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		<title>Occupy ALEC: Protest corporate control in Tucson and worldwide, tomorrow Feb. 29 (video)</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/2012/02/28/occupy-alec-protest-corporate-control-in-tucson-and-worldwide-tomorrow-feb-29-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it time to finally say, &#8220;I&#8217;m mad as hell and not going to take this anymore?&#8221; The Arizona Legislature (and other Republican-led Legislatures around the country) are attacking the citizens with anti-work bills and anti-student bills. Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich and Congressional Republicans are attacking women, immigrants, gays and Lesbians, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Nichols of &#8216;The Nation&#8217; to speak in Tucson today, Feb. 27 (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Nichols, well-known writer for The Nation and author of Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest from Madison to Wall Street, will speak tonight, Feb. 27 at the IBEW Hall in Tucson. Nichols comes to Arizona as our state faces its Wisconsin moment. With six anti-labor bills being considered in the Arizona Legislature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Thinkers of Tucson&#8217; offer job creation ideas (video)</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/2011/11/22/thinkers-of-tucson-offer-job-creation-ideas-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/?p=968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi Job creation and economic development in Tucson (and many other cities) has historically revolved around a few well-worn strategies: offer tax breaks, free or cheap land, low taxes, and/or other economic incentives to lure businesses to our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captured: Border Patrol arrest video brings legal challenge (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re an activist and an amateur videographer and you see Border Patrol agents wandering around your property inspecting footprints (that happen to be yours), what do you do? Get out your video camera and start filming, of course. Or at least that&#8217;s what Alison McLeod, Southern Arizona Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) field organizer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tired of the Trickle Down: Where Are the Jobs? (video)</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/2011/08/31/tired-of-the-trickle-down-where-are-the-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Nuff said. On August 31, 2011, join Progressive Democrats of America Tucson Chapter, local MoveOn activists, and local nurses at Jon Kyl&#8217;s Tucson office (yes, he has one) at 6840 N. Oracle Rd., Suite 150, 6 p.m. Click here for a map. Click here to RSVP. Arizona Senator Jon Kyl is a member of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurses, PDA, and MoveOn join forces: Tax Wall Street/Heal America Campaign (video)</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/2011/08/30/nurses-pda-and-moveon-join-forces-tax-wall-streetheal-america-campaign-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), MoveOn.org, and local nurses are joining forces here in Tucson and nationwide to tell Congress that we are fed up with their coddling Wall Street, their failed 30-year experiment with trickle down economics, and their blatant disregard for Main Street America. In a pre-Labor Day demonstration on Thursday, September 1, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PDA Tucson: Fighting to protect Medicare and Social Security (video)</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/2011/08/08/pda-tucson-fighting-to-protect-medicare-and-social-security-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Tucson Chapter demonstrated their support for Medicare on the recent 46th anniversary of this important component of President Lyndon Johnson&#8217;s War on Poverty. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, and other social safety net programs were under attack by Congressional Republicans during the recent budget deficit/debit ceiling fiasco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giffords&#8217; deficit reduction town hall features right-wing talking points (video)</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/2011/07/02/giffords-deficit-reduction-town-hall-features-right-wing-talking-points-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The featured speakers at a recent deficit reduction town hall in Tucson&#8211; David Walker from the Comeback America Initiative and Robert Bixby of the Concord Coalition&#8211; were well-versed in how bad the US economy is, the dangers of out-of-control spending, revisionist history on how we got here, and the right-wing solutions for fixing our financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America: Do you want the &#8216;people&#8217;s budget&#8217; or the military-industrial complex&#8217;s budget?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/2011/04/12/america-do-you-want-the-peoples-budget-or-the-military-industrial-complexs-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress sort of put the 2011 budget to bed last Friday with an 11th hour deal that forestalled a federal government shutdown. Teapublicans had a laundry list of progressive legislation that they wanted to completely defund or dramatically reduce: Head Start (which helps poor children be prepared to enter school) and public education, in general, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How progressive is Tucson?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/2011/04/11/how-progressive-is-tucson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Powers Hannley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How progressive is Tucson? Yes, it is general knowledge that Pima County is one tiny blue spot in a sea of blood red, but just how liberal are we? Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) started a Tucson Chapter in February. According to PDA leader Phil Lopes, since then PDA&#8217;s mailing list has grown to more [...]]]></description>
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