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loudsue

(14,087 posts)
33. I wish I could recommend your post.
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 02:58 AM
Jan 2013

I hope all you say is true, and that progressivism is set to flourish. I'm afraid the .1% are not going to go gently into that good night.

It's ashame the left lost control of the narrative in this country... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #1
Let's take it back Taverner Jan 2013 #2
As Lenin popularized political vanguardism, Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #4
+1 octoberlib Jan 2013 #6
Absolutely agree with you. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #8
I blame a lot of this problem on the Unions themselves. loudsue Jan 2013 #10
Unions can't spread their wings Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #13
Right! This also causes them to get triangulated with from BOTH directions, so they replicate splits patrice Jan 2013 #15
Which is one reason the Right doesn't want full employment. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2013 #21
If only we had something with a megaphone to get that message to the people n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #28
Don't worry, surely the "liberal media" will do it. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2013 #30
I know...it's another tragdy of life in the US n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #31
The Unions are collaborators. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2013 #35
Moving the Overton Window. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #12
Well certainly modern politics... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #18
Good. Michael Harrington would be pleased cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #3
I have finally done it (mailed in the reg form on Friday) Dragonfli Jan 2013 #5
I don't know about stronger - but a clear voice inside the party Taverner Jan 2013 #27
Thanks for the link. It's time the US joined the western european countries loudsue Jan 2013 #7
My brother is a member. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #9
Keith Ellison wrote recently about the grassroots of the party. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #11
IT bears repeating: Obama is the best President we can get right now Taverner Jan 2013 #26
I wish I could recommend your post. loudsue Jan 2013 #33
Forgot to say "thanks"... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #14
It's a shame DissidentVoice Jan 2013 #16
"you say that like it's a bad thing!" Taverner Jan 2013 #25
There's also the Working Families Party... RevStPatrick Jan 2013 #17
I've gone to some DC DSA meetings Chathamization Jan 2013 #19
If you belief this is from the left BrainMann1 Jan 2013 #20
You're not very subtle are you? Flying Squirrel Jan 2013 #22
What do you mean? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #23
Yep - Socialism is a pretty big tent Taverner Jan 2013 #24
In Europe, no this would be centrist (being they are mostly social democracies) Taverner Jan 2013 #29
I belief I'll take you up on that bridge! retread Jan 2013 #32
I like this idea liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #34
How do you get Democrats to accept "Socialist initiatives" regjoe Jan 2013 #36
The same way they got us to accept "work to welfare" Taverner Jan 2013 #37
Force it on us despite our objections? regjoe Jan 2013 #38
No - but do it with proper re-branding Taverner Jan 2013 #39
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