Fw: [PDA] Inside/Outside Update - 10/18/05

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Subject: [PDA] Inside/Outside Update - 10/18/05

INSIDE/OUTSIDE UPDATE
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA
PDA STAFF REPORT
OCTOBER 18th, 2005

(The Inside/Outside Update is a PDA staff
report to our supporters. We send this out
every Tuesday to make sure grassroots
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IN THIS ISSUE:

Organizing PDA's "Elected Progressives Network"

Save the Date! - PDA begins to organize within the DNC

Sustainer Pledges Are Making a Difference!

PDLA'ers Elected to California Progressive Caucus

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Organizing PDA's "Elected Progressive Network"
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As Progressive Democrats of America tries
to build an increasingly potent and broad-
based grassroots network, one obvious group
of progressive activist allies and partners
we want to work with are already elected
progressive officials and their supporters.
After all, while "all politics are local"
may be a cliche, it is also absolutely
true. That is why PDA has chosen to build a
list of progressive local elected officials
called the "Elected Progressives Network"
(EPN).

Read more at:
http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/news/epn-launched.php

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PDA begins to Organize within DNC
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When PDA launched in Roxbury, MA, we
pledged to be the counterbalance to the DLC
and other monied interests influencing the
Democratic Party by representing the voice
of the grassroots. Within the party, the
grassroots resistance to the Iraq
occupation has been strong in seven states,
with the official youth arm of the party
(Young Democrats of America--YDA)
saying, "Bring the troops home!" Despite
all this energy, the DNC national web site
still lacks an antiwar message, reflecting
an obvious disconnect from the leadership
to the grassroots. This December, the DNC
and the YDA plan on meeting in one of PDA's
strongest areas of organization: Phoenix,
Arizona. PDA will converge en masse around
the activities of the DNC to help organize
the massive grassroots movement within the
Democratic Party that wants and end to this
occupation!

PDA is organizing to accommodate activists
who come to Phoenix, and will have
trainings on how to take this movement to
the next level. We will also be meeting
with allies who are in the DNC, who fear
that the DLC has too much control but hope
that the grassroots movement is the
beginning of a true opposition party that
is Rainbow in nature and progressive at its
core.

Please hold December 1-5, 2005 open for
the revolution. As we firm up details, we
plan to announce the events. We also plan
to move this forward at every DNC meeting
from now on, until the corporate interests
and centrist wing of the party no longer
have a stranglehold.

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Sustainer Pledges Are Making a Difference!
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Last week Ohio PDA organizer Patrick Carano
challenged each local PDA Chapter to find
five new sustaining members. (By PDA's
definition, a "sustaining member" is a
member who commits to a specific
donation each month or each quarter.)
Thanks to all PDA Chapters that have
accepted Patrick's Five Sustainer
Challenge. Many have taken action and have
invested in the future of PDA. As you know,
to sustain the work that we're doing, PDA
depends on grassroots support from
activists like you. Thank you for your
continued commitment to progressive values.

To become a sustaining donor, go to:
https://www.pdamerica.org/donate.php

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California's Dem Party Progressive Caucus Elects PDA'ers
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On October 1, 2005, the Progressive Caucus
of the California Democratic Party elected
its first permanent executive board. Among
the officers elected was Progressive
Democrats of Los Angeles (PDLA) Vice
President Brad Parker as well as PDLA
members Jo Olson and Joye Swan. The meeting
was contentious, as is to be expected in a
true democracy, but the heat has produced
lot of light as well. Even before this
election of officers, the Progressive
Caucus was changing the direction of the
California Democratic Party. After passage
of the "Withdrawal From Iraq" resolution,
led by the Caucus at the CDP convention in
April 2005, courage to speak out against
the disaster in the desert swept the
nation. Along with continuing the call for
an end to the war, the Progressive Caucus
will lead the campaign for "Clean Money
Elections," "Election Protection,"
and "Universal Healthcare" within the CDP.
Our PDA strategy of inside/outside
mobilization has been greatly enhanced in
California by the formation of the
Progressive Caucus, and we look forward to
the day when every state Democratic Party
has one as well. Now is the time for all
Liberal and Progressive Democrats across
California to join the Progressive Caucus
of the California Democratic Party.

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