David Sirota, AlterNet. June 22, 2009. For all the positive steps Obama's America seems poised to take, the aspirations still seem too confined by old conceptions of how things must work.
David Sirota, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. April 1, 2009. What’s fascinating about all this is the surprising revival of tactics first pioneered under Ronald Reagan.
David Sirota, SFGate.com. January 24, 2009. Every patriot should be concerned about the intensifying efforts to supplant democracy with something far more authoritarian: "American czarism."
David Sirota, AlterNet. December 27, 2008. Will we finally accept the public policy and lifestyle changes that the real world now requires? Or will "Viva Las Vegas" always be America's motto?
David Sirota, AlterNet. December 6, 2008. In our nation, presidential pooches are front-page stories. Local democracy is, at best, filler surrounding classified ads and comic strips.
David Sirota, Campaign for America's Future AlterNet: Video. October 17, 2008. What we are seeing from McCain is old-school right-wing populism: package tax cuts for the wealthy as a "gift" to regular folks.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. August 22, 2008. Yet the media fixate on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, neglecting local elections and issue-based organizing.