POST-ELECTION STATEMENT FROM COMRADE Q.
Dear Friends,
I regret to inform you that our initiative to encourage Nader voting in so-called “swing states” failed to garner much support from the American working class. Instead, in a terrible defeat for those of us struggling to build a revolutionary alternative to bourgeois politics, a significant majority of middle-to-low-income […]
A YDS leaflet reads:
If so many people misunderstand socialism, why continue to use the word?
First, we call ourselves socialists because we are proud of what we
are. Second, no matter what we call ourselves, conservatives will use
it against us … Liberals and progressives are routinely denounced as
socialists in order to discredit reform. Until we face, […]
It’s interesting how our terms and categories are evolving over time. Recently, some friendly faces on the T.V. have been telling me that Sarah Palin is a “pro-life feminist.”
According to Patrick Buchanan (a longtime defender of feminist causes), there is a fresh new trend in feminism that would entrust the female body and its […]
A blog post from an economic ignoramus:
The shit* has hit the fan** and the economy is in trouble. Any progressive solution to the crisis ought to focus on helping people renegotiate the terms of their mortgages. Not only will this help struggling homeowners facing foreclosure, it will probably be better for credit markets if […]
Obviously, if Barack Obama had a pregnant 17-year-old daughter, there’s no question that conservatives would be blowing every available dog whistle on the subject of spiritually fallen African American females and the moral disintegration of “urban” communities.But progressives should think very carefully before exploiting the fact that Bristol Palin is pregnant. Americans do not want […]
We all know Hillary Clinton the millionaire senator, Hillary Clinton the first lady and Hillary Clinton the corporate lawyer. Fewer know the story of Hillary Clinton, working class hero.
Our future president was born in a sod house by the shores of Lake Winola, PA. Modern obstetrics had not established itself in that part of the […]
Earlier this month, The Washington Post published a chart (below) mapping the origins and development of neoconservatism. YDSers are probably familiar with a lot of the featured personalities and institutions. The chart has appeared all over the blogosphere but I think it gets a lot of stuff wrong.
For example, I don’t think National Review played […]
The debate over health insurance mandates has intensified in recent weeks. In my view, Ezra Klein and other influential pundits are inaccurately framing the debate over mandates as a disagreement between Clinton/Edwards progressives and Obama-leaning centrists. In reality, this dispute is between liberal policy wonks (who tend to gush over the Edwards plan) and an […]
Jonah Goldberg thinks so - or at least he thinks my politics are significantly rooted in the fascist movements and governments of yesteryear. Goldberg makes his case in his newly published book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. I have not (and will not) read […]
The American health insurance regime is a mess. Many of us have seen Michael Moore’s Sicko, which focuses on the greed and cruelty of the insurance industry - specifically the ways in which companies screw policy holders by denying coverage for critical procedures and squirreling out of payments.
Sicko doesn’t touch another more boring but equally […]
