Experience a series of historic progressive events while you support PDA and our work on your issues. Until Midnight Monday, December 22, 2008, pre-order the $60 set for $45.00. To purchase, click here.

During the DNC Convention in Denver, Progressive Democrats of America hosted Progressive Central, a five day platform for progressive speakers and panelists. A new five disc DVD set from Progressive Central features “The Nation’s Intimate Conversations” moderated by John Nichols, PDA’s panels moderated by Mimi Kennedy and Steve Cobble, great music and special guests. See Representatives John Conyers, Keith Ellison, Raul Grijalva, Dennis Kucinich, Barbara Lee, Jim McGovern, Lynn Woolsey, Robert Wexler; Nation writers Victor Navasky, Richard Kim, Tom Hayden and Bob Moser; Code Pink’s Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin; Vince Bugliosi; Jim Zogby; Jim Hightower; Healthcare NOT Warfare Chairs Norman Solomon and Donna Smith; Gov. Siegelman; Amy Goodman; and MANY MORE! Until Midnight Monday, December 22, 2008, pre-order the $60 set for $45.00. To purchase, click here.

See speakers and panelists on all the issues our IOTs work on:

HEALTHCARE NOT WARFARE with Bill Moyer, (Backbone Campaign): Stephen Zunes, (Middle East scholar and journalist); The Nation journalist John Nichols; Rep. Barbara Lee; Rep. John Conyers; Richard Kim; Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign co-chairs Norman Solomon, author and PDA Advisory Board member and Donna Smith, star of SiCKO, CNA activist, and founder of American Patients United; Dr. Rocky White, single payer advocate; Geri Jenkins, RN, CNA/NNOC; Jim Hightower; Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Co-chair CPC and PDA Advisory Board member; Kathleen Snyder, Gold Star Mom; Ann Wright, retired United States Army colonel, resigned form the State Department in protest over the Iraq War; Rep. Jim McDermott; and Tom Hayden.

MEDIA REFORM AND CLEAN, FAIR, TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS with Governor Don Siegelman; Greg Palast–investigative journalist and author; Jeff Cohen, author, and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting; with John Nichols; Laura Flanders, journalist, Grit TV; Mimi Kennedy; Steve Rosenfeld author/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; and Brad Friedman, Bradblog.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND GLOBAL WARMING with John Nichols, Moderator; Rep. Jim McGovern (MA), PDA Advisory Board member; Bob Moser, contributing writer to The Nation; Rep. Barbara Lee; Rep. Jim McGovern; David Sirota, author, journalist; Lori Wallach, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch; Norman Solomon; Medea Benjamin Founding Director Global Exchange, Founder of Code Pink and PDA Advisory Board member; Nancy La Placa, Energy Consultant with Bardwell Consulting Ltd, Sustainable South Bronx Director; and Dr. Trenberth, IPCC Scientist.

PLUS: PDA’s “Progressive Welcome to Denver” hosted by Mimi Kennedy, PDA Advisory Board Chair. Featuring Rep. Barbara Lee; John Nichols; Tom Hayden; Jim Zogby, Arab American Institute and DNC member; and Jim Hightower. Also speeches and panels featuring Vincent Bugliosi, author (The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder); Leslie Cagan and Judith LeBlanc, United for Peace and Justice; Rep. Robert Wexler, Rep. Keith Ellison and Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of The Nation; Steve Cobble, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and PDA Advisory board member; Jamie Raskin, Maryland State Senator, Law Professor at American University, and author; Tim Carpenter PDA National Director; Laura Bonham, PDA Communications Coordinator; Jodie Evans. Music by Dan Reed.