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DESCRIPTION:Announcing the Second Public Meeting of the New Progressive Left Movement  
 Friday, April 2nd, 2004  6 - 9 PM  Women's Building  3543 18th Street  
 Between Valencia and Guerrero  The New Progressive Left Movement was 
 launched February 22 at a conference at the Women's Building.  Many Greens, 
 independents, P&FP, rank and file democrats dissatisfied with the direction 
 their party is taking, socialists and others met to discuss and approve a 
 common platform, discuss a Plan of Action for the City's progressive 
 movement and discuss how to recruit and train candidates for local office.  
    Almost everyone who filled the main auditorium at the Women's Building 
 were volunteers for the Matt Gonzalez campaign in the last Mayoral 
 Election.  Activists came together from Haight, Mission, Bayview Hunters 
 Point, Excelsior, SOMA...  The Conference was endorsed, among others by 
 Frontlines newspaper, SF Green Party, District 9 - Mission Greens, 
 Immigrant labor Organizing Committee, SF Bayview newspaper, Arabs Building 
 Community, All Islanders Gathering As One (AIGA-1), Maurice Campbell, 
 chairperson Bayview Hunters Point Community First Coalition; Conscious 
 Sound Collective, SF and others.  Now we are meeting again on Friday, April 
 2nd to finish our discussion of a Draft Platform and discuss the method to 
 select and endorse candidates for the upcoming Supervisorial, School Board 
 and College Board races.  Matt Gonzalez' decision not to seek re-election 
 for his D5 seat and the lack of clear perspectives and direction from the 
 progressive left movement is creating a vacuum which the Democratic Party 
 would like to fill in order to continue its control of city politics.  
 Individual candidates and politicians are telling us they are the best to 
 represent our interests and expect us to support them without further ado, 
 since they say is no other alternative.  They are wrong and we will be 
 discussing the issues, the platform and the democratic way to select 
 candidates and unite those who are not willing to go back in time and 
 re-join politics as usual.  So, if you agree with:  * Political 
 independence from the Democratic Party, their candidates and undemocratic 
 machines.     * A platform and Plan of Action to rally all progressives 
 behind the needs of working families, people and communities of color, the 
 l/g/b/t community and youth     * A method of selecting progressive 
 candidates for local offices democratically and having those candidates be 
 accountable to the movement rather than vice-versa...     Then, register 
 now for the upcoming General Meeting of the New Progressive Left Movement.  
  The Coordinating Committee meets every Saturday at 6 PM.  If you or your 
 organization is interested in participating, please register today by 
 filing and returning the registration form below.  If you need more 
 information, please contact us at:  Phone: (415) 452-9992  E-Mail: 
 alternative@sbcglobal.net     Registration Form:     Name: 
 ___________________________________________________     Address: 
 ___________________________________________________    City: 
 _______________________   Zip Code: _______________________________     
 Phone: _____________________   E-Mail: __________________________________   
  Organization: ___________________________________________________  5$ 
 donation requested to pay for rent of space, materials and food.  No one 
 turned away for lack of funds.  E-Mail your registration today to: 
 alternative@sbcglobal.net  Or Fax it to: (415) 337-5113  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/03/30/34523.php
SUMMARY:After Gonzalez' announcement, What's Next? 2nd. Public Meeting of the New Progre
LOCATION:Women's Building  3543 18th Street  Between Valencia and Guerrero  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/03/30/34523.php
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