The social unrest roiling Quebec is colour-coded red. One cannot miss the hundreds of thousands of people with cloth of the colour pinned to their coats and satchels; the stickers pasted on street poles and storefront mannequins; and the sheets fluttering from balconies and windows. The red squares – punning visually on a French expression to be squarely in the red, or in debt – are a gesture of solidarity with university and college students on a massive general strike against government tuition fee hikes.
Date:
December 30, 2011 - 1:30am - 5:30am Location
1st Unitarian Church
1800 Bell Ave.
Des Moines, IA
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On the Eve of the Iowa Caucus, Progressives Present a Forum:
Building the Progressive MovementInside and Outside the Democratic Party
Discussion and Reception 1:30 to 5:30 PM Friday, December 30th
1st Unitarian Church, 1800 Bell Ave., Des Moines Free & Open to the Public
1st Unitarian Church, 1800 Bell Ave., Des Moines Free & Open to the Public
John Nichols, The Nation Magazine will moderate guided conversations:
"Building Support for the Progressive Agenda in 2012"
With Panelists: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Tom Hayden, Author, Activist, PDA National Board
Jean Ross, President of National Nurses United (NNU)
Tim Carpenter, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
"Holding Democrats Accountable from Iowa to North Carolina"
With Panelists: Jeff Cox, the Iowa Healthcare NOT Warfare Caucus Campaign
Ed Fallon, Fallon Forum host, Former IA Legislator and US House Candidate
Andrea Miller, Former US House Candidate, and PDA Deputy Field Director
Steve Cobble, Fellow at Institute for Policy Studies, PDA National Board
Jay Howe, from the Iowa People's Alliance, a new grassroots organization
Meet our panelists and other progressives at a reception 4:30 to 5:30 PM
