Stories by Sara Robinson

Sara Robinson is Alternet's senior editor in charge of the Visions page. A trained social futurist, she's particularly interested change resistance movements. She does foresight and strategic planning consulting for a wide range of progressive groups.subscribe to Sara Robinson's rss feed

New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways To Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World

Posted on Feb 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The world is changing quickly, and we need to help steer it according to our shared values -- our vision of what might be.

Fascist America: Is This Election the Next Turn?

Posted on Oct 22, 2010, Source: Blog for Our Future

It's not fascism yet; but if the Tea Party manages to get its hands on the levers of power, it will be.

What the Hell Was That Ground Zero 'Mosque' Uproar Really About, Anyway? The Future of the Conservative Movement

Posted on Sep 24, 2010, Source: Blog for Our Future

Getting to the bottom of why the conservatives are taking out after the Muslim community now -- nine full years after 9/11.

Exploring the Crazy Conspiracy Theories Bubbling Up Around the BP Disaster

Posted on Jul 17, 2010, Source: Blog for Our Future

You've heard the latest one, right? The one about how President Obama deliberately blew up the Deepwater Horizon to pass an energy bill?

Is Mean-Spirited, Ignorant, Tearful Glenn Beck Going to Have an Impact on America?

Posted on May 25, 2010, Source: AlterNet

In his new book, journalist Alexander Zaitchik examines the character and career of the shock jock at the center of the far-right's churning cultural storm.

Guilty of Sedition? How the Right Is Undermining Our Government's Authority and Capability to Run the Country

Posted on Apr 6, 2010, Source: Campaign for America's Future

It's time to openly confront the fact that conservatives have spent the past 40 years systematically delegitimizing the very idea of US government.

An Expat's Guide to the Vancouver Olympics

Posted on Feb 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Vancouver does things its own strange and subtle ways that the media hordes will only begin to be noticing by the time these Games are over.

New Poll Results Are Proof That Republicans Don't Think

Posted on Feb 5, 2010, Source: Blog for Our Future

A poll commissioned by DailyKos shows just how far to the right the GOP has been dragged by its right wing...and how far out of step they are with the rest of America.

5 Ways to Build a Fascist-Proof America

Posted on Aug 27, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

If we want to build a fascist-proof America for the long haul, we must stand up now for everything we believe and everything we are.

7 Ways We Can Fight Back Against the Rising Fascist Threat

Posted on Aug 13, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Why the right-wing extremism must be stopped in its tracks or else we face the threat of outright violence and goon rule.

Is the U.S. on the Brink of Fascism?

Posted on Aug 7, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

There are dangerous currents running through America's politics and the way we confront them is crucial.

We've Been Trapped Inside a Bad Health Care System So Long, We Don't Even Know How Much We're Missing

Posted on Jun 26, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Our current system has robbed us of the chance to save, educate ourselves, see the world and live to a robust old age.

9 Conservative Myths About Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism

Posted on Jun 20, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

This is terrorism we're dealing with. We can't afford to let ourselves be distracted by spin. It's time to set the record straight with the facts.

Progressives Have a Chance to Dominate American Politics for the Next 40 Years

Posted on Jun 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The tides of history and demographics, and the way the world works are on our side.

The Far Right's First 100 Days: Getting More Extreme by the Day

Posted on May 6, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Their talk is turning ugly, and it's not unthinkable that we could be in for a wave of domestic terrorism unseen since the mid-'90s.

10 Reasons Why Conservatives' Fiscal Ideas Are Dangerous

Posted on Feb 27, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

It would almost be funny if their ideas about spending didn't lead us into the deepest financial catastrophe in nearly a century.

For Decades, Right-Wingers Have Pushed Paranoia and Xenophobic Politics and Called It 'Moral Clarity'

Posted on Jan 28, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Conservatives live in a world of seething aggression that most progressives can't even fathom.

10 Absurd Conservative Myths About Obama's Recovery Plan

Posted on Jan 9, 2009, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Instead of taking accountability for this mess, conservatives are firing off the latest B.S. storm. Here's what you need to know to fire back.

Worried About Thanksgiving Fights with Right-Wing Family Members?

Posted on Nov 26, 2008, Source: Blog for Our Future

How to counter 10 of the most common myths conservatives believe about progressives.

Want to Shut Conservatives Out of Power for Good? Implement Universal Health Care

Posted on Oct 31, 2008, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Giving Americans universal access to health care will undermine some of the deepest and most persistent myths of the conservative worldview.

11 Racist Lies Conservatives Tell to Avoid Blaming Wall Street for the Financial Crisis

Posted on Oct 2, 2008, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Conservatives are twisting the facts beyond the breaking point to support their revisionist history. But don't be fooled.

Debunked: Ten Conservative Myths About National Security

Posted on Sep 15, 2008, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Going after the most dangerous myths spun by conservatives after 9/11.

McCain Shows Us How to Kill an Army

Posted on Apr 17, 2008, Source: TomPaine.com

McCain is gunning to tear up an ancient contract between a nation and its veterans, denying security to the very people who defend ours.

How Did Conservatives Convince the Public to Think Differently About Government?

Posted on Mar 15, 2008, Source: Blog for Our Future

Part III of a series exploring how conservatives took their worldview to the streets, undermining long-held views about government and society.

Learning from How Conservatives Push Their Cultural Worldview

Posted on Mar 14, 2008, Source: Blog for Our Future

Part II of a series on the strategies used by conservatives to promote their agenda, and the lessons progressives can learn to promote their own.

What We Can Learn from Conservatives About Winning in Politics

Posted on Mar 13, 2008, Source: TomPaine.com

The same strategies that allowed Conservatives to take control of the country can help us undo their damage. (Part one in a series.)

When Change Is Not Enough: Seven Steps to Revolution

Posted on Feb 22, 2008, Source: Campaign for America's Future

If history is any indication, we may be on the road to violent revolution. We got here because of the conservatives' war against liberal government.

Private RU-486 Confounds Anti-Abortionists: Who Can We Harass Now?

Posted on Feb 14, 2008, Source: Group News Blog

If women no longer need clinics to obtain abortions, what will anti-choice terrorists bomb?

10 Myths About Canadian Health Care, Busted

Posted on Feb 5, 2008, Source: TomPaine.com

We must get past a pile of disinformation.
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