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Following are some selected news articles which referred to PDA:
Progressives join to push Democrats leftward - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
07/24/2004
Washington - Even as the Kerry-Edwards presidential ticket reaches out to the philosophical center, liberal groups and their Hollywood allies are planning to urge a leftward turn at this week's Democratic National Convention.
"The Democratic Party needs our help to regain its soul," Mimi Kennedy, who played a counterculture mom on the sitcom "Dharma and Greg," said in a statement announcing the formation of Progressive Democrats of America, one of many groups forming in the party's left wing.
Democrats United - Washington Post
07/24/2004
"After the election," he continued, "if we don't go back to those progressive underpinnings and keep building on them, we'll be right back where we were before. The energy is with us -- not the DLC."
In other words, the happy campers of Boston are ready to fight side by side through November, but their brotherhood may not last.
Actually, news arrived last week that as soon as the convention is over, a liberal group will be launched -- Progressive Democrats of America. Its mission: to help the Democratic Party "regain its soul."
Progressive Democrats of America - From the Progressive Nation
07/24/2004
New Political Organization to be Launched in Boston: Progressive Democrats of America - PR News
07/22/2004
WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A new political organization will be officially launched next week in Boston, at the conclusion of the Democratic
National Convention. The group, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), will reflect a broad desire by many within the Democratic Party to champion progressive issues, along with working to defeat President George Bush. PDA has already won the support of well-known activists and political figures such as Tom Hayden, and actors Ed Asner and Mimi Kennedy.
Left Turn - In These Times
07/01/2004
Still more organizations intend to push a left agenda among Democratic voters and politicians during the election and beyond. Kucinich has organized the new Progressive Democrats of America, and Dean has launched Democracy for America.
Liberals and the Anti-War Movement
03/09/2004
The anti-war movement is experiencing a growth crisis.
The broad coalition is divided over whether to withdraw, and when. Many or those who feel the war was unwarranted, a mistake, promoted by fabricated evidence, still are worried that it would be a bigger mistake to withdraw from Iraq. Unfortunately, one big organizational coalition (Win Without War) was internally frozen in weeks of discussion, only recently releasing a complex statement that did justify withdrawal. More unfortunately, Move.On has decided to reduce its focus on ending the war, the primary issue that fueled Move.On’s membership growth last year. Move.On’s decision to “move on” from the Iraq crisis to Social Security, the Democratic Party, and other worthy endeavors means that its huge anti-war membership base is not being mobilized against Bush’s policies in Iraq. Other large progressive organizations, including the AFL-CIO, remain silent on Iraq, in keeping with their traditions. It should never be forgotten that of all the liberal dollars that went to 527s during last year’s presidential campaign, none were spent on organizing and educating against the war. There is good reason to feel alone these days.
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