As some of my readers know, I’m always interested in articles that highlight how all the political parties in Canada (and the US?) have become conservative. Not necessarily in the sense that they want to roll back government, but in the sense that they cannot not imagine some new future. I think the classic example [...]
Entries tagged as “neo-progressivism”
Neo-Progressive Alert: The NDP as risk-averse conservatives
A Neo-Progressive Manifesto
This piece builds on my thoughts regarding Umair Haque’s Generation M Manifesto. Dear conservatives on the Left and Right – and those beholden to them. We would like to break up with you. Every day, we see a widening gap in how you and we understand the world — and what we want from it. [...]
The Neo-Progressive Manifesto Prelude (or why Generation M must be remixed)
On Wednesday Umair Haque’s posted a Manifesto for Generation M. The post has received some praise and some serious criticism. I’d be lying if I said the post didn’t resonate with me on certain level – heck, that is why I remixed it (lightly) on Friday night. Many of the manifesto’s ideas and links – [...]
The Generation M Manifesto (Re-mixed v.1)
I’ve always been a big Umair fan and think you should to. He writes about everything Taylor and I were getting at in our piece about The Death of Progressive Politics and the need for a neo-progressive movement. On Wednesday Umair Haque published The Generation M Manifesto on his blog. In the very best spirit [...]
Neo-Progressive update: Fighting Corruption
Those who read my blog know that I’ve always been an enormous fan of Lawrence Lessig. On numerous occasions I’ve pointed people to his most amazing talk on copyright. Indeed when Beltzner finally got me to watch Lessig’s talk a few years ago (after months of trying) it caused me to go into a 6 [...]


