Posted by admin on January 8, 2009 under Elections, Obama, Organizing, Strategy | 
Discussion on Our Future:
What Next for Progressives for Obama?
An Organizing Proposal
for a Left-Progressive
National Network and Clearinghouse
by Carl Davidson and Bill Fletcher, Jr.
How can the people brought together by the `Progressives for Obama’ project make a transition into a broader and ongoing post-election nationwide network? How can that network continue to serve as a left- progressive pole within the broader alliance of Obama activists and voters, while contributing to the organization of the instruments for popular political power? What follows is an outline of the organizing tasks and components of such an effort, with an invitation to wider discussion among our community of supporters and activists.
Starting Points
The most important node on the new network is the base community. This is a grassroots group of left- progressive voter-activists situated where people live, work or go to school. Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on December 10, 2008 under African American, Elections, Labor, Nationalities, Obama, Organizing, Strategy, Trade Unions, Women, Youth and Students |
The Bumpy Road Ahead:
New Tasks of the
Left Following
Obama’s Victory
By Carl Davidson
CCDS National Committee
American progressives have won a major victory in helping to defeat John McCain and placing Barack Obama in the White House. The far right has been broadly rebuffed, the neoconservative war hawks displaced, and the diehard advocates of neoliberal political economy are in thorough disarray. Of great importance, one long-standing crown jewel of white supremacy, the whites-only sign on the Oval Office, has been tossed into the dustbin of history.
The depth of the historical victory was revealed in the jubilation of millions who spontaneously gathered in downtowns and public spaces across the country, as the media networks called Obama the winner. When President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama took the platform in Chicago to deliver his powerful but sobering victory speech, hundreds of millions-Black, Latino, Asian, Native-American and white, men and women, young and old, literally danced in the streets and wept with joy, celebrating an achievement of a dramatic milestone in a 400-year struggle, and anticipating a new period of hope and possibility.
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