David Sirota

David Sirota is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His newest book is The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington (Crown).

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2007

  • Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying

    May 21, 2007

    The American labor movement must guard the interests of those it represents--even if it makes people in power uncomfortable.

2006

  • Wanted: A Real Leader

    November 14, 2006

    Steny Hoyer spouts Beltway conventional wisdom no matter what the cost to his party; Jack Murtha has the potential to help revise our national security and economic priorities. Is there really a choice here?

  • Mr. Obama Goes to Washington

    June 8, 2006

    Barack Obama talks a great progressive game. But his record so far shows he has a proven ability to mix charisma with deference to the establishment.

  • Newt's New Con

    January 12, 2006

    No voice rings as hollow as Newt Gingrich's on the GOP culture of corruption. Incredibly, the media are swallowing his story.

2005

  • Minority/Majority

    December 20, 2005 Subscribe

    While the Democratic Leadership Council issued a report advising Democrats to behave more like Republicans, Senator Russ Feingold has transcended party lines, forging a large, bipartisan coalition to revise the Patriot Act to better protect Americans' civil liberties.

  • Minority/Majority

    December 8, 2005

    The Democratic Leadership Council purports to speak for Democrats, yet still employs former Christian Coalition official Marshall Wittmann to parrot dishonest right-wing talking points about the war. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi joins Representative Jack Murtha to demand withdrawal from Iraq.

  • Minority/Majority

    November 22, 2005

    While Steny Hoyer seeks to "make himself the first contact for K Street," Nancy Pelosi and George Miller are pressing forward with their crackdown on lobbying and ethics abuses.

  • Majority/Minority

    November 10, 2005 Subscribe

    Joe Biden buoys up Samuel Alito's nomination by tamping down speculation of a filibuster. But California's George Miller convinced the President to revoke an executive order that would undermine prevailing Gulf Coast wages.

  • Minority/Majority

    October 26, 2005

    The attempt to fashion a distinct Democratic identity was temporarily halted when Elaine Kamarck and William Galston published a self-serving call for Democrats to move to the "center." But nearly every Senate Democrat voted for a raise in the minimum wage, a clear move exclusive to the party.

  • Minority/Majority

    October 13, 2005

    While Rahm Emanuel sticks with a "stay-the-course" approach, despite polls that show Americans want out of Iraq, Carl Levin becames the latest high-level leader to make a compelling argument for withdrawal.

  • Minority/Majority

    September 29, 2005 Subscribe

    Three senators caved and supported the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. as Supreme Court Chief Justice. But one lawmaker, banking on the public's cynicism of the oil industry, wants to tax its windfall profits.

  • Timid Democrats, Muscular Unions

    August 25, 2005 Subscribe

    A dozen Democrats are feeling timid about opposing Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr., while a score of unions and grassroots organizations are showing muscle against CAFTA.

  • The Resurgence of Movement Politics

    August 12, 2005

    It's time for progressives to stop acting like losers and learn how to beat conservatives at their own game.

  • Challenging Rove

    July 28, 2005

    Democrats, led by Rep. John Tierney, joined in sending a letter to Bush demanding he revoke Rove's security clearance.

  • Reviewing the Estate Tax

    June 29, 2005

    Two states recently restored the estate tax to fund critical middle-class programs.

  • Reviewing the Patriot Act

    June 23, 2005

    Senate Dems defending privacy rights move toward the majority, while their opponents stay in the minority.

  • Time for an Exit Strategy

    June 9, 2005

    House members calling for an Iraq exit strategy move toward the majority as their opponents stay in the minority.

  • Minority/Majority

    May 26, 2005

    Friends of predatory lenders stay in the minority, while foes move toward the majority.

  • Property Rights and Health Care in the States

    May 5, 2005

    State Rep. Wes McKinley of Colorado stays in the minority, while Democrats and Progressives in Vermont move toward the majority.

2004

  • Debunking 'Centrism'

    December 16, 2004

    It's what corporations want, not the public.

  • 2004: Vote for Bush or Die

    September 9, 2004

    In an election strategy spawned from the events of 9/11, the Republicans challenged John Kerry by politicizing terror.

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RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 12/1/08
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)

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