Any readily available edumacational flyers on the DLC?

[eridani]

I know that there are threads with lots of URLs and commentary, but does anyone know whether there is a flyer with just the basics and a couple of introductory URLs to inform people who don't know? Thom Hartman moderated an America in Solidarity event Sunday night and referred to DLC, completely bewildering some of the audience members.

[kster]

1. DLC Another republican

plan for the Democratic party that will be exposed, real soon.

[acmejack]

2. Here is some information I think you will need.

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Looking out over Washington, DC, from his plush office, Al From is once again foaming at the mouth. The CEO of the corporate-sponsored Democratic Leadership Council and his wealthy cronies are in their regular postelection attack mode. Despite wins by economic populists in red states like Colorado and Montana this year, the DLC is claiming like a broken record that progressive policies are hurting the Democratic Party.

From's group is funded by huge contributions from multinationals like Philip Morris, Texaco, Enron and Merck, which have all, at one point or another, slathered the DLC with cash. Those resources have been used to push a nakedly corporate agenda under the guise of "centrism" while allowing the DLC to parrot GOP criticism of populist Democrats as far-left extremists. Worse, the mainstream media follow suit, characterizing progressive positions on everything from trade to healthcare to taxes as ultra-liberal. As the AP recently claimed, "party liberals argue that the party must energize its base by moving to the left" while "the DLC and other centrist groups argue that the party must court moderates and find a way to compete in the Midwest and South."

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050103/sirota

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=5453

[paulk]

3. you could go to their website

http://www.dlc.org/