Ilya Sheyman's Progressive Run(From the Nation)
(Cross-posting in GD for greater visibility)
(OP Note: Ilya Sheyman is a 25 year-old Occupy activist running for Congress in Illinois against a bland centrist hack named Brad Schneider, a hack who has donated thousands of dollars to RIGHT-WING REPUBLICAN candidates, including Senator Kirk. If you're a progressive, this is an easy choice)
http://www.thenation.com/blog/166654/ilya-sheymans-progressive-run
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The fight to win back the House—just like the fights to hold the White House and Senate—will not be easy. In order to not only win but to move any kind of agenda that addresses tax equity, environmental policy, immigration reform, housing, you name it, simply reinforcing the current Democratic narrative while being pulled further to the right by the Blue Dogs just isn’t enough. We need a more democratic—note small “d”—House.
We need to elect progressives.
Former Senator Russ Feingold recognizes that need and was moved to make his first endorsement in a Democratic primary since leaving the Senate. On Tuesday, Feingold pledged his support and that of Progressives United—his recently formed group focused on opposing corporate power—to Ilya Sheyman, a 25-year-old community organizer running in Illinois 10th District for a shot at the incumbent, Republican Representative Robert Dold.
While some Democratic candidates might look to co-opt the spirit and convictions of the Occupy movement, Sheyman is authentically of, by and for the 99 percent, ready to go to Washington and work with a strong grassroots to rebuild economic opportunity and fairness.
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