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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A Great Story from PDA’s David Swanson
4-27-2005 – 5:37 pm | Comments

Surprise Guest at Social Security Rally: An Opposition Party
By David Swanson
James Roosevelt stood on a large outdoor stage on Tuesday in a Washington, D.C., park filled with union members waving signs about Social Security. …

Things That Make Me Crazy, Part XXXVIII
4-27-2005 – 5:27 pm | Comments
Things That Make Me Crazy, Part XXXVIII

We fought our way into the current ‘holding action in Afghanistan and call it a victory despite the wildly blooming poppies, the growing power of the warlords, and the continued oppression of women. Actually, …

A touching memorial for Marla Ruzicka
4-27-2005 – 5:09 pm | Comments

From Back-to-Iraq.com:
BAGHDAD—Even now, I have a hard time believing that she’s gone.
Marla Ruzicka died Saturday, April 16 when a suicide car bomber blew up his car next to hers in an apparent attack on a …

Through the eyes of Dahr Jamail
4-27-2005 – 5:07 pm | Comments

Hostile Information
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Wednesday 27 April 2005
In this mean and meager time of pre-packaged, pre-processed, corporate-controlled infotainment that passes itself off as ‘news, it is …

The hubris of absolute power
4-26-2005 – 10:37 am | Comments

The GOP has been tripping over itself lately, as you might have noticed. They misread public sentiment in spectacular fashion in the recent Schiavo debacle; some 80% of Americans opposed having Mr. DeLay and …

Oh, hey, by the way, no WMD in Iraq
4-26-2005 – 10:28 am | Comments

This report from MSNBC tells us what we already know:
In his final word, the CIA’s top weapons inspector in Iraq said Monday that the hunt for weapons of mass destruction has “gone as far as …

Discussion of PDA Letter/Petition on Iraq
4-26-2005 – 8:36 am | Comments

I would like to hear from any and all of you regarding our release today of the letter titled ‘PDA Seeks Action on Iraq Withdrawal‘ and the petition attached to it.
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If you read anything this week…
4-25-2005 – 7:59 am | Comments

…please read this report from the New York Times about Marines, Iraq and armor. A snippet:
On May 29, 2004, a station wagon that Iraqi insurgents had packed with C-4 explosives blew up on a …