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Cassiodorus details the ways in which progressives fail to provide an alternative to neoliberalism. But what he calls a flaw in ideology is more a flaw in execution, a flaw of will. Progressive ideology, however, offers only a half-hearted resistance to neoliberal power. Here are some of the ways in which it succumbs: Minimal demands Aversion [...] The Humble Libertarian notes that some factions in the Tea Party strongly oppose bailouts for the wealthy and that Think Progress found that Tea Party rally participants in New Hampshire supported same sex marriage. The Tea Party is not a monolith. The original Tea Party, the one founded by Karl Denniger, was and is about [...] Socialist Unity The democratic ideal of empowering the ordinary citizen cannot be achieved without addressing the problem of corporate power. A centre-ground president like Obama will never engage against powerful vested interests without there being an external pressure to do so from trade unions and progressive civil society. The left needs a Tea Party [...] Major schisms are forming within both major parties, and last night’s election makes this all the more obvious. There will now be open warfare within both parties, as the factions vie for dominance. On the Republican side, Tea Party candidates did well enough that they can no longer be ignored, denigrated, or cynically [...] The Republican Ogres are coming! This election is of colossal importance and is Very Important (see the diagram) and you must send buckets of money to Democrats then vote for them even though they’ve continually back-stabbed you. Remember, the Republican ogres are coming, so be scared, be very scared. Newshoggers says hooey to all [...] Look, if the left is so powerful that is is responsible for Democratic fortunes, well, that’s not something we should shrink from. We should say “Yes, we can destroy Democratic prospects. If you don’t do what we want, we WILL do so.” Don’t run from this, embrace it, wrap yourself in it. You are [...] Susie Madrak I just got off a White House conference call in which I asked David Axelrod if he ever heard of the term “hippie punching”. Silence. “Are you there?” “Yeah, I heard you. Go on.” Basically, after Axelrod told us how wonderful we were and how much they needed us to close [...] OpEdNews thinks so. It’s not hard to figure out what a progressive might stand for: workers’ rights, unions, bank regulations, social programs, equality, the building and re-building of infrastructure, economic protections, antitrust laws and the abolition of corporate personhood, and the strengthening of democracy. Ask yourself: How many of those issues do you [...] Obama is getting bad advice. That's it! Or maybe we just need to convince him to take progressive stances. Yeah, just a nudge or two. I'm sure he'll come around… ZNet on the continued befuddlement of some liberals and progressives that Obama didn’t turn out to be a liberal after all. Key quote, from [...] Examining the extremism in both American and Pakistani political discourse. [...] |  | ||||
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