PDA Weekly Field Report - 9/28 - 10/4
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Shutdown? What Shutdown?
Dear friend,
Congrats Carl!
We are proud to
announce the decision to endorse Carl
Sciortino for Congress in the 5th Congressional
District of Massachusetts. Read more here.
Take Action!
This Monday,
October 7th, marks the 12-year milestone in America's
longest war. At least 52,500 U.S. troops
remain in Afghanistan today, more than when President
Bush left office in 2009. The Obama administration has
conducted at least 20,700
air strikes in Afghanistan, including 5 to 10 air
strikes per day throughout 2013, almost entirely unreported
by the Western media. Please call on your Member of Congress
to co-sponsor Barbara Lee's bill, HR 200, for a
safe, orderly and complete withdrawal of US forces from
Afghanistan. Click here
for our PDA Action Alert.
Healthcare NOW! Conference
Best of luck to
Tim Carpenter, Donna Smith, Kurt Bateman
and Dr. Bill Honigman, who will be representing PDA
at the annual Healthcare
NOW! Conference in Nashville, TN to strategize on how
to continue to move single payer forward. Thank you to those
of you who helped offset some of their expenses. View the ad
that we have in the program here.
Success!
Members of PDA
Massachusetts welcomed authors John Nichols and Robert
McChesney for an intimate book signing and
conversation about their new book, Dollarocracy: How the
Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America. View
photos from the event here.
Educate Congress Letter
Drop Campaign:
We want to remind you
that our letter drop campaign will take place on October
16th.
Progressive Round Table
Our next Round Table is this
Wednesday, October 9th, and will feature Rep. Mark Pocan
(WI) and Rep. Jim McGovern (MA). It should be an
interesting Round Table, given all the goings on in DC at
present! Find out how you can watch it live here.
Issue Teams:
So why are credit unions under attack? The Economic and
Social Justice team examined this on their call with Trey
Hawkins, Vice President of Political Affairs at Credit
Union National Association, Inc. (CUNA). To get a brief
understanding of the issues, you can read this
article on the team's page. Listen to the call here
and learn the details of how they differ from banks, and why
the banking industry is attacking them. To find out more
about the team, visit their page here
or contact them via email here.
Calls this week:
On Tuesday we will have our End Wars and Occupations
call. RSVP here.
Blog Talk Radio:
Upcoming Events:
Oct. 20
John Nichols and Robert McCheseny will join
members in Los Angeles for a discussion of Dollarocracy on October
20.
Oct. 21
John Nichols and Robert
McChesney will be joined by Tom Hayden, Mimi
Kennedy and Tim Carpenter in Orange County, CA
for a special event on October
21.
Read:
- Congressional Liberals Mobilize to Keep Social Insurance Out of Shutdown Talks
- Read the newsletter from our good friends at CCDS titled, Knowing the Enemy, Preparing for Battle
Outreach:
Please share these handy quotes from PDA advisory board
members by printing them off and/or sharing them on your
Facebook pages (right click – save as – upload):
Spot the PDA family!
Leo Maley from PDA Massachusetts and John
Nichols
at this week's “ Dollarocracy “ book signing.
In
solidarity,
Conor Boylan, PDA Deputy Director
Andrea Miller, PDA Deputy Field Director
Tim Carpenter, PDA National Director
Judy Hess, PDA National Field Coordinator
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