On AlterNet: new deal

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The 5 Worst (and 5 Best) Presidents of All Time

Scott Thill, AlterNet. February 17, 2012.

Happy Presidents Day: Here's a list of the worst and the best in history.

The Surprising History of What Europe's Dictators Thought of the New Deal

Thaddeus Russell, Free Press/Simon and Schuster. August 5, 2011.

When the New Deal was created, few of its supporters in the United States were as effusive in their praise as German and Italian fascists.

Like Glenn Beck, Maine Gov LePage Rails Against "Communist" Artwork

Peter Dreier, Huffington Post. April 1, 2011.

The kulturkampf against working people.

How America's Working Class Died on the Disco Dance Floor

Jefferson Cowie, The New Press. September 9, 2010.

A new book describes how working-class America hit the rocks during the turbulent '70s.

Michael Moore: Profits Are Way Up at General Motors ... So Why Aren't They Hiring?

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. August 18, 2010.

"If we want a life worth living for ourselves and our kids, we have to go get it ourselves. We can’t keep waiting for the cavalry to come. That’s because we’re the cavalry."

Is Obama Trying to Dismantle Roosevelt's New Deal?

Steve Fraser, TomDispatch.com. February 11, 2010.

FDR, he is not. Obama and his team read the lesson of humiliating defeat in Massachusetts and conservative hostility as an advisory to move further to the right.

The Economic Revolution Is Already Happening -- It's Just Not on Wall St.

Maria Armoudian, AlterNet. October 7, 2009.

Thousands of alternatives to the punishing corporate model have sprouted up across the US, building up an alternative economy as Wall St. crumbles.

Stop The Teabaggers, Give Them Green Jobs: Lessons From the Coalfields of West Virginia

Mike Elk, Campaign for America's Future. August 28, 2009.

West Virginia shows us how we could easily win over this key segment of society, working class whites, with a New Deal-style industrial policy.

Political Armageddon: Ending Special Interest Influence in Washington DC

Bernie Horn, Campaign for America's Future. March 2, 2009.

There's no question that this is the battle of a lifetime.

The Case That Wars Fuel U.S. Economic Booms

Mark Ames, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.

The Republicans are censoring their own anti-New Deal logic.

Republicans Petrified That Economy Will Improve

Dean Baker, AlterNet. January 27, 2009.

If the economy begins to turn around on Obama's watch, the GOP can look forward to decades in the political wilderness.

Is a New Economic Consensus Emerging from the Ashes of the Old?

Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus. January 13, 2009.

The swift unraveling of the global economy has left the world anticipating a new era of social democracy.

Republicans Fight Obama's Stimulus Plan, Fearing Its Success Will Mean Years of Political Oblivion

Dean Baker, AlterNet. January 6, 2009.

For Republicans, one lesson of the New Deal is that it left the Democrats firmly in power for more than 20 years.

How Obama Can Leverage the Chicago Factory Sit-In to Help American Workers

Peter Dreier, Huffington Post. December 9, 2008.

Grassroots activism helped Obama win the presidency. It could also help him fix the economy.

Conservatives Say Low Wages Will Solve the Economic Crisis, But the Opposite Is True

Stirling Newberry, Firedoglake. November 28, 2008.

FDR knew that high wages are good… and we should too.

Paul Krugman Schools George Will on the Great Depression

Staff, Huffington Post. November 17, 2008.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman was around to remind Will of some history.

A Very Scary Economy Today on Meet the Bloggers (1pm ET/10am PT)

Robert Greenwald, Meet the Bloggers. October 31, 2008.

Featuring economist Dean Baker and bloggers Isaiah Poole and Hale Stewart.

Bail Out Main Street, Not Wall Street

agit pop, Agit-Pop. October 1, 2008.

Time to invest in what really matters.

Progressive Shock Doctrine

Digby, Hullabaloo. September 30, 2008.

Time for Congressional Democrats to start thinking like democrats again.

Nationalize Fannie Mae? It Worked Until It Was Privatized

Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. September 9, 2008.

Amid all the hubbub, it's important to remember Fannie Mae's pedigree.

Let's Party Like It's 1932

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. April 21, 2008.

Obama has the potential to become as great a president as FDR, while activists have the potential to prompt change comparable to the New Deal.

Wall Street and Washington Are Failing Spectacularly -- Where Do We Go?

Joe Costello, AlterNet. April 15, 2008.

The U.S. political and economic systems are not equipped to deal with the looming problems of the 21st century.

The New Deal's Unsung Victory

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 3, 2008.

"Policies that produce more egalitarian societies may explain profound health improvements."

Are Hillary and Obama Afraid of Talking About the New Deal?

Howard Zinn, The Nation. March 31, 2008.

In today's climate of uncontrolled greed, it seems like a no-brainer to channel one of the most innovative programs in US history.

Labor's New New Deal

Andy Stern, The Nation. March 24, 2008.

We are as far today from the New Deal as the New Deal was from the Civil War.