Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Monday, August 12, 2013

The Return of Alien vs. Predator, or, Why Liberals Lose When They Take on Corporate Power: Part II

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On August 2, I wrote, "Modern liberals use state power to check and constrain the power of capitalism, which they see as posing th...
Friday, August 2, 2013

Alien vs. Predator, or, Why Liberals Lose When They Take on Corporate Power: Part I

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All right, it's the moment you've been waiting for. I've been explaining why "liberal" is not a badge of shame (...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

Look for the Liberal Label

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One of the tools we're going to need to change America is an accurate understanding of what "liberal" means. For 20 y...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Happy Days Are Here Again?

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At 55, I watch the stock market more than I used to.  Oh, not its daily ups and downs, which are like my cats chasing each other around the ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Where's the Outrage--and Where Should It Be?

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Money is not the issue. Power is. A year after causing the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression, corporate chieftains are p...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Did Somebody Mention Corporate Power?

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How do we know that the Obama administration will be under pressure to cave to corporations? I couldn't say it any better than Derrick...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Obama Silent on Corporate Power

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Progressives in Somerville, as elsewhere, have invested a lot of hope in an Obama presidency. After the Bush administration's systemati...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Organizing to End Poverty, 21st-Century Style

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Wednesday was National Blog Action Day on poverty. Since I work at an anti-poverty agency, I had a lot to say about the topic, and I've...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Female Bonding Isn't Feminism

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Ellen Goodman wrote last week that some conservatives are calling liberal women out because they won't support Sarah Palin for Vice Pr...