Hacking Democrary6:30pm at Faith Lutheran Church, 801 E Camelback Road

FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE EVERY VOTE COUNT
Electronic voting machines tabulate 80% of all votes cast in America. This documentary will expose the corruption, mistruths, and negligence that allows these votes to be changed and manipulated. Find out how to stop this from happening!

Snacks and drinks will be provided. Donations are appreciated.

Doors will be open @ 5:30 pm, Hearing starts @ 6pm
North High School, 1101 E. Thomas Rd (12th St and Thomas Rd)

Learn about:
1) The $40 Million to date paid out in lawsuits against the county sheriff’s office.
2) The Tens of Thousands of outstanding warrants.
3) The increase in emergency response times by county deputies.
4) Civil rights violations.

Local elected officials will be present.

BECOME PART OF PROGRESSIVE CENTRAL at the DNC CONVENTION

Join PDA and The Nation in the heart of Denver at the Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St.–a progressive oasis, where like-minded individuals can meet to network, share ideas, learn from the country’s foremost progressives, and help build the progressive movement.

The week starts with PDA’s Progressive Welcome to Denver event on the evening of Sunday August 24. Community building, speeches, and music. Suggested Donation: $15.00.

The Nation Conversations Series, moderated by John Nichols, takes place each morning M-Th, and is free and open to the public. After lunch (please order in advance below–$12.50, sold at cost), the PDA panels will begin. Suggested donation is $10.00, includes both panels and guaranteed seating.

For a suggested donation of $125.00, you can reserve a five-day event package and receive preferential seating at all events, lunch, a tote bag containing a PDA travel mug and other items from supporting organizations.

Paid parking is located nearby; but we recommend public transportation, visit http://www.denver.com/transport/masstransit.html

Check back frequently for additions or changes to panels. Panelists are still confirming availability.

For more information or to make a hardship request, contact Denver@pdamerica.org.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

SUNDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 24: PDAs “Progressive Welcome to Denver”

8:00 - 10:00 PM: Community, speeches, and music. Hosted by Mimi Kennedy, PDA Advisory Board Chair. Featuring Rep. Barbara Lee (CA), Co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and PDA Advisory Board member; Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor, The Nation; Tom Hayden, author, activist; Jim Zogby, Arab American Institute and DNC member; Jim Hightower, journalist and PDA Advisory Board member. Music by Dan Reed. (Invited: Rep. Donna Edwards (MD), PDA-endorsed Healthcare NOT Warfare candidate Joan Fitz-Gerald)
Suggested donation: $15.00

MONDAY AUGUST 25: HEALTHCARE NOT WARFARE

MORNING SCHEDULE
9:00-11:00 AM: Tabling and networking
11:00 AM-12:30 PM: The Nation Conversations Series– Healthcare, Aids, and Africa
Moderated by author and The Nation journalist John Nichols with Rep. Barbara Lee, and Richard Kim. (Invited: Rep. John Conyers, House Judiciary Committee Chair.)

AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
12:30 - 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 - 3:45 PM: PDA Panels–Healthcare NOT Warfare
Moderated by John Nichols.
1:00 - 2:05 PM: Healthcare Panel:
Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign co-chairs Norman Solomon, author and PDA Advisory Board member and Donna Smith, star of SiCKO and founder of American Patients for Universal Healthcare; Dr. Rocky White, single payer Denver healthcare advocate, Marilyn Albert, RN, CNA/NNOC. (Invited: Rep. John Conyers, Jim Hightower.)
2:10 - 3:15 PM: NOT Warfare Panel:
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Co-chair CPC and PDA Advisory Board member; Norman Solomon. Kathleen Snyder, Gold Star Mom; and a representative from Iraq Veterans Against the War.
3:15 - 3:45: Q & A
3:45 - 4:00: Housekeeping and Closing Comments: Tim Carpenter

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26: MEDIA REFORM AND CLEAN, FAIR, TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS
MORNING SCHEDULE
9:00 - 11:00 AM: Tabling and networking
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: The Nation Conversations Series - Out of Iraq
Moderated by John Nichols with Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA), Co-chair Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Tom Hayden. (Invited: Rep. Maxine Waters, Out of Iraq Caucus Chair.)

AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
12:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 PM: PDA Panel–Media Reform:
Moderated by Jeff Cohen, author, and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting; with John Nichols; Laura Flanders, journalist, Nation Radio and Grit TV; Shireen Mitchell, Digital Sistas; Maeve Conran, Associate News Dir. KGNU Community Radio Denver/Boulder. (Invited Lila Garrett, host of Connect the Dots on KPFK Pacifica Radio.)
2:15 - 3:45: PDA Panel- - Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections:
John Nichols moderator; with Steve Rosenfeld author and election integrity activist; John Bonifaz, legal director of Voter Action, founder of the National Voting Rights
Institute, and PDA Advisory Board member; Mimi Kennedy, election protection advocate; Harvie Branscomb, Colorado election protection advocate; Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus and PDA Advisory Board member.
3:45 - 4:00 PM: Housekeeping and Closing comments: Tim Carpenter

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27: ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND GLOBAL WARMING

MORNING SCHEDULE
9:00 - 11:00 AM: Tabling and networking
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: The Nation Conversations Series– Immigration Reform and Economic Justice
John Nichols, Moderator; with Rep. Jim McGovern (MA), PDA Advisory Board member; and Bob Moser, contributing writer to The Nation.

AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
12:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 PM: PDA Panel–Economic Justice/Ending Poverty:
John Nichols, Moderator; Rep. Barbara Lee; David Sirota, author, journalist; Lori Wallach, Globalwatch; Carmen Rhodes, Executive Director of the Front Range Economic Strategy Center. (Invited: Rep. Maxine Waters)
2:15 - 2:30 PM: Q & A
2:30 - 3:45 PM: PDA Panel–Global Warming:
John Nichols, Moderator; with Medea Benjamin Founding Director Global Exchange, Founder of Code Pink and PDA Advisory Board member; Nancy La Placa, Energy Consultant with Bardwell Consulting Ltd. (Invited: Rep. Ed Markey (MA) Chairman of the Special House Committee on Global Warming)
3:45 - 4:00: Housekeeping and Closing Comments: Tim Carpenter

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & CONGRESS AND PDA ONWARD FROM DENVER

MORNING SCHEDULE
9:00 - 11:00 AM: Tabling and networking
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: The Nation Conversations Series - Restoring and Maintaining our Constitutional Rights
Moderated by John Nichols with Rep. Robert Wexler (FL), Rep. Keith Ellison and Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of The Nation.

AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
12:30 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 PM: PDA Panel–Constitutional Law and Congress: John Nichols moderator; with Rep. Robert Wexler, member House Judiciary committee; Steve Cobble, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and PDA Advisory board member. (Invited: Rep. Keith Ellison.)
2:15 - 2:45 Q&A
2:45 - 3:45:PDA Panel–PDA Onward from Denver, Building the Progressive Movement, Working the Inside/Outside Strategy:
Mimi Kennedy, moderator; with Bill Goold, Exec. Dir., Cong. Prog. Caucus; Steve Cobble; Tim Carpenter PDA National Director; Laura Bonham, PDA Communications Coordinator; Norman Solomon; Jodie Evans, CodePink founder and PDA Advisory Board member; Bill Moyer, Executive Director Backbone Campaign. (Invited: Rep. Jim McGovern)
3:45 - 4:00: Housekeeping and Concluding Remarks: Tim Carpenter

When Sunday, August 24, 2008
through Thursday, August 28, 2008
9 AM - 4 PM

Where Central Presbyterian Church
1660 Sherman St.
Denver, CO 80203

Come to My Mother’s Restaurant, 4130 N 19th Avenue/Indian School Road. This month we hope to have some candidates presenting their views, we’ll talk about going to Denver and other exciting events on the horizon. 6pm to order food, 6:30pm sharp, the meeting will start.

There is a concerted Republican Oil industry coordinated attack on the Democrats to blame them for the price of gas. They are accused of blocking drilling even though there are 14 million acres for the oil companies to drill in that have already passed every environment test. The folks in Alaska are actually suing EXXON for not drilling on a plot they have had the right to drill in for 31 years.

Secondly when the Republicans held the White House, and Congress they didn’t pass any of the legislation they are now accusing the Democrats of not passing. The Republicans absolutely need to win this war of words to retain
the White House and help their Congressional candidates.

The response the Republicans hate the most is when the Democrats point out that the world buys oil in dollars. This is the message it is vital to get out or Trent Franks will get a free ride on his oil background.

The value of the dollar dropped because of three reasons each of which cause the price of gas at the pump to go up. All three will resonate with the USA public.

1. When you go to war and don’t pay for it the value of the dollar drops.
2. When you give a very large tax break to the very wealthy and don’t pay for it the value of the dollar drops.
3. When you take the policy position that deficits don’t matter (Cheney) the value of the dollar drops.

Rather than pay our selves for our spending with a dollar of taxes that same dollar and more goes to OPEC and the terrorists via the rising price of gas at the pump. The Republicans hate this argument because it destroys their
“no new taxes” position as well as their attempt to blame the Democrats. We need to force them to argue energy on these ground not the “drill and pump” platform they are trying so hard to promote.

Tom Kociemba
High Performance Building Team
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tom@hpbldgteam.com
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623-533-4071 Office (BEST)
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Come to the meeting Monday June 23 6pm at My Mother’s Restaurant, 4130 N 19th Avenue (NW corner Indian School and 19th Avenue).

DO NOT FORGET TO BRING ITEMS TO DONATE TO THE U.S. VETS SHELTER: Clothing, water, sunscreen, hats, household goods, MONEY (checks payable to U.S. Vets, Inc. please)

With August coming up, we have lots to work on, so get there early and stay late!

To Harry Mitchell,

Re: Integrity

Just who are you? I ask that question because I thought I knew you. I believed you were who you said you were when you ran for Congress in 2006. And, with the help of people who believed you were going to represent them, they voted for you, they campaigned for you, they donated to your campaign. You said you were going to uphold the Constitution the country was founded on. You said that because of your education in history and your long career teaching history to students that you understood how important the law was. You said you were against the Iraq war and believed it was wrong and should be stopped immediately. You said these things, and then you were elected to Congress based on those things you said, those promises you made.

You have broken all your promises to the people who elected you. You have voted against the very values you claimed to believe in so deeply.

What happened to you? Why are you voting against the Constitution? Why are you voting against the very best interests of your country and the people who elected you?

No one trusts you anymore. No one.

Doris Freeman
Arizona voter and resident

And we want to talk to both of them! They’re going to be together on Tuesday May 27 at the downtown Phoenix Convention Center. We will be there to meet and greet and WE WANT YOU to join us in this gala celebration of “our” democracy. Nevermind that we won’t have the $25,000 necessary to get a seat at a table inside. We’re going to have our own party out on the sidewalks. SO COME AND BRING A GROUP OF FRIENDS to tell the BUSH TWINS exactly what you think! Rally starts at 4pm at Cesar Chavez park and will move to the Convention Center.

Due to the holiday on 5/26, the Phoenix Chapter PDA will hold the May meeting on Wednesday 5/21 at My Mother’s Restaurant, 19th Avenue and Indian School Road. The meeting will start at 6:30PM. This month we will be outlining activities for the Memorial Day Weekend, and Tuesday May 27’s event at the Bush-McCain fundraiser. Every citizen group in Arizona should have a representative at this meeting to find out how to participate in this event.

On April 11, Phoenix Progressive Democrats of America is extremely pleased to bring you Ray McGovern. Ray, a 30-year CIA analyst, is one of the few Voices of Conscience to publicly question the Bush Administration on the manipulation of intelligence information used as a pretext for war in Iraq.

There are many voices now speaking out, Ray was there early, and on the inside, against all attempts to silence him. Ray is still speaking out.

This event is at Grace Lutheran Church, 324 N 3rd Street (just south of I-10).

Buy tickets now at Speak The Truth To Power.