A Thousand Points of Light
Yesterday, AlterNet launched a new blog called Echo Chamber. Its mission is to "cover how progressive ideas and issues are communicated and gain traction in the overall media universe."
AlterNet sees two main problems with the progressive movement:
Ineffective amplification of progressive ideas and goals in the media. How do we "echo" a progressive message "frequently in various media by multiple message carriers until it reaches a tipping point or helps achieve a political goal, or becomes part of the overall national political conversation"?
The "movement" is currently just a "conglomeration of several different issues or identity-based movements."
American progressives are like a thousand points of light. We've never found a way to shine that light through a single, powerful lens, and that's why "we are no closer to the rebirth of a genuine movement [today] than we were 25 years ago."
Don't know if Echo Chamber will ultimately provide the lens, but maybe it will be a start.
