FPIF Advisory Committee Member*

Robert L. Borosage

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Co-Director of the Campaign for America's Future, a new organization founded to put forth a populist economic agenda for our country's future. Previously, Borosage was the founder and Director of the Campaign for New Priorities, involving over 100 organizations in the call to reinvest in America in the post-cold war era. Mr. Borosage writes widely on political, economic, and national security issues for publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Nation. He is a frequent commentator on television and radio, including Fox Morning News, Radio Nation, National Public Radio, C-SPAN, and Pacifica Radio.

In a recent LA Times op-ed, Borosage says congressional liberals are the only hope for corporate accountability:

"Despite the dire warnings from Wall Street, it is still business as usual in Washington. The scandals have merely stirred dozens of industry associations and hundreds of corporations into action to bottle up even watered-down reform." more

New from Campaign for America's Future: JULY 4 WEEK: National week of action on Social Security. Americans challenge politicians: Declare your independence from the privatizers. Sign the Pledge to protect Social Security and Medicare. The Campaign for America's Future and a broad coalition of national and local organizations are planning events in over 35 cities across the country during the month of July . Our challenge: to focus the voters' attention on the impending threat to Social Security and the President's plan to cut benefits through privatization – before Election Day. Click for more info on July events and the Pledge.

Also: Announcing STRAIGHTTALK 2002–A handbook for activists and candidates in a political debate that will be driven by working family issues. Click here for polling, do’s and don’ts, making a progressive case, tips to counter conservative chaff, choosing language and progressive policies. Chapters on: Social Security, health care, education, energy independence, corporate accountability, and jobs and growth.

Also: Enron Conservatives: The rise and fall of the House of Enron exposes Enron conservatives – from the president to Army Secretary Thomas E. White to the shameless Sen. Phil Gramm to Ken Lay and other Enron executives – for what they are. They believe in their own Golden Rule: those that have the gold make the rules.

Commentaries and Other Analysis
Authored by FPIF Adviser Borosage

Capitalism's Best Pals: Liberals
By Robert L. Borosage (July 8, 2002)

Military Spending: Threats and Priorities
By Robert Borosage (January 2001)

Other Pieces by Robert Borosage on FPIF's website:

Special Report
Money Talks: The Implications of U.S. Budget Priorities
By Robert L. Borosage (September 1999)

Special Report
We Do Guns--Not Plagues
By Robert Borosage

* Note from the FPIF Editor: Although the Advisory Committee shares FPIF's broad principles of internationalism, human rights, anti-militarism, and sustainable development, FPIF doesn't expect all members necessarily to agree with or endorse all the policy prescriptions that we publish.