Comrade Robert Kuttner Makes Plea to Keep Socialist Friendly American Prospect Open

Comrade Robert Kuttner makes the urgent plea:

For or the first time in the history of the American republic, the far right has captured one of our two major parties. Whether the issue is denial of science, restriction of fundamental rights and liberties, the substitution of big money for the vote, the destruction of the middle class, or the wreckage of even modest social supports, we live in ominous times. Unfortunately, it is also a precarious time for one of America’s core progressive institutions—this magazine. As a founding editor of The American Prospect, I have never written a column like this one, and I hope never to write another. The Prospect could cease publication if we don’t bridge a serious funding gap. Specifically, we need half a million dollars, and we need it by the end of May.

No word yet on whether Harold Meyerson's comrades at the Democratic Socialists of America will chip in.