A Question for Progressives

by | Jan 19, 2017

Gary Leupp asks a good question:

“How can the progressive anti-Trump movement move forward, if it either embraces this narrative of Russian ‘interference in the U.S. election’ (which is based, after all, on the premise that whoever leaked the damning DNC and Podesta messages showing how the DNC worked to promote Trump’s candidacy, and to curtail Sanders’ support, thereby influenced public opinion against Clinton whereas public opinion should have been mercifully spared the information), or fails to target it as misinformation and war mongering?”

About Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman is the executive editor of The Libertarian Institute and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He is the former senior editor at the Cato Institute and Institute for Humane Studies; former editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education; and former vice president at the Future of Freedom Foundation. His latest books are Coming to Palestine and What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.

Our Books

latest book lineup.

Related Articles

Related

Creative Control and Private Property

Private property isn’t about selfishness so much as it’s about creative control. Someone might want to have their own business, not because they’re greedy, but because they have a vision of how they want things to go that won’t be realized if everyone else gets a say...

read more

RIP, British Army 1415 – 2024

John Cleese and the Monty Python troop were seers in the 1970s. I am fond of saying the British win all their military victories in spite of their best efforts. The IED virus is destroying the institution. The British Army is reducing security checks in pursuit of...

read more