"Democratic Website "OPEN LEFT" is CLOSING DOWN..." (Koko)

[Tess Anderson]

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KoKo (1000+ posts)      Fri Feb-04-11 06:00 PM
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Democratic Website "OPEN LEFT" is CLOSING DOWN...(Chris Bowers Message re Closing)
 Edited on Fri Feb-04-11 06:00 PM by KoKo
Sad news, but not unexpected, in these times.

If you cared about the site..go over there and pay your respects, if you are so inclined. If you hated them and want to do snark...please refrain.

Every Democratic Website that was tied to "THE MOVEMENT" to change our Democratic Party that goes down is a loss to us. I'm sure Freepers and Trolls would want to do "Grave Dancing," but this is "one more force for change" going down. It's very sad, indeed.

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Open Left is closing
by: Chris Bowers
Fri Feb 04, 2011 at 09:00

I have some sad news. After nearly four years in operation, today will be the final day Open Left publishes new content.

The site will not disappear, and all published content will remain online, but after today we will cease producing new content.

As the people who founded the site, myself included, moved on to other projects, we have gradually run out of money to maintain operations. It is a difficult decision, but we kept going for as long as we could.

I am, and always will be proud of the work we did here. I am, and will always be grateful to everyone who supported, visited, and participated in the site.

No matter what, the inside-outside fight we engaged for progressive change at Open Left will continue in other venues, even though this blog is about to close. The movement is much bigger than one blog.

Farewell posts will run throughout the day. Thank you, so much, to everyone.
Chris Bowers :: Open Left is closing

[thundley4]

Never heard of it, so no reason to grave dance and no reason to grieve .  They must have been a powerful force for the Nutroots movement.

[true_blood]

What a shame. Never heard of it. Doesn't matter now anyways.