On AlterNet: progressive movement

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "progressive movement"

Van Jones: We Must Prepare for Battle

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 6, 2010.

We went from We Are One to We Are Done, Jones tells a D.C. audience; it's time to stop waiting for cues from Washington.

Watch out Tea Party, Progressive Anger Is Alive and Kicking

Les Leopold, AlterNet. January 29, 2010.

There's rising populist anger against the bailed-out billionaires -- they're only going to get more angry as the same folks who crashed the system are now making record bonuses.

Glenn Beck Thinks Progressives Are Toxic ... What Kind of America Does he Want?

David Neiwert, Orcinus AlterNet: PEEK. June 23, 2009.

When right-wingers attack "evil progressivism," it sounds like they yearn for the days when American workers were indentured servants to the wealthy.

Congress: Back-Room Deals and Inexorable Slides to the Right

Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: Politics. June 23, 2009.

The climate change bill is being deeply compromised.

The Results Are In: Americans Are Now More Closely Aligned With Progressive Ideas Than at Any Time in Memory

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 30, 2009.

On issue after issue, significant majorities of Americans favor progressive solutions to the nation's problems and reject the right's worldview.

The Time Has Come to Create a Real 'Liberal Media'

Robert Parry, Consortium News. November 21, 2008.

Deep-pocketed conservatives have long dominated the media landscape. If we want real change, it's time for progressives to fight fire with fire.

Disruptive Party Building: From a Straw to a Funnel

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: Election 2008. May 15, 2008.

TV is still the dominant force in campaigns, but that's beginning to change.

Obama's Consolidation of the Party

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2008.

Barack Obama built a movement to rival and take over the Democratic Party. Now what?

The Medium is the Movement

Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: Media and Technology. May 6, 2008.

In what ways is the contemporary progressive movement directly altering the way people interact with major institutions in our society?

Swim Against the Current: Ordinary Americans Can Make Change Happen

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. March 7, 2008.

The fight for our country's future is still in our hands. Grass-roots movements are breaking free from corporate control.

With "Progressives" Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

David Sirota, WorkingForChange.com. October 3, 2007.

Beltway Democrats are too often a part of the problem.

Resurrecting Robert F. Kennedy

Chris Bowers, AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2007.

Chris Bowers: Can RFK's '68 coalition of the poor, black and young be updated for today's progressive community?

What Happened to 'Fill the Jails'?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. May 18, 2007.

For there to be a progressive movement in this country -- an evolutionary leap forward in the way we relate to each other and the environment -- we need massive direct action.