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Street Heat: Progressives Protest Against Food Stamp Cuts Nationwide

For weeks, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) has been turning up the heat on Congressional Democrats in an effort to stop the proposed $20 billion in cuts to the Supplemental … Continue reading →

June 19, 2013 · 6 Comments

Sinema Touts Bipartisanship: Is It Really a Good Strategy for Democrats? (video)

Bipartisanship is a popular buzz word in some political circles. Republicans use the call for “bipartisan solutions” to strong-arm Democrats into voting for bad ideas (like increased militarization and drone … Continue reading →

June 17, 2013 · 6 Comments

PDA to Congress: ‘Austerity Is Not an Option’

Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) members visited more than 200 Congressional offices nationwide on May 15 with an urgent message for their representatives: “Austerity is not an option.” Over the … Continue reading →

May 16, 2013

Arizona Dems Split on ‘Back to Work’ Budget Vote

On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, the US House of Representatives voted on a series of amendments to the Republican Majority Budget, penned by Rep. Paul Ryan. The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) amendment, dubbed … Continue reading →

March 21, 2013 · 1 Comment

Ward 6 Roast: From immigration reform to potholes, politicians answer voter questions (videos)

Although gun enthusiasts threatened to disrupt last week’s Ward 6 Roast, the event featuring a dozen politicians who represent midtown/downtown Tucson came off without a hitch. Organized by City Councilman … Continue reading →

January 14, 2013

Three Sonorans Joins FOX News Latino and Discourages Voting

Local firebrand blogger D.A. Morales (AKA the Three Sonorans), who was ousted from theTucsonCitizen.com for his “reckless disregard for the truth,” has joined FOX News Latino. Judging by FOX News’ reputation… well, you get the … Continue reading →

June 2, 2012

Barber vs Kelly vs Manolakis: The Most Boring Debate Ever

The Congressional District 8 (CD8) special election debate on Wednesday night was the most boring debate I have ever heard. High school graduate Jesse Kelly repeated the Teapublican talking points … Continue reading →

May 24, 2012

We are the 99%.

Visiting with PALF chairman Fred Yamashita at the 2016 Labor Day Picnic.

Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales and I were interviewed by NBC at the Phoenix rally.

This is a broken sink in the Ladies’ Room at the Arizona State Building in downtown Tucson. One of the elevators also was broken. It’s time to fix Arizona government.

Giving the LD9 update at the June meeting. What a great crowd!

Ironically, I posted this blog post on the anniversary of this election on June 19. 1970ish.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ addressed progressives and unionists at a Tucson event.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

Despite the sweltering heat, Jim and I had a great time at the Labor Day Picnic. We collected a lot of Clean Elections $5 donations and signatures. Here I am with LD9 chair Michael Dues.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

I have a background in research. Help me build Tucson’s tech industry and grow our own local businesses.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

#RedForEd teachers and supporters in the Arizona House Gallery, 2018.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Governor Ducey had proposed increasing prison beds and funding, while cutting education. Protesters took issue with that short-sighted idea.

PDA Tucson Coordinator Jim Hannley speaks against both the crowd management ordinance and the urban camping ban at the City Council meeting.

Jobs with Justice marching with Occupy Tucson in support of postal workers.

A giant poet’s head made up of stainless steel letters marks the stop near the UA Poetry Center.

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

In the 1980s, the Tucson Weekly called Tucson the “Baked Apple”.

Occupy encampment in Armory Park– before it was cleared out in the middle of the night by Tucson Police.

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Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

There have been many lively debates in the Arizona House in 2018. This team of House Democrats fought for consumer protections and fought against risky financial deals in a “regulatory sandbox.” (Pictured are Reps. Mitzi Epstein, Kelli Butler, Athena Salman, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ken Clark and Isela Blanc.)

It was truly a honor to meet Nevada State Senator Patricia Spearman (center) in October and to confer with her regarding our efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona. Spearman led the successful Nevada efforts to ratify the ERA in 2017. Here we are with activist and NOW leader Dainne Post after the ERA workshop at the We the People Conference in Phoenix. There are a lot of Arizona women who are ready to make history in 2018. Watch my blog here and my Facebook page here for ERA updates.

Protesting cuts to education

Rev. Ron Phares and Pamela Powers Hannley

Jim and I were part of a contingent of Unitarian Universalists who came up from Tucson. Here I am with Rev. Ron Phares from the Mountain Vista UU Church in my district. (Jim is photobombing us.)

Protesters hand deliver symbolic big check from corporate American to McCain.

The Living Economy event was very informative; we had a great time hob-nobbing. My husband Jim is a small business owner and a member of Local First Arizona. I have owned two small businesses in the past– Powers/Queen Associates and Wind Dancer Design. We support Local First Arizona and buying/investing locally. We believe that supporting local small businesses with low-interest loans through a public/private partnership between a public bank and community banks and credit unions is the sustainable route to improving our local economy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work; it’s time for new ideas.

PDA members, including Advisory Board Chair Mimi Kennedy, protested food stamp cuts in front of Congressman Henry Waxman’s office.

We often hear that corporations need migrant workers because Americans “don’t want to do these jobs.” When I hear this statement, I picture farm workers picking vegetables. Recently, I toured two dairies and an animal feed packing plant in Pinal County. The photo above from the Zinke Dairy shows a giant cow milking carousel. Nine migrant workers milk 4000 cows three times a day at this dairy. Legislators watched the two men pictured here– working at a brisk pace– bend over and pick up, lift, and attach large electronic suction cups to the cows as they ride the carousel around the giant facility. This level of automation is the wave of the future for industrial jobs.

Arizonans for New Economy co-directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley with UA Tech Park VP Bruce Wright.

The Tucson Progressive: Pamela J. Powers

I stand on the side of Love. I believe in kindness to all creatures on Earth and the inherent self-worth of all individuals–not just people who agree with me or look like me.

Widespread economic and social injustice prompted me to become a candidate for the Arizona House, representing Legislative District 9 in the 2016 election.

My platform focused on economic reforms to grow Arizona’s economy, establish a state-based public bank, fix our infrastructure, fully fund public education, grow local small businesses and community banks, and put people back to work at good-paying jobs.

In the Arizona House, I was a strong voice for fiscal responsibility a moratorium on corporate tax breaks until the schools were fully funded, increased cash assistance to the poor, expansion of maternal healthcare benefits, equal rights, choice, unions, education at all levels and protecting our water supply.

After three terms, I retired from the Arizona Legislature in January 2023 but will continue to blog and produce my podcast “A View from the Left Side.”

Tucson Progressive

Tag Archives: Ron Barber

Street Heat: Progressives Protest Against Food Stamp Cuts Nationwide

Sinema Touts Bipartisanship: Is It Really a Good Strategy for Democrats? (video)

PDA to Congress: ‘Austerity Is Not an Option’

Arizona Dems Split on ‘Back to Work’ Budget Vote

Ward 6 Roast: From immigration reform to potholes, politicians answer voter questions (videos)

Three Sonorans Joins FOX News Latino and Discourages Voting

Barber vs Kelly vs Manolakis: The Most Boring Debate Ever

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