Andy Love: With recent polling that shows support for the death penalty has hit a 39-year low, and widespread discomfort over the execution of Troy Davis, a backlash is to be expected.
Occupy Wall Street Not Same Old Political Crap
October 17, 2011 By
James Livingston: When David Brooks and Rush Limbaugh suggest that the Occupy Wall Street crowd might be speaking “an anti-Semitic code,” you know the times, they are hysterical.
Jesus Blesses “Occupy Wall Street”
October 17, 2011 By
Gary Corseri: Screw the MSM! Screw the religious wars! You got this one little planet! You got this one little marble—and marvel—of a planet! That’s all you’ve got!
Contemplating the Supremes
October 17, 2011 By
Tom Degan: It’s time we have a serious discussion regarding the ramifications of a Republican victory in 2012 – and what it would mean for the future of this Republic if even one more right wing extremist is appointed to sit on that court.
The Need for a Progressive Alternative
October 17, 2011 By
Robert Reich: Without bold alternatives, Americans desperate for big solutions are attracted to bold crackpot ideas like Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” proposal, which would raise taxes on the poor and cut them for the rich.
The Rise of the Regressive Right and the Reawakening of America
October 16, 2011 By
Robert Reich: Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and the other tribunes of today’s Republican right aren’t really conservatives. Their goal isn’t to conservative what we have. It’s to take us backwards.
The Public Banking Option: The German Model
October 15, 2011 By
Ellen Brown: Publicly-owned banks were instrumental in funding Germany’s “economic miracle” after the devastation of World War II. Although the German public banks have been targeted in the last decade for takedown by their private competitors, the model remains a viable alternative to the private profiteering being protested on Wall Street today.
Saturday Survey: The Beginning
October 14, 2011 By
Overall, LA Progressive readers who took this survey are quite enthusiastic about Occupy America’s potential. Five or 10 years from now, most think we’ll look back upon these days fondly
GOP Panic Sets In
October 14, 2011 By
Tom Degan: You can almost feel the panic reverberating from both sides of the aisle in Congress this week. They’re trying to convince themselves that this is a passing fluke, that we’re not yet at the point of no return.
The Triumph of Dogma, and a Sad Goodbye to David Frum
October 14, 2011 By
Robert Reich: The American public doesn’t want or need to hear “representatives” from the so-called right or left. It wants insight into what’s best for America.
Occupy Wall Street: Separating Fact from Media
October 14, 2011 By
Walter Brasch: Even the most oblivious recognize the protestors as a large cross-section of America. They are students and teachers; housewives, plumbers, and physicians; combat veterans from every war from World War II to the present.
FBI Account of “Terror Plot” Suggests Sting Operation
October 14, 2011 By
Gareth Porter: While the administration of Barack Obama vows to hold the Iranian government “accountable” for the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, the legal document describing evidence in the case provides multiple indications that it was mainly the result of an FBI “sting” operation.
Why Nonviolent Resistance Beats Armed Struggles for Regime Change
October 13, 2011 By
Randy Shaw: But as much as the Left has romanticized Castro’s armed overthrow of the Bautista regime, and Ho Chi Minh’s military defeat of the United States to unite Vietnam, in most cases violence is less likely to achieve revolutionary change than nonviolent strategies.
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Friday Feedback: “LAUSD’s Apartheid Hall of Shame (Part One)”
Friday Feedback: This week, Sylvia Pardo comments on Sikivu Hutchinson‘s article, “LAUSD’s Apartheid Hall of Shame (Part One),” and Sharon Kyle responds.