[Peace-discuss] Article from TruthOut.

[Laurie at advancenet.net]

It may surprise you Mort; but I am inclined to agree with you that it is not
a very radical article, that  it apparent focus is to address the impact of
the alleged changes on the establishment partisan political process to the
neglect of any other issues such as you describe which are policy issues and
not election issues, that it assumes that "progressives" are radicals rather
than merely reformers; and that it presumes that progressivism and Democrats
are identical.

 

My focus of attention was about the view that, in light of the author's
comparative findings with respect to the Hoover period, a new progressive
era was coming without noting that the same things had been said during the
1960's.  I initially did not pay attention to the things in the article that
you did; but upon re-reading the article in light of your remarks, I
inclined to agree with you.

 

From: Morton K. Brussel [mailto:brussel4 at insightbb.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:54 PM
To: Laurie Solomon
Cc: Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Article from TruthOut.

 

Sounds like 'twas written by a Democratic Party publicist. No mention of
imperialism, militarism, corporatism, savage capitalism, etc., here. It says
"vote Democratic" and all will be better.

 

--mkb

 

 

On Oct 30, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Laurie Solomon wrote:

 

The article below obtained from Truthout may be of interest to some and may
furnish a basis for optimism for some (which I believe to be false optimism
at best and not very realistic).  In reading it, I found myself asking of
the comparative analysis if this was not what was being suggested in one
form or another back in the sixties about how it was the advent of a new
progressive era that would lead to revolution and a major change in society
and culture, bringing new peace, freedom, and justice.  

 

Here we are in the 2000's. There has been change but toward the conservative
end of the spectrum in response to the 1960's.  One has to wonder if the
reaction to the current conservative trends will not be a "progressive"
reaction that at best will bring us back to what things were in the more
progressive past but not anywhere near a revolution or even a new
progressive era the extends any earlier progressive eras.

 

 

The 50-Year Strategy: A New Progressive Era (No, Really!)
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/103007D.shtml

Simon Rosenberg and Peter Leyden, reporting for Mother Jones, ask, "Beyond
'08: Can progressives play for keeps?"

 

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