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Actions for Restoring America: How to Begin Repairing the Damage to Freedom in America After Bush

Everyone has their wish list for the Obama administration, a reflection of just how broad the destruction has been over the course of the reactionary era of American history and especially the last 8 years. Unfortunately, a wish list is not an organizing plan and I really hope to see more of those in the coming weeks. In the mean time, I'll share with you a wish list around which I know for certain there will be some serious organizing. The ACLU has prepared a document covering actions that can be taken immediately by the new administration and actions that could fruitfully be taken in the first 100 days: Actions for Restoring America: How to Begin Repairing the Damage to Freedom in America After Bush. As painful as it may be to read in one place even this slice of what's been done to us by the Bush cabal, we need to come together around it. Posted: 11/10/08; 2:39:05 PM #

And Then a Hero Comes Along
	Fazila Farouk offers a perspective from South African civil society on the Obama election in And Then a Hero Comes Along. I was moved to read how she sees this event. Posted: 11/10/08; 2:32:51 PM #

Barack Obama and the American Spirit of Social Entrepreneurship
	Although I'm not a fan of American Exceptionalism in any form, I really enjoyed Nathaniel Whittemore's article on Barack Obama and the American Spirit of Social Entrepreneurship. It's not so much about Obama as it is about history: restorative justice, community organizing, innovation in social movements, and what is now called "social entrepreneurship". Posted: 11/10/08; 12:47:45 PM #