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From Alternet’s The Democratic Convention Was Anything But Conventional: “Perhaps the convention’s value was most pronounced at the interpersonal level where liberal activists kibbutzed with campaign operatives, bloggers met politicians, and — as I saw firsthand — potential Obama administration officials began dialoguing with Congress’ most committed progressive leaders…I remembered that while conventions are usually [...]
From Democracy’s What’s Next: “Democracy always has seen its role as revitalizing and renewing progressive thinking for a new century. Usually, we focus on ideas instead of policies—on overarching approaches rather than the specific proposals which follow from them. But, at this moment, we believe that it is critical to do something slightly different and [...]
From The New Republic’s The netroots is the most important movement since the Christian right: “Like any movement, the netroots is a pastiche of people and groups, with subfactions and varying levels of attachment. For that reason, there’s almost no characterization that is true of every member. And yet, as movements go, the netroots are [...]
In all of the relevant conversations occurring today, there needs to be a denouncing of the dualisms. Denounce any dualistic, antagonistic formulation that does not announce itself as a power relationship. The power relationship is nothing more or less than a strong power and a weak power. This power relationship must be met by the [...]
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