A lot of left-wingers are saying we should “Dump Obama”, making comparisons to the “Dump Johnson” movement of 1968. But the left had George McGovern to run against Johnson. Today, we have no one. So here’s some advice to help get this movement up and running.

The next leg of the journey on the road to activism was harder and the challenges steeper.

I’ve already offered a 50,000-foot view of the road to here for some of the angry left — the road some of us who were progressives in 2003 took as we sought to wrest the country away from conservatives. I’ll share now is a more personal view of the last seven years on this road; what follows documents my experience from 2002-2005.

First in a series of posts about getting to this sad state, marginalized by the people we elected to office and referred to pejoratively as the “fucking retarded” “professional left,” our hands bitten by the dogs we’ve reared and fed.

We need to create a new national orgazation with local chapters. A union for all working people but not focused only on workplace issues, instead focused on taking control of our country.

While the Netroots Nation Convention commands the attention of many who are tuned into activism this weekend, there is another gathering of significance that is happening in Albany, NY–the United National Peace Conference.

That Americans are not supportive of progressivism is largely a conjured up fear to excuse a failure to advance a progressive agenda and win support from Democratic Party leaders for progressive change. The American people support progressive ideas. They just need real progressive leadership that, independently from Democratic Party interests, promotes a vision and future where these progressive ideas are indeed viable and practical.

Each year, for the past five years, members of what has become known as the “netroots” have come together for an annual convention known as Netroots Nation to participate in a forum for progressive activists and candidates to strengthen communities online and grow the progressive movement. As the “netroots” prepares for another convention, what might be the outcome? What is the state of the “netroots” and how are Democratic Party politics impacting the “netroots”?

An Alternet.org column got me thinking about the late organizer Saul Alinsky.

I had an idea the other day, and I’m going to put it together. Basically, I’m creating a map of people all over the nation who are willing to donate something – their home, some food, some time, etc – to resistance to war, big business’ greed, and other injustices. Google Maps makes this surprisingly easy.