The Cancer in the Democratic Party

In February of this year, Chris Hedges penned an influential article, The Cancer in Occupy, in which he exposed and condemned the activities of the “Black Bloc” of violence-loving extremists who have weakened, divided and discredited the Occupy Movement.* There’s a comparable cancer in the Democratic Party: corporatist Democrats who ally themselves with Republicans on…

Where's Howard Dean? We need progressive political leaders

What happened to Howard Dean?   He served as chairman of the DNC from 2005 to 2009.  According to the wikipedia article about him, “He currently holds neither elected office nor official position in the Democratic party.” You’d think that Dean would play a leading role on the progressive Left, alongside Alan Grayson, Dennis Kucinich, Bernie…