Alan Minsky
Alan Minsky is the Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America.
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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 |