http://phoenixpda.com Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:44:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SATURDAY IN TUCSON: Raul Grijalva Calls on Arizona Gov. Brewer to Veto Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Bill Please join us for a rally urging Governor Brewer to VETO SB1070 Saturday, April 24th at 9:00 am At Grijalva Headquarters, 452 S. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701. Please bring your signs and tell Governor Brewer that you ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=277 By Tom Hayden March 9, 2010 Published by The Nation It's been a long winter for the peace movement. Waiting for Obama has proved fruitless. The Great Recession has strengthened Wall Street and diverted attention from the wars. The debate over healthcare still won't go away and has demoralized progressive advocates. Given ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=253 by Ann Wright Published on Thursday, December 10, 2009 by CommonDreams.org No doubt at the instigation of the Israeli government, the Obama administration has authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design a vertical underground wall under the border between Egypt and Gaza. In March, 2009 the United ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=249 Published by PR Newswire. Hours after formalizing the birth of the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in U.S. history, National Nurses United hit the ground running Tuesday with the selection of an executive director, Rose Ann DeMoro, and its first public action, a protest at the headquarters of ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=239 EDITORIAL - New York Times Published: June 5, 2009 This week, in Washington and cities across the nation, immigrant advocates, clergy members and labor and business leaders have been meeting to press their case for comprehensive immigration reform. Hopes have been raised before and repeatedly dashed. But this year there is ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=231 Approximately 80 Arizonans joined thousands of single-payer supporters in a nationwide week of action to support improved Medicare for all (HR 676). Single-payer activists gathered all over the country to say "Healthcare, yes; Insurance companies, no." See the videos from the Rally at Harry Mitchell's office on May 30, 2009: Dr. ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=228 By Medea Benjamin Obama will give a major policy talk at Cairo University on June 4, intended to start mending the rift between the United States and the Arab world. During the Bush years, many Arabs turned against the United States because of the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, as well ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=224 Hear Congressman Raul Grijalva as he spoke to the Progressive Caucus of the Arizona Democratic Party on May 9, 2009 at the State Committee Meeting in Tucson, Arizona. Arizona Congressman Grijalva 5-9-09 http://phoenixpda.com/?p=219 Dan O’Neal - PDA Arizona State Co-Coordinator January 25th 2009 Phoenix - Progressive activist and former Pima Country Chair Paul Eckerstrom upset Arizona Democratic Party Chair Don Bivens in his bid for re-election at the Saturday, January 24, 2009 reorganization meeting of the ADP State Committee in Phoenix. The ballroom at ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=178 By Medea Benjamin http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/01/end-the-occupat.html Under the disastrous Bush years, the U.S. military invaded a country that posed no threat to the United States, destroyed its infrastructure and plunged it into chaos. This led to the death and displacement of millions of Iraqis, squandered the lives of more than 4,000 U.S. troops and ... http://phoenixpda.com/?p=177