WASHINGTON POST: PCCC fundraising “suggests the left will be very energized indeed this year” — February 1, 2012
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is set to announce some surprising fundraising numbers this morning — and the key is that the group’s totals this cycle have already surpassed its 2010 numbers, even though 2012 is just getting started. The PCCC’s fundraising does tell us one important thing about the state of the Dem base right now — it is in fact very energized when it comes to supporting candidates who unabashedly articulate a strong progressive platform. There seems to be a hunger for such candidates among grassroots Dems across the country. [more]
BLUE NC: Progressive Change Campaign Committee polling NC members about drafting Miller — January 26, 2012
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has started an online poll asking NC’ians what they think regarding a run by Rep. Brad Miller (D-13) for Governor. [more]
HUFFINGTON POST: Brad Miller Urged To Run For Governor By Progressive Change Campaign Committee members — January 26, 2012
Shortly after Miller’s announcement, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee sent an email to all of its members in North Carolina asking them if Miller should run for governor, while highlighting his congressional efforts to protect consumers from banking abuses. So far, over 97 percent of respondents have urged Miller to run for governor, according to PCCC spokesman Neil Sroka.
“Brad Miller authored the bill in Congress that would break up the big Wall Street banks and prevent future bailouts,” the PCCC email to members reads. “He also fought to make it easier for North Carolinians to ‘move our money’ from big banks that gamble away our money to smaller community banks.” [more]
CBS: PIPA, SOPA put on hold in wake of protests — January 20, 2012
Adam Green, co-founder of the grassroots group Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said the legislation’s delay shows that “people power works.” His organization helped about 43000 people call their congressmen in opposition to the bill. [more]
READ WRITE WEB: 40K PCCC members call Capitol Hill opposing SOPA — January 19, 2012
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s petition logged 225,000 signatures on its joint petition with Reddit and Craigslist. Protestors made over 40,000 calls to Capitol Hill. The bill caught the attention of mainstream media sources, even dominating the New York Times’ homepage. Nineteen senators now oppose PIPA, including seven who formerly co-sponsored the bill. OpenCongress’s Protect IP Act Senate whip count currently shows 33 senators supporting PIPA, and 39 opposing it. [more]
Rachel Maddow Highlights PCCC’s SOPA/PIPA Success! [VIDEO] — January 18, 2012
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow highlights the Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s successful partnership with technology innovators to take on SOPA proponents. [more]
IBT: Global SOPA and PIPA Outcries Win Support — January 18, 2012
Digerati spearheaded by online sites including Wikipedia, Google and Reddit launched global opposition to two bills in the U.S. Congress they believe would threaten Internet commerce and creativity. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, went dark Wednesday, along with many other sites including Reddit and about 340 others whose proprietors are members of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. [more]
RT: P Street’s Conor Kennedy talks Stop Online Piracy Act [VIDEO] — January 18, 2012
Conor Kennedy from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee told RT that if passed, the bill would simply allow big shots from the media industry to wipe out any competition – and not in a fair way. “No one is opposed to bills that fight piracy”, Kennedy said. “But at the same time we need to be aware that large corporations are going to be able to use these laws to drag their fair competitors into court instead of competing with them in the marketplace. For small innovators that don’t have access to money for legal fees yet, that just spells out the end of the internet as we know it.” [more]
THE GUARDIAN: Tech firms rail against SOPA proposals at PCCC event — January 17, 2012
Internet entrepreneurs – including Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of news sharing site Reddit, and Brad Burnham, whose Union Square Ventures has backed firms including Twitter and Foursquare – held a press conference hosted by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in Washington on Tuesday as the tech community fights to put a halt to Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect IP act (Pipa), two anti-piracy bills being scrutinised in Washington. [more]
HUFF POST: PCCC streaming SOPA PIPA discussion with bipartisan panel and tech experts — January 17, 2012
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) is hosting a discussion on the SOPA House bill and the PIPA Senate bill at 12:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday January 17. Tech innovators, along with progressive and conservative experts, will talk about the measures aimed at addressing online piracy, which have sparked controversy. Critics of the bills say they would reduce freedom of speech and threaten innovation. [more]
