Tag: progressives
The collapse of Michèle Flournoy’s hopes for the top Pentagon job...
War preparations that increase the likelihood of war may excite laptop warriors. But the militarism they promote is madness nonetheless.
U.S. progressives and a Biden foreign policy
With more progressives than ever in the country’s federal government, there may be an opportunity for the United States to really re-evaluate its foreign policy and place in the world.
Corporate Democrats are to blame for congressional losses — so naturally...
Those who denounce the fight for a progressive agenda are telling us that, in essence, they don’t want much to change.
It’s not Trump’s country — even in ‘Trump country’
Progressive ballot initiatives passed handily across the country, even in so-called red states.
Broken truce: After Biden’s win, centrist Democrats turn on progressives
Rather than attacking AOC and other progressives as they've been doing for a week now, it’s about time the centrists in the Democratic Party stop talking and start listening to them.
Progressives made Trump’s defeat possible. Now it’s time to challenge Biden...
With enormous grassroots outreach that only they could credibly accomplish, progressive activists were a crucial part of the de facto united front to defeat Trump.
Hopes for a new party
Progressives can put these principles in practice, and we could retain the better parts of both capitalism and socialism, leading to a happy society.
Cornel West & Ben Jealous on whether progressives can push Joe...
“At this moment, with the decline and fall of the American empire, it looks as if the system is unable to generate enough energy to seriously reform itself."
Cornel West & Ben Jealous on the DNC and whether progressives...
“At this moment, with the decline and fall of the American empire, it looks as if the system is unable to generate enough energy to seriously reform itself. It remains sanitized, superficial."
“Listen to the people”: How progressives win
These voices and ideas will not be able to change the poor strategy of the national Democratic Party on their own.
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US-Israel strikes on Iranian oil depots trigger environmental disaster and historic oil shock
Bombing of energy infrastructure in Tehran sparks toxic rainfall warnings, record crude price surge, and accusations of war crimes as fires and smoke engulf Iran’s capital.
After loneliness
Left for dead in Donald Trump's America; could communal life stir?
The war on Iran—and Washington’s missing exit strategy
That means inflicting real costs: U.S. casualties, political backlash at home, strained relations with allies, global economic disruption and a further erosion of Washington’s standing in the world.
How 300 billionaires poured $3 billion into the 2024 elections
A tiny fraction of donors supplied nearly one-fifth of all federal campaign spending as billionaire influence surged to unprecedented levels.
Trump’s Iran war costs $1 billion a day while hospitals close and healthcare disappears
Critics warn the administration’s military campaign could fund food aid and healthcare for millions of Americans already struggling with rising prices.