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Cohen: Progressive Election Strategy and the Norman Solomon Campaign
Znet Article, May, 09 2012
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
The two periods of dramatic progressive reform were times when independent Left movements made increasingly bold demands on the Democrats
Cohen: A Time for Action -- Not Servility
Znet Article, January, 25 2011
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
While Washington pundits are talking up a new civility, many progressives are bracing for the old servility -- a bipartisanship that is servile to a corporate elite that is unquenchably greedy and more powerful than ever.
Cohen: President NAFTA Backs President SHAFTA
Znet Article, December, 15 2010
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
It was a stunning spectacle yesterday afternoon when former President Clinton took the podiumfrom President Obama in the White House briefing room to help shove the Obama-GOP tax deal down the throats of Democratic activists and Congress members.
Cohen: Colbert Annoys Press Corps . . . Again
Znet Article, September, 28 2010
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
Let's face it: Some in the Washington press corps still resent Stephen Colbert because he so brilliantly lampooned them to their faces at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner over their coziness with the Bush White House.
Cohen: New Year's Resolution: Don't Apologize for Democrats
Commentary, January, 01 2010
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
For the new year, let's resolve: Don't defend Democrats when they don't deserve defending. And that certainly includes President Obama.
Cohen: Get Ready for the Obama/GOP Alliance
Commentary, November, 29 2009
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
With Obama pushing a huge troop escalation in Afghanistan, history may well repeat itself with a vengeance. And it's not just the apt comparison to LBJ, who destroyed his presidency on the battlefields of Vietnam with an escalation that delivered ...
Cohen: The Mystique of "Free-Market Guy" Obama
Commentary, September, 25 2009
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
No matter what the facts are, some liberal activists and leaders persist in seeing President Obama as a principled progressive reformer who lives and breathes the campaign rhetoric about "change you can believe in."
Cohen: Are Liberal Netroots Groups Helping Obama Fail?
Znet Article, July, 30 2009
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
I’ve started deleting them as spam.
Cohen: Coming to NBC: "To Catch a Cheney"
Commentary, February, 25 2009
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
I have a plan to get NBC out of last place in the ratings. I'm promising blockbuster audience and international buzz. As a once disgruntled ex-employee, I now just want to be positive and help NBC, which needs all the free advice it can get.
Cohen: What Indy Media Heroes Can Teach Us
Commentary, November, 15 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
Independent media outlets that contributed so mightily to the stunning election result are about to be tested as to their "independence." With Democrats in control, will these outlets be guided by principle or just partisanship? Will they speak tr...
Cohen: Big Election Winner: Indy Media
Znet Article, November, 05 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
Of all the factors contributing to Obama’s victory – luck, economic crisis, Bush, Palin – a major factor is now so second-nature to us that we may overlook its transformative impact since just four years ago: the Internet and the progressive onlin...
Cohen: Studs Terkel: He'll Never Be Silenced
Commentary, November, 04 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
The irrepressible Louis "Studs" Terkel was many things - oral historian, radio and TV host, actor, activist, Bronx-born icon of Chicago, the "great listener" who was hard of hearing, Pulitzer Prize-winner. But most of all he was an inspiration. He...
Cohen: Izzy Stone, Patron Saint of Bloggers
Commentary, June, 17 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
It was nineteen years ago this week that I.F. (Izzy) Stone died. The legendary blogger was 81...
Cohen: McClellan and His Media Collaborators
Znet Article, May, 30 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
No sooner had Bush's ex-press secretary (now author) Scott McClellan accused President Bush and his former collaborators of misleading our country into Iraq than the squeals of protest turned into a mighty roar. I'm not talking about the vitriol d...
Cohen: Military Propaganda Pushed Me Off TV
Znet Article, April, 30 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
In the fall of 2002, week after week, I argued vigorously against invading Iraq in debates televised on MSNBC. I used every possible argument that might sway mainstream viewers – no real threat, cost, instability. But as the war neared, my debat...
Cohen: 40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silenced
Commentary, April, 06 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
Soon after Martin Luther King’s birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, I began prodding mainstream media to cover the [http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2269 dramatic story of King’s last year] as he campaigned militantly against U.S. foreign...
Cohen: Iraq Winter Soldier Hearings: Victory for Independent Media
Commentary, March, 18 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
In 1971 at age 19, I had a life-changing experience when I met dozens of Vietnam veterans who'd descended on my hometown of Detroit to testify at the "Winter Soldier" hearings organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Cohen: Stepford Republicans: All Caught on Tape!
Commentary, February, 09 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
"The Stepford Wives" tells the chilling story of once smart, independent women who get abducted and turned into tamed, mindless robots.
Cohen: Announcing the PU-litzer Prizes for 2007
Zmag Article, February, 01 2008
Jeff Cohen
Cohen's ZSpace page
Many journalists qualified for the 16th annual PU-litzer Prizes, but only a few were able to win recognition for turning in one of the truly stinkiest media performances of the year. As the judges for this un-coveted award, we have done our best t...
