Fri, Sept 11 - In this short video, Simon discusses Joe Wilson and the politics of intolerance, and what we are likely to see from the right as the southern strategy becomes less and less viable and acceptable.
On August 27th at 12:15 pm, you're invited to have lunch at NDN while Simon Rosenberg presents his famous and enormously worthwhile presentation "The Dawn of a New Politics." If you plan to join us at NDN, please RSVP. If you can't have lunch at NDN, have lunch with NDN by tuning in at 12:15 for our live webcast.
Once a month over lunch you can see Simon's presentation "The Dawn of a New Politics," either in person here at NDN or live online. This engaging presentation makes a big argument about how politics is changing in America today, and offers ideas and strategies for how progressives can replicate our 20th century success in this new and dynamic century. Simon constantly updates his slides to include the latest in media, demography and politics.
Check out these recent essays from Simon to preview some of his arguments in the Dawn of a New Politics:
Simon has delivered his presentation "Dawn of a New Politics" all across the country over the past several years: At the DNC in Denver, twice for the House Democratic Caucus, on the Google campus, and recently before members and staff of the DSCC and DAGA, among many other gatherings.
Please join us Thursday, August 27, at 12:15pm for a presentation of "Dawn of a New Politics" by Simon Rosenberg.
This engaging presentation makes a big argument on how politics is changing in America today, and offers ideas and strategies for how progressives can replicate our 20th century success in this new and dynamic century.
Simon has delivered his presentation "Dawn of a New Politics" all across the country over the past several years: At the DNC in Denver, twice for the House Democratic Caucus, on the Google campus, and recently before members and staff of the DSCC and DAGA, among many other gatherings.
We cordially invite you to join us-- either here in our event space, or via Web cast-- to watch and engage with this revamped presentation.
If you plan to have lunch and watch the presentation at NDN, please RSVP.
If you can't have lunch at NDN, have lunch with NDN by watching live online here.
This presentation makes a big argument on how politics is changing in America today, and offers ideas and strategies for how progressives can replicate our 20th century success in this new and dynamic century.
Please join us Thursday, July 23, at 12:15pm for a presentation of "Dawn of a New Politics" by Simon Rosenberg.
This engaging presentation makes a big argument on how politics is changing in America today, and offers ideas and strategies for how progressives can replicate our 20th century success in this new and dynamic century.
Simon has delivered his presentation "Dawn of a New Politics" all across the country over the past several years: At the DNC in Denver, twice for the House Democratic Caucus, on the Google campus, and recently before members and staff of the DSCC and DAGA, among many other gatherings.
We cordially invite you to join us-- either here in our event space, or via Web cast-- to watch and engage with this revamped presentation.
If you plan on coming to the presentation, please RSVP.
Please join us Today, June 25, at 12:15pm for a presentation of "Dawn of a New Politics" by Simon Rosenberg.
This engaging presentation makes a big argument on how politics is changing in America today, and offers ideas and strategies for how progressives can replicate our 20th century success in this new and dynamic century.
Simon has recently updated the presentation with new arguments and slides, including an analysis of the bottom-up democratic uprising we're seeing today in Iran. Even if you've seen the presentation before, this new version will be fresh and engaging!
Simon has delivered his presentation "Dawn of a New Politics" all across the country over the past several years: At the DNC in Denver, twice for the House Democratic Caucus, on the Google campus, and recently before members and staff of the DSCC and DAGA, among many other gatherings.
We cordially invite you to join us-- either here in our event space, or via Web cast-- to watch and engage with this revamped presentation.
It's been a very busy week on the new tools front. On Monday, I wrote about "Social Media and the Iran Protests." On Tuesday, I wrote about how internet users around the world were hacking Iranian government sites, providing mirror proxies for Iranian activists, and even changing their locations to "Tehran" in a move straight out of "Sparticus."
Since then, the new-media blitz in Iran has only continued to accelerate. As foreign reporters leave the country in droves, citizen journalists there are taking matters into their own hands, uploading videos of beatings and shootings to YouTube and giving real-time first-hand accounts and organizing directions on Twitter.
These services, realizing how politically consequential they have now become, responded well to the situation. Twitter, heeding the pleas of many of its users and even the State Department, put off a critical scheduled update that would have interrupted service. YouTube made exceptions to its policy of banning violent material. From the New York Times:
“In general, we do not allow graphic or gratuitous violence on YouTube,” the company said in a statement. “However, we make exceptions for videos that have educational, documentary, or scientific value. The limitations being placed on mainstream media reporting from within Iran make it even more important that citizens in Iran be able to use YouTube to capture their experiences for the world to see.”
Google, which owns YouTube, also just added Farsi (Persian) to its translator service, stating that they "hope that this tool will improve access to information in Iran and outside." Over half of Google's employees were born in other countries, which may help to explain their particular sensitivity on this issue. Finally, although the Iranian government has blocked Facebook, the social networking service added a Persian version today.
On Twitter, people around the world continue their outpouring of support - #iranelection is still the top topic, and a great deal of Twitter users (myself included) have made their icons green in a show of solidarity. For those that are not photoshop-inclined, you can even change it automatically by visiting helpiranelection.com, which turns your existing icon green (the "friendly web-geek" creator of this app is running this off of his own server at his own expense).
We will see where all of this leads. As I said myself, I don't think that the use of these new tools in and of itself constitutes a "revolution," as some have asserted. But it is very clear that, as the techniques and technologies of power multiply and evolve, so too do the methods of resistance. This organic, horizontal, distributed, and deeply democratic process stands in stark contrast to the autocratic theocracy that is the Iranian government.
Some leading Democrats believe demographic and technological trends have created a "new progressivism," in the words of Simon Rosenberg... "Allow us who survived the Bush-DeLay era to have at least a year of happiness," he joked.
On Monday, June 29 at 2 p.m., Simon Rosenberg and Morley Winograd will conduct a forum at the Personal Democracy Forum Conference in New York called "America 2.0 - How Our Changing Demography Is Helping Create a New Politics."
Among the most disruptive developments of the early 21st century is the way the American people themselves are changing. Driven by vast waves of recent immigration, and the rise of the Millennial Generation, the largest generation in American history, America is undergoing one of its most profound demographic transformations in its history. For those advocating the use of new tools it is essential that they also understand how different - and more racially diverse - the audience they are trying to reach is becoming from any previous group of Americans who have come before. Simon and Morley will explore these changes in a powerful set of data-driven presentations.
The discussion will be moderated by Washington Post report Jose Vargas.
On Monday, June 29, Simon Rosenberg and Morley Winograd will conduct a forum at the Personal Democracy Forum Conference in New York called "America 2.0 - How Our Changing Demography Is Helping Create a New Politics."
Please join us Thursday, June 25, at 12:15pm for a presentation of "Dawn of a New Politics" by Simon Rosenberg.
This engaging presentation makes a big argument on how politics is changing in America today, and offers ideas and strategies for how progressives can replicate our 20th century success in this new and dynamic century.
Simon has recently updated the presentation with new arguments and slides, including an analysis of the bottom-up democratic uprising we're seeing today in Iran. Even if you've seen the presentation before, this new version will be fresh and engaging!
Simon has delivered his presentation "Dawn of a New Politics" all across the country over the past several years: At the DNC in Denver, twice for the House Democratic Caucus, on the Google campus, and recently before members and staff of the DSCC and DAGA, among many other gatherings.
We cordially invite you to join us-- either here in our event space, or via Web cast-- to watch and engage with this revamped presentation.
Thursday, June 25 at 12:15pm - NDN President Simon Rosenberg will deliver his presentation "Dawn of a New Politics," complete with new arguments and slides, including new analysis of the forces behind the 2008 election.
Las Vegas, NV - It is a very proud day for many Hispanics today, as Obama nominates the first Hispanic to serve on the United States Supreme Court. I am not going to spend much time talking about Sotomayor's biography because you will get that from all the major news media outlets over the next few days.
I do want to spend some time talking about why this choice is so important to many Hispanics. As President Obama travels to my home state of Nevada to raise money for US Senator Reid and the Nevada Democratic Party, the media will focus its attention on the choice of Sotomayor. First, I want to state that after you look at Sotomayor's credentials, you will see that she is supremely qualified for this post. However, beyond her judicial credentials, she was heavily supported by Hispanics for this post becuase she is such a qualified Hispanic. President Obama was elected President with strong support from Hispanics in key battleground states such as Nevada. His efforts here were amplified by the strong organization that was built by US Senator Reid and the Nevada Democratic Party. In fact, the 2008 Nevada Presidential caucuses were the first real test that President Obama endured in courting Hispanic voters. It is only fitting, that he travel to Nevada on the day that he announces the most historic Hispanic appointment of his Administration.
Obama selecting Sotomayor is important on so many levels to Hispanics. It continues to cement his support among Hispanic voters, but it also continues keep his revolutionary campaign moving. A campaign that inspired so many people to engage in the political process out of "HOPE" for a better future. Sotomayor offers "HOPE" to many Hispanics and all Americans. That a child from humble beginnings, raised by a single mother, speaking a foreign language as her native tongue, can rise above the obstacles and the struggles and achieve such an honor as being nominated to the Supreme Court, is an immese sense and source of pride for many. Yes it was "HOPE" that drove many Hipsanics to the voting booths on election day in 2008, and it is "HOPE" that fills them today as they watch Sonia Sotomayor fill the airwaves. I watched my daughter as Sotomayor gave her speech this morning, and could see the inspiration in her eyes. You see she learned that reading Nancy Drew inspired Sotomayor to pursue her legal career, and reading Nancy Drew has inspired my daughter to engage in many investigative adventures of her own. If Sotomayor can do it, Si Se Puede!
Since then, the new-media blitz in Iran has only continued to accelerate. As foreign reporters leave the country in droves, citizen journalists there are taking matters into their own hands, uploading videos of beatings and shootings to YouTube and giving real-time first-hand accounts and organizing directions on Twitter.
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