Elections

SolarTimes editor Sandy LeonVest hosts the first in a series of “progressive conversations” on strategies for the upcoming 2012 presidential elections. Her guests, David Swanson and Joshua Frank, are two of the country’s leading progressive thinkers. While they agree that “politics as usual” needs to be challenged in the interest of maintaining (what remains of) read more

The most remarkable thing about the Occupy Movement is that it is happening without funding.  Yes, donations are starting to pour into Occupy Wall Street, but not at the level that could really boost this campaign to replace plutocracy with popular participation.  And most of the other occupations around the country are poor or penniless, with their futures in some doubt because of that status.

The movement that won women the right to vote got a huge boost when a supporter left $2 million read more

Here’s a way to make this work within a Democratic Primary or in the general election of 2012.

Nobody can just announce that they are running in the general election as a candidate of the people, of peace, of justice, of decency, because all the corporate media would want to talk about was Spoilerdom.

And running instead in only non-swing-states, or asking voters in swing states to swap their votes with people in non-swing-states, would lead to only that same conversation about Spoilers and read more

On July 30th the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party passed a resolution proposing that a primary challenge be offered to Obama next year.  The Progressive Caucus’s certification expired at the same time, and while other caucuses were routinely recertified that day by the state party, the Progressive Caucus (I’m told by its chair, Karen Bernal) would not have been, had a vote been held.  So the recertification was tabled, and the Progressive Caucus is in read more

“Zeus did not want man to throw his life away, no matter how much the other evils might torment him, but rather to go on letting himself be tormented anew. To that end, he gives man hope. In truth, it is the most evil of evils because it prolongs man’s torment.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

Had enough hope yet?

Had enough waiting, praying, expecting, wishing you actually believed it but pretending you just might, anticipating the let-down, taking in the impact of disappointment, betrayal, read more

The majority of U.S. citizens favor protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; taxing the rich; cutting military spending; and protecting the environment. We don’t have a candidate . . . yet. Potential candidates supported on this site will be notified and encouraged to run.

http://StopHoping.org

Stop Hoping! Start Changing!

Should Obama be challenged in a primary?

If nominated, should Obama be challenged in the general election?

Add your voice to the movement that will recruit read more

I Want Bernie Sanders to Run for President of the United States in 2012

Sign the petition at http://draftberniesanders2012.org

For the majority of people in the United States — a majority does not vote, a majority believes the government is broken, a majority thinks our public policy is headed in the wrong direction — the fact that we call this place a democracy is apparently outweighed by the fact that our national government almost never does what a majority of us want done. Some of the things we don’t want done include the destruction of the planet’s environment, the mass slaughter of war, read more