what a progressive political platform really looks like

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Matt Stoller gives a list of five issues he wishes the Democrats would bring up. Until these (and other) matters get some dialogue, we don't have a true mainstream Left in the United States. This list highlights how many elephants there are in the room that somehow avoid being mentioned in our political discourse.

Subject: End the War on Drugs
Factoid: There are 1 million people put in jail for doing what Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George Bush have done.

Subject: End corporate media ownership
Factoid: General Electric, a major defense contractor and conglomerate, owns NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC.

Subject: End American empire
Factoid: As of 1998, America had troops stationed in 144 countries around the world.

Subject: End the war economy
Factoid: Money for Iraq keeps passing in 'emergency' legislation to avoid being subject to budget rules.

Subject: End the cradle-to-prison superhighway
Factoid: 2 million people are in prison in America, by far the highest total of any other country in the world.