Liberty Tree | Extending Democracy w/The Progressive, Manski, Farsetta, Gray, Wellstone

Extending Democracy w/The Progressive, Manski, Farsetta, Gray, Wellstone

Date:

May 1, 2009 -May 2, 2009

Full Description:

Founded in 1909 as La Follette's Weekly, on May 1-2, 2009, The Progressive magazine is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a major conference and festival.

Major speakers include Robert Redford, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the editorial staff of the Progressive Magazine. Liberty Tree's Ben Manski, together with various members of Liberty Tree's Board of Directors and Board of Advisors -- John Nichols and Robert McChesney, among them -- will also be speaking at this exciting event. In particular, you'll want to check out:

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 4:00pm

Panel Discussion: EXTENDING DEMOCRACY

Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
Diane Farsetta, The Center Media and Democracy
Kevin Alexander Gray, author and former Jesse Jackson campaign staff
David Wellstone, Wellstone Action!

Additional Information:

For a full schedule of events, registration information, and more, please see:

http://conference.progressive.org/full/sched

Areas of Focus:

Ballot Access (No More Stolen Elections), Books not Bombs (Democratizing Education), Campus Democracy (Democratizing Education), Civic Education (Democratizing Education), Civil Rights and Liberties (Local Democracy), Corporations (Local Democracy), Corporations and Democracy, Counts & Recounts (No More Stolen Elections), Debt Forgiveness (Democratizing Education), Defense Reform (Bring The Guard Home), Democratic Culture, Democratic Federalism, Democratizing Defense, Democratizing Education, Democratizing Elections, Democratizing Religion, Direct Democracy (Local Democracy), Economic Democracy, Election Officials (No More Stolen Elections), Election Reform (No More Stolen Elections), Free Speech (Democratizing Education), Full Funding (Democratizing Education), Gender and Democracy, Global Democracy, History of the Guard (Bring The Guard Home), Home Rule vs. Preemption (Local Democracy), Iraq (Bring The Guard Home), Law of Democracy, Local Democracy, Local Democracy Movement (Local Democracy), Community Media (Local Democracy), Media Democracy, Municipal Foreign Policy (Local Democracy), Neighborhoods (Local Democracy), Participatory Budgeting (Local Democracy), Polls & Media Coverage (No More Stolen Elections), Progressive Regulation (Local Democracy), Corporatization (Democratizing Education), Race and Democracy, Right to Organize (Democratizing Education), Services and Revenue (Local Democracy), Shortages at the Polls (No More Stolen Elections), Stolen Elections (No More Stolen Elections), Tuition Abolition (Democratizing Education), Utilities and Wealth (Local Democracy), Vote Suppression (No More Stolen Elections), Voting Machines (No More Stolen Elections), War Resistance (Bring The Guard Home), Affirmative Action (Democratizing Education), Military Corporatization (Democracy Square), Military Corporatization (Bring The Guard Home)

Tags:

Ben ManskiCenter for Media and DemocracyDavid WellstoneDiane FarsettaJohn NicholsKevin Alexander GrayProgressive MagazineRobert McChesneyWellstone Action

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