Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/96846/the_democratic_convention_was_anything_but_conventional/ This year's Democratic convention may have helped forge a new progressive movement. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/95987/there_is_more_to_a_democracy_than_the_office_of_president/ Yet the media fixate on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, neglecting local elections and issue-based organizing. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/95225/evan_bayh%3A_worst_choice_for_vp_/ Bayh doesn't have a single significant accomplishment to his name -- a miraculous achievement, even by Washington's do-nothing standards. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/94277/the_west_takes_center_stage_in_national_politics/ From energy policy to health care reform, the West is where America's political future will be forged. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/93504/want_to_learn_about_politics_go_to_the_movies_/ Many filmic treatments of Washington present a more hard-edged political reality than most of today's so-called journalism. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/92705/how_to_solve_america%27s_wage_crisis/ When labor rights are protected, wages go up. It's time to make union-membership a civil right. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/91931/%27centrists%27_are_running_the_asylum_/ Washington's pundits and politicians have waged an ongoing propaganda campaign to pass off crazy, fringe politics as reasonable and mainstream. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/91119/homogeneity_threatens_democracy/ Across America, local culture has been supplanted by fast food and sub-par Will Smith movies. No wonder people don't care about hometown issues. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/89623/cutting_through_the_news_noise/ Three books tackle issues rarely explored by the media: McCain's flip-flopping, America's political divide and the real story behind globalization. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/86525/why_the_antiwar_movement_can%27t_budge_the_dems_to_leave_iraq/ If the anti-war movement can't find a way to hold Dem politicians accountable, then don't expect anything more than the status quo. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/86775/learning_from_ned_lamont/ Democrats face an anti-war uprising -- one that is beginning to act like a mature movement in putting its agenda before party. Fri, 30 May 2008 08:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/86322/the_untapped_power_of_shareholder_democracy/ Company shareholders should use their economic leverage to force corporations to adopt environmentally friendly practices. Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/85614/toward_a_new_washington_consensus_on_trade/ When will U.S. politicians recognize that NAFTA is bad for everyone? Fri, 16 May 2008 10:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/84880/acknowledging_the_race_chasm/ The pervasive racism that taints our political discourse will persist until we recognize and reject it. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/84249/potomac_fever/ Washington has been debilitated by a horrible disease -- one that inhibits emotions like compassion and integrity. Fri, 02 May 2008 10:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/83481/the_real_elitists_work_in_mainstream_media/ The media elite pretend there are not two Americas but only one: theirs. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/82817/the_ludlow_massacre/ The government's policy toward unions is marked by the same political cowardice and worker repression that brought on the Ludlow Massacre. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/81342/confessions_of_an_economic_hit_man/ "I'll admit it: I used to admire John McCain." Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/80418/the_fed_packages_corruption_as_sound_public_policy/ Once again, the Fed is using a crisis to enrich corporate interests. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/79673/remembering_what_nixon_learned/ Conservatives are ignoring history's teachings and resurrecting Nixon's failed strategy of going after working people. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:01 PDT David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/79030/hope_in_the_time_of_nafta/ This epoch of globalization has become an era of media-driven insouciance. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:00:01 PST David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/77499/a_trade_transformation/ Shrewdly, Barack Obama is promising to transform trade policies so that they do not encourage outsourcing. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:01 PST David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/77255/bloomberg%3A_candidate_of_the_permanent_will/ The media and political establishments keep floating the idea of Michael Bloomberg's candidacy, showing just how much change frightens the status quo. Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:00:01 PST David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/76437/the_democrats%27_class_war/ The Democrats' timidity on economic justice may end up guaranteeing no real 'change' at all. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:00:01 PST David Sirota http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/75698/rocky_mountain_realities/ As the candidates look to the West, a series of myths have developed about Western politics. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:00:01 PST David Sirota