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Following are some selected news articles which referred to PDA:
Nurses, Progressive Dems Seek Stepped Up Action for Real, "Robust" Healthcare Reform
06/24/2009
With action heating up in Washington for enactment of comprehensive healthcare reform, the nation's largest RN union and professional association joined with progressive Democratic Party activists today in calling for the most "robust" reform of all to repair the nation's healthcare crisis, by enacting a single-payer system in the form of an expanded and updated Medicare for all.
Progressives: Has Corporate Media Succeeded in Silencing You?
06/23/2009
Congress just voted to provide Obama with over $100 billion to fund his wars. And that's just a temporary allotment. There will be more and more to come. According to reports by Progressive Democrats of America, Obama and his delegates worked on legislators unrelentingly to vote in favor of the funding, threatening non-support in their re-election campaigns if they failed to comply. So he got his--I mean the war-industry's--$100 billion; and he--I mean they--will continue to grab the taxpayers' money for God knows how many years to come.
The War Debate Reopens
06/16/2009
...Congressman Conyers and his allies in groups like Progressive Democrats of America have reopened the debate about who is responsible for the illegal war in Iraq and what should be done now.
PDA Mobilizes Against Supplemental War Funding, Calls for Withdrawal Plan for Afghanistan
06/16/2009
As the vote on the supplemental funding bill has faced delays due to lack of support on both sides of the aisle, Progressive Democrats of America has mobilized its members to contact their representatives to ask they vote against it...
All But 32 House Dems Back Bad Wars, Big Banks
06/16/2009
Joining the Republicans in voting "no" were the 32 Democrats, many of the them closely associated with Progressive Democrats of America, which aggressively lobbied against the supplemental.
In Congress: 32 Heroes, 21 Frauds
06/16/2009
We have citizen heroes too, groups and blogs and individuals who raised their voices and organized against this bill, including but not limited to: ...Progressive Democrats of America, Jason Rosenbaum, Coleen Rowley, Santa Cruz Progressive Email List, Square State, Jonathan Tasini, True Maine Blue, Doug Tudor, United for Peace and Justice, US Labor Against the War, Veterans for Peace, Voters for Peace, Joan Wile, Win Without War, Marcy Winograd, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, World Can't Wait, the Young Turks.
The Rise of Single-Payer Health Care
06/15/2009
Baucus had 13 people arrested for speaking up at his hearings uninvited, an action that generated more media coverage of single payer than any poll or study ever could have. One of those arrested, Dr. Margaret Flowers, is the Maryland co-chair of Physicians for a National Health Program. She was interviewed by Ed Schultz on "MSNBC," who began covering single payer in a major way. "Bill Moyer's Journal" on PBS also focused on single payer and aired interviews with three leading advocates, including Donna Smith of the California Nurses Association (CNA). Tim Carpenter of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) was interviewed on Fox News. Even the Washington Post took note.
Why Vote 'Yes' for the War and the IMF?
06/12/2009
Masschusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, another anti-war Democrat, expressing concerns about the administration's push to increase the troop presence in Afghanistan, says, "As much as I love President Obama, I believe that this administration needs to come up with some benchmarks and an exit strategy."
Why Vote 'Yes' for the War and the IMF?
06/12/2009
Masschusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, another anti-war Democrat, expressing concerns about the administration's push to increase the troop presence in Afghanistan, says, "As much as I love President Obama, I believe that this administration needs to come up with some benchmarks and an exit strategy."
"Economic Crisis, the Changing Working Class, and Praxis": A Panel Introduction
06/08/2009
[O]ut of the campaign a number of activists, and their organizations, vowed to continue their work, mostly at the grassroots level, to promote a progressive agenda...Groups as varied as the Progressive Democrats of America, Move On. Org, various Obama groups, and a variety of single-issue groups networking with others have emerged or been reenergized; groups such as The Apollo Project, the Blue-Green Alliance, and United for Peace and Justice. This time has become a “teachable moment” and an “actionable moment.”
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