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On the pretend left in the blogosphere

L’Hote in the The blindspot says what passes for the left in the US is merely tepid neoliberalism with no genuine radicalism much less socialism. There are many myths within the political blogosphere, but none is so deeply troubling or…

Polizeros Radio podcast tonight. Influential left-wing ideas

Tonight’s podcast will be on the Influential left-wing ideas (good, bad, and not influential enough) post on BobFromBrockley that has spurred considerable discussion, with Steve Hynd of Newshoggers, Josh Mull from Rethink Afghanistan and Firedoglake, and myself. The podcast is…

Influential left-wing ideas

BobFromBrockley (UK) presents three categories of influential leftie core values in a thoughtful post which bears repeated reading. Good influences Social justice Internationalism The one state solution Open source Strangers into citizens Social justice seems to me to be the…

Don’t mourn, organize

Susie Madrak Did you know that during the Greater Depression, communists and socialists organized people all over the country to stop foreclosures and evictions? Why aren’t more of us doing it now? She details how some groups are doing something…