Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., explains in this interview with Richard Eskow that progressives can and must win the fight against the right-wing austerity policies wrapped in the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction plan.
A straw poll taken at the Take Back the American Dream conference shows that the "enthusiasm gap" between progressives and President Obama is very real.
At the Take Back the American Dream conference Wednesday, strategies and tactics were weaved with moving personal stories at a session on racial profiling with Gaby Pacheco, Rashad Robinson, Jasiri X, and moderator Cathy Montoya. more »
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It takes a lot to build a progressive movement strong enough to go up against the hundreds of millions of dollars the right is pouring into an agenda that will continue to shrink the middle class and further concentrate wealth with the top 1 percent. It takes informed, energized and mobilized people. And we need the money to fuel the research, communications and organizing necessary to take back the dream of an America that works for all of us, not just the few. more »
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There are people who become the face of a movement. They attend press conferences, head panels at conferences, and claim to speak for those who do not traditionally have a voice. more »
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What is now more clear than ever is that building a progressive political force is a 24/7/365 effort. It's not just work to be done during election cycles, and not just done in presidential and congressional elections.
Tuesday morning at the Take Back the American Dream conference included major sessions on how to build a lasting progressive power base, from the ground up. more »
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Read what our team of writers saw and heard at the Take Back the American Dream conference, along with the work of other progressive writers.
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