Category Archives: New Left

Think Progress: Cap Action War Room: A Progressive Vision: President Obama’s FY 2015 Federal Budget

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Think Progress: Cap Action War Room: A Progressive Vision Source:The New Democrat I haven’t had a chance to see President’s Obama’s full budget proposal. I’ve just seen summaries from the partisan right, who see it as another progressive wish-list tax-and-spend … Continue reading →

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Socialist Worker: Phil Gasper:Socialism, Stalinism and Eastern Europe

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Socialist Worker: Opinion- Phil Gasper- Socialism, Stalinism and Eastern Europe Source:The New Democrat Socialism is the perfect example of how labels can get you in trouble if you are not a political junky, or at least a political fan, someone … Continue reading →

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RJ Eskow: Is the Era of Austerity Really Over?

Posted on February 26, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  A governmental budget, whatever the level of government, is the official blueprint of the administration’s priorities, and at the Federal level, in addition to the administration’s budget, you also have congressional budgets, with the majority party in … Continue reading →

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Paul Krugman: ‘Inequality, Dignity & Freedom’

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:New York Times– left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. Source:The New Democrat “Now that the Congressional Budget Office has explicitly denied saying that Obamacare destroys jobs, some (though by no means all) Republicans have stopped lying about that issue and turned to … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Mark Thoma: How Keynes Would Handle an Abnormally Slow Recovery

Posted on February 15, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m all in favor of trying to boost economic and job growth when the economy is weak with something like a new national infrastructure plan, a National Infrastructure Bank. But when you have a national debt as … Continue reading →

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AlterNet: Robert Reich: Why America Has Forgotten Its Three Biggest Economic Lessons

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat AlterNet: Opinion: Robert Reich: Why America Has Lost Its Three Biggest Economic Lessons What Robert Reich and others on the further left of me do not understand is that when we had those huge tax rates in … Continue reading →

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The Modern Socialist: Brandon Payton-Carrillo: The Purpose of Government

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Derik Schneider

The New Democrat The Modern Socialist: Opinion: Brandon Payton-Carrillo: What is the Purpose of Government? This is the perfect question to be asking and debating, because it goes to the heart of a big debate America has debated as a … Continue reading →

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Richard Eskow: The Populist Moment

Posted on February 4, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  It is hard to describe America from an ideological standpoint as a whole. Because we are such a huge and vast country and then you throw in all of our political diversity. We are a country by … Continue reading →

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Chicago Tonight: John Callaway Interviewing Senator George McGovern (1978)

Posted on January 30, 2014 by kireschneider

. Source:The New Democrat If George McGovern was a loser, than America needs a lot more losers just like him. When it comes to knowledge, experience and judgement, because he is one of the finest people America has ever produced. … Continue reading →

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Salon: Fred Jerome: Lets Nationalize Fox News, Imagining a Very Different Media

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Derik Schneider

The New Democrat Salon: Opinion: Fred Jerome: Let’s Nationalize Fox News, Imagining a Very Different Media Imagine a country where the state meaning the central government controlled all the news and media. I know in the 21st Century that is … Continue reading →

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