The old romanticism and the new environmentalism

Political environmentalism is a movement shaped by twentieth century romanticism. And that is one source of its political difficulties, especially in America. It presumes a sharp divide between the creativity of the arts, which draws inspiration from the untamed natural world we perceive with our unaided senses, and the routinized development of scientific knowledge whose [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

My guest blog on the United Steelworkers site: http://bit.ly/9pQov0 # Tom Corbett will spend a day in the shoes of a lazy, unemployed worker collecting unemployment insurance….as soon as he finds one. # Dan Onorato spent a day in the shoes of an SEIU member http://bit.ly/a69xwa # In 1937 FDR took a risk and challenged [...]

What we won on health care reform and what we still have to win

Updating some data. I’ll repost this on Saturday August 28. 2010    Send article as PDF to

We elected a President; Now we have to build a movement

Dear Friends, Over the next month, Penn Action will be sponsoring a series of events around the state, some in conjunction with other groups, that aim to build a strong progressive movement to get voters who share our ideals out to the polls in November and then to keep the pressure on our elected officials to [...]

We Made Them Listen To Us

This is my speech, more or less, at the Gas Stock concert and rally on Saturday. This not exactly what I said. I spoke extemporaneously and didn’t record it. But this is the gist of it. Good Afternoon. I’m Marc Stier, the Executive Director of Penn Action, grassroots political organization in Pennsylvania. I’m really thrilled [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

Gas stock was great. Roxanne Pauline and friends are the best organizers in the state # Conference call on the future of progressive politics in PA! Today! Join us at 7:00 pm. Call in number: 213 289 5450 Access code 472065 # Powered by Twitter Tools    Send article as PDF to

The Next Step in Building Progressive Power in Pennsylvania

We won a big victory. But the struggle is not over, either for health care or for the larger progressive agenda. I’m writing to ask you to sign up so that together we can build a force in Pennsylvania to keep America moving forward. For over twenty months, we worked together to do something that will make [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

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Is it time to take direct action to block the effects of Citizen’s United?

It’s just a trickle now, but the corporate money that was unshackled by Citizen’s United is beginning to flow just where we feared it would. And now, before it turns into a torrent, we should try to stop it. The ideal way to do so is with legislation. But the filibuster enabled a minority of [...]

A small victory: Blues will support AdultBasic for six more months

A small victory: Blues will support AdultBasic for six more months

We had a small victory for AdultBasic today. But there is still more to be done to insure that the program continues until it is no longer necessary. The Adult Basic Program Health Care For America Now joined five events around the state led by the Pennsylvania Health Access Network in support of Adult Basic, [...]