Take Back Talking Points Episode 7 Part 4/12

This is a progressive roundtable talk show we're calling Take Back Talking Points. This is a collaborative project, today's show featuring the usual suspects, Capitalocracy, FeelFreeToArgue, and Funkalunatic.

This episode we're trying something a little different that we hope to make a regular segment. About once a month, we plan to dedicate some time on the show to allowing one of the participants to present an idea for a public policy, social movement, etc., that they believe could really change things, and having a discussion on the merits of the idea.

In addition, this episode we talk about Obama's Afghanistan troop surge and why he only seems to fulfill his promises which appease the right, and how to build a social movement and whether conventional forms of protest are effective.

Here's the link to the full playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A25C35DE87CED218

Participants:
http://www.youtube.com/feelfreetoargue
http://www.youtube.com/funkalunatic

And special thanks to moxnewsdotcom, who provided me with the Anderson Cooper clip:
http://www.youtube.com/moxnewsdotcom

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• barack
• hussein
• obama
• afghanistan
• surge
• troops
• iraq
• terror
• taliban
• al qaeda
• dick cheney
• george w. bush
• guantanamo
• gitmo
• democrat
• republican
• ralph nader

[Z200a]

Where's part 1? I only see Parts 4, 7, and 10.

[Capitalocracy]

watch?v=xNBqVWqFQ5g

Not all the segments are up yet, but once they are, a link to the playlist will appear in the video info.

[55ella2007k]

>>> I know this sounds crazy, but we need to able to connect with average people - and not all the tea-baggers are racist fuckheads, although quite a few of them are. The non-racists can be convinced, over time...but, it will take TIME and effort. Anyway, just a thought.

[55ella2007k]

>>> we can debate all this here until we are blue in the face...it will make no difference, unless we start reaching people who have been entirely propagandized, which, I admit, will be an extremely difficult task. For one thing, progressives need to start thinking outside the box (i.e. the Democratic Party), because it's a fucking disaster, quite frankly. Non-alignment with any party is key at this point + taking some of the concern of some the tea-baggers seriously, is another.

[55ella2007k]

Yeah....I listened to Elizabeth Warren's talk as well, + she's correct. Good exchange, guys...btw. ! The problem with protests these days is this: a million anti-war protesters from all walks of life, before the Iraq war, received very scant coverage on TV + did not change the decision to go to war. The middle class, with the economy in shambles, will NOT be risking their jobs if they have a family to feed. There is no way, unless things get much worse: once you have nothing else to lose.

[Z200a]

Thank you!