Stories by Laurie Spivak

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The Conservative Marketing Machine

Posted on Jan 11, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Armstrong Williams being paid to promote Bush administration policies in his columns is just one part of the behemoth marketing effort that the right wing has perfected.

Not On Our Side

Posted on Sep 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet

By harnessing the creativity of the progressive community, MoveOn counters the Bush administration's cynical and deceptive ad campaign with flair.

Republican Reality Check

Posted on Sep 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet

With the death knell of small government pealing in the distance, will Republicans try to coopt progressivism?

Harnessing Hollywood

Posted on Jul 23, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The Dems have J.Lo, Whoopi, Leonardo and Kirsten, among others; the Republicans have Arnold and Charlton Heston. In an increasingly media-saturated culture, star power may prove the GOP's Achilles' heel.

The Elephant in the Room

Posted on Jun 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet

By describing various parts – deregulation, media consolidation, pre-emptive war – Americans fail to grasp the problem as a whole: failed conservative politics.

Building the Countermovement

Posted on May 25, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The majority of Americans are more closely aligned with Democrats than they are with Republicans. Yet today, twice as many Americans identify themselves as conservatives than as progressives. One of the big problems? Marketing.

How the Democrats Were Betamaxed

Posted on Apr 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet

If we want progressive policies to dominate in the marketplace of ideas, then we have to start fighting fire with fire and thinking strategically like conservatives.

Culture War May Find WMD

Posted on Mar 10, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Just two days after Howard Stern urged listeners to 'vote George W. Bush out of office,' Clear Channel suspended him. Now the nation's most popular radio host may be the Republicans' worst nightmare.
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