Appreciating Will Campbell, “Preacher to the Damned”
Frye GaillardThe Rev. Will Campbell died on Monday. Here's a profile of the civil rights activist and storyteller from Dec. 1982.Appreciating Will Campbell: From the ArchivesI stopped off in Nashville...
View ArticleWhat We Want in Turkey
Dr. KChapulling is a newly coined word derived from the 2013 protests in Turkey. This word came into being after Prime Minister Erdogan's speech in which he used the word "çapulcu" -- the normal...
View ArticleRevolutionary Hope in Gezi Park
Dr. KIt is the 12th day of the protests. Life in Gezi Park goes on with a different event every day.A typical day of a Turkish citizen has become: go to work in the day and then go to the park at...
View ArticleNightmare in Taksim Square
Dr. KWe awoke to a disaster this morning, a nightmare that will not end. After receiving a message from the Doctor's Union about the resumption of police attacks, I turned on the TV to find out what...
View ArticleA Plea for Help from Turkey
Oya ErsoyDear brothers and sisters, dear friends of the democratic people's movement in Turkey!Istanbulites are under brutal attack.The violence of the police and security forces since the evening of...
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Here's Why We Need Immigration Reform
Ruth ConniffCheck out this video.The National Immigration Justice Center is circulating a petition calling for immigration reform that respects human rights."The U.S. immigration detention system is...
View ArticleThe Progressive Hires New Editor to Lead Venerable Magazine
For Immediate Release:Contact: Matt Rothschild or Ruth Conniff(608) 257-4626(608) 239-4747 Ruth ConniffThe Progressive Hires New Editor to Lead Venerable MagazineRuth Conniff Takes Over with New...
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Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: The Facts on Burning Crude and Blistering Climate...
Dave SaldanaSome folks would have you believe that climate change is a hoax, a plot by greedy climatologists, environmental extremists, and one-world global government conspirators to take away...
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Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: The Fact Is that KXL Can Be Stopped
Dave Saldana February 13, 2013, was a very special day in Washington DC. It wasn't merely because hundreds of demonstrators marched in front of the White House to stop the KXL pipeline. It wasn't...
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A Reporters' Guide to the Koch-funded Rich States, Poor States ALEC Report
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is slated to roll out its annual "Rich States, Poor States" publication this week. The document, whose lead author is economist Arthur Laffer, is sold...
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Who Is Behind the National Right to Work Committee and its Anti-Union Crusade?
- by Jay Riestenberg and Mary BottariAs the U.S. Supreme Court's 2014 session comes to a close, one of the major cases left for a decision is Harris vs. Quinn,which could effect some 7 million public...
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Like His Dad, Charles Koch Was a Bircher (New Documents)
Today, as announced on Amy Goodman's DemocracyNow!, the Progressive Inc. and the Center for Media and Democracy are publishing new information and analysis documenting that billionaire oil...
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Find CMD and The Progressive at Netroots Nation
The Center for Media and Democracy and The Progressive are going to be busy at this year's Netroots Nation in Detroit, Michigan. Publisher Lisa Graves and Editor-in-Chief Ruth Conniff will be involved...
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Fighting Bob Fest 13 was a great success!
Fighting Bob Fest will be back in Baraboo on Saturday, September 13th, from 9am-5pm!Fighting Bob Fest has been one of the largest gatherings of progressives in the country since 2001. The event is...
View ArticleHighlights from Fighting Bob Fest: Kevin Alexander Gray
Kevin Alexander GrayMovement TimeI’d like to talk today about where to go from here and what’s at stake in changing our politics beyond voting. Back in the anti-apartheid days, I used to start my...
View ArticleHighlights from Fighting Bob Fest: Chris Hedges
Starting a RevolutionBy Chris HedgesI would like to begin by speaking about the people of Gaza. Their suffering is not an abstraction to me. I was the Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times. I...
View ArticleHighlights from Fighting Bob Fest: Senator Bernie Sanders
Democracy or OligarchyBy Senator Bernie SandersThe most important point we can make about contemporary politics is to understand how extraordinarily successful the Koch brothers have been in turning...
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Pentagon Sending Cops Billions in Excess Military Equipment
Lee FangProtesters in Ferguson, a small municipality outside of St. Louis, Missouri, were met in August with a police force reminiscent of recent demonstrations in Cairo or Kiev: law enforcement...
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Baltimore Police Harassed Students Before Monday's Outrage
Thomas Hedges and Stephen JanisThis story was cross-posted with permission from The Real News Network. Exclusive documents obtained by The Real News show how police officers engaged in a pattern of...
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The Progies Awards: 2015's Best Progressive Films
Submitted by Ed Rampell on Thu, 01/14/2016 - 2:20pmEd RampellThe nominations for the 9th annual Progie Awards - recognizing 2015’s best progressive films and filmmakers - have been voted on. The...
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