PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS RISING - This election was no victory for centrists



What you can do to help Goodyear Families
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA AND STATE ORGANIZING CHAPTER OHIO PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION SPEARHEAD PETITION DRIVE FOR  UNITED STEELWORKERS ON STRIKE AT GOODYEAR
Calling on Progressives, Democrats, Area Labor Organizations  and Friends of Labor to Support  Striking USW-2L GOODYEAR Workers
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Join AFSC & OPAC in commemorating 3000 US / 655,000 Iraqi deaths
JOHN EDWARD VISITS STRIKING GOODYEAR WORKERS
What you can do now to move the progressive agenda forward!
PDA ENDORSED SHERROD BROWN IS A VICTORY FOR PROGRESSIVES
OPAC and PDA Day of Action
Goodyear rally draws attention to the plight of USW and middle class jobs


Goodyear Settles with USW;
Progressive Fight for the American Worker Has Only Begun (December 2006)

PDA Ohio joins Host U. S. Labor Against the War in Conference Calling for Immediate Withdrawal
Union Sundown - "Sundown on the American Middle Class"
SEE THE VIDEO OF  TIM RYAN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE FAILED BUSH POLICY - CLICK HERE
Progressives Increase Their Numbers as LARGEST Group Within the House Democratic Caucus
Background on the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Article by AFSC
PDA Ohio joins Host U. S. Labor Against the War in ConferenceCalling for Immediate Withdrawal  Michael Carano, Co-Ohio PDA State Coordinator
STATE ORGANIZING CHAPTER OPAC SPEARHEAD PETITION 
DRIVE FOR  UNITED STEELWORKERS ON STRIKE AT GOODYEAR
FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN FOR PEACE - Paul Schroeder
Collena - A 14 year old visits Voinovich in Washington DC and delivers her letter for peace in Iraq
Mary Nichols Rhodes - Resourceful, Nimble, Smart:  Attributes of a Committed Activist
January 7th, 2007
Progressives Support Workers Rights
You can help us build the progressive movement in Ohio!
The Power of One
Organize, Mobilize, Deliver the Progressive Vote in 2006
March 25-2006 Out of Iraq Rally at Beachland Ballroom
TALLMADGE UNITY RALLY - SEPT 2006
MARCH 26TH BROCHURE
PDA press conference with Cindy Sheehan, Mimi Kennedy & Tim Carpenter in Akron
Letter to Ohio Grassroots
American Blackout
IRAQ FOR SALE - The War Profiteers
THE GROUND TRUTH - A MOVIE PREMIER
THE GOODYEAR TIRE - UNION RALLY
RALLY FOR JUSTICE - GOODYEAR
NSA - DoD spying on Akron Group
Protest defends judicial filibuster
Cleveland PD Article on Social Security's 70th Anniversary
SS 70th Anniversary Birthday Party in Akron
OPAC/USW Ted Strickland Fundraiser with Sherrod Brown
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: PDA Swing in Ohio
Resourceful, Nimble, Smart:  Attributes of a Committed Activist
February 5, 2007
Mahoning County Single Payer, Health Care Forum - Feb 2007
Ohio Peace Activists Take to the Streets of Washington and the Halls of Congress January 31, 2007

Join OPAC and SPAN in the Drive to Solve Ohio's Healthcare Riddle
January 2007
Public hearing on the FCC and the future of media draws 400 concerned people. 90 testify at Columbus Church. By Patrick Carano, March 7th
Progressive Dems of America Set to Raise its Voice (read)
War protests continue on fourth anniversary
By David O'Brien, Record-Courier Staff Writer
Akron Protests 4th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion (read article here)
by AFSC Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 at 12:55 PM
Posted at Cleveland IndyMedia
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2007/03/24840.php


Portage Democratic Coalition, Ohio PDA Chapter, Lobbies 17th Congressional District Liaison
by Judy Kirman, President - Portage Democratic Coalition - March 9, 2007
A Message from PDA National Director Tim Carpenter:
Northeast Ohio PDA Chapters Kick Off Drive for Single Payer
By Ohio State PDA Organizing Chapter, March 3, 2007,
Our Peace Activists Learning? By PDA Advisory Board member David Swanson
Coalition's Public Teach-In Unites Health Care Reform Advocates
Friday, August 10, 2007
WAR MADE EASY - OPAC's Movie Night Out at the Akron Public Library - August 22nd, 2007

SPAN Wants You! Akron North Hill Public Library. Tuesday, August 21, 7:00 P.M.
SPAN/PDA Region 6 Blitz in Girard, Ohio (read)
by Michael Carano, SPAN Regional Coordinator and PDA Activist
December 1, 2007
Army of None Book Tour, (read)
with Authors Amie Allison and David Solnit
Ohio State Labor Party Invites Greens and Progressive Democrats to Debate/Discussion (read)
BRINGING THE WAR HOME TO SENATOR VOINOVICH:  And a Sunday Turkey Dinner to boot! (read)
Peru FTA Passes Despite Opposition by Labor and Progressives (read)
Fall/Winter Movie Night out 2007 -SiCKO and "NO END IN SIGHT"
Lisa Zeno Carano elected to Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court (November 8th, 2007) (READ)
OPAC Lobby Visits:  Reps.  Wilson and Ryan -By OPAC's Jodie Smith - Oct 31, 2007 (READ)
The People's Lobby: PDA Working For Change - By Mary Nichols Rhodes (READ)
U.S Tour of Duty-"The Ohio Leg with Ritter, Cohen, and Peck" (read)
Congressman Wexler Awarded Backbone Award  Florida Congressman Honored for Standing Up for the Constitution  (READ)
March 18, 2008
Fifth Anniversary of Iraq Memorial Service in Cuyahoga Falls - March 15, 2008  - Article HERE

Fifth Anniversay of Iraq Event Photos HERE
SPAN OHIO's Summit County Coordinators collect over 600 Signatures in a two-week period for Healthcare for All Ohioans!
(By Jodie Smith - May 12, 2008) (Read)
SPAN-OHIO REACHING OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN SUMMIT COUNTY- HUDSON ROTARIANS INVITE SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE
ADVOCATE DR. WILLIAM KECK AND SPAN-OHIO  By Steve and Jodie Smith, Summit County Span-Ohio Coordinators May 21, 2008 (READ)

Ohio Rep. Betty Sutton Takes Lead in Stopping "Stop-Loss" (READ)
By Michael Carano, PDA OH State Co-Coordinator May 26, 2008 
Democratic Party Platform 2008: Incorporating Language for a Progressive Democratic Agenda HERE
7/20/2008

U.S Tour of Duty - "The Ohio Leg with Ritter, Cohen, and Peck"
By Michael Carano
Support Mike Moran for the Ohio 42nd District House Seat
PRIVATIZING A PUBLICLY-OWNED  ASSET
By Pat Carano, PDA-Ohio

THE AKRON SEWER PLAN - Statement by Progressive Democrats of America's National Director, Tim Carpenter: www.pdamerica.org

S.O.S - "Let the People Decide"

AFL-CIO & PDA-Ohio "Would you like to privatize your sewer system with that?"
The Antiwar Movement and the November Elections
Public Forum
SPAN OHIO's Summit County Coordinators collect over 600 Signatures in a two-week period for Healthcare for All Ohioans!  (By Jodie Smith - May 12, 2008)
SPAN-OHIO REACHING OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN SUMMIT COUNTY
HUDSON ROTARIANS INVITE SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE ADVOCATE DR. WILLIAM KECK AND SPAN-OHIO By Steve and Jodie Smith, Summit County Span-Ohio Coordinators, May 21, 2008
Join PDA chapters OPAC, PDC and SCPD in a Special Meeting on Single-Payer Healthcare

PDA - Healthcare Not Warfare Bus Tour - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio October 2008

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