Bob Morris on Jan 26, 2011, 7:45 am A fine rant by Chris Hedges The moral outrage of the liberal class, a specialty of MSNBC, groups such as Progressives for Obama and MoveOn.org, is built around the absurd language of personal narrative-as if Barack Obama ever wanted to or could defy the interests of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase or General Electric. [...] Bob Morris on Dec 26, 2010, 5:30 am Sherlock in the comments to our post On the protests in Europe and the lack of them here You don’t get why there are no leftist movements in the U.S.? It’s because ever since Reagan poisoned the American working-class, rugged individualism, not revolution, has been the tune everyone sings. Students represent the best chance [...] Dave Riley on Jan 21, 2010, 9:20 am (Promoted from the comments. Dave Riley responds to my Left for Dead post.) I don’t know where you’ve been at, Bob, but this straw man argument you are building comes across as a chronic winge. The main complication of the ‘working class’ focus has been the post war economic boom which, combined with the ideological [...] Bob Morris on Jan 21, 2010, 5:10 am Harry’s Place links to Stumbling and Mumbling‘s thoughts on why the Left is in such a shambles in the UK now. (It’s no different here.) The comments on both sites make worthwhile reading. [In the 80's] the Left gave up on the idea of the working class as a revolutionary force, and looked instead to [...] | Independent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues |
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