Category Archives: New Left

The Nation: Katrina Vanden Heuvel: ‘My Real Family Values’

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AlterNet: Robert Reich: American Capitalism is in Crisis

Source:The New Democrat alternet.orgSource: (via Robert Reich: American Capitalism is Broken | Alternet) There are a lot of so-called Progressives in America who are really are what would be called Social Democrats or Socialists in Canada or Europe that argue that … Continue reading

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Economist’s View: Daniel Little: Economic Institution’s & Democratic Equality

Source:The New Democrat The Opportunity Society that New Democrats started talking about in the late 1980s and early 1990s was also designed to counter the Reagan Revolution of the early 1980s. That made government especially big centralized government look like … Continue reading

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Crooks & Liars: Dave Johnson: ‘Democrats Who Move Right Lose Elections’

Source:The New Democrat The former great, RIP, Progressive Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tip O’Neal, had a saying, “All politics are local.”  Well, of course, that is not all true but a lot of it is, especially when you … Continue reading

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The Economist View: Robert Shiller: ‘Better Insurance Against Inequality’

Source:The New Democrat  I could blog about indexing taxation of income for the wealthy in a couple of ways. One would discuss the fact that it would never pass this Congress, especially with a Republican House. Also, vulnerable Senate Democrats … Continue reading

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Free Speech TV: Hendrik Hertzberg: New York Joins Pact to Elect President by Popular Vote

Source:The New Democrat  I like this idea of throwing out the Electoral College and going directly to a popular vote to decide the President of the United States as much as like the idea that wealthy people should get more … Continue reading

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Salon: Alex Pareene: Leftist Fascism is Everywhere!: Behold its Shocking Rise

The New DemocratA Liberal isn’t a fascist.  Liberals believe in the First Amendment which guarantees freedom of speech and assembly.  They wrote it, for crying out loud, and the Fourth and Fifth Amendments as well.  Tolerance of views with which … Continue reading

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The Fiscal Times: Mark Thoma: Inequality in Capitalist Systems is Not Inevitable

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat I would describe capitalism, or private enterprise, meaning private businesses and wealth controlled by individuals or groups of individuals, not by the state, as the worst type of economic system in the … Continue reading

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AlterNet: David Bromwich: What Became of the Leader Many Wanted Barack Obama to be

AlterNet: Opinion: David Bromwich: What Became of the Leader Many Wanted Obama to be Source:The New Democrat Whatever happened to that socialist whom so many Americans on the far left supported and organized for and hoped they were getting when … Continue reading

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The Nation: Michelle Goldberg: Adolph Reed & Electoral Nihilism

The Nation: Opinion: Adolph Reed and Electoral Nihilism Source:The New Democrat A couple of things irritate me about the far left in the Democratic Party (social democrats or even socialists, as I call them) when it comes to their political … Continue reading

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