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Occupy Isn't About Electing Democrats--It's About Exposing a Broken System

Max Berger, AlterNet. May 13, 2012.

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party didn't succeed by electing candidates--it succeeded showing the limitations of the electoral system. Occupy should do the same.

Can Current TV Establish Itself as a Real Competitor in Political Broadcast--With or Without Keith Olbermann?

Anna Clark, AlterNet. February 26, 2012.

Current TV made a rapid switch to progressive political programming--and some big-name talent with big-time personalities that might conflict with what the network wants.

In South America, the Left and Indigenous Movements Are Searching for a Way to Co-Exist

Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. September 1, 2010.

At the heart of these conflicts is a question the Latin American left is grappling with: what should this "other world that is possible" look like?

What Should Lefties Do in These Revolutionary Times?

Barbara Ehrenreich, The Nation. August 17, 2010.

The role of the left should not be to uphold or defend a government increasingly at odds with the interests of the people, but to change it, drastically and from the ground up.

White House Spokesman Apologizes After Saying 'Professional Left' Should Be Drug Tested

Agence France PresseAugust 10, 2010.

Obama's aide Robert Gibbs backtracked after claiming the left "wouldn't be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president."

Wake Up, Progressives: The Right Is Ready to Rumble (Our Side, Not So Much)

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 23, 2010.

We need to think differently -- to plan for victories that we may not live to see. And we need somebody to buy us a television network -- and a commercial publishing house.

Is Obama Creating a Center-Left Liberal Establishment in DC?

Booman, Booman Tribune. May 25, 2009.

Obama didn't create the center-left Establishment, but he is doing everything he can to protect and consolidate it.

40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation

James Carville, Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza, Simon & Schuster. May 2, 2009.

James Carville demonstrates why the right-wing faithful shouldn't be holding their breath for their party's second coming.

Why Obama Shouldn't Listen to the Media Noise Machine

David Sirota, AlterNet. November 21, 2008.

The media are telling Obama to ditch the agenda he won on and appease electorally humiliated Republicans. This is the last thing he should do.

Corporate Media Try to Scare Obama Into Betraying Progressives

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. November 20, 2008.

Bill Clinton's alleged lurch to the left in '92 is being used to push Obama to the right. Problem is, it never happened.

Palin Raises Money ... for the Left?

Josh Orton, MyDD.com. September 29, 2008.

Get ready for a bunch of emails in your inbox after Thursday's debate -- this trend will certainly catch on.

Arianna Huffington Storms NYC With New Book, Skewering McCain as a 'Pandering Pawn of the Right'

Don Hazen, AlterNet. May 15, 2008.

Huffington blasts corporate media and lampoons McCain. She tells all in an interview with Grit TV's Laura Flanders and AlterNet's Don Hazen.

Brokaw's Blind Spot on Vietnam

Fred Branfman, Truthdig. April 16, 2008.

How is it possible to write a book about the '60s without an in-depth discussion of the Vietnam War?