By David Swanson Progressive Democrats of America marked the beginning of its seventh year with a three-day conference that brought hundreds of activist leaders from all over the country to a Cleveland, Ohio, hotel this past weekend. Participants heard ...

We will be posting videos and some photos here throughout the rest of the conference…we will begin with a video clip of Jeff Cohen from yesterday, Friday July 23rd, during the PDA Sixth Anniversary Celebration. ...

Recovery Efforts and Why He Decided to Manage a Tent Camp of 55,000 Displaced Haitians Two-time Academy Award-winning actor and director Sean Penn was honored by the Haitian government on Monday at a ceremony marking the ...

By David Swanson Bruce Fein concludes his new book, "American Empire: Before the Fall," by demolishing the worldview of Henry Kissinger as expressed in a Washington Post column <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/25/AR2009022503124.html>  last year. Of course it’s also ...

The House vote is a victory Dear Laura, On Thursday night, the House of Representatives approved $33 billion more for President Obama and the military to spend in Iraq and Afghanistan. This “supplemental” expenditure was folded into ...

On Marleine Bastien and Dr. David Gill Dear Friend, Last week, something extraordinary ...

By Kelly Gerling What kind of crisis are we Americans experiencing? US government military forces and intelligence agencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan select targets with large percentages of civilians and kill them, along with people suspected as ...

Have you joined us? Dear Friend, Over the past three months, PDA and our allies in the struggle to win single-payer healthcare—improved and enhanced Medicare for all—have been circulating the Declaration of Health Independence and Security for ...

By Alice Slater | FPIF.org President Eisenhower is well-remembered for warning the public in his final address to the nation to “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence . . . by the military-industrial complex.” But ...

We only need think of the Gulf of Mexico to be reminded that corporate abuses have deadly consequences–especially when the corporations are considered people with the same rights we have, as in the case of ...

At this meeting of the Amend to Suspend Corporate Personhood Action Group, participants discussed the Monahan Brothers walk across the country, upcoming events in Colorado and Florida, and MoveOn’s 98% campaign. In addition, the group ...

On this call we ratified the national endorsements of Marleine Bastien (http://www.votebastien.com/) and Dr David Gill (http://www.gillforcongress.com/).

By Bill Bianchi, PDA Chicago Chapter Leader After just six years, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) has established itself as the predominant grassroots organizations affiliated with the Democratic Party. It has done this by advocating and ...

I am writing you today to ask you to join me at PDA’s national conference in my home town, Cleveland, from July 23rd-25th. Almost 6 years ago, at the conclusion of my 2004 primary campaign ...

by Linda Milazzo | PDA Blog Contributor /center> There are some things we humans have just one of. We have one heart, one liver, one tongue, one nose… Of course, there are probable anomalies ...

By Tina Richards | WarIsACrime.org Often I reflect back to the time I spent on Capitol Hill fighting for my son’s life. I went there as a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat. Yes with a big D. I had ...

Please share this video with your friends and suggest they join us at http://facebook.com/RethinkAfghanistan. Communities all over the country can’t afford to pay teachers or educate our kids. Now the Pentagon wants $33 billion for more ...

1) HNW co-chair, Donna Smith,upated us on the Declaration of Health Independence and talked about some upcoming events including the Washington, DC Brown Bag Lunch Vigil. 2) Katie Robbins from Healthcare-NOW! joined us to talk about plans for ...

The team welcomed Danna Moore from Future 500 to discuss the organization’s efforts to recruit businesses to join in the effort for sound climate legislation. In addition, we discussed the role of the EPA ...

CA-06 Brown Bag Lunch Vigil – Alice discusses need to pressure Congress after CA Dem Party Resolution