[Sosfbay-discuss] Where Are the Independent Progressive Web Sites?

[Andrea Dorey]

On Feb 28, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Gerry Gras wrote:

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> I don't claim to be an expert on which web sites are progressive
> versus pseudo progressive web sites.  But you might check out these:
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> The Progressive Review
>      http://prorev.com/
>      (the author/editor has been active in the Green Party a LONG  
> time)
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> Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy
>      http://poclad.org/
>
Any site that tackles democracy and the presence of incorporated  
corporations has to be progressive ala David Korten and Richard  
Grossman!
QUO WARRANTO is the battle cry!!!

>
> I guess this one is not progressive, but I like it:
> Common Dreams
>      http://commondreams.org/
>
I like this one too.
Andrea

> Gerry
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> alexcathy at aol.com wrote:
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>>   Dear Friends,
>>
>> It's not enough that I've spent my whole adult life frustrated by the
>> mainstream media, now I've got to spend my life frustrated by the  
>> World
>> Wide Web!
>>
>> Please send me some links for Independent Progressive Web Sites.   
>> 90% of
>> the "progressive" web sites are mere mouthpieces for the Democratic
>> Party Establishment and I'm sick of 'em.
>>
>> I confess, it was kind of fun browsing these sites when they were the
>> cutting edge of Bush criticism back in 2002, 2003, and 2004 when any
>> criticism of Our Dear Leader was considered treason.
>>
>> But now, with Democrats back in control of Congress, NO CRITICISM is
>> tolerated of Our Dear Great Democratic Leaders.  It's like: DEMOCRATS
>> RAISED THE MINIMUM WAGE!  ISN'T THAT GREAT!
>>
>> Please
>>
>> We are almost two years from the November 2008 election and  
>> already most
>> of the stuff posted on these sites is Washington inside baseball and
>> gossip about the horse race and the money race between Hillary,  
>> Barack,
>> Edwards, et. al.  Today, the big "buzz" on the web is the idea of
>> bringing back old Al Gore.  Am I the only African-American in the  
>> United
>> States who is not THAT excited about Sen. Obama?  Don't get me wrong.
>> He's a good guy.  I like him.  But even if he is elected "The First
>> Black President" it ain't gonna be no revolution!   And if he gets  
>> it's
>> gonna get really, really ugly.  I mean, the rightwing Republican hate
>> machine is already smearing BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA and this big
>> "controversy" over David Geffen's anti-Clinton remarks is much ado  
>> about
>> nothing, though it does remind us of some things we already knew  
>> about
>> how petty and creepy the Clintons are.
>>
>> California is the biggest state in the union, the world's fifth or  
>> sixth
>> largest economy.  We've got issues on the scale of many independent
>> sovereign nations.  Yet, even the West Coast-based "progressives"  
>> obsess
>> over Washington gossip.  It's ridiculous, but understandable if  
>> you're a
>> hyper-partisan Democrat since the Democratic Party in this big "blue"
>> state is totally dysfunctional.
>>
>> Have you noticed all of a sudden it's real trendy to use the word
>> "Green."  It's "Green this" and "Green that" but the GREEN PARTY is
>> still verboten.
>>
>> If nothing else, this latest wave of Ralph Nader bashing and how the
>> Greens are the ones "to blame" for Bush just shows how simple-minded
>> they are.  This has gone on for six years and, to my knowledge, there
>> has been no effort to purge the many "moderate" Democrats who  
>> actually
>> voted for Bush.
>>
>> Where Are the Independent Progressive Web Sites?
>>
>>
>> Alex Walker
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