Recommendations for other left leaning forums?

[Locut0s]

I like posting here but there are aspects of these forums that I have to admit get on my nerves sometimes. As such it would be nice to have some diversity in the forums I read and post to but I don't know of any other liberal / left leaning forums. Anyone want to recommend some?

[JDPriestly]

1. Firedog Lake is good. They often have insight on the legal aspects of issues.

Zerohedge.org is interesting although maybe not really liberal/left.

There is a list on the front page of DU. Open Left is one. There are so many good ones. Truthout comes to mind.

I don't, of course, always agree with the opinions expressed the sites I have mentioned. Thom Hartmann's radio and TV programs are great.

But my favorite radio news programs are Democracy Now and the Ian Masters show on KPFK. Ian Masters' program is incredibly informative. He does not go on and on about his own opinions or interpretations of the news and issues. Rather, he interviews amazingly well informed, intelligent experts on different subject.

You should try Ian Masters' program.

[Locut0s]

5. Thanks for the suggestions! nt

[white_wolf]

2. If your interested in Far Left movements.

You could try Rev Left. I've just scanned it a few times so I can't say too much about it other than it is a forum for far left revolutionary movements.

[Locut0s]

6. Not sure I would categorize myself as FAR left. The aspects of DU that bother me are...

the amount of willful ignorance to things like science. I'm pretty far left on just about everything. Pro unions, pro taxes (that are used right), pro gay marriage, pro universal health, pro drug legalization, pro just about every left leaning topic. However what I don't like and see a lot of here sometimes is the conspiracy theorist, anti science, anti commerce (I'm against big business most of the time but not on a fundamental emotional level like many here) types.

Examples are those who buy into immunizations causing large scale autism, those who think that nuclear power is almost demoniacally evil, and more...

[white_wolf]

7. Well you might not like that forum.

It is interesting to read and learn about the ideas of their movements, but it is a forum for members of the revolutionary left. Communists and Anarchists mostly. I merely pointed it out simply because I found it interesting to read and to learn about those movements, though it is definitely to the left of DU.

[readmoreoften]

8. How is "anti-business" in league with conspiracy theories?

And why do you interpret opposition to business as "emotional" whereas you are somehow rational?

Doesn't sound like you're looking for a left or progressive forum. Sounds like you're looking for scientifically-minded centrists.

[Locut0s]

9. I really don't think I'm a centrist at all. I didn't say that I though anti-business was...

in league with conspiracy theorists. I'm fairly often anti-business myself. However as a whole I am pro capitalism as a means of getting the necessities of life broadly distributed. NOT as it is practiced in the US and China mind you. I'd say the ideal balance I would strive for exist in countries like Norway, Denmark etc...

I don't think most would label this as centrist.

[Statistical]

11. Is centrist the new communist?

"I am Pro unions, pro taxes (that are used right), pro gay marriage, pro universal health, pro drug legalization"

We could only hope pro-union, progressive taxation, marriage equality, universal health care, and ending the drug war were centrist policies.

Sometimes I think on DU "centrist" is the equivalent of communist during the "red threat". Don't like what someone says. They must be a centrist.

[JDPriestly]

12. I think that nuclear power is demoniacally evil.

If you just look at the science, nuclear power makes sense.

But if you put the science into a human context, if you think about how prone to error humans are, then dealing with nuclear materials in the concentrations required to keep nuclear energy plants going makes no sense at all.

Science is important and interesting, but applying science to solve human problems requires a consideration of the some factors other than science.

Greed, for example, causes those who build nuclear reactors to cut corners. The science itself may be great, but mix it with greed and you have a lethal brew.

Carelessness is another human flaw that must be considered when thinking about nuclear energy.

Ignorance is yet another.

In fact, the ignorance about science that you find on DU should make you very wary of widespread use of nuclear energy.

DUers tend to be better educated and better informed, more literate than the average American. So if you find DUers hostile to or ignorant of science, just think what the rest of the country is like.

[demwing]

3. Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/

To get an idea of the site before you visit, check the Wiki page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Kos

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[Fumesucker]

10. John Cole's Balloon-Juice.com

Cole was a wingnut until Terri Shiavo when he had an epiphany and has been moving in fits and starts to the left ever since, he has either reached or nearly reached full metal dirty fucking hippiedom now. Cole and his co-front pagers and commentariat is one of the most intelligent political blogs on the web combined with a healthy helping of weapons grade snark (I come for the snark, stay for the intelligence).

http://www.balloon-juice.com

David Brin's (physicist, futurist and sci-fi author) blog leans more to science than politics but Brin has a unique view of politics that is a long way from doctrinaire liberal or anything else and it gets discussed on his blog considerably and in the comments (tiny link at the bottom of each blog entry). I'll note that Brin's comments section may be sparse but it is polite for the most part and one of the more intelligent places I've seen on the net that discusses politics, very little snark.

http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/