{"id":41523,"date":"2025-05-29T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41523"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:42:09","slug":"progressive-petition-calls-for-dnc-emergency-meeting-to-shift-gears-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/progressive-petition-calls-for-dnc-emergency-meeting-to-shift-gears-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Petition Calls for DNC ‘Emergency Meeting’ to Shift Gears Against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ken Martin, then-DNC chair candidate, speaks at the “Win With Workers” rally and press conference at the DNC Midwestern Candidate Forum on January 16, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Aaron J. Thornton\/Getty Images for One Fair Wage)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Doing the same old thing (or nothing) nets the same dismal results,” wrote one petition signer.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ELOISE GOLDSMITH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 28, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A petition<\/a> sponsored by two national progressive organizations is urging the Democratic National Committee to convene an emergency meeting of all its members in order to chart “truly bold action” against U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> and his “cronies.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petition, which was sent to Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin this week and circulated by the groups RootsAction and Progressive Democrats of America, has 7,000 signers, according to a Wednesday statement<\/a>. It also includes more than 1,500 individual comments<\/a> from petition signers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One petition signer, Andrea Helene Hansen of Hudson, New York, wrote: “As a lifelong Democrat (and I’m now 77 years old), I’m looking for an alternative since my party is failing me (and others of the boomer generation). WAKE UP!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Doing the same old thing (or nothing) nets the same dismal results. Time to represent your voters that want you to fight Trump and GOP and overwhelmingly support progressive programs,” wrote Anne Eisinger of Auburndale, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent polling<\/a> and the success<\/a> of Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>‘ (I-Vt.) “Fighting Oligarchy” tour\u2014with appearances by other key progressives including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-N.Y.)\u2014this spring suggest that a sizable portion of the Democratic base is keen to see Democrats pushing back forcefully against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petition urges the DNC to convene the emergency meeting as soon as possible and make it fully open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The predatory, extreme, and dictatorial actions of the Trump administration call for an all-out commensurate response, which so far has been terribly lacking from the Democratic Party,” the petition states<\/a>. “It is time for the Democratic National Committee, as the organization tasked with responding to the concerns of Democrats, to heed the insights of progressive policy analysts and grassroots activists\u2014and that should begin at this emergency meeting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text of the petition does not specify which insights the groups and petition signers would like the DNC to heed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the petition, waiting until the DNC’s next regular meeting in late summer would be “irresponsible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Common Dreams<\/em>op-ed<\/a> published Wednesday, RootsAction national director Norman Solomon highlighted anger<\/a> directed at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after he decided to support a Republican spending bill in March, and Democratic congressional leadership’s poor<\/a> performance in recent polling.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Four months into his job as the DNC’s chair, Ken Martin has yet to show that the DNC is truly operating in real time while the country faces an unprecedented threat to what’s left of democracy. His power to call an emergency meeting of the full DNC remains unused,” wrote Solomon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the DNC recently\u00a0took steps<\/a>\u00a0to void the elections of multiple DNC vice chairs, including gun reform activist David Hogg, who rankled DNC members earlier this year when he announced his intention to support\u00a0primary\u00a0<\/a>challenges<\/a>\u00a0to “asleep-at-the-wheel” Democrats in safe-blue seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ELOISE GOLDSMITH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eloise Goldsmith is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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