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Listen to PDA and The Nation in the heart of Denver at the “Progressive Central“–a progressive oasis during the 2008 DNC, where like-minded individuals can meet to network, share ideas, learn from the country’s foremost progressives, and help build the progressive movement.

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Progressive Central Denver – Sunday August 24th 2008 Kick-Off Event

The audio podcast of PDA's Progressive Central from the DNC in Denver CO Kick Off Event Sunday August 24th at 8PM MST

Progressive Central Denver – Monday August 25th 2008 I

The Nation Conversations Series– Healthcare, Aids, and Africa Moderated by author and The Nation journalist John Nichols with Rep. John Conyers, House Judiciary Committee Chair opening, and Richard Kim from the Nation.

Progressive Central Denver – Monday August 25th 2008 II

Healthcare Panel: Rep. John Conyers, sponsor HR 676; Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign co-chairs Norman Solomon, author and PDA Advisory Board member and Donna Smith, star of SiCKO and founder of American Patients United; Dr. Rocky White, single payer Denver healthcare advocate, Geri Jenkins, RN, CNA/NNOC, Jim Hightower.

Progressive Central Denver – Monday August 25th 2008 III

NOT Warfare Panel: Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Co-chair CPC and PDA Advisory Board member; Norman Solomon; Kathleen Snyder, Gold Star Mom; Ann Wright, retired United States Army colonel and retired official of the U.S. State Department; and a representative from Iraq Veterans Against the War.

Progressive Central Denver – Tuesday August 26th 2008 I

The Nation Conversations Series – Out of Iraq
Moderated by John Nichols with the Co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Jim McDermott, (WA), and Tom Hayden.

Progressive Central Denver – Tuesday August 26th 2008 II

PDA Panel–Media Reform: Begins with Rep John Conyers. Panel Discussion Moderated by Jeff Cohen, author, and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting; with John Nichols; Laura Flanders, journalist, Nation Radio and Grit TV; Shireen Mitchell, Digital Sistas; Maeve Conran, Associate News Dir. KGNU Community Radio Denver/Boulder, Chris Rabb, Afro-Netizen.

Progressive Central Denver – Tuesday August 26th 2008 III

PDA Panel–Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections: Mimi Kennedy, moderator; with Steve Rosenfeld author and election integrity activist; John Bonifaz, legal director of Voter Action, founder of the National Voting Rights Institute, and PDA Advisory Board member; Bob Edgar, Common Cause; Harvie Branscomb, Colorado election protection advocate; Brad Friedman, Bradblog.

Progressive Central Denver – Tuesday August 26th 2008 IV

Robert Kennedy Jr. had a pretty good excuse for skipping his scheduled appearance with investigative journalist Greg Palast to promote their latest project, “Steal Back Your Vote” — a report on voting irregularities and fraud in the 2008 election.
Palast, speaking at the Progressive Democrats of America gathering at a downtown Denver church during the DNC Tuesday, excused Kennedy’s absence to be with his uncle, Monday’s inspirational surprise speaker Sen. Ted Kennedy, and introduced a surprise replacement of his own, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now.

Progressive Central Denver – Wednesday August 27th 2008 I

PDA Panel–Economic Justice/Ending Poverty:
John Nichols, Moderator; Rep. Barbara Lee; Rep. Jim McGovern; David Sirota, author, journalist; Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch; Carmen Rhodes, Executive Director of the Front Range Economic Strategy Center. Musician Dan Reed Performs.

Progressive Central Denver – Wednesday August 27th 2008 II

The Nation Conversations Series– Immigration Reform and Economic Justice: John Nichols, Moderator; with Rep. Jim McGovern (MA), PDA Advisory Board member; and Bob Moser, contributing writer to The Nation.

Progressive Central Denver – Thursday August 28th 2008 I

Vincent Bugliosi, author of "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder"

Progressive Central Denver – Thursday August 28th 2008 II

Leslie Cagan and Judith LeBlanc, United for Peace and Justice

Progressive Central Denver – Thursday August 28th 2008 III

The Nation Conversations Series – Restoring and Maintaining our Constitutional Rights
Moderated by John Nichols with Jesse Jackson, Rep. Robert Wexler (FL), Rep. Keith Ellison and Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of The Nation.

Progressive Central Denver – Thursday August 28th 2008 IV

Dennis Kucinich speaks and begins our PDA Panel Discussion–Constitutional Law and Congress: John Nichols moderator; with Rep. Keith Ellison, Steve Cobble, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and PDA Advisory board member; Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator United for Peace and Justice; Jamie Raskin, Maryland State Senator, Law Professor at American University, and author.

Progressive Central Denver – Thursday August 28th 2008 V

Ron Kovic – an anti-war activist, veteran and writer who was paralyzed in the Vietnam War. He is best known as the author of the memoir Born on the Fourth of July, which was made into an Academy Award–winning movie directed by Oliver Stone, with Tom Cruise playing Kovic. Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay on January 20, 1990, exactly 22 years to the day that he was shot and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Kovic and Stone co-wrote the screenplay for Born on the Fourth of July). Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Shut Out The Light" after reading Kovic's memoir and then meeting him. Tom Paxton, the folk singer/political activist, wrote the song "Born on the Fourth of July", which is on his "New Songs from the Briarpatch" album. Academy Award winning actress Jane Fonda has stated that Ron Kovic's story was the inspiration for her film Coming Home.

Progressive Central Denver – Thursday August 28th 2008 VI

PDA Panel–PDA Onward from Denver, Building the Progressive Movement, Working the Inside/Outside Strategy: Mimi Kennedy, moderator; Steve Cobble; Tim Carpenter PDA National Director; Laura Bonham, PDA Communications Coordinator; Jodie Evans, CodePink founder and PDA Advisory Board member.