LEFT OUT IN THE OPEN -- The Netroots & Progressive Politics March 5, 2008

Internet activism has upended American politics by amplifying new voices, connecting disparate social networks, transforming campaign funding, enhancing public scrutiny and electing non-traditional candidates. The progressive netroots is building a participatory, egalitarian, aggressive movement with an agenda of progressive foreign policy, populist economics, Constitutional rights and open government. Are the Democrats listening? Can the netroots advance the Democratic Party and function as an independent progressive movement?

This panel will convene progressive leaders and writers for a lively discussion of how the netroots are changing progressive politics. Participants include Katrina vanden Heuvel, Publisher and Editor of The Nation; Zephyr Teachout, Assistant Professor of Law, Duke University, and an architect of Howard Dean's Internet strategy; Matt Stoller, a founding blogger of OpenLeft and President of BlogPAC; Roberto Lovato, a writer at New America Media and blogger for Of América; and Ari Melber, a correspondent for The Nation and a contributing editor at Personal Democracy Forum.

The event is free of charge. Please arrive early.Sponsored by The Nation. Co-sponsored by MoveOn.org