressive base of the Democratic Party.

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Seizing the Time: The Role of Independent Groups in 2008

Steve Phillips | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

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"I had been inspired by the civil rights movement and the idea of people working at a grassroots level to bring about change, to get people involved i...

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In Bowing Out, 7 Things Hillary Clinton Must Say to Meet the Standards Set by Hilary Rosen

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Progressive Movement, Disastrous Bush Administration, Politics News

I know that when Hillary Clinton bows out, she will state her strong support of Barack Obama, but that is not enough. She needs to include the following in the speech ending her campaign.

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MoveOn: Obama Got Outfoxed

Adam Green | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Daily Kos, Chris Wallace, Republican Mouthpiece, Barack Obama, Progressives, Wright, Progressive Movement, Fox, Race, Dailykos, Media News

Obama did himself, the Democratic Party, and the progressive movement a disservice this weekend. It was a mistake to go on FOX and treat the experience as if it was a real news interview.

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Building the Progressive Movement with SNAP

John Riley | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Pacs, Youth, Congressional Elections, College, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Fundraising, Students, Politics News

Not all PACs deserve a bad name. Here at Yale University, a student run political action committee in its second electoral cycle is actually trying to...

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Is Obama the Next Wellstone?

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Organizing, Progressive Movement, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party, Paul Wellstone, Politics News

I was initially skeptical a few months ago when Barack Obama was heard in the heat of the Iowa campaign comparing himself to Paul Wellstone. But cObam...

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Clinton and Obama Silence On Winter Soldier Divides Progressives

Christine Escobar | Posted 03.26.2008 | Home

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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have yet to acknowledge the Iraq withdrawal plan crafted by members of their own party, and it appears there is little pressure from the press to question them on it.

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