Alan Minsky
Alan Minsky is the Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America.
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Views Monday, September 07, 2020 A 21st Century Priority: The PRO Act will Revive the Labor Movement and Re-Build the Middle Class Labor Day 2020 has bittersweet resonance for progressives. It's a celebration of how organized labor won tremendous benefits for the American people. How the collective struggle of working people established a standard of dignity for all workers, against the wishes of bosses and investors—that is,... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 22, 2020 If You Want Joe Biden to Govern More Like FDR Than Jamie Dimon, Vote for Bernie Sanders on Tuesday in New York and Kentucky Heading into Tuesday's New York and Kentucky primaries, Joe Biden has already won enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination. Given that, it must seem counter-intuitive to ask voters to support the second-place finisher in the race for the nomination. However, a vote for Bernie Sanders is... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 17, 2020 2020 Voters' Calendar—The General Election Starts in August On June 9, Georgia Democrats set not only a primary turnout record, but a lamp for the nation. Over a million voters overcame obstacles, including long lines, relocated polling places, and a complicated vote-by-mail application process, to cast their votes. And a majority of ballots were cast by... Read more |
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Views Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Democratic Party's Hand Is Weak. Only Progressives Can Strengthen it. Before this year, it was almost unimaginable that anything could be a bigger story than a U.S. Presidential election. However, COVID-19 has seriously disrupted the 2020 election—not only because it distorted or delayed many primaries, and eliminated in-person campaigning; but also because the... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, April 07, 2020 Stay in the race Bernie Sanders. America needs you now more than ever. We understand that many Democrats are calling for Bernie to drop out. They say that Joe Biden is so far ahead that the time has come for party unity, for focusing on Donald Trump. While we agree about the necessity of defeating Donald Trump, we arrive at the opposite conclusion: The Democratic... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, February 06, 2019 Progressive Democrats of America Support Rep. Jayapal's Medicare For All Act of 2019 As the Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), I am writing on behalf of our activists to urge all Americans to ask their member of Congress to cosponsor of Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Medicare for All Act of 2019. PDA was founded in 2004 to organize in favor of policies for all... Read more |
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Views Saturday, July 23, 2016 Why Donald Trump Could Be the Next President of the United States This is madness. Fully predictable madness. One archetype of the American experience is now realized. We’ve always had our carnival hucksters and itinerant preachers and snake oil thieves. P.T. Barnum put on a good show. All sought wealth and power. But never before has one risen so high as Donald... Read more |
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Views Sunday, November 09, 2014 This Democratic Party Is Going Nowhere. Can Progressives Take it Over and Change the World? Tuesday’s crushing defeat of the centrist Clinton/Obama Democratic Party provides an opening for the American left. The next few years are not going to be pretty, but they could be the beginning of something beautiful. In 2009, shortly after its most crushing national electoral defeat in 44 years,... Read more |
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Views Sunday, April 08, 2012 Would Jesus Occupy? “Whatsoever you do for the least of My people, that you do unto Me.” --Matthew 25:40 On Easter Sunday 2012, it is important for American Christians, and non-Christians alike, to reflect on Jesus’ teachings in light of a social movement that put some of his most famous actions into practice. The Occupy movement, in its short history, has firmly established an unwavering commitment to serving the poorest and neediest among us, even in the face of severe state repression. Read more |