Tag: PDA
Kalb, Segal and Tudor endorsed by PDA
On Thursday, July 29, Progressives Democrats of America (PDA) gave their national endorsement to three progressive Democrats running for Congress: Larry Kalb in Washington’s second congressional district, David Segal in Rhode Island’s first district, and from Florida’s 12th congressional district, Doug Tudor.
Progressive Democrats of America Endorses Bastien and Gill for Congress
On the eve of their national conference in Cleveland Ohio, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) announced it has endorsed two new progressive candidates for Congress, Marleine Bastien in Florida’s 17th District and Dr. David Gill in Illinois’ 15th. Both candidates won the endorsement of local PDA chapters and the unanimous endorsement of the PDA Inside the Party Working Group.
Progressive Activists Converging in Cleveland
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), an activist organization founded in 2004, will hold a national grassroots leadership conference in Cleveland, Ohio, July 23rd to 25th. Hundreds of participants from around the country will train and strategize with the likes of local Congressman Dennis Kucinich, the Nation magazine’s John Nichols, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, health insurance whistleblower Wendell Potter, immigrant rights organiser Salvador Reza, and Executive Director of the National Priorities Project Jo Comerford.
Nationwide demonstrations propose defunding wars instead of defunding medicare and social security
Brown Bag Lunch Vigils at 100 congress members’ local offices on Wednesday, June 16, will carry the message “Hands Off Medicare and Social Security.” Organiser and National Director of Progressive Democrats of America Tim Carpenter explains: “Cuts to Medicare and Social Security will not balance the budget, but ending the wars assuredly will.”
Citizens in 18 States Push for State-Level Single-Payer Healthcare
In Wayne, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 2010, in conjunction with a regional conference of the Progressive Democrats of America, citizen representatives of fourteen states gathered and decided to begin a more coordinated collaboration aimed at passage of state-based, single-payer healthcare legislation. Groups in four additional states are also involved.