[Duchess Note ... Special thanks to Rob, Harry & Felix for banner & group photo assistance. You fella's are fantastic! The group photo was taken at small fundraiser gathering at Rob Jereski's home April 23rd. Rob is wearing a blue shirt, his father is to the left and the Duchess is wearing a pink turtleneck on the right. Smile and say Progressive Democrat! More news on the Jereski campaign to follow over next few days. Stay tuned...............]

What Do We Do Now?
THE PROGRESSIVE
by Howard Zinn
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0426-06.htm

The suggestion that we simply withdraw from Iraq is met with laments: "We mustn't cut and run. . . . We must stay the course. . . . Our reputation will be ruined. . . ." That is exactly what we heard when, at the start of the Vietnam escalation, some of us called for immediate withdrawal. The result of staying the course was 58,000 Americans and several million Vietnamese dead. "We can't leave a vacuum there." I think it was John Kerry who said that. What arrogance to think that when the United States leaves a place there's nothing there! The same kind of thinking saw the enormous expanse of the American West as "empty territory" waiting for us to occupy it, when hundreds of thousands of Indians lived there already. The history of military occupations of Third World countries is that they bring neither democracy nor security. The long U.S. occupation of the Philippines, following a bloody war in which American troops finally subdued the Filipino independence movement, did not lead to democracy, but rather to a succession of dictatorships, ending with Fernando Marcos.

Making Videos On Their Own Terms

APPLE
by Bija Gutoff
http://www.apple.com/pro/video/pearljam/



MESSAGES FROM THE KUCINICH PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

You can also help the campaign by ordering ORIGINAL CAMPAIGN MEMORABILIA such as cups, travel mugs, t-shirts, and buttons and in the Official Campaign Store: http://www.kucinich.us/store.php These designs are limited stock; once these quantities are gone they will be no longer available.

SIGN PETITIONS: We will be delivering signed petitions to the Democratic Party Platform committee before the National Convention in Boston this July. The petitions focus on the critical issues this campaign has stood for. Petitions to end the war in Iraq, repeal critical sections of the PATRIOT Act, and to establish a cabinet-level Department of Peace are among those available. You can sign the petitions online right now, or print and circulate them. Deadline for getting them back to us is June 1st, so please don't delay. Get the petitions here: http://kucinich.us/VolunteerAction/petitions.php

Democratic National Convention News is here: http://www.kucinich.us/convention.php

"DENNIS TALKS ABOUT" is a series of 2 to 5 minute reports of Dennis on the campaign trail. In these clips, Dennis discusses in detail his current thoughts on specific issues. You can watch the video online, hear the audio, or read the text transcript on each of the issues.

The Environment: http://www.kucinich.us/talksabout/environment-talksabout.php
PATRIOT Act: http://kucinich.us/talksabout/PATRIOTact-talksabout.php
Oil and U.S. Politics: http://kucinich.us/talksabout/oil-talksabout.php
Military Draft: http://kucinich.us/talksabout/draft-talksabout.php
Affordable Housing: http://kucinich.us/talksabout/housing-talksabout.php

WHY THE MARCH FOR WOMEN'S LIVES IS JUST THE BEGINNING -- From NARAL Pro-Choice America
It was truly amazing. By our counts over a MILLION pro-choice Americans marched in Washington on Sunday. It was the biggest march -- for choice, for equal rights, for ANY cause at all -- in U.S. HISTORY. Whether you were marching with us in body or in spirit, we want to say thank you for all you did to help make the March for Women's Lives a reality. Sunday was about getting the pro-choice movement energized and organized. We're counting on you to help us tackle our next challenge: mobilizing citizens across the country to elect a pro-choice president. The Presidential election is winner take all, with a woman's right to choose at stake. The effort of the 31 years since Roe v. Wade can be undone if we lose in November. Here's what we need you to do:

BE A PRO-CHOICE LEADER AND ACTIVATE 10 FRIENDS!
If there was ever a time to turn the energy of the March into action, now is it. Set up your own pro-choice webpage to get your friends and family involved in the pro-choice movement for the long haul! Share your March stories and energy and ask 10 friends to take action on the latest campaigns to protect our right to choose. Check it out here: http://prochoiceaction.org/can/join.html?community=t

REGISTER TO VOTE!
More than anything, we need EVERY pro-choice voter to be out at the polls in November. Make sure you -- and everyone you know -- is registered to vote: http://prochoiceaction.org/ct/ZpqUhrF1sjp-/?