The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today

May 24, 2005

Harvard Club of New York City

Mr. Malanga talked about his book The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today, published by Ivan R. Dee. Steven Malanga said that the newest movement in liberal politics has rolled back reforms in major cities such as New York, loses money at an alarming rate, and hurts the people it attempts to help. It does so through unions .. Read More
Mr. Malanga talked about his book The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today, published by Ivan R. Dee. Steven Malanga said that the newest movement in liberal politics has rolled back reforms in major cities such as New York, loses money at an alarming rate, and hurts the people it attempts to help. It does so through unions petitioning for living-wage laws, which he says drive businesses elsewhere, and instituting government reforms established by those who stand to gain the most from those reforms. In his book Mr. Malanga outlined the ways in which the Left has strayed from the visions of the New Left of the 1960s and how it continues to gain strength within the national Democratic Party. After his discussion, he responded to audience questions.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:19 none UT IN TV LAND. YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN STEVE MALANGA WAS EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF CRANE'S NEW YORK BUSINESS,...
00:04:43 Unidentified Speaker JUST LISTENING TO MYRON'S DESCRIPTION OF WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST COUPLE...
00:34:00 Unidentified Speaker IF I USE THE TERM LUDICROUS, IT WAS BECAUSE MYRON EDITED IT FROM ONE OF MY STORIES. [LAUGHTER]
00:34:09 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS AN EXPLETIVE IN MY STORY. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE AVERAGE COST PER...
00:35:35 Unidentified Speaker HENRY.
00:35:41 Unidentified Speaker I AM READY TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE UNIONS, AND THE PROSPENDING FORCES, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN...
00:36:31 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION ACTUALLY IS WHO ARE THE GOOD GUYS. THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. I THINK IN A STATE LIKE...
00:38:51 Unidentified Speaker SPEAKING OF ANALYSIS, AND A LOT OF THOSE ADVOCACY GROUPS, ALL THE ADVOCACY GROUPS, OF COURSE, ARE...
00:39:05 Unidentified Speaker WHERE?
00:39:09 Unidentified Speaker PICK A STATE, ANY STATE.
00:39:11 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THE INTERESTING THING WHICH I DIDN'T GET INTO, WE STARTED TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A REACTION....
00:40:33 Unidentified Speaker STEVE, DO YOU THINK THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW LEFT, NEW NEW LEFT HAVE ANY SINCERE BELIEF THAT BIG GOVERNMENT...
00:40:56 Unidentified Speaker WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE ASKING MEES A JOURNALIST AND EDITOR TO TALK ABOUT INTENTION, AND THAT...
00:42:27 Unidentified Speaker STEVE, I ENJOYED YOUR REMARKS
00:42:28 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:42:30 Unidentified Speaker AND I WAS VERY INTERESTED TO READ IN THE DAILY NEWS AT THE TIME OF THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...
00:43:12 Unidentified Speaker WELL, MY COMMENT ABOUT THAT IS THE WORST THING ABOUT THAT IS NOT THAT PART OF THE AGREEMENT, BUT THE...
00:43:53 Unidentified Speaker STEVE, ON THE SUBJECT OF LIVING WAGE, I WAS WONDERING IF THESE GROUPS HAVE ANY REALLY SPECIFIC INTEREST...
00:44:09 Unidentified Speaker WELL, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, IN MANY, MANY PLACES, LIVING WAGE LEGISLATION IS A TOOL TO ACCOMPLISH...
00:45:17 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
00:45:18 Unidentified Speaker I WONDER IF YOU HAVE EVER LOOKED INTO THE SOURCE OF FUNDING, NOT OF THE TAX SUPPORTED GROUPS, BUT...
00:45:27 Unidentified Speaker THE INSTITUTE? [LAUGHTER]
00:45:30 Unidentified Speaker SO-CALLED THINK TANKS?
00:45:32 Unidentified Speaker MANHATTAN INSTITUTE IS SUPPORTING LIVING WAGE? THEN MAYBE. BUT I HAVE COME UP AGAINST THESE SO-CALLED...
00:46:03 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT.
00:46:06 Unidentified Speaker AND AS I USUALLY DO, WHEN I AM COMING UP AGAINST GROUPS, I WENT ONLINE AND LOOKED AT JP MORRISON CHASE,...
00:46:22 Unidentified Speaker OH, EASY.
00:46:24 Unidentified Speaker CHASE WOULD DO THAT?
00:46:25 Unidentified Speaker EVERY MAJOR BANK IN THIS COUNTRY IS A FINANCIER OF ACORN OR SIMILAR GROUPS, BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY...
00:48:07 Unidentified Speaker MICHAEL.
00:48:09 Unidentified Speaker SORRY TO MAKE YOU RUN SO MUCH MICHAEL. YOU ARE LOOKING VERY FIT AND TRIM THESE DAYS.
00:48:19 Unidentified Speaker ONE ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF STRATEGIES AND BATTLES, WHETHER LOCAL OR NATIONAL,...
00:48:37 Unidentified Speaker SURE. I THINK THE FIRST THING IS THAT THESE TWO MOVEMENTS HAVE NOT YET CLASHED EXTENSIVELY, AND THE...
00:49:35 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE. IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING CLASH.
00:49:42 Unidentified Speaker

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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