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Practical Idealist Revival
by John Kusumi (Centrist Liberal)
About The Author
The first Generation X presidential candidate, John Kusumi was the 18-year-old for U.S. President in 1984 (Independent / Practical Idealist). He is the founder and Director Emeritus of the China Support Network, formed with fellow Americans in 1989 to respond to the tragedy of China's Tiananmen Square massacre. He is also a leader of the Freedom First, Olympics Second Coalition -- a combination of many groups that are opposed to Beijing's Olympic Games unless China first is free. He is also a columnist, podcaster, public speaker and advisor to leading Chinese dissidents, with material at Kusumi.com.
About The Column
First use of the term 'practical idealism' in presidential politics was by this author in 1984, as the name of a platform during an independent run for the White House. More recently, Al Gore and Condoleeza Rice have tried to name their views 'practical idealism,' but those attempts did not resonate nor stick. The author likens that to New Coke. In this column, the author will remember and extend the politics of practical idealism -- developed natively in Generation X, by a teenager, and reminding us of what politics look like when they are not bought-and-paid-for. "Enough is enough of New Coke. I'll give you classic practical idealism, when I can squeeze out a new column." China's Year Of Disasters Breeds Discontent
Published: May 16, 2008
While Chinese people need disaster relief, the government is about to throw a $40 billion party for itself: the 2008 Olympics
CNN's Cafferty should not be demonized
Published: April 21, 2008
--at least not for his recent comments about the Chinese government.
China is the new Soviet Union
Published: April 4, 2008
Speechmaking against Communist China. By China Support Network's Director Emeritus John Kusumi, at a large human rights rally welcoming the Human Rights Torch Relay as occurred on the Boston Common, Boston MA on Sunday, March 30 2008.
Dispatches on Tibet, China & Condi Rice
Published: March 20, 2008
The bloody crackdown in Tibet leads this news from the China Support Network. Vietnam is mentioned, and the author makes a second call for Rice to resign
Monster versus Monster: The Democratic Race
Published: March 7, 2008
With Obama and Clinton ignoring human rights and the U.S. Constitution, the author takes a dim view of their contest
Attention CNN: Please Fire Bill Schneider
Published: March 2, 2008
No matter how you feel about Ralph Nader, the matters at issue here are democratic rights of both candidates and voters. The author calls for CNN to let go Bill Schneider based on his branding Nader a "public nuisance."
Stop PNTR for Communist China
Published: February 25, 2008
An open letter from famed Chinese dissident, Wei Jingsheng, to U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Clinton and Obama
Dear Lou Dobbs and Jack Cafferty - an open letter
Published: February 7, 2008
The unfinished business of the mainstream news media.
SOTU: The Practical Idealist Response
Published: January 29, 2008
The author expresses disgust with the State of our Union.
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