L.A.’s 8th District Revolt: It’s More than a “Tantrum”

February 23, 2011 By Anthony Asadullah Samad

Anthony Samad: On March 8th the majority of voters in the 8th District will reject Bernie Parks in a full effect voter revolt.

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Wisconsin’s Troubling Message for Progressives

February 23, 2011 By Randy Shaw

Randy Shaw: As long as Democrats fail to hold those they elect politically accountable, and refuse to demand that their political leaders “ruffle feathers” in pursuing change, this dynamic will continue.

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Is This What a Populist Movement Looks Like?

February 23, 2011 By Tina Dupuy

Tina Dupuy: The Tea Party will tell you it’s not the government’s job to make life better for the middle class. Ok, fine. Then whose job is it? Oh, the unions. Which the Tea Party is also apparently against…because the Tea Party is anti-populist.

Progressive Endorsements March 8, 2011

February 22, 2011 By admin

Progressive Endorsements for the March 8, 2011 election for Los Angeles County from the LA Progressive, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley.

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The Fortune Behind Scott Walker’s Union-Busting Campaign

February 22, 2011 By Lee Fang

Lee Fang: It should be no surprise that Walker’s radicalism is boosted by Bradley money. Today, the Bradley Foundation is controlled by a group of establishment Republicans, along with Washington Post columnist George Will.

What Governor Walker Won’t Tell You

February 22, 2011 By Stanley I. Kutler

Stanley Kutler: There is a kernel of truth in Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s claim of a “budget shortfall” of $137 million. But Walker, a Republican, failed to tell the state that less than two weeks into his term as governor, he, with his swollen Republican majorities in the Wisconsin Legislature, pushed through $117 million in tax breaks for business allies of the GOP. There is your crisis.

Fighting ‘Divide and Conquer’ in Wisconsin

February 22, 2011 By Lydia Howell

Lydia Howell: Madison is ground zero for resistance to the dismantling of workers’ rights and cutting anything in government budgets that serves human needs while corporate “persons” get subsidies and tax cuts and are in effect made exempt from law supposedly governing such offenses as pollution and worker safety.

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The Coming Shutdowns and Showdowns: What’s Really at Stake

February 22, 2011 By Robert Reich

Robert Reich: Public budgets are in trouble because revenues plummeted over the last two years of the Great Recession. They’re also in trouble because of tax giveaways to the rich.

“So This Is America?”

February 22, 2011 By Tom Degan

Tom Degan: Please, if you’re looking for an authentic American hero, you need search no further than Ray McGovern. He is holding up a mirror for all to see.

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Some States “Just Say No” to Harmful Immigration Enforcement Laws

February 22, 2011 By Seth Hoy

Seth Hoy: Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arizona are still pursing harmful enforcement legislation, but they do so in full light of the social and economic consequences—consequences for which Arizona and other states are still paying.

Kentucky AFL-CIO Head: GOP Out to Destroy “Whole Union Movement”

February 22, 2011 By Berry Craig

Berry Craig: If a tea party Republican wins this November’s election, the Scott Walker agenda will be on Kentuckians with a vengeance. We will be another step closer to right to work for less, repeal of prevailing wage and attacks on public sector workers and their unions.

Police Have More, Better Rights than You

February 21, 2011 By Wendy McElroy

Wendy McElroy: Even as the Illinois police defend their “right” to surveil everyone on the grounds that those being watched are in public, they deny the public the right to record them in the line of duty.

On Wisconsin: End the War, Invest at Home

February 21, 2011 By Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden: It is time for our most prominent liberal economists to broaden their analysis of the domestic crisis to include spending for these unfunded wars. Only Joseph Stiglitz has done so.

Koch Industries Orchestrating Wisconsin Anti-Teacher Protest

February 21, 2011 By Lee Fang

Lee Fang: In response to the growing protests in Madison, Koch fronts are busing in Tea Party protesters to support Walker and his union-busting campaign.

Across-the-Board Cuts Needed to Avoid Fiscal Armageddon

February 21, 2011 By Ivan Eland

Ivan Eland: To keep with the bipartisan spirit after the Gabrielle Giffords’ assassination attempt and also to avoid partisan fighting over spending priorities, which will bog down and probably eventually kill any significant budget cuts, all government programs should be cut by 15 percent from last year’s budget level, including heretofore sacred defense and entitlement programs.