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Tag: Organizing

Camp Wellstone: I’m an activist bootcamp survivor

January 23, 2011 Bobbi Clemons Charity & Justice, Ideas, Politics One comment

“We all do better, when we all do better.” These were some of the opening remarks at the January 14-16, 2011 session of Camp

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Coffee Party (the progressive alternative to the tea party movement)

March 9, 2010 Madonna Gauding Congress, Politics Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, a young woman named Annabell Park was talking to a few of her progressive friends about how to counter the

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UCubed: A New Union for the Unemployed

March 5, 2010 Madonna Gauding Congress, Employment, Obama, Politics 2 comments

I’m really hoping this catches on because it provides local support and empowerment for the unemployed while simultaneously strengthening their political voice on the

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