Reply #60: Try these guys out before you leave:

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Progressive Democrats of America. They are holding a Progressives Summit in DC during (and immediately after) the coronation of bush*. They are working to form an alliance with the CBC.

http://www.pdamerica.org/

Here is their statement on Iraq:

PDA believes the unilateral invasion of Iraq was a cataclysmic mistake and that it will prove to be one of the biggest fiascos in American history.

PDA wants Democratic Party leaders to speak the truth about America's invasion of Iraq.

Here is what PDA believes and what we believe needs be said.

* The invasion was illegal under both the UN Charter and the US Constitution.

* It was unprovoked, unwarranted, unjustified, and unnecessary.

* It is obscenely expensive at a time when non-military government programs are starved for resources.

* It is based on distortions and deceptions and falsehoods -- not by accident, but by design.

* That the costs incurred by the US are borne disproportionately by the poor and underprivileged.

* That it was not motivated by a quest for phantom Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, but by the Bush Administration's determination to control Iraqi oil, to provide vast opportunities for war profiteering by American corporations, and to build 14 new American military bases in Iraq which it intends to keep there for decades to come.

* That the Iraqi people deserve reparations for the harm we have inflicted on their population, their country and their national soul.
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http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/news/pda_iraq_statement.php

There are local chapters in some states, and the list is growing. You
can check here for a grassroots contact in your area.

http://pdamerica.org/caucuses.php


I'm supporting this organization for a while....until the 2006 elections. Then I will decide if my once cherished Democratic Party is beyond hope. If it is, I will help drive the stake through its heart.