Matt Stoller: Time to Dismantle the War and the Constitution of Television |
| Published: December 6, 2007, 4:42 pm |
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Cross-posted on OpenLeft. One of Wes Clark's best expressions is 'we can do it because we are doing it'. And after wallowing in some frustration over mistakes progressives have made, I'm coming around to the view that we are working hard to end the war. Whether you are working to elect Democrats, fighting on progressive issue advocacy, registering voters, stopping military recruitment, engaging for media reform, running for office, doing voter integrity work, trying to pass good energy legislation or universal health care, you are working to end the war. We just have to begin to understand our political work that way. Just as Grover Norquist framed the conservative movement's moral attitude in a no-tax pledge, we must consider our mantra of reorganizing society as the need to end the war, and the war economy and culture it requires to keep going. The biggest mistake made by antiwar groups and progressives in the spring of 2007 was looking for one big moment to cut funding [ Full article ] |
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