2010: A progressive strategy to win
11-18-2009 – 12:50 pm | Comments

By Brent Budowsky | The Hill
Progressives throughout the nation should rally around a strategy that could bring a surprise victory in the 2010 elections with a clear electoral plan and a program that is patriotic, …

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Geithner: The Cheney of Wall Street
3-26-2009 – 9:16 pm | Comments

By: Jayne Lyn Stahl
Why would anyone consider connecting Obama’s treasury secretary with George W. Bush’s former vice-president? Well, stay tuned, because Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is going to be to the Obama administration what …

Private Wealth Stimulates Public Fury: Domestic Iraq Tours, Palestinian Poetry, and the Lonesome Death of Jerome Bowden
3-26-2009 – 5:58 pm | Comments

The subject matter was serious, but the criticisms of the President’s second news conference were mostly about his style, not substance. David Letterman’s critique was right on target: where were these reporters for the …

Congressional District Point Person (CDPP) Call 03-12-2009
3-26-2009 – 5:49 pm | Comments

On this call we had updates on Single Payer, The Employee Free Choice Act, local news and Q&A.

IOT: Global Warming call 03/18/09 moderated by Dave Massen
3-26-2009 – 5:32 pm | Comments

On this call we discussed cap-and-trade vs. carbon tax as policy options to control global warming and possible position of support by PDA. We also had update on mountaintop removal coal mining.

IOT: Fair and Transparent Elections Call 03/24/09
3-26-2009 – 5:06 pm | Comments

Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections Conference call on 03/24/09.
On this call we discussed the current version of the Holt Bill which will be introduced by Rush D Holt, Jr. (NJ-12) to the 111th Congress. Specials guest …

Congress: Tell Them in Person April 4 – 19
3-25-2009 – 7:07 pm | Comments

By David Swanson
It’s just spring, when the world is puddle-wonderful, and your representative and your two senators pack up their lingerie and come dancing from hop-scotch and toy soldiers to make the trek outside the …

“WORD CLOUD” – Your Brain On CNN
3-25-2009 – 6:51 pm | Comments

By Linda Milazzo | PDA Blog Contributor
Any viewers of cable news, who for even one silly second doubted corporate media’s desire to fry the brain of its audience and render it hopelessly confused, need only …

Three IATSE Locals in Arizona and New York Endorse HR 676
3-25-2009 – 5:17 am | Comments

Three local unions affiliated with the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), AFL-CIO, have endorsed HR 676, single
payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers
(D-MI).
In Phoenix, Bill Hennessy, Business Representative for IATSE Local 336,
reports that …