Join us this Sunday at 4pm ET/1pm PT for our weekly Progressive Town Hall. 

Mid-February 2026 brings a sense of unrest — a true “winter of discontent,” as Shakespeare once wrote. Join us as we come together to strategize, share updates, and take stock of where the progressive movement stands today. Be part of shaping what comes next —please RSVP.

One of our featured guests this Sunday will be Brandee Marckmann, who is running for the San Francisco School Board in San Francisco. 

She’s a parent and proven grassroots organizer with a strong track record of delivering real wins for working-class communities. Now, she’s taking on billionaire interests seeking to reshape the city’s politics — and fighting to ensure public education serves families, not the powerful.

Brandee is a longtime friend, organizer, and movement leader. Her step from organizing into public office would be another major victory for the progressive movement. As a parent, she helped build a powerful grassroots campaign against school closures — taking on the billionaire-backed techno-oligarchy and winning real change for families and communities.

On Sunday, we’ll hear directly from Brandee, along with other inspiring organizers from across the country who are fighting, building, and standing strong in this winter of discontent.

And we have a huge victory to celebrate together: PDA-endorsed Analilia Mejia has won the Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 11th District special election. This district is moving from blue to Bernie blue. Mejia’s professional life has been deeply rooted in the progressive movement, and her victory is a powerful sign of what’s possible when we organize and lead with our values.

The phrase “winter of discontent” comes from Shakespeare’s Richard III, set after a brutal civil war in a society hoping for a “glorious” summer of peace after a long and bitter winter. Yet the promise of that summer proves illusory. Shakespeare warns of the dangers of political tyranny — when leaders focus only on their own power and put the nation at risk.

For many of us, life is filled with protests, organizing, and elections. We are working toward our own “glorious summer” after this long winter of struggle. But hope alone is not enough — we must remain committed, organized, and vigilant.

We must act to ensure our promised summer does not dissolve into yet another bitter winter.

That means reclaiming the Democratic Party. Too often, our party is dominated by corporate power and billionaire influence. We must build a party that is truly Bernie blue — grounded in working people, communities, and justice — a party that serves the public good, not narrow self-interest.

If we fail to do so, Trumpism and MAGA-style politics will continue to return, season after season, reshaped but never truly defeated.

Join us Sunday. RSVP here. Let’s organize for the future we deserve.

Join us Sunday. Let’s organize for the future we deserve.

In solidarity,

The PDA National Team

RSVP now