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| Archived Since: | March 4, 2008 | |
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Open Thread
Well, all the goodbye posts have been made, so this is really it. Comments on articles will continue to work for seven days after the articles were posted. After that point, Open Left will become frozen in time. This is, both ironically and fittingly, an open thread.
Lasting impressions...
March 19, 2009. Gchat: Stoller: Does Forrest Brown work for you?Me: ??? who?Stoller: Someone at PCCC. New GChat window with my Progressive Change Campaign Committee co-founder Stephanie Taylor: Me: Do we have someone named Forrest working...Show More Summary
Thank you and a sort of goodbye...
Thanks for being part of this community, and thank you for letting me develop my voice and ideas in concert with your voice and your ideas. In 2007, Chris, Mike, and I started OpenLeft based on the idea that there was a new ideologically left-wing yet open set of actors on stage. Show More Summary
Goodbye isn't a very good title because I hope it won't be.
This has been a wonderful community to be a very small part of. When Matt and Chris said they were leaving MyDD, I knew I would be following them to wherever they were going. I thought they were full of wild and crazy ideas, but ones that could be implemented. Show More Summary
Farewell thought: Conservatism is still the enemy
Please see the end for my thanks yous and where to find me after today. I have opted to close with an attempt to describe the field of play -D Shortly after Kerry's loss in 2004, at MyDD, Chris wrote "Conservatism is our enemy" which I think is the first time I ever encountered a direct ideological assault on conservatism itself. Show More Summary
I'm not very good at goodbyes, so...
How about, "See you around"? I don't know where, exactly, though I do have some good ideas. More on that at the end. While that may suffice for us individually, though, it certainly can't for us as a community. And that's what I will miss most of all about Open Left. Show More Summary
The End of OpenLeft.com and the Beginning of a Newly Open Left In America
I can still remember starting out in progressive politics. It was back in the early part of the last decade, and there was very little tolerance back then for anything even remotely resembling a progressive counterforce to the corporatist conservatism embedding itself within the Democratic Party. Show More Summary
Thank You
I am going to keep this pretty short because I don't want to get too maudlin. When we started OpenLeft, it was an experiment: By combining the ideas, skills, creativity, and experience of three incredibly different partners, and bringing...Show More Summary
Thank you OpenLeft
Some of you may have noticed I haven't been writing for some time. The reason is because I recently accepted a position as Director of Online Programs at the Courage Campaign, where I will be running the online shop with a special emphasis on LGBT equality campaigns, but have been so engaged I haven't found time to write a farewell post. Show More Summary
Open Left is closing
I have some sad news. After nearly four years in operation, today will be the final day Open Left publishes new content. The site will not disappear, and all published content will remain online, but after today we will cease producing new content. Show More Summary
Activism vs. organizing | reflections on Gramsci pt.2
This is part 2 in a series at BeyondtheChoir.org. In his essay Voluntarism and Social Masses, Antonio Gramsci argues that "the actions and organizations of 'volunteers' must be distinguished from the actions and organisations of homogeneous...Show More Summary
Separating two axes of ideology
In my previous diary, "Fool's gold", I wrote about Paul Krugman's blog post from last week, "The War on Demand". After quoting a bit from Krugman's set-up, (shortened version):.... it's becoming clear that many people don't so much disagree with the idea that demand matters as find it abhorrent, incomprehensible, or both. Show More Summary
Just How Wide is the Reach of HR #3? --- VERY WIDE
( This is part 3 of my series on HR #3. Here are the prior 2 posts An Anti Abortion Bill and lots, lots more http://www.openleft.com/diary/... HR #3: The Whole Bill is Rape - Not Just the Rape Provision http://www.openleft.com/diary/... Show More Summary
America's Dictator Addiction
As the Obama administration continues to treat the U.S.-taxpayer-financed dictator Hosni Mubarak with kid gloves, media outlets like Salon have rightly pointed out that our support of undemocratic tyrants is not limited to Egypt. It has become more the norm than the exception. Show More Summary
Entrepreneurial Populism
The progressive movement is at a challenging but fascinating time in our country's history. Even when the Democrats had a newly elected President who ran on a platform of big change, 60 votes in the Senate, a big margin of control in the House and the most progressive Speaker in history, we still had trouble getting big changes passed. Show More Summary
Exploring Transparency
I find urban studies fascinating, which is perhaps why it was a concentration back when I was in school. To me--perhaps because I have lived in big cities most of my life--finding ways to reform city government, bring transparency, better...Show More Summary
Fool's gold
I've been thinking laterly about the irrational belief in gold as some sort of magical metal, the only proper foundation for a money system. For a long time now, the most prominent gold bug has been Ron Paul, whose irrationality on the subject is underscored by the fact that he styles himself bas both a populist and a history buff as well. Show More Summary
"Violent Extremists On Both Sides," Hosni Mubarak Edition
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;" -- William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming" Last night, Rachel...Show More Summary
HR #3: The Whole Bill is Rape - Not Just the Rape Provision
Many of you have now heard about the right's inflammatory redefinition of rape. You may or may not realize that it is only one part of another truly extreme bill, HR #3, The No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act. This bill is codifies the Hyde Amendment and eliminates aboriton coverage in all insurance. Show More Summary
Mubarak's nihilism, the army's Hamlet moment
Juan Cole discusses the progression of Mubarak's thuggish and decietful attempt to hold onto power: On Wednesday, the Mubarak regime showed its fangs, mounting a massive and violent repressive attack on the peaceful crowds in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. Show More Summary