Of course the one I like best for the goal of electing grassroots candidates is Dean's group:
www.democracyforamerica.com
www.blogforamerica.com
There are many indications that the progressive/liberal groups within the party are getting very involved. I am seeing now that the progressive label for all intents and purposes stands for "change" from the rightward swing of the party. It is an attempt to get us back to what we once were, not so beholden to corporations and big business. As Conason mentions in his new article at Salon today, they are working together to get Kerry elected right now. However, they will continue in new ways after November.
A quote and link to Conason's article:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/07/30/john_kerry/index.htmlSNIP...."At the Royal Sonesta, meanwhile, the labor, minority and community organizations gathered behind the banner of the Campaign for America's Future and Progressive Majority, were laying their own plans. They too were looking beyond November as they talked about recruiting a new generation of candidates and building grass-roots pressure on a prospective Kerry administration to carry out the candidate's progressive promises -- and go further. Their model might be the Christian Coalition, which used modern campaign techniques a decade ago to build a grass-roots right-wing movement at the base of the Republican Party, and won substantial influence over the GOP in the process. "Take Back America," the title of CAF's conference at the Royal Sonesta, could just as easily have been the slogan of the religious right a decade ago. " END SNIP
For now, the differences between the donors at the Four Seasons and the organizers at the Royal Sonesta matter far less than their shared goal of ousting the Bush administration.
Here are a few I have compiled, all a little different in purpose, but many supporting the same candidates and ideals.
Take Back America
http://www.ourfuture.org/projects/convention/index.cfmA group, founded by Howard Dean, supporting various local candidates who share the values of the progressive movement:
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/And the blog and other links:
http://www.blogforamerica.com/And the congressional leaders at the Progressive Majority:
http://www.progressivemajority.org/leadership/index.aspHome Page
http://www.progressivemajority.org/And the group that is connected to many Kucinich supporters, and at which I see various DFA groups signing up:
http://www.pdamerica.org/sponsors.phpThis was an interesting paragraph from a comment at the blog:
SNIP..."Dean talked at a number of events about joining with like-minded groups. He even hugged Dennis Kucinich at an event yesterday! I think "we're all in this together" no longer applies to just Dean people. DFA is actively joining with other progressive groups, and so should we...."END SNIP
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