Posts Tagged ‘Tim Carpenter’
In Memory of Tim Carpenter
By Benjamin Day – This past Monday melanoma finally took Tim Carpenter, who is best known as the founder and long-time Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America. Tim was a fierce organizer for social justice. You will hear and read many amazing tributes to Tim, because he was one of those rare individuals who…
Read MoreTim Carpenter’s Politics of Radical Inclusion: In the Streets and in the Polling Booths
By John Nichols for the Nation – Tim Carpenter never lost faith in the very real prospect of a very radical change for the better. And he never lost his organizer’s certainty that the tipping point that would make the change was just a few more phone calls, a few more rallies, a few more…
Read MoreAn Outsider on the Inside
Though battling terminal illness, Tim Carpenter is still busy moving Congress left. By Cole Stangler for In These Times – Tim Carpenter is the national director of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA). Founded in 2004 in the aftermath of Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-Ohio) presidential run, the group works what it calls an “inside-outside” strategy—aimed at…
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