Third Party Politics/Democratic Rebellion
Oh, hey, a java party…
Hey, all you third-party rebel types — check this out in the Times:
Democrats Need a Rally Monkey
By KATE ZERNIKE
“Wake Up and Stand Up.” So urges the bold motto of a seedling movement calling itself the Coffee Party, a leftish alternative to the Tea Party movement.
The Coffee Party! Jeesh, why didn’t we think of that? [...]
Snowed in!
Several inches of snow arrived at the Smoking Lounge today, as you can see from the above photo. By the way, this is a rare opportunity for you all to see Raoul in his ectoplasm form, albeit covered in snow. See those two snow drift shapes in the chairs? That’s actually Raoul [...]
On the other hand, maybe this is exactly what we need…(Justice Party reboot/open thread)
Last night, considering the Brown victory in Massachusetts, I predicted: “The overwhelming shit train of nonsense that will emerge from this will not be in our favor.” I would love to be proved wrong.
I still maintain that the Democrats will interpret this election as meaning they need to move right. [...]
Ten million people could march on Washington dressed as Che Guevara, and the Democrats would interpret it to mean that Americans want the party to move right
A little over a year ago, Americans elected Barack Obama by a landslide. They elected him because they wanted an end to Republican government. They elected him because they wanted to see a genuinely progressive agenda enacted. True, they had absolutely no reason to expect that Obama would do those things, [...]
A fair deal for every American
That’s what the Justice Party is about: a fair deal for every American. Whether you’re rich or poor, male or female, black or white or brown or beige — no matter who you are, you deserve a fair deal. All of us do. Not just the bankers and the fat cats [...]
Justice Party planning will resume after the holidays
I thought I’d already posted this, but I guess not. It’s probably buried in a comment thread somewhere. Anyway: we shall pick back up with the Justice Party (or whatever we’re gonna call it) planning after the holidays. It’s impossible to do any organizing right now, and besides, I’m up to [...]
Working proposal for a new movement: the Justice Party
For past few weeks, we’ve been talking about the need for a new feminist-progressive movement or party in this country. The Democrats, as is all too clear, are merely Republicans under a different name. From the Stupak Amendment to the Af-Pak surge, from the Wall Street bailout to the healthcare debacle, we might as [...]
A more Diocletiany follow-up to the Diocletian post
We already have one follow-up to the Diocletian post: What would be the core issues for a women’s party?
But while we’re doing that, I’d also like to open a simultaneous thread on government and electoral reform. My original reference to Diocletian was a nod to his ability to trade in an [...]
What would be the core issues for a women’s party?
This is the first follow-up to our original working session post on political strategy: Dreaming of Diocletian. (And no, twits, it’s not really about Diocletian. Have a sandwich, drink a glass of milk, do some fuckin’ thing.)
One of the ideas we’re batting around is a women’s party or advocacy group that [...]
Oh for Pete’s sake
In my working-session post on how we might develop a new political dynamic that would actually serve feminist and progressive interests (which are currently blocked by the two-party logjam), I whimsically referred to Diocletian. As emperor, Diocletian was able to institute sweeping changes to an outmoded system. Obviously, we can’t do that here [...]
