Please note: This post has also been published at TPMCafe, and has received 25 comments as of July 3, 2007. I hope you are going to join the discussion at TPMCafe or continue it here.The first half of this title is inspired by Tood Gitlin’s criticism of Nader running as an independent in the 2004 election: From Tragedy to Farce, concluding that his narcissism knows no limits: So, when all is said and done, leave aside Nader’s wishful thinking -- his hallucination of ideologically aroused masses, his prayer that the Electoral College system might vanish. What Nader’s decision amounts to is not logic but an exercise in monomania by a man who once accomplished great things and now believes that whatever he claims to accomplish is great by virtue of the fact that he claims it. Quixotic Nader, whose first run was tragedy, now tries farce. It’s not funny.This conclusion is as true today as it was three years ago. In fact, it might even be mor...
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Progressive Grand Strategy: Goals - A Response to Shai SachsSource:
http://progressive-strategy.blogspot.com/2008/04/p...Post Date: 2008-04-15 07:34:00
This is a preliminary response to Shai Sachs’ Outlining a Progressive Grand Strategy, Part I - Goals and Assessment (full disclosure: Shai is a personal friend). We are very happy about his response, which is in part inspired by our report, Finding Strategy, which he also reviewed, because one of our goals is to stimulate discussion of grand strategy, which unfortunately we have not been able to find much of so far. Our basic premise is that a more systematic and sophisticated ap...
A Map of Progressive Strategy and PoliticsSource:
http://progressive-strategy.blogspot.com/2008/03/m...Post Date: 2008-03-24 10:08:00
So today we finally published the Progressive Strategy Brain (PSB), a dynamic map that connects some 4000 entries to show the complexity of progressive strategy and politics, to help progressives to become more aware of strategic considerations, in order to make progressive strategy more self-reflective, and ultimately more effective. We hope that over time it will contribute to the emergence of a ’progressive strategic community,’ with PSB as its main reference.Clearly, jus...
Beyond Exceptional FundingSource:
http://progressive-strategy.blogspot.com/2008/03/b...Post Date: 2008-03-22 15:12:00
One symptom of American exceptionalism is the degree to which its progressive left is dependent for resources on foundations. For the most part foundations are projects of the rich, so why would the American left allow itself to become so dependent on the largesse of a class of people most of whom will line up against the left when the left starts winning real change? Yes, five or ten percent of the rich may support the left, but to the extent the left is successful the majority of the rich ar...
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