David Sirota
- : http://www.davidsirota.com/hostiletakeover/
- : Sirota is also a senior editor at In These Times magazine; contributes regularly to The Nation, the American Prospect and the Huffington Post; is the full-time blogger at www.credoaction.com; and publishes a newsletter at www.davidsirota.com.
Getting Rolled By Obama Is A Wake-Up Call for the Uprising
One of the topics I discussed with Diane Rehm yesterday on her nationwide NPR show was the FISA fight, which Nathan Newman just referenced. I suggested that the effort by Netroots activists to use Obama's own website as a...more »
Posted on July 10, 2008 7:23 PM
Five Ideas to Start Going from Uprising to Movement
Note: I'm going to be on Diane Rehm's NPR show today (7/9) from 11am to noon EST to discuss many of these themes. I'm also scheduled to be on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight sometime between 7pm-8pm EST tonight. Tune...more »
Posted on July 9, 2008 9:24 AM
Wither the Autocratic Progressives?
INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT - Sitting in the airport getting ready to post for the TPM Book Club while waiting for a flight to D.C., I got this email from a friend in progressive politics: I'm reading The Uprising now and...more »
Posted on July 8, 2008 11:37 AM
What Is The Uprising?
"Uprising" is a history-flavored word. It reminds us of elementary school book reports on the Revolutionary War and bold passages from the Declaration of Independence insisting "that whenever any form of government becomes destructive...it is the right of the...more »
Posted on July 7, 2008 10:59 AM
Nothing to Fear But a Lack of Fear Itself
Arianna is right that "It wasn't elected officials who led the struggle for civil rights or the drive for women's rights or the fight to end the war in Vietnam or the war in Iraq - it was the people."...more »
Posted on June 14, 2008 2:43 AM
Not Can They, But Will They?
Arianna is one of the great provocateurs of the digital age, but her first question in this discussion is actually less provocative than we need to be at this historic moment. She asks, "Will Democrats be able to make...more »
Posted on June 9, 2008 8:19 PM
Obama & The Dynamic Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken
In American politics, there's a basic - and sad - rule of thumb: When a white person talks about a taboo subject, they are often considered courageous or a "truth-teller." When a black person talks about the same subject, they...more »
Posted on April 2, 2008 1:04 PM
How We Take It Back
The debate here at TPM Cafe over Hostile Takeover has now moved into the second clause of the book’s subtitle – "how we take it back." It’s an important question – and as I told the Jobs Now Coalition in...more »
Posted on May 4, 2006 10:28 PM
Excerpt: Hostile Takeover
Let's be honest--very few political operatives, politicians or pundits actually want to explore the real-life, day-to-day economic challenges facing the American people, because to explore them would ultimately force us to admit that our entire venerated political system is totally...more »
Posted on May 3, 2006 10:06 AM
Politics of the Future vs. Politics of the Short-Term
One of the more destructive habits of progressives in Washington today is the refusal to think long-term. Every battle is about the next election, every narrative is crafted to try to fit the exact political topography only of the moment....more »
Posted on May 3, 2006 7:22 AM
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This comment is Exhibit A in what I am talking about. This commenter says we should focus our energy on a rhetorical comment - albeit a sickening one - from a Republican who isn't even in office, while ignoring a critical major vote by a Democratic U.S. Senator. This is Partisan War Syndrome at its worst, telling us to just keep our head down, ignore the votes where the rubber hits the road, and focus on GOP hot air. This is, in short, exactly the kind of blindness that has led us to lose key votes.
Posted at July 10, 2008 8:07 PM in response to Getting Rolled By Obama Is A Wake-Up Call for the Uprising
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Frannkly, the paranoia isn't coming from those who question America's corporate-written "free" trade policy, because if that's paranoia, then polls show most Americans are "paranoid." The real paranoia is coming from those who have made their careers advocating for that "free" trade policy, who now get super defensive whenever that "free" trade policy is exposed as being insufficient for advancing the economic goals of ordinary people in today's world.
Posted at November 9, 2005 9:22 PM in response to Trade Paranoia Is A Dangerous Diversion
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This is right on - and I agree, which is why I wrote that "many economic indicators - both macro and micro - improved during the 1990s, and the Clinton administration (and people like Gene Sperling) should be credited for being a part of that." And I'm glad we can acknowledge we still have a ways to go.
Posted at November 9, 2005 12:58 PM in response to Facts and Definitions on Growing Together
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One thing I should clarify - my reference to the Cambodia accord was meant not as a criticism of YOU, Gene. In fact, I believe it is something you should be proud of. My mention of it in that context was in contrast to many Democrats in Congress who do not insist other trade deals be similar. But it wasn't meant to be criticism of YOU. If that wasn't apparent, I apologize.
Posted at November 8, 2005 9:50 AM in response to Proud To Be Agonizing: A Response To Sirota
