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Lots going on in the Populist Movement out there... [View all]
You won't read about it mainstream or on Media Matters, but along with the outstanding Populism 2015 conference this weekend, there is even more happening~
...At the same time, progressives are organizing a range of efforts to drive the debate on a populist economic agenda.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, after convening a group of progressive leaders, proposed collecting thousands of endorsements on an Economic Contract with America, and hosting a bipartisan presidential debate on inequality.
Gearing up
Warren has joined with Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., to launch the Middle Class Prosperity Project, planning to convene hearings across the country on economic policies threatening the middle class, including, most recently, the need to relieve the burden of student debt. Progressives are gearing up a major campaign for four years of free public college.
Next week, the Campaign for America’s Future will announce an alliance with three major national grassroots organizations — National People’s Action, USAction and the Alliance for a Just Society — to drive a populist platform into the political debate.
Moveon.org, the Progressive Congressional Campaign Committee and Progressive Democrats of America are all mobilizing online support for the demand that candidates address “bold ideas” for economic reform.
Warren is joining the Center for Community Change Action as it launches a campaign for jobs.
The AFL-CIO will hold convocations in each of the early primary states focused on the issue of raising wages....
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/chi-hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-martin-omalley-20150415-story.html#page=1
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, after convening a group of progressive leaders, proposed collecting thousands of endorsements on an Economic Contract with America, and hosting a bipartisan presidential debate on inequality.
Gearing up
Warren has joined with Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., to launch the Middle Class Prosperity Project, planning to convene hearings across the country on economic policies threatening the middle class, including, most recently, the need to relieve the burden of student debt. Progressives are gearing up a major campaign for four years of free public college.
Next week, the Campaign for America’s Future will announce an alliance with three major national grassroots organizations — National People’s Action, USAction and the Alliance for a Just Society — to drive a populist platform into the political debate.
Moveon.org, the Progressive Congressional Campaign Committee and Progressive Democrats of America are all mobilizing online support for the demand that candidates address “bold ideas” for economic reform.
Warren is joining the Center for Community Change Action as it launches a campaign for jobs.
The AFL-CIO will hold convocations in each of the early primary states focused on the issue of raising wages....
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/chi-hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-martin-omalley-20150415-story.html#page=1
No this is NOT some fringe far left movement. Just many Democrats who want Democrats to be Democrats on ISSUES, not just when campaigning. We are part of this too, each of us in the group, in our own small or large way.
So take a moment to BE PROUD & most of all HOPEFUL. Things are bubbling & building out there!!!
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