Netroots Nation

FSTV Netroots Nation Interview with David Pakman and Tim Karr

Stevie Converse — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:31:26 -0400

Full article: Free Speech TV
Free Press Campaign Director Tim Karr talks with David Pakman about the evolving nature of Netroots Nation, corporate infiltration of progressive organizations, Net Neutrality and the AT&T-T-Mobile merger. (Video 6:26)

Labor Leads Netroots (and Others) Astray on AT&T Takeover

Stevie Converse — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:38:03 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Art Brodsky
What happens when unions, or otherwise well-meaning progressive groups, fall in with the corporations, out of naivete or other reasons? It causes political heartburn for public interest activists that's rarely discussed.

Netroots Nation 2010

Jordan Berg — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:38:52 -0500

Start: 07/22/2010 - 00:00

End: 07/25/2010 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Netroots Nation amplifies voices by providing an online and in-person campus for exchanging ideas and learning how to be more effective in using technology to influence the public debate. Through our annual convention we strengthen our community, inspire action and serve as an incubator for ideas that challenge the status quo and ultimately affect change in the public sphere.

Netroots Minnesota Convention

Jordan Berg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:56:49 -0500

Start: 11/20/2009 - 00:00

End: 11/21/2009 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Progressives from all over Minnesota will gather in St. Paul on November 20-21 for the first ever Netroots Minnesota conference. This conference will be modeled after the Netroots Nation conference (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention). The netroots played a critical role in helping shape a national progressive agenda over the last several years.

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Stevie Converse — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:02:45 -0400

Netroots Nation '09

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:31:04 -0400

Start: 08/12/2009 - 23:00

End: 08/15/2009 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Liberal Bloggers Brace for Victory

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:47:22 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Jose Antonio Vargas
The Netroots Nation convention has ended. With the Democrats taking back Congress in 2006 and the prospect of an Obama victory come November, many in the influential Netroots are left in a precarious, ambiguous position. The question is, who needs whom: Does Obama need the Netroots, or vice versa?

Netroots Should Tend to the Net's Roots

Stevie Converse — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:05:04 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Art Brodsky
Most of the speeches, panels and discussions at the Netroots Nation conference will be about how the Internet is being used and how it should be used. Yet little time is given to the discussion of preserving and protecting the online environment.