RE: Politically Progressive Section
April 16, 2011 at 4:15 pm
(This post was last modified: April 16, 2011 at 4:32 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
I will slowly be working through world wide Progressive thinkers on this thread. I will start with my favorite Progressive leader in America: Theodore Roosevelt. I will then be randomly posting bits and pieces of him, and other world wide Progressive thinkers as the time goes by.
Feel free to chime in with your favorite Progressive thinkers and leaders as well.
Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive thought versus ultra-conservative resistance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhlzdjPGxrs
Theodore Roosevelt 1912 - Why the Trusts and Bosses Oppose the Progressive Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R9-mo4FNQ
I also very much like what Caroline Lucas ( Green Party of England and Wales) says as well. Progressivism is not just a political thought. It is a world wide activism, which seperates us from traditional socialism and "establishment" liberals. Progressivism must be anti-authoritarian and taken willingly as a way of life. Something which the Progressive must embrace as a "life view" that reflects upon all the Progressive does, not only publicly, but privately. I think her speech on the "challenge of modern Progressive politics" points out, in my opinion, the need to remember that we should avoid extremism, and rather to spread Progressive thought through our everyday actions and decisions. We should lead by example, not force.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI0FD0pvKPA
Feel free to chime in with your favorite Progressive thinkers and leaders as well.
Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive thought versus ultra-conservative resistance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhlzdjPGxrs
Theodore Roosevelt 1912 - Why the Trusts and Bosses Oppose the Progressive Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R9-mo4FNQ
I also very much like what Caroline Lucas ( Green Party of England and Wales) says as well. Progressivism is not just a political thought. It is a world wide activism, which seperates us from traditional socialism and "establishment" liberals. Progressivism must be anti-authoritarian and taken willingly as a way of life. Something which the Progressive must embrace as a "life view" that reflects upon all the Progressive does, not only publicly, but privately. I think her speech on the "challenge of modern Progressive politics" points out, in my opinion, the need to remember that we should avoid extremism, and rather to spread Progressive thought through our everyday actions and decisions. We should lead by example, not force.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI0FD0pvKPA
