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Building Progressive Infrastructure

Source: YearlyKos

Author: Dave Johnson

Date: October 26, 2009

Category: Progressivism

Type: Presentation

Medium: Video

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Video excerpt of Commonweal Institute Fellow Dave Johnson's presentation about building progressive infrastructure at the 2006 Yearly Kos Convention.

Tags: progressive infrastructure

The Time to Grow Stronger Is Between Elections

Source: Commonweal Institute

Author: Katherine Forrest

Date: July 14, 2006

Category: Politics

Type: Presentation

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This paper, based on a presentation at the Third Annual Democracy Fest in 2004, discusses some of the things that grassroots activists can do between campaigns to strengthen their groups and enhance the position of progressives in their communities.

Tags: target audience, social networks, progressive values, progressive movement, membership expansion, marketing, increasing membership, grassroots, GOTV, election protection

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On Your Own?

Source: Commonweal Institute

Author: Dave Johnson

Date: July 7, 2004

Category: Justice

Type: Presentation

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Remarks by David C. Johnson, Luncheon speaker at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Annual Convention educational session titled, "Tort Reform: An International Problem With International Solutions" Boston, July 7, 2004

Here's a bad day for a trial lawyer:

You turn on the Morning Show and they're talking about how the high cost of lawsuits is raising the price of medical care.

Tags: trial lawyers, tort reform, The Attack on Trial Lawyers and Tort Law, Santa Claus judges, Richard Mellon Scaife, lawyer jokes, Joseph Coor, John Birch Society, frivolous lawsuit, culture of blame, conservative movement, compensation culture, civil justice

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