How to Build a Progressive Tea Party -- Good article

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http://www.thenation.com/article/158282/how-build-progressive-tea-party

Instead of the fake populism of the Tea Party, there is a movement based on real populism. It shows that there is an alternative to making the poor and the middle class pay for a crisis caused by the rich. It shifts the national conversation. Instead of letting the government cut our services and increase our taxes, the people demand that it cut the endless and lavish aid for the rich and make them pay the massive sums they dodge in taxes.

This may sound like a fantasy—but it has all happened. The name of this parallel universe is Britain. As recently as this past fall, people here were asking the same questions liberal Americans have been glumly contemplating: Why is everyone being so passive? Why are we letting ourselves be ripped off? Why are people staying in their homes watching their flat-screens while our politicians strip away services so they can fatten the superrich even more?

[mdmc]

1. ibt nader sucks

[mmonk]

10. Was this about Nader?

[mdmc]

12. no sir

[doc03]

2. It would help if we had our own TV network and a

multi-billion dollar benefactor.

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3. Read the article.

[Shagbark Hickory]

4. Title's a little desceptive. It doesn't tell you how. +! for the article tho. nt

[cameozalaznick]

5. Sure it does...

Create protests against tax dodging companies with retail locations.

[Shagbark Hickory]

9. Great but it doesn't tell you how to build a progressive tea party. You gotta have one before you

can do the other.

[white_wolf]

6. We could call it the Green Tea Party. n/t

[Cleita]

7. Do you think the Koch brothers, or Mellon-Sciaffe or

the Saudi royals will give us money? I don't think so. We have an uphill battle but we should be more active instead of being so beaten down. I agree with you on that.

[99th_Monkey]

8. Awe come on! We can do better than simply aping RW phoney "grass roots". ~nt

[mmonk]

11. Link to US Uncut.

http://www.usuncut.org/