http://dir.salon.com/topics/left/?source=rss&aim=left en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT By Andrew Leonard Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/31/rand_lenin_and_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/31/rand_lenin_and_obama/index.html?source=rss Is the president selling out the working man, or waging class warfare on behalf of the proletariat? Because surely he can't be doing both at the same time? By Eric Boehlert Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/21/nader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/21/nader/index.html?source=rss Even many of his former allies don't support maverick Ralph Nader's presidential bid. And more mainstream Democrats aren't just mad -- they're apoplectic. By Joan Walsh Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2003/10/30/weinstein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2003/10/30/weinstein/index.html?source=rss In These Times founder James Weinstein on the American left's "long detour" with communism, its current crisis, and the hope he sees in Howard Dean. By Donna Minkowitz Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/10/23/boudin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/10/23/boudin/index.html?source=rss A new book dishes the dirt on recently paroled Brinks robber Kathy Boudin and her high-powered -- and completely dysfunctional -- family. By Edward W. Lempinen Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/19/left/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/19/left/index.html?source=rss Progressives have lots of arguments against the war on Iraq -- some of them compelling. But why aren't they burning to free Saddam's oppressed masses? By David Talbot Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/11/22/frank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/11/22/frank/index.html?source=rss Progressive congressman Barney Frank talks about why he supports the war, opposes Bush's attack on civil liberties and thinks Clinton's military legacy is just fine. By Damien Cave Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/19/berkeley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/19/berkeley/index.html?source=rss Antiwar sentiment still runs deep in cities like Berkeley, Madison and Cambridge. But peace activists are being confronted by a strong wave of pro-war patriotism. By David Horowitz Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/11/08/buchanan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/11/08/buchanan/index.html?source=rss Now that Buchanan is taking his followers over to the Reform Party, the extreme right and extreme left can finally be united in their isolationist vision of the world. By David Horowitz Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/10/25/reflections/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/10/25/reflections/index.html?source=rss But if you do, how can you say whether your life might have turned out differently? For me, it was a stark choice: Accept the absolute limits on human hope or adhere to the destructive fantasy of change. By David Horowitz Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/10/11/cornel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/10/11/cornel/index.html?source=rss For the tragic impact a "progressive," PC education has on minority students of great promise, look at the sad case of Harvard's Cornel West. By David Horowitz Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/09/27/said/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1999/09/27/said/index.html?source=rss Three leading leftist figures have been exposed this year as having lied about their backgrounds. Has the failure of their ideology forced them to fictionalize? By Ian Williams Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/14/left/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/14/left/index.html?source=rss American leftists could learn something from their European counterparts -- war is the only way to stop Milosevic. By David Weir Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/02/16/sneaks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/02/16/sneaks/index.html?source=rss David Weir reviews 'The Politics of Bad Faith' by David Horowitz By David Horowitz Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1998/05/04/nc_04horo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1998/05/04/nc_04horo/index.html?source=rss A LEFTIST INTELLECTUAL TRIES TO RESURRECT SOCIALISM AS A MOVEMENT OF "HOPE." HE FAILS. By David Corn Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/10/08/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/10/08/news/index.html?source=rss The fund-raising scandal surrounding the re-election campaign of Teamster leader Ron Carey provides a huge boost to Republicans and anti-union causes everywhere. By A. Clay Thompson Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/10/06/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/10/06/news/index.html?source=rss A low-intensity war is taking place in parts of Europe, with terrorist activities and open battles on the streets between neo-Nazis and their increasingly militant opponents.