Editors' Blog
IMHO: Can the left offer a real alternative?
IMHO -- if you really recommend voting no on the tax deal, you need to have a practical, immediate alternative to the immediate impacts on unemployment, and tax rises for workers that will otherwise take place.
Guest blog: Response to congressional opposition to the tax deal
So where was all of this opposition during the Bush administration? How come these democrats can stand firm against Obama and were hardly heard when Bush was president? Why didn't Bernie Sanders and other progressive stalwarts stage some drama against the original tax cut legislation or the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq? And why are the tax cuts for the wealthy the only issue when around 3 million need unemployment benefits? 3 million people represents a lot of people with large political and economic implications.
Progressives and the tax deal
This piece by author Ishmael Reed in the New York Times (which I rarely read) looks at the privileged position of progressives who've attacked President Obama on the tax deal:
Marxists and Marmots
How often do we hear that socialism sounds like a good idea but it doesn't work in practice because of human nature.
A gift for peace
Why Are We in Afghanistan? a 27-minute DVD written and directed by Michael Zweig Illustrated by Mike Konopacki Edited by Trish Dalton produced by Trish Dalton, Michael Zweig, and the Center for Study of Working Class Life
DREAM Act has economic benefits
I'm no proponent of going all out to balance the budget.
President Obama: "This country was founded on compromise."
Q Where is your line in the sand?
President Obama on GOP "holy grail"
From today's White House press conference:
AFL-CIO slams Republicans for obstructionism on taxes
This form AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka:
