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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.

Progressive Fantasy Author Jane Yolen Under Attack by Tea Party

Ellid, Daily Kos. August 24, 2011.

The reason? She defended the existence of libraries. (Let's all check out her books now!)

Can We Make Time For Love? ColorLines Brings Something Positive to Social Justice Journalism

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. August 13, 2011.

A family supporting their "princess boy" and a love song for women of color are just some of the ways that Colorlines, a daily news site, seeks to articulate love.

The Fall of Glenn Beck: How an Imaginative Boycott Stripped the Right-Wing Screamer of Sponsors and What We Can Learn from Its Success

Mark Engler, AlterNet. July 4, 2011.

Commentators have been downplaying the role of a Color of Change campaign against Beck. They are wrong. Beck is gone. Give the boycotters their due.

Democrats Backing NJ Gov. Christie's Anti-Worker Law Facing a Challenge From Progressive Group

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 29, 2011.

Stephen Sweeney is a union worker turned Democratic state senator who's now backing Tea Party Governor Christie's attacks on workers, but progressives are fighting back.

AFL-CIO's Trumka Calls for Labor Movement Separate from Parties: 'I've Had a Snootful of This Shit!'

John Nichols, The Nation. June 13, 2011.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka sent his strongest signal yet about the labor movement’s frustration with the dysfunctional politics of the moment.

What Facebook Is Hiding From You

Jonathan Matthew Smucker, AlterNet. May 24, 2011.

In their online lives, most people are shielded from viewpoints that do not mesh with their own, making it difficult to build the diverse coalitions that lead to real change.

Rachel Maddow, the Nation, Daily Kos: Winners in AlterNet's Poll of Most Influential Progressives

Don Hazen, AlterNet. April 22, 2011.

Here are the media personalities and publications that progressives love most.

Vision: 5 Economic Ills That Demand We Go Beyond What We Think Is Possible

Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. February 28, 2011.

The real solutions to our problems lie beyond what is currently deemed thinkable in mainstream politics.

Hightower: How Wal-Mart, Google and Other Corporate Giants Are Trying to Trick Progressive Consumers

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. November 18, 2010.

Large corporations are trying to put on a progressive face. Don't be fooled.

There Is a Progressive Alternative for NY Voters: The Working Families Party

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. November 1, 2010.

How you can get involved in New York State's liveliest progressive political force.

Hedges: Meet Progressive Heroes for the Beaten, Foreclosed On, Imprisoned Masses

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. October 18, 2010.

The Lynds, a progressive activist couple, have spent their lives among the oppressed.

Time to Take on Sarah Palin, the Tea Party Screamers, and Their Corporate Masters With Real Populism

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. June 21, 2010.

We must reclaim populism from dissemblers and hijackers because populism is a legitimate, positive, uniting political expression with a rich history.

The Key Differences Between Progressive and Liberal, and how "Liberal" Thinking Can be Part of the Problem

David Sirota, AlterNet. March 28, 2010.

Without progressivism, liberalism turns the Treasury into an unlimited gift card for whichever private interests are being sponsored.

God's Divine Sperm? Lib Church Shakes Up Story of Jesus' Birth

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.

"Poor Joseph. God is a tough act to follow."

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: My New Online Show from Brave New Films

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: My New Online Show from Brave New Films

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. August 10, 2009.

I hope you’ll join me for my new show, Senator Sanders Unfiltered produced by Brave New Films. Follow my show on Twitter at SandersShow.

Bogus Think Tank "Third Way" Pops Up to Thwart Health Care Reform

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. June 30, 2009.

Third Way is drenched in corporate money, tangled in ties to big business and bent on Clintonian triangulation. How dare it call itself progressive?

Naomi Klein: The Financial Crisis Presents a Huge Opportunity for Change -- We Can't Let Obama Blow It

Naomi Klein, AlterNet. June 13, 2009.

There is nothing undemocratic about pushing through a set of radical policies that will actually solve the crisis.

Rachel Maddow: Right-Wing Terrorism Must Be Stopped

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC. June 8, 2009.

The tactics of anti-choice extremists are designed to change policy by terrorizing Americans. How do we stop them from committing violent acts?

Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. June 1, 2009.

MSNBC's star pundits have positioned the network as the progressive alternative to Fox.

Equal Rights: Iowa, Vermont, DC ... Virginia next?

Adam Green, Open Left. April 9, 2009.

"As a delegate, I'll make it one of my top priorities to ensure civil liberties for all Virginians."

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Big Change Moment

ZP Heller, Open Left. March 3, 2009.

Applying Mike Lux's recipe for progressive change in Congress.

Obama Goes Big: Spending Plans Are a Major Break from the Politics of the Past 30 Years

Paul Krugman, The New York Times. February 28, 2009.

President Obama's new budget represents a clean split, and a lot of promise for future progressive programs.

Cutting Social Security Should Not Be on the Table

Digby, Hullabaloo. February 20, 2009.

When did the "liberal" position become that "modest tax hikes and benefit cuts on social security" are necessary?

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