Interesting New Group

Got chatting with Ron McBride about his new group

Inspired by the presidential campaign of Howard Dean, and his Democracy for America, WeDemocrats was founded in October 2006 as a political action committee and coalition of progressive groups, dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency. WeDemocrats.org fights against the influence of the far right-wing and their radical, divisive policies and the selfish special interests that for too long have dominated our politics.

"Our goal is to establish coordinators at all county and state levels, for the purpose of providing support to help local grassroots chapters coordinate with Democratic leaders, in other words we will be the coordinators for grassroots in the field, while we continue with our stated educational path. I know that local groups, at present may stay in contact with state organizations but in most cases there is no coordination in efforts to elect more than a local candidate, we will fill this void. In addition there are well over 3,000 counties in the US. We will fill this void." said Ron McBride, publisher of We! The People.

"WeDemocrats.org joins with PDA, Grassroots for America, the Progressive Principles Project and DFA in their long-term goals to rebuild the Democratic Party from the bottom up—it will take time, but we must start building a base now for the future," he said.

With a current membership of over 1,708 democrats in the first eleven weeks , WeDemocrats is growing daily as concerned progressives band together to contribute to redirecting the American political train. The organization has three sites on the Internet where this valuable work is moving forward. The home page of WeDemocrats, a blog site, and now, a magazine where the members can make their voices heard, not just to other members but to the people of the United States.

We! Opens its first issue with more than ten timely topical articles written by progressives from all walks of life. The concerns of the progressive democrats of America will be presented in every issue.

"We! Will go out to every politician with a computer and every democrat who has an interest in taking the reins of control in hand. The hands of the Party of the People. It is our voice. The issues that concern us will fill its pages." Antinoro said. "We! will join Progressive Democrats of America, Democracy for America and other progressives in bringing about positive change from the bottom up."

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