http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/chomsky/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4164/moving_forward_without_dogma/ Despite the severity of the current economic crisis, the morale of the progressive movement remains sky high. Liberals, progressives and leftists worked their tails off to help elect Barack Obama--and this time we won! Hundreds of thousands of progressive activists worked directly with the Obama campaign, while similarly large numbers worked in parallel projects such as the all-out mobilization organized by the labor movement and MoveOn's impressive grassroots campaign--to name two of the largest independent efforts. Less noticed has been the fact that over the last year most progressives approached politics in a principled and pragmatic manner. Third party-ism never threatened the progressive movement's determination to rally behind Obama. Neither did another chronic problem on the American left--the temptation of… activism politics chomsky Rachel Jefferson