the Populist Movement

Forward Strategy

Submitted by SnappleBC on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 11:04pm

So I've been worrying about keeping forward momentum whether or not Sanders wins. A significant part of that worry is how highly distributed our movement is right now... distributed enough that it lacks a real focus. There are quite a few sites like this one and that, in and of itself, worries me. I've been wondering how we can coalesce around one central source for generating strategy and then the subsequent calls to action (donations, volunteering, running for local office, etc.).

Hillary Clinton Will Never Be A “True Liberal”

Submitted by praenomen on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 8:30pm

It was all a lie – one of the biggest and most elaborate falsehoods ever sold to the American people. .

We thought we were just letting a friend crash at the house for a few days; we ended up with a family of hillbillies who moved in forever, sleeping nine to a bed and building a meth lab on the front lawn - Matt Taibi

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A Word of Caution About the “New” New Populist Movement

Submitted by praenomen on Sun, 04/19/2015 - 9:03am

After reading Meteor Blades diary about the upcoming populist rally, I sifted through information about the stakeholders behind the event, and while I’ve made no definitive decision, yet, there are some red flags that can’t be ignored.

Perhaps the most alarming was an article written by Robert Borosage. Here is a rather large excerpt from the article:

4. Populist movements are an answer, not a threat.

Part One: Where We Go From Here

Submitted by praenomen on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 4:50pm

NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles that will lay out an action plan for uniting the populist movement.

The Political Landscape

To accurately gauge the efficacy of the Democratic Party base as a political entity, you need to understand how deeply compromised its members are by “magical” thinking.