Blue Grit

Laura Flanders Takes a Gander at Those Who Pander

Laura Flanders, author of Blue Grit, has a chat with Amanda Marcotte over at Pandagon. Amanda writes that she pursued the interview because she “was so impressed with her (Flander’s) various recommendations for the Democratic party on how to revitalize themselves by tapping the progressive movement…”

Regarding political sea changes and the (much hoped for) rise in progressive awareness and action, Flanders sez:

I don’t believe in random swings of opinion; what you have are swings of organizing. You can change opinions, but it’s not just magic – it takes work.  Read more