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On Winning and Values

By Tom Sullivan On March 25, 2012  

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. – Matthew 6:24

President Richard Nixon once observed, “Flexibility is the first principle of politics.” But that brings [...]

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Radio Interview – “Building a Strong Progressive Movement”

By Joe Brewer On March 7, 2011  

This radio interview with Joe Brewer, Founder of Cognitive Policy Works, explores the core challenges facing the progressive movement in the United States.  Joe explains why progressives have been unable to set the political agenda in recent decades and offers insights into how to successfully frame the debate.  He also describes how to [...]

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The bully boys of Wisconsin

By Susan Madrak On March 3, 2011  

Here’s the thing we all know: Right-wing Republicans don’t usually win if they’re honest about what they want to do. So in order to be successful, they have to lie, coerce, threaten, manipulate and cheat their way to victory. They can’t lead on the basis of their policies, because so few people [...]

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Union-Busting Is Market Manipulation and Wage Theft

By Joshua Holland On February 25, 2011  

Like all progressives, we obsess on the quest for good ‘framing’ quite a bit around here (when I lived in DC, even the cabbies and doormen were reading Lakoff).

So, here’s a frame. Over at AlterNet, I have a feature up arguing that labor markets only work when workers can bargain collectively. As it stands, [...]

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Building a Strong Progressive Message Through Community Amplification

By Beth Becker On February 24, 2011  

This is part 2 of the Building a Progressive Echo Chamber series and I’m thrilled to report, efforts have begun to crystallize and a path forward is taking shape.  That path will combine effective framing for message creation with a carefully planned system of message delivery.

In that first diary,  I laid out a vision [...]

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I’ve got your Progressive Echo Chamber right HERE

By Beth Becker On February 24, 2011  

Mon Jan 24, 2011 at 11:02 AM CST

I’ve Got Your Progressive Echo Chamber Right HERE (new series)

by Spedwybabs

What a Year

51 weeks ago 600+ hungry progressives gathered in Pennsylvania eager to make a difference in the life of everyday Pennsylvanians. We ate, drank, talked, networked and learned. [...]

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Welcome to Dirty Hippies. Shampoo Not Included.

By James Boyce On February 21, 2011  

Welcome. If you are here today, you can tell your kids someday “I used to go to that Dirty Hippies blog before anyone knew about.” So welcome and here is our mission statement, such as it is – otherwise known as our new ‘About’ section

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. [...]

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