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We Do Not Consent - Open Letter To The Media
Media blacks out single-payer option
WPKN Today: Tonight on COUNTERPOINT with Scott Harris
Watch Donna Smith take on the healthcare corporations
Memorial Day, 2009: How Do You Ask a Man to Be the Last Man to Die for a Mistake?
War and Words
Sonoma County Democratic Party releases statement on state budget
Cartoon News
Single-Payers Crashing the Gates
CA Budget News
Tell Media: Include Single-Payer in Healthcare Debate
Tune In Tuesday, July 28, 6:00 pm -- John Starkey Interviews Stan Gold on Healthcare
"In the Loop": A truer-than-true fictional film about war
Doctors, Media Critics Demand Broader TV Debate On Healthcare
Norman Solomon on C-Span
Donna Norton featured in one hour special on health care -- Cable Television Ch. 26
"Tea Party Express: Rise of the Tea Bags"
Amy Goodman Benefit for KRCB
GUEST OPINION: Local doctor shares views from Kabul
GUEST OPINION: One year later: Unrest within the Obama base
C-Span Posts Video of "Daybreak" Event
The Higher Education Fiscal Crisis Protects the Wealthy
Afghanistan: Endless War
Statement By Dr. Margaret Flowers From the Press Conference on Single Payer Today
Drones Action - from Meg
Tim Carpenter on the Nick and Paul Show
Two Minutes with Wayne Morse -- from Norman Solomon's 'War Made Easy'
David Swanson in Santa Rosa on Jan. 13!
National Consequences for Memorial Hospital Union Vote
It's Our Lives, It's Our Money: Do Health Reform In the Sunshine
Tim Carpenter on the Nicole Sandler Show, Air America
DAYBREAK with DAVID SWANSON, JAN 13 Event Flyer
Audio: David Swanson in Santa Rosa, CA
AUDIO: The Peter B Collins Show With David Swanson
PDSonoma PRESS RELEASE - PDSonoma County Schedules Brown Bag Lunch Vigils in Coordination with PDA Healthcare Not Warfare Campaign
How Can New Media Empower Community for 2010?
Norman Solomon on KPFA, Thursday, Jan. 22 -- Democrats Boosting Right-Wing Populism
Karen Bernal interviewed on BBC radio!
Benefit for the Healthcare NOT Warfare Media Project
Letters needed to refute the Oakland Tribune editorial against SB 810
Howard Zinn Remembered
In Marin, some see Obama speech as political switcheroo -- Marin IJ
Norman Solomon at Santa Rosa Dem Club -- short summation after featured presentation on the Cost of Wars
PDA Brown Bag Vigils
Marin Voice: Is the progressive base eroding?
Progressives Moving Forward! -- Karen Bernal & Norman Solomon at PDSonoma Chapter Meeting
Norman Solomon Interviews PDA Field Director Conor Boylan, -- Radio Podcast
Single Payer Healthcare Needed Now
PDSonoma County February Brown Bag Lunch Vigil
365 Ad # 1
California OneCare 365 Ad # 3
Iran
Cartoon News
Election Protection
Was Prop 8 Actually Defeated?
We Do Not Consent - Open Letter To The Media
Amy Goodman on Election Protection
Action Alert -- Call for UN Election Observers!
An Open Letter to Senator Obama and the Democratic Leadership: On Election Night, DO NOT CONCEDE!
Democracy in Crisis - An Exclusive BRAD BLOG Interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Election Protection In Ohio (And America) Isn't Over
Talking Points on Voting Machines and Voter Suppression
Volunteers Needed for Observation of the Vote Count
MCM on Bill Moyers Journal Tonight, October 17
TALKING POINTS: SERIOUS ELECTION PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
Links to Bill Moyers video of interview with MCM and transcript
Update on Call to Action for Public Observation of Vote Count - RSVP!
Sign the Pledge -- No More Stolen Elections
Velvet Revolution Strike Force
Attorney in Ohio Election Fraud Case Offers Cooperation for Investigation into California's Proposition 8
Humboldt At The Tipping Point: Who Dares Defend Diebold?
If You Like Sending Cash Through The Mail, You'll LOVE Vote By Mail!
Mark Crispin Miller on Democracy Now: Mike Connell & More
Story of the Day: Threatened Rove IT Guru Dies Tragically, MSM MIA
Peace on Earth
One last YEAR-END pitch for our democracy
Special Event: You've Marked Your Ballot -- Now What?
German high court honors US democratic principles: Paul Lehto
German High Court: E-Voting Unconstitutional
Top Federal Election Reform Priorities
Speakers Training for CA Clean Elections
Secretary of State Debra Bowen Withdraws State Approval of Premier Voting System
In Memoriam: John Gideon, 1947 - 2009
John Gideon
Diebold, Return Our Money!
IOT: Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections
IOT: Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections November Call
Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections IOT Update
Join a PDA Issue Organizing Team!
Mourn Granny D.; Then Organize for Clean Politics
Chapter News
Lynn Hamilton and Mimi Kennedy on KPFA Visionary Activist Show
Welcome!
Impeachment t-shirts - Peachy Attire for the New Year!
PDSonoma County Presents Economic Series for Progressive Activists
PDSonoma County Celebrates PDA 5th Birthday Anniversary!
FAQ & Answers! -- PDA and PDSC websites
Daybreak Book Tour Comes to Sonoma County, JAN 13 -- Meet and Hear David Swanson in Person!
DAYBREAK with DAVID SWANSON, JAN 13 Event Flyer
Audio: David Swanson in Santa Rosa, CA
PDA Press Release -- Brown Bag Lunch Vigils, January 20
Iraq
The War Comes Home
ADS Breaks Project Censored's #1 Top Story of 2009 - Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation
I'LL HAVE A "DRAUGHT DODGER!"
War and more war
"In the Loop": A truer-than-true fictional film about war
How to End Wars
Fears Become Reality for Oakland Democrat
PDA Press Release -- Brown Bag Lunch Vigils, January 20
PDSonoma PRESS RELEASE - PDSonoma County Schedules Brown Bag Lunch Vigils in Coordination with PDA Healthcare Not Warfare Campaign
Continuing King's Work: PDA Launches Brown Bag Lunch Vigils
Congressman Payne: I Won't Oppose War Money Because Obama's President
Norman Solomon at Santa Rosa Dem Club -- short summation after featured presentation on the Cost of Wars
PDA Brown Bag Vigils
A Long War Demands a Long Peace Movement
Progressive Democrats of America Wants War Money for Healthcare
Cost of War to Sonoma County
An Update and Some Political Reflections
Letter to Rep. Lynn Woolsey -- delivered at Feb. Brown Bag Lunch Vigil
The Agitator: Voices of PDA Episode 2
IOT: End War and Occupations, Redirect Funding March Call
Join a PDA Issue Organizing Team!
War Is Over (If They Mean It)
Elections
PDSONOMA COUNTY OPPOSES ALL INITIATIVES ON MAY 19TH BALLOT. VOTE “NO” ON MAY 19TH.
Harman's Wiretap Woes and the AIPAC Clique
WPKN Today: Tonight on COUNTERPOINT with Scott Harris
Special Statewide Election May 19, 2009 -- Election Results
California Voters Don't Want Dire Cuts; They Want Leaders to Get It Right
Cartoon News
Single-Payers Crashing the Gates
Fair Elections Health Care Forum this Friday
PDA Members Will Push for California Fair Elections Act
IOT: Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections November Call
Help SENATE CANDIDATE MIKE CAPUANO win the election in Massachusetts THIS COMING TUESDAY!
Elect Mike Capuano on December 8
Martha Coakley is the Democratic nominee
CA Majority Rule Campaign!
Tim Carpenter on the Nick and Paul Show
Flares in the Political Dark
Promises, Promises: Should This Congress and This President Learn from a Little Lip Reading?
New Analysis Shows Proposition 8 Election Results May Have Been Corrupted
An Underdog Who Isn’t Daunted by a New Try for the Senate -- NY Times
George Lakoff at Santa Rosa Dem Club - short summation of CA Democracy Act
Progressives and the Democratic Party
White men dominate applicants for state Redistricting Commission: ACT NOW
Breaking America's Addiction to War & Debt: Out with the Enablers!
Join a PDA Issue Organizing Team!
Mourn Granny D.; Then Organize for Clean Politics
Particpatory Democracy
Action Item - Speak Up for a Progressive Cabinet
WANT TO SEE CHANGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
Obama: Beyond Savior or Trickster
Creating a Green New Deal - Empire Report
Single-payer healthcare protesters disrupt Senate hearing; Chairman calls for more police
WPKN Today: Tonight on COUNTERPOINT with Scott Harris
PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW-Public hearings-California Budget Committee
119 Million Americans Must Be Wrong
Fix the CA Budget Now - Push for a Revenue Rescue for California
Dutra on the Board of Supervisors Agenda - Tuesday, June 9
Stop the War Supplemental!
Urgent CA Budget Action Item
Norman Solomon's Message to Young Generations ...
A Note from Norman
The Fourth of July Is a Celebration of Agitation
A Plan to End the Wars
President Obama, My Response To Your Fourth of July Letter
Showdown in Pasadena with "Torture Judge" Jay Bybee
Taking Shorter Showers Doesn't Cut It: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change
Healthcare for All -- Actions You Can Take
Uplifting and Inspiring
Fair Elections Health Care Forum this Friday
The Power of Community - Film Screening November 6
Healthcare Reform is a Four-letter Word
How to End Wars
Breaking Down Our Political System in Berkeley
NO DRONES action in Nevada -- bus leaving Berkeley Nov. 28, returns Dec. 2
C-Span Posts Video of "Daybreak" Event
Drones Action - from Meg
CA Majority Rule Campaign!
David Swanson in Santa Rosa on Jan. 13!
Flares in the Political Dark
Restoring Democracy to California -- Join the CA Majority Rule Campaign in Sonoma County!
Fears Become Reality for Oakland Democrat
Daybreak Book Tour Comes to Sonoma County, JAN 13 -- Meet and Hear David Swanson in Person!
It's Our Lives, It's Our Money: Do Health Reform In the Sunshine
David Swanson on the Imperial Presidency and Your Activism
PDA Brown Bag Lunch Vigils
Audio: David Swanson in Santa Rosa, CA
AUDIO: The Peter B Collins Show With David Swanson
PDA Replies to Lynn Woolsey
PDA Press Release -- Brown Bag Lunch Vigils, January 20
PDSonoma PRESS RELEASE - PDSonoma County Schedules Brown Bag Lunch Vigils in Coordination with PDA Healthcare Not Warfare Campaign
Continuing King's Work: PDA Launches Brown Bag Lunch Vigils
Public Interest Groups Condemn Supreme Court's Ruling on Corporate Money in Elections: Call for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Court Decision
Rep Edwards Introduces Amendment to Undo Corporate "Free Speech"
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George Lakoff at Santa Rosa Dem Club - short summation of CA Democracy Act
PDA Brown Bag Vigils
White men dominate applicants for state Redistricting Commission: ACT NOW
Progressive Democrats of America Wants War Money for Healthcare
Cost of War to Sonoma County
PDSonoma County February Brown Bag Lunch Vigil
The Agitator: Voices of PDA Episode 2
DEMOCRACY GOES VIRAL
War Is Over (If They Mean It)
Mourn Granny D.; Then Organize for Clean Politics
Democratic Party
Sonoma County Democratic Party outraged at Board of Supervisors vote to gut limits on campaign contributions
Sonoma County Democratic Party Passes Resolution Urging Adoption by SR City Council of Green Building Recommendations
WANT TO SEE CHANGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
Special Event: You've Marked Your Ballot -- Now What?
Why We Support HILARY CROSBY for State Party Controller
Democrats and War Escalation
PDA Calif in Sacramento for CDP Convention 4/24-26
California Democrats Call for Criminal Prosecution of Bybee
Thanks from Dr. Bill and the PDA CAlifornia '09 Roadshow
Sonoma County Democratic Party releases statement on state budget
All But 32 House Dems Back Bad Wars, Big Banks
Sonoma County Democratic Party opposes proposal to close California state parks
Congressman Grayson Has Just Begun to Fight
North Bay Award for Peace Activism
Healthcare Reform is a Four-letter Word
Join the direct action (or the rally) for Single Payer on Tuesday, Nov. 3 in SF
California Dems Deliberate on Afghanistan. What Say You?
Biggest State Party to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan
Martha Coakley is the Democratic nominee
California Democratic Party: Support HR 3699
California Democratic Party: End the U.S. Occupation & Air War in Afghanistan
Tim Carpenter on the Nick and Paul Show
Flares in the Political Dark
Audio: David Swanson in Santa Rosa, CA
PDA Replies to Lynn Woolsey
Democrats Boosting Right-Wing Populism
Norman Solomon on KPFA, Thursday, Jan. 22 -- Democrats Boosting Right-Wing Populism
Karen Bernal interviewed on BBC radio!
Norman Solomon at Santa Rosa Dem Club -- short summation after featured presentation on the Cost of Wars
Marin Voice: Is the progressive base eroding?
Progressives and the Democratic Party
Progressives Moving Forward! -- Karen Bernal & Norman Solomon at PDSonoma Chapter Meeting
Karen Bernal, PDA Northern CA Co-Coordinator & CDP Progressive Caucus Chair Interviewed at PDSonoma Chapter Meeting
Norman Solomon Interviews PDA Field Director Conor Boylan, -- Radio Podcast
Breaking America's Addiction to War & Debt: Out with the Enablers!
Creative Corner
No Wall High Enough
Christmas in the Trenches Song
Labor Day 2009
Department of Peace
An Urgency of Joy
Flickering Dreams of Peace
Torture
'These People Fear Prosecution': Why Bush's CIA Team Should Worry About Its Dark Embrace of Torture
Revealing the Secrets in Room 101
PDA Calif Demonstrate to Impeach Jay Bybee Thurs 5/28 1PM
Torture Accountability Action Day June 25
Thursday, June 25th Is Torture Accountability Action Day
ACTION ALERT! Who's the criminal, John Yoo or Donna Norton?
Party at John Yoo's House Sunday - You're Invited
Yoo, Bybee, and Disinformation
Bendib Cartoon
Economic Justice
Bush Provokes Fear to Push for Bailout
Clarity needed in economic crisis
How the House Representatives Voted on HR 1424: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
A Mandate for Spreading the Wealth
Too Big to Fail and Too Small to Matter
Pictured: The Credit Crunch Tent City Which Has Returned to Haunt America
WERC Forms National Steering Committee To Promote Workers’ Recovery Plan
Cesar Chavez Rally and March
Pro-labor forum touts union organizing law
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA ) Santa Rosa City Council May 5th
Creating a Green New Deal - Empire Report
We Need a Green New Deal
California Voters Don't Want Dire Cuts; They Want Leaders to Get It Right
May 2009 Budget Blues, Part I: Interpreting the Failure of Prop 1A
Fix the CA Budget Now - Push for a Revenue Rescue for California
Put War and Banksters on PAYGO
While programs for poor get the knife, corporations prepare for tax windfall
Assembly Member Evans' Budget Blog
CA Budget Committee Chair Exposes Budget Myths
Sonoma County Democratic Party releases statement on state budget
Urgent CA Budget Action Item
A Note from Norman
President Obama, My Response To Your Fourth of July Letter
California State Budget Crisis Not Caused by the Recession
PDSonoma County Presents Economic Series for Progressive Activists
The North Bay needs a Green New Deal
Critics raise their voices against Rohnert Park Wal-Mart plan
Maddow on ACORN Again: Details Actual Fraud, Child Prostitution, Murder by Federally-Funded Organizations NOT Defunded by Congress
Planning Meeting for Seattle+10 - Sonoma County -- Another World is Possible, Another Economy is Necessary!
Naomi Klein on "Disaster Capitalism"
Support CA MAJORITY RULE Campaign
The Higher Education Fiscal Crisis Protects the Wealthy
Political leaders, scholars, and clergy form commision to monitor anti-union campaign at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Wars or Jobs: Decide Now
Unemployment Insurance in a War Bill
National Consequences for Memorial Hospital Union Vote
Restoring Democracy to California -- Join the CA Majority Rule Campaign in Sonoma County!
Marin Voice: Vast change is essential
Move Your Money
Hotel Workers, Trumka Arrested at Sit-In for Fair Contract
Californians for Democracy CA Majority Rule Campaign Newsletter
The Brownbagger Movement Sweeps the Country
In Marin, some see Obama speech as political switcheroo -- Marin IJ
George Lakoff at Santa Rosa Dem Club - short summation of CA Democracy Act
Don’t Call It a 'Defense' Budget
DEMOCRACY GOES VIRAL
Join a PDA Issue Organizing Team!
Middle East
Israeli Planes Strike Civilian Targets in Gaza; PDA Demands Enforcement of the U.S. Arms Control Export and Foreign Assistance Act
Candlelight vigil at Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa - Tuesday, December 30
Gaza Teach-in
The March of Folly, Continued
The Long Peace Movement: The Silence of MoveOn
War and Words
Stop the War Supplemental!
All But 32 House Dems Back Bad Wars, Big Banks
Impeach
Action Alert -- Support Kucinich Articles of Impeachment
Nicole Sandler Interviews David Swanson on Air America
PDA Impeachment/Accountability Update
Impeachment t-shirts - Peachy Attire for the New Year!
Audio: David Swanson in Santa Rosa, CA
Global Warming
Action Alert from your Sonoma County Democratic Party
Sonoma County Democratic Party Passes Resolution Urging Adoption by SR City Council of Green Building Recommendations
2009 Earth Day is special, says green jobs czar
We Need a Green New Deal
IOT: Global Warming call on 05/20/09
Taking Shorter Showers Doesn't Cut It: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change
COTATI CLIMATE FESTIVAL
IOT: Stop Global Warming November Call
Cap and Share -- An Ethical & Economic Solution to Climate Change
'Better World for Nothing'
Environmental Forum -- Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010
Marin Voice: Vast change is essential
IOT: Stop Global Warming: Jan Call
IOT: Stop Global Warming: Feb Call
Join a PDA Issue Organizing Team!
Supreme Court
People=Corporations? Not.
Public Interest Groups Condemn Supreme Court's Ruling on Corporate Money in Elections: Call for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Court Decision
RNs Urge Congress to Overturn Court Ruling-"Disastrous Decision for American Workers, Democracy"
Rep Edwards Introduces Amendment to Undo Corporate "Free Speech"
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