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Tom Hayden talks with me about Ann Arbor in the late 1950s, his time at the Michigan Daily, the concept of participatory democracy, and the circumstances which gave rise to the Port Huron Statement

By Mark | October 30, 2012

Earlier this evening, I had the occasion to speak with activist and author Tom Hayden about his role in the drafting of the Port Huron Statement, the circumstances which gave rise to this widely influential manifesto of the New Left, and his evolution from student journalist to impassioned activist. Hayden, who is often credited with […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1957, 1960's, 1961, activism, Alan Haber, Bob Ross, Chandler Davis, Clement Markert, Cold War, DNC, freedom rides, House Unamerican Activities Committee, Jack Kerouac, JFK, journalism, kids today, labor, labor movement, Mark Nickerson, Michigan Daily, New Left, On the Road, participatory democracy, Port Huron Statement, SDS, share croppers, Sharon Jeffrey, sit-ins, SNCC, student activism, Students for a Democratic Society, Tennessee, Tom Hayden, UAW, unions, University of Michigan, Voice, voting rights | 28 Comments

Obama decides to channel the populist Teddy Roosevelt in 2012 campaign

By Mark | December 7, 2011

It wasn’t billed as a campaign stop, but, today, in Osawatomie, Kansas, President Obama delivered a fiery, progressive speech that seems calculated to define the 2012 campaign… and shift focus away from the fact that no significant job creation has taken place under his watch. The speech, for those of you who haven’t already heard, […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics | Also tagged Bull Moose, Bush tax cuts, class warfare, income inequality, John Avlon, Kansas, New Nationalism, Obama, Osawatomie, payroll tax, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, wealth inequality | 13 Comments

If we lose in November, will it be the fault of the “professional left”?

By Mark | October 3, 2010

It started a few months ago, in the wake of the national health care debate, when White House press secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed the criticism of Progressives over Obama’s decision not to pursue a public option as the delusional complaints of the “professional left” – those individuals who, in his words, wouldn’t be satisfied until […]

Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged complaining, crazy progressives, elections, enthusiasm gap, Eugene Robinson, FireDogLake, hectoring, Jane Hamsher, Joe Biden, Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe, Obama, Peggy Noonan, professional left, public option, Robert Gibbs, stop whining, taking balls and going home, the language of alienation and estrangement | 34 Comments

The irony of Common Sense

By Mark | August 18, 2009

Our favorite FOX News personality, Glenn Beck, has a new book out. In tribute to Thomas Paine’s brilliant pamphlet of the same name, it’s called “Common Sense.” Or, to be more specific, it’s called “Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine.” Which, I guess, from a marketing perspective, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Marketing, Media, Observations, Politics | Also tagged Age of Reason, Agrarian Justice, Amazon, American history, beat downs by founding fathers, book reviews, Common Sense, estate tax, fake crying, founding fathers, FOX News, give to the poor, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, misunderstanding American history, origins of American liberalism, progressive taxation, progressivism, public education, social security, tax the rich, taxation, The Crisis, The Rights of Man | 9 Comments

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