How workaday folks are curbing the power of plutocratic elites
Electing good candidates is not our only, or always our surest, route to the policies and laws we want. Here's another way: Have the people themselves make the laws.
What are progressives fighting *for*?
Most voters want BIG populist changes in government policy that will lift up average Americans and hold down corporate greed and abuse. One major proposal to do just that is the 11-point Economic Agenda for America's Future drafted by a broad coalition of some 80 progressive thinkers and doers. This document is both a to-do list for restoring economic democracy and a rallying cry to move today's burgeoning democratic movement from mere resistance to insistence on a bold, percolate-up alternative to Republican/Democratic trickle-down economics.
The Koch Klan is funding a stealthy war against the principle of the Common Good
Since the middle of the last century, greedy schemers have mounted a sneaky, slow motion coup of attrition, moving methodically from one political venue to another, donning multiple organizational guises to strike down a law here, reverse a public policy there, demonize "others," and ambush progressive groups all along the way. Its chief instigators are the multibillionaire Koch boys, Charles and David, who've been consistently financing and implementing this ongoing assault since the 1960s.
Fed up with corporate-rigged politics, ordinary people are working together to win elections
The professional political observers are so fixated on the minutia of Washington-centric politics that they're missing the much bigger story of transformative political changes that have erupted in every region of the country.
From Resistance to Insistence: How to be effective advocates, part 2
A majority of the public almost always blesses new presidents with a honeymoon gift. In a gesture of patriotic fairness, even people who voted against the incoming chief say, "Okay, we'll give you a chance. We'... Read more...
Freaked out by Trump and his menagerie of mutants? Let’s focus our anger–and have a greater impact
In high school, I had a girlfriend who was involved in student government and all sorts of good works. While she paid attention to all that was happening in those years of the early '60s, she essentially was a ... Read more...
We can beat back the Reign of Trump–if we unite in a movement for Populist Justice
Buckle up, friends. Most Americans are about to be detoured onto a rough and rocky back road called "Trump Way." The autocratic tycoon was unabashed on the campaign trail in promising his victory would ensure m... Read more...
What’s next for the Bernie Sanders revolution? The populist insurgency is ratcheting up.
What an amazing Democratic primary season it's been, including this happy result: WE WON!
"We" being the millions of young people, mad-as-hell working stiffs, independents, deep-rooted progressives, and othe... Read more...