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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Four California AFSCME Locals and District Council Endorse HR 676
6-18-2009 – 8:54 am | Comments
Four California AFSCME Locals and District Council Endorse HR 676

Four California AFSCME Locals and District Council Endorse HR 676
Four AFSCME locals and a Northern California based District Council
have endorsed HR 676, national single payer healthcare legislation
introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).
The four locals are …

Canadian Health Care: Fact vs. Fiction
6-18-2009 – 8:46 am | Comments
Canadian Health Care: Fact vs. Fiction

Cross-Posted from The Real News Network
By Natalie Mehra: Flaws in Canadian system due to lack of democracy and funding, not lack of privatization.
As the debate over health care reform heats up in the United States, …

Eastern PDA Regional Conference Call
6-16-2009 – 12:08 pm | Comments
Eastern PDA Regional Conference Call

Welcome to newcomers, State reports, national news and q&a

IOT: End the Occupation, Redirect Funding Call 6-2-2009
6-16-2009 – 11:07 am | Comments
IOT:  End the Occupation, Redirect Funding Call 6-2-2009

On this call we discussed the latest new on the McGovern Bill in Congress, Pittsburgh convention news and ways forward for this group among other topics.

SECOND FISCAL YEAR 2009 SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING REQUEST (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)
6-16-2009 – 10:45 am | Comments
SECOND FISCAL YEAR 2009 SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING REQUEST (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)

ANALYSIS OF THE CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR 2009 SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING REQUEST (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)
On June 11 House and Senate conferees approved a $105.9 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the latter part …

IATSE Convention Nears, Locals Keep Endorsing HR 676
6-16-2009 – 10:36 am | Comments
IATSE Convention Nears, Locals Keep Endorsing HR 676

In preparation for the upcoming International Convention this July,
twelve more IATSE local unions have endorsed HR 676, national single
payer health care legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).

Bill Maher Is Hoping for a Little More Audacity
6-14-2009 – 7:27 am | Comments
Bill Maher Is Hoping for a Little More Audacity

The “Real Time” host has some harsh words for the president, who, he says, is caving to insurance companies, banks and polluters: “This is not getting the job done. And this is not what …

Video: Obama/Garin in Green Bay
6-14-2009 – 7:21 am | Comments
Video:  Obama/Garin in Green Bay

Paulette Garin asks The President of the United States Barack Obama a question on single payer heath care at a town hall meeting in Green Bay Wisconsin.