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and welcome back to my right here with you and in the studio with us who live
and that has a I kinda a dual meaning today his
Tim carpenter I didn't 10 governor the founder and current co founder president
across america PD
America .org one of the great organizations that is not party the
Democratic Party totally independent organization
that is working to for peace and for national health care
among other things principally those two two things and
Tim I didn't mention on the at last time you were on but you
for months ago had been given for months to live well
I was diagnosed with the recruiting on a cancer in May
when I was with you and down I think one personal celebration as
I was given a limited amount of time finding a bridge dragon I didn't come
here in
excited to be here and thank you for have is back once again and yeah
this time with a victory not just for some downers at good news said we have a
report today so yeah I think you're having a spot with regard to those
medical news is to wrap this up it looks like the tumors are shrinking you've got
the six
this new wonder drug in their gonna do surgery that they think they agree how
to the
this point in time there no guarantee certainly with cancer say today but the
good news for me is that I've been able
to you on a bridge shrug unfortunately nine's Americans who don't have the
opportunity but I did
fortunately on a bridge truck wonderful team even call it is working with us in
things are hopeful the boss pat skin shows that the tumor cell phone
shrinking
and some other concerns I would be able to get some searching out how to move
things
very it's a good day of celebration it is and and can
please keep him in your prayers his bank mine so
so damn president across america there's a victory there too
well the president wanted on if you set your watch I think a week ago the
missiles response to be flying into Damascus
last week at one point four million dollars and the force a policy seems to
be holding at this point in time so for us
and the Beast injustice community this is a day of celebration yeah
and you've got a full page ad that ran in in the
it was okay let's roll call roll call was like the of a local
inside-the-beltway this is the publication
so for the peace community what's important for us is today the morning at
the president's speech
we have a full page ad because I've members a PDA who senator five and ten
dollars be
we were there part to say no strike answer for this right was a great
victory and today we had our roundtable
and you've had us now for six months following around you just-concluded
around him okay so tell us about the roundtable as you would expect alan
Grayson
are when we're here last month they're probably five members we can count on
one hand
do have the courage to walk the halls of congress and say there's gotta be a
better way
barbara Lee alan Grayson Marco can
Jim McGovern constant conyers bar believe course was the leader of the
effort to talk about diplomacy
and in that time now through the president speech in the work and
millions of people took to the streets this past Monday
over 225 candlelight vigils across this country
the American public said no to the president and the president back down
came to congress in here we are we just left the hall to congress we met with
keith Ellison
we met with alan Grayson we have a 30-day at least hopefully indefinite
reprieve
no vote on Syrian we're hopefully gonna give diplomacy a chance so it's a real
celebration
it really is this is so different I remember you know when george bush
announced that he wanted to go to war in Iraq and
over a million people went into the streets worldwide and he basically just
thumbed its nose at all in the same as the largest anti-war demonstration in
history
on this time we've got a president who said make me do it
back in the day and it was so we said okay cool
%ah so we didn't back down slow down back up slow down and he did
how many times we come to you and said her role is to tell this president an
american public did
now increasing sharing with us today anecdotally walking also congress
talking to republicans
who said their phones are ringing off the hook 52 101
american public spoke a very loud clearly and what exciting I think
process progressive Democrats are inside outside strategy
working all the congress with us five members to move within congress and out
in the street
more collaboration with move on and win without war and peace action and PDA
encoding
are coming together sipes community bigger than just our organizational
identity
but it's a larger social movement and I think that speaks volumes not just have
this victory
but we are other victories hopefully that are on the rise and we got a sub
fast-tracking
on the trans-pacific partnership we talked about that today so there's a
real coming together that's a
we had in our meetings today but members a congress and those working inside
outside it was a good day is is PDA involved in pain firemen to politics at
all
absolutely we r just again today are were organized by
issue organizing team so we have a team working across the country
on the whole question of the carbon tax no question a fracking at work it's
going on there
the congressman I'm whole today talk about the fracking question what we can
be doing in congress
more player with communal cartoonish PD's very much involved
we we very much we have to move to a green economy got shut down the nuclear
power plants you got to get recall
we got to get the solar up we gotta get the winter months turning there you go
we're talking to Tim carpenter the executive director progressive Democrats
America PD
America .org is a website and
you know visit pitch in and help out its it's a this is just a great organization
I and and I you know a whatever the word the official notification whatever I'm
I and unpaid unofficial by Kachin member i've your advisory board you're
basically you can put your name on my thing
I you know my name on your things and and Ike occasion I contribute something
to the organization which encourages
something its arch enemies like this to share with your listeners
I think sometimes you have a nice to me underestimate your reach Tom
their people are parted PDF ever gonna shoppers because when we asked them
how did you find out about PDA I can tell you six at a ten times
ended general public can we ask Thom Hartmann show well I think you're more
reaching you realize and we're proud of our treasure for
it's made up of folks like yourself on the outside and inside members to
congress we spoke up
their partner that rolled right although the coach air are the Progressive Caucus
tom hayden
who wrote the letter one of the reasons we feel now increasing confirm this
225 activists took to the streets went to their commercial offices
met with members of congress who put a letter in front of them a Tommy Hayden
Rowe
and said we don't need to strike would need this inversion diplomacy
and that's the kind of activism and those are the members of our board are
making a difference but yourself for Tom him at: avenge bin from Code Pink
we talked about earlier yeah media is a real warrior I
she is she is such a life energy for shunned her own right she is she's the
energizer bunny images been
never never stop she's on that organized the vigil here on Monday night
then on creation spoke at win without words I said a move on there's a real
coming together this pin
honestly some friction in the peace and justice movement we sometimes get
too caught up in our own branding and sometimes to work suffers because a bit
and I can say honestly when you have coping
leading the candlelight vigil to increase in with move on
and when without warranty do something is truly are lining up in the planets or
something happening are excited that I get absolutely cuzco pink
is about as far a to the to the
to the left iight for lack of a better phrase I mean they're they're considered
more the more radical a
elements in a willing to disrupt the president's speech things like that
and on the other hand move on his mood generally perceived as more of the kind
of traditional
inside-the-beltway say if don't push the envelope yeah
right and they were pushing Obama we're all pushing a bomb on this one and
everybody came together on this
with with you guys with president across america million lead it but you we are
very proud
are archer put in PD as we move move on so if we can get out from a move my
on we're very happy but I didn't has a marvelous thing I mean this is this is
one of the reasons I actually the only
the only two national organizations that I have said you may use my name
is president across america and move to a man .org
know where that's it and and because I think that he there's
you know a couple really clean organizations that are really you know
largely volunteer on and that are doing work on the ground and get it
and are actually having an impact in and you're one of those two organizations at
hand and
in the area of peace and social justice and everything else and not move to man
works on issue notes the structural stuff let's amend the Constitution
to Citizens United has to be overturned we work closely with them there's free
speech for people to number group
the modem in a certain one other group has been out front for a long time yeah
they have so we have a minute left here to my did Tim carpenter we're talking
with the executive director Press Democrat America
what's the next step what's the call to action what we what do you say to our
listeners and viewers about what they can do and what you gonna be doing
when I began with your letter drops this is an opportunity a third Wednesday of
every month go to remember congress with the letter specifically on the
progressive legislation
whether the single-payer citizens through United
or the war are potential war in Syria were gonna be back out
delivering letters visit the website PT America .org learn more about the trans
partnership
on the TPP already working a lot on that on fast-tracking
trade agreements that's the most urgent thing that we need help with but most
importantly just in the last couple seconds
visit the website sign up after something that spoke to you today be a
part of it
departed this growing movement and we work inside and outside as we said in PT
is part of the larger social movement
to collect wood together we can make a difference I think you can time for the
opportunity to have a sender
to be a part of the community think you're you are always welcome here to
him and I hope for many many years you think you are
you're my best shot you are a part of this organization indeed Jim carpenter
the executive director progressive Democrats America PD America
dot or P D as in progressive Democrats America
as in you know us dot or their website
so check it out tim thanks again for teams think it's great for speaker
thank you right back