Jacobin Takes On the Execrable Kos

[QC]

Requiem for a Lightweight
Markos Moulitsas was once the face of American progressivism. That shouldn’t happen again.

Leftists must remake the Democratic Party, from the grassroots up, in order to combat the juggernaut of capital, warfare, and racism wracking the country. Let Moulitsas, and the diminishing returns his brand of principle-impoverished liberalism offered, serve as a warning of how not to do it. Only when the Democratic Party stands for estimable political action — and it’s a long shot, given the entrenched decadence of American political corruption — can calling oneself “the democratic wing of the Democratic Party” constitute something of which anyone can be proud.

More doing – less blogging.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/markos-moulitsas-kos-democrats-clinton-trump/

[kenfrequed]

1. Interesting read

This should definitely be considered.

In a lot of ways political writing has always been something akin to grouped self-congratulations among the political aficionados. It is clear that the internet has not changed this as much and the cultivation of "conventional wisdom" takes a very similar course. Of course, since the "netroots" was reliant on the same media outlets to comment on it is possible that there wasn't really an avenue for change. Would that these folk relied more on The Progressive, The Nation, or Democracy Now.

[riderinthestorm]

2. I read Jacobin daily, and subscribe

They always have interesting, thoughtful and sometimes even provocative articles.

Not sure DKos is execrable for example...