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“Ten Steps to a Liberal America” with Bill Scher

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Join us as we discuss Bill Scher’s new book on revitalizing liberal politics.  Come prepared with lots of questions!

Thursday, Sept. 28

7 – 8:30 pm

USES Harriet Tubman House, 566 Columbus Avenue, Boston

Directions: http://www.uses.org/directions.htm

RSVP: http://www.upcoming.org/event/109795

Buy the book at the event, or online at http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-1594863962-0

Bill Scher has been writing smart, sharp political commentary on his popular blog, Liberal Oasis, for several years.  Now, he’s got a bold, pragmatic plan to revitalize liberal politics in America.  His book contains plenty of practical advice on how to:

– defuse the right-wing culture war

– communicate directly with the news media and encourage them to cover underreported stories

– protest in a way that reaches those outside the ranks of activist organizations

– join the growing online liberal community to effectively exert pressure on the political establishment

– embrace the term liberal as often and as openly as possible

Come prepared with lots of questions!  We’ll have a question and answer session after Bill’s reading.

Co-sponsored by Blue Mass Group, Cambridge Drinking Liberally, Boston Drinking Liberally, Cambridge DFA, Boston DFA, and the Harvard Bookstore.

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  2. A new slogan. I like it! I think Mr. Patrick should run with it.

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    – embrace the term liberal as often and as openly as possible.

    • one of the reasons i’m happy to have bill scher visit us is exactly that – i’m tired of hearing people who are afraid to use the word liberal, or who think it’s a dirty term.  i still hear it these days, even from fellow activists.  it’s a republican tactic, and we need to cut it out.

        • They don’t mean exactly the same thing, but they’re also not mutually exclusive, and I’m happy to use both.  I prefer candidates who are both progressive and liberal, and if they say so, that’s great.  In a lot of the Democratic primaries and municipal elections we’ve been contesting around here recently, all or most candidates are “liberal” so the distinction is in looking for the best progressive.  But when it comes to electing our governor, Kerry Healey is clearly much less liberal than Deval Patrick (or Grace Ross).

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          One way to illustrate the distinction: In the 2003/2004 Democratic contest for the presidential nomination, Dennis Kucinich was the most liberal, and Howard Dean was the most progressive.  In the 2005 state senate special election, both Mackey and Jehlen were about equally liberal, but Jehlen was more progressive.

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