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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Leaders say lax enforcement costing jobs
6-29-2009 – 8:43 am | Comments
Leaders say lax enforcement costing jobs

Olivia Webb | Richmond County Daily Journal
A congressional hearing on CAFTA fraud — and its effects on the American textile industry — was held Thursday, with two North Carolina mill owners testifying.
“It’s costing jobs,” …

The Emperor’s Seven Signing Statements
6-28-2009 – 4:54 pm | Comments
The Emperor’s Seven Signing Statements

By David Swanson | AfterDowningStreet.org
Lawless detention is the least of it. State secrets and warrantless spying scrape the surface. Drone attacks and ongoing torture http://afterdowningstreet.org/ongoingtorture begin to touch it. But central to the power of …

Video: Neda
6-26-2009 – 5:12 am | Comments
Video:  Neda

Dedicated to Neda, and the voices of Iran calling for fairness, justice, and the rights and freedoms of all. Continue to fight – do not be afraid against the oppression, it is their insecurity that …

Tricky Dicks
6-24-2009 – 9:34 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Too bad Richard Nixon didn’t have a mistress in Argentina, but he would have had to invade it first. In fact, anything outside his liquor cabinet was rightly thought of as a …

IOT: Health Care Call 6-16-2009
6-24-2009 – 4:53 am | Comments
IOT: Health Care Call 6-16-2009

Special guests were Dr Michael Rachlis and Larry Rousseau who tlaked about the Canadian Healthcare System. We also has Single Payer from the Hill.
Note: Recording ends at 1:12 mark.

A Time Out for Tyranny
6-21-2009 – 9:20 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
It doesn’t seem like it, but it is almost two weeks ago that the people of Iran went to the polls to choose their next president. On June 12, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced …

Rep Raul Grijalva on Stephanie Miller Show
6-19-2009 – 5:41 am | Comments

Use this widget to listen to Stephanie Miller’s Interview with PDA Board Member Rep Raul Grijalva. To listen to this interview click the side scroll bar in this widget to scroll down to see …

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 …