Today we are faced with a choice — Whether to continue the loss of our basic liberties to appease the reactionary right, or to speak out and take action to take back our State and our Country.  As a progressive Democrat, the choice is plain.  We can no longer sit back afraid to speak out against injustice and the loss of liberty.  We must speak out, write, petition, demonstrate, confront - if we are to save our country.  The time for "centrism" in the Democratic Party is over.  

Ward Sullivan - AfterDowningStreet.Org

These next weeks and months are critical to the Progressive movement.  Not since the days of Watergate has the Republican party been in such disarray.  We must take advantage of the moment.

We must begin by writing our local media each time the Busheviks and right-wing media start spinning the scandals coming right around the corner.  Tell advertisers of right-wing spin media we will no longer buy their products.  

Let our State and Federal representatives know we are as mad as hell and not going to take it any longer.  They were elected to protect our liberties and to act responsibly. We must demand they no longer act as rubber stamps for the administration's disastrous actions.  We cannot let them get away with appointing incompetents to the Supreme Court or to critical agencies of our Federal, State, and County governments.  We must let them know we will not tolerate corruption, incompetence and cronyism.

We must support progressive candidates wherever we find them, especially, though, here in Cobb County.  We now have two progressive candidates for State representative right here in East Cobb - Zachary Smith, District 41, and arrylowilsonsr@aol.com?Subject=Helping you win HD-45">Darryl Wilson, District 45.  Write to them today and let them know you will contribute to their campaigns and pound the pavement to help get them elected.

We must help locate and then support candidates for the 6th Congressional District to beat Tom Price and the Cobb School Board Post 6 to beat Kathy Johnstone.  Call the office of Cathy Cox or Mark Taylor and let them know you will work for their campaigns to unseat our incompetent political-hack Governor, Sonny Perdue.

Join others working for the East Cobb Democratic Alliance to elect progressive Democrats in East Cobb.  Particularly, volunteer to serve on one of the subcommittees by contacting the chairs below:

• Opposition Research - Laila Anderson

• Fundraising - Nasrolah Farokhi

• Candidate Recruitment - Tom Carter

• Programs - Frieda Smith

• Grassroots - Beth Farokhi

• Technology - Chris Anderson

• Media/Publicity - Sander Bellman

Come to the regular meetings of the East Cobb Democratic Alliance.  Meetings are held monthly (except for December) on the second Friday of each month.  Check our calendar regularly for frequent updates.

Contact Sander Bellman