State coordinators, chapter leaders, and congressional district point people met on a conference call to discuss chapter development and coordination, local and state actions, and strategies for actions on single-payer healthcare and opposing the war …

Media Mud Pies: CNN’s Embarrassing Response To FOX
By Linda Milazzo
In response to FOX’s childish and embarrassing ad in the Washington Post that challenged competitors’ coverage of the 9/12 teabaggers in Washington, DC, CNN is airing …

By David Swanson
The U.S. Department of Justice says that alcohol plays a pivotal role in two-thirds of all cases of violence against an intimate (a spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend), and blames alcohol for contributing to 100,000 …

By Linda Milazzo | PDA Blog Contributor
Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2009: Six members of various anti-war groups, including World Can’t Wait and Military Families Speak Out, and an OpedNews journalist, were arrested yesterday at …

Plumbers & Fitters Local Phone Banks for HR 676
San Jose, California. The news item below was sent to us by Fred Hirsch,
Executive Board member and former Vice President of Local 393, Plumbers, Steamfitters …

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
In 1942, somewhere around 110,000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans were either coered to relocate, or underwent internment in the United States.
As you know, it was by executive order issued by …

On this months call we discussed national news, IOT reports and state reports.

Our Healthcare NOT Warfare Co-Chair, Donna Smith, gave us an update on Single Payer from the Hill and also answered member's questions.

Donna Smith responds to questions from the PDA Chat room:
Ed Lee in Bisbee,AZ: …