Posted on 07/12/2010 11:10:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Progressives have launched the left's version of the Tea Party movement.
Dubbed "One Nation," it's a grassroots coalition of 170 liberal and civil rights groups that organizers hope will help the progressive cause regain its voice two years after the election of Barack Obama and "counter the Tea Party narrative," The Washington Post reported.
"Having been confronted with the specter of the Tea Party . . . we felt it urgent to organize the majority of this country, which voted in 2008 and has gone back to the couch," said Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP, one of the movement's members. "We've been split off in different directions."
Among the groups involved are the National Council of La Raza, the Service Employees International Union, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, and the United States Student Association.
As its first major goal, One Nation is planning a march in Washington Oct. 2 that will push for progressive ideals including more government spending on job creation. The march will "demonstrate to Congress that these agenda items have support across multiple demographics," said Jealous (pictured, left, with SEIU Local 1199 President George Gresham).
The coalition came together out of political necessity, Paul Starr, a professor of public affairs at Princeton University, told the Post.
Liberal leaders see "much of the progressive agenda at risk in this election," said Starr, who also edits the American Prospect, a liberal magazine. "There is no choice but for these groups to get together. The historical pattern is that voter turnout falls disproportionately among minorities and young people at these midterm elections, so they are fighting a historical trend."
astro-turf-roots?
Wasn’t it “Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Fuhrer”?
Not this group — just a similar sounding name?
www.onenationforall.org/
ON THE INTERNET:
my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/theodoreziolkowski/gGGjH9/group_list
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my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/theodoreziolkowski/gGGjH9
“Progressives hope ‘One Nation’ coalition can recapture grass-roots fervor”
By Ted-Zee-Man - Jul 12, 2010 10:54:17 PM ET
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I am pretty sure one nation was part of it.
Ping!
Probably just another sound alike...
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http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-676
Note: The above bill is the bill Kucinich is referring to.
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“HEALTH CARE - NOW!
Organizing for a National Single-Payer Healthcare System
HR676: One Plan, One Nation”
www.healthcare-now.org/
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www.youtube.com/user/healthcarenow4all
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“Rep. Dennis Kucinich Address to NJ One Plan One Nation”
Video Description - quote:
healthcarenow4all | July 12, 2010
Category:
Nonprofits & Activism
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VTS 01 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QruD0FzbnUQ
In other words, the very opposite of "grassroots."
Previously...
Note: Videos included.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/disaffected-lefties-launch-coffee-party-movement/
“Disaffected lefties launch … ‘Coffee Party’ movement”
POSTED AT 5:52 PM ON FEBRUARY 26, 2010 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/25/AR2010022505517_pf.html
“Coffee Party activists say their civic brew’s a tastier choice than Tea Party’s”
By Dan Zak
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 26, 2010; C01
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coffeepartyusa.com/
coffeepartyusa.com/content/we-are-democracy-advocates-first-and-foremost-note-new-recruits-and-local-organizers
It appears that “coffee” didn’t catch on...
“National Council of La Raza, the Service Employees International Union, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, and the United States Student Association. “
let’s not forget ACORN.....ALL Obama’s Army.
ON THE INTERNET:
onenationworkingtogether.org
onenationworkingtogether.org/main.aspx
twitter.com/OneNationTeam/
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=130729&id=130038760366906
www.facebook.com/pages/One-Nation-Working-Together/130038760366906
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www.google.com/search?hl=en&&rls=en&q=powerpac+%2B+onenationworkingtogether&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
National Council of La Raza,
the Service Employees International Union,
the NAACP,
the AFL-CIO,
and the United States Student Association. “
let’s not forget ACORN.....ALL Obama’s Army.
I wonder how much of OUR tax $$$ is going to organize Progressive’s ‘One Nation’
Without the blind enthusiasm, bush-hate, and novel oratory flim-flam that went with the 2008 elections, I don’t believe all these different groups can get along with each other long enough to be effective.
But you’re right in that money will play a factor and it’s gonna start seeping in - along with the usual demorat red-herrings and floated “news” that MSM will happily do drivebys with.
But I’m willing to bet any public gatherings of this “grassroots” effort will be in sharp contrast to the simple, focused, patriotic Tea party affairs. Cue the loons from Code Pink..... OK bring on the New Black Panthers... Come on all you pot legalizers - try to keep up. Could be like Mardi Gras.
This should be a real yawn. Let them try. It will be like watching paint dry.
If they’ll just have their meetings under the big top they can make a few bucks selling tickets to the freak show.
Small nit: You have them slightly out of order. The slogan was:
“Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer.”
Yea, pretty much.
The thing that they don’t seem to “get” is that they’ll never reproduce the energy of the “Tea Party” movement with a top-down, organized-by-diktat organization.
The other thing they’re not “getting” is that one of the reasons that the “grassroots” of the left aren’t going to get fired up like they did in 2008 is that The Oneness hasn’t delivered jack-all for them. Sure, he signed a healthcare bill... that even the liberals are starting to loath. Gitmo is still open, we’re still in Iraq, etc.
From their perspective, Obama’s administration has been a huge disappointment. As a result, they’re just not going to get all that fired up...
A Hippie Circus just before the election....priceless.
Ben Jealous.
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