2020 Annual Report

The New Progressive Alliance (NPA) continued to expand our organizational outreach and is now allied with 65 other national and international organizations. All allies are listed with internet addresses on our website.
Publishing in social media means publishing a reference in Facebook at the New Progressive Alliance, Leftist Third Party and Independent Candidates, Green Party Discussion, and Truth Bomb Activists. Because of problems with privacy and censorship on Facebook, we also publish on Twitter, MeWe, and Ilkmade.
In January the NPA published Stanford University’s “100% Clean Energy Vision” which shows what 100% renewable energy could look like in countries, cities, and U.S. states in the year 2050. The report is based upon demonstrated technology and demonstrated results from using that technology.
In January the New Progressive Alliance in Public Comment 224 joined many other individuals in urging the Security and Exchange Commission not to blindly back corporate power by restricting shareholders from making comments. Since 1934, the shareholder proposal process (Rule 14a-8) has been an effective tool for shareholders who own the company an important voice, helps improve corporate conduct, and supports an economy that addresses important social and environmental impacts.
We are running out of time on climate change. In January we published “Naomi Klein On Looming Eco-Fascism: ‘We Are Literally And Politically Flammable’- The intellectual godmother of the Green New Deal movement laid out what, exactly, such a plan must entail to be successful.”
Though very serious, there is hope for the climate future on many fronts. In January we published in the NPA blog, “Hope for the Climate Future.”
In January we published “It's Not Arson, You Absolute Fucking Morons.” It is frustrating how easily people are deceived on a critical issue.
In January we published the New Progressive Alliance article “The War on Whistleblowers” with over 450 references and which is continuously updated.
In January we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Widespread Police Misconduct and an Expanding Prison Population” with over 675 references and which is continuously updated.
In January we published an NPA article by Jeff Roby entitled “Trump says War! The World says Peace!”
In January we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Corporate Overreach” with over 400 references and which is continuously updated.
For the sixth time the New Progressive Alliance has proudly endorsed Doug Mann in January. He is running for the citywide election on November 3, 2020 for the Minneapolis School Board. He has consistently worked for specific needed educational reforms. The reason the New Progressive Alliance is so enthusiastic about Doug Mann's candidacy for the Minneapolis School Board is because these issues are national issues and reflected in our Unified Platform.
In January we published an article about a disturbing trend. “Global dissatisfaction with democracy has reached a record high, research claims”
In January we published our NPA article “Civil Rights” with over 650 references which are continuously updated.
There is hope in people finally seeing the truth about climate change. In February we published “If there's a silver lining in the clouds of choking smoke, it's that this may be a tipping point” by Michael Mann, a climate scientist writing from Australia.
In February we published our NPA article “The Economy” with a companion article “Economic Graphs and Videos” with a combined number of over 1,750 references which are continuously updated.
In January 2020 the New Progressive Alliance in Public Comment 224 joined many other individuals in individually writing the Security and Exchange Commission not to blindly back corporate power by restricting shareholders from making comments. In addition in February we also signed onto a collaborative letter to the SEC with 16 other organizations urging the same goal.
In February we published our NPA article “Education” with over 900 references which are continuously updated.
In February we re-tweeted a brief talk by Russell Crowe on climate change.
In February we published our NPA article on the environment with over 4,600 references which are continuously updated.
In February we published a meme showing eighth graders had a better grasp of climate change than U.S. Senators.
In February we published our NPA article on election reform with about 600 references which are continuously updated.
In February the New Progressive Alliance joined other organizations in urging the California Secretary of State to engage in fairer elections with Public Comment 226.
In March we published our NPA article on healthcare with over 315 references which are continuously updated.
In March we published our NPA article on our crumbling infrastructure with over 115 references which are continuously updated.
In March we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the decline of labor over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has over 75 references and is continuously updated.
In March the New Progressive Alliance joined other organizations in urging Congress to enact a clean budget with Public Comment 227.
In March we published two articles warning time is running out for climate change.
In March we published an article showing the connection between Climate Change and the Corona virus.
In March we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the dramatic increase in poverty over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has over 285 references and is continuously updated.
In March the Facebook page Green Party Discussion folded so we stopped posting there.
In March we published a website connection showing how anybody can have their computer search for the cure for the Corona virus with a program that only works in the background when one is not using it. BOINC also can perform other science activities.
In March we published an article showing the corona virus legislation was corporate corruption.
In March we published two articles showing the relationship between global warming and pandemics such as the corona virus.
In March we started publishing on the Facebook page “Greens Discuss the Issues.”
In March we published the New Progressive Alliance article “The Powerless Press” which describes the dramatic decrease in both the power and effectiveness of the public media. It has over 800 references and is continuously updated.
In March we published “How to Win the New Climate War” by Dr. Michael Mann.
April: Unity Party candidate Gary Swing running for US Representative in Colorado's Second Congressional District has endorsed the Unified Platform and earned the New Progressive Alliance endorsement. This is our fifth endorsement in ten years of Gary Swing.
In April we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Diminishing Transparency” with over 135 references and is continuously updated.
To fight climate change we need more than individual change, we need to fight fossil fuels. In April we published two articles showing this.
In April we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Continuous Wars” with over 1,100 references and which is continuously updated.
In April we published an article that said "Donald Trump has decided to use federal dollars to directly foot the bill for uninsured COVID-19 patients, while Joe Biden is still clinging to the Affordable Care Act (and has said he will veto Medicare for all). It’s a boneheaded move that is allowing mainstream Democrats to be outflanked by Trump on health care."
In April we published the New Progressive Alliance article “The War on Whistleblowers” with over 450 references and which is continuously updated.
In April we published “The Sheer Awe Inspiring American Clusterfuck.” The United States needs more than a slight adjustment or a democrat as president.
In April we published “Coronavirus doubters follow climate denial playbook.”
In April we published “The Reason COVID-19 and Climate Seem So Similar: Disinformation.” The disinformation industry has deployed these strategies across multiple issues.
In April we published “Planet of the humans: A reheated mess of lazy, old myths.” Fossil fuels will tell any falsehood and finance any misleading movie about renewable energy that they can get away with.
In April we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Widespread Police Misconduct and an Expanding Prison Population” with over 715 references and which is continuously updated.
In April we published an article on the increasing hostility to science, education, and experts.
In April the New Progressive Alliance joined over 100 other organizations in urging equal treatment for D.C. residents with Public Comment 228.
In May we published a link to seminars about stopping Asian harassment.
In May we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Corporate Overreach” with over 400 references and which is continuously updated.
In May we published our NPA article “Civil Rights” with 670 references which are continuously updated.
In May we published an article written by Dr. Mann discrediting the fossil fuel Michael Moore movie.
In May we published links to BOINC which uses individual computers to fight COVID-19.
In May we published our NPA article “The Economy” with a companion article “Economic Graphs and Videos” with a combined number of over 1,750 references which are continuously updated.
In May we published our NPA article “Education” with 941 references which are continuously updated.
In May we published “USA Is #1 In the World for Renewable Energy Investment Attractiveness.”
In May we joined with over 70 other organizations in urging many companies to stop supporting the toxic ALEC with Public Comment 229.
In May we published an article by the Popular Resistance about the United States becoming a failed state.
In June we published “U.S. police have attacked journalists more than 100 times in the past four days.”

In June the New Progressive Alliance joined 82 organizations in urging seven banks not to drill in the Arctic with Public Comment 230.
In June we published our NPA article on the environment with over 4,845 references which are continuously updated.
In June we published the NPA article "Beware the Trump Administration" with over 300 references as documentation.
In June we published “Protesters Sue Donald Trump, William Barr After Being Tear-Gassed for Photo Op.”
In June the New Progressive Alliance joined other organizations in urging seven banks not to drill in the Arctic and in urging Congress to strengthen the oversight and anti-corruption measures over the $3 trillion and growing Coronavirus relief legislative programs.
Because of time constraints, the New Progressive Alliance in June will no longer publish Public Comments in full.
In June we published our NPA article on election reform with 627 references.
In June the New Progressive Alliance joined other organizations in giving more control to the District of Columbia.
In June the New Progressive Alliance joined other organizations to urge the SEC to require all public companies to disclose information about how they are responding to the pandemic to include political spending disclosure and how they use any federal aid they receive.
In June we published our NPA article on healthcare with over 350 references.
In June we published a reference to a book that really struck a chord with me. The book is "Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse" by Roger Hallam. We listed it in Make Your Case under "2. Make your case with books, articles, and documentaries." What can we all do to avert catastrophe and avoid extinction? In Common Sense for the 21st Century, Roger Hallam, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion, outlines how movements around the world need to come together now to start doing what works: engaging in mass civil disobedience to make real change happen. The book gives people the tools to understand not only why mass disruption, mass arrests, and mass sacrifice are necessary but also details how to carry out acts of civil disobedience effectively, respectfully and nonviolently. It bypasses contemporary political theory, and instead is inspired by Thomas Paine, the pragmatic 18th-century revolutionary whose pamphlet Common Sense sparked the American Revolution. Common Sense for the 21st Century urges us to confront the truth about climate change and argues forcefully that only a revolution of society and the state, similar to the turn that Paine urged the Americans to take into the political unknown, can save us now.

In June we published our NPA article on our crumbling infrastructure with over 115 references.
In June we stopped posting in MeWe because of technical difficulties.
In June we published the article “Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers.”
In June the New Progressive Alliance welcomes Extinction Rebellion as an ally. Extinction Rebellion believes because of climate change we face floods, wildfires, extreme weather, crop failure, mass displacement and the breakdown of society. The time for denial is over. It is time to act. Conventional approaches of voting, lobbying, petitions and protest have failed because powerful political and economic interests prevent change. Our strategy is therefore one of non-violent, disruptive civil disobedience – a rebellion. All New Progressive Alliance allies and connections to their websites are listed here: http://www.newprogs.org/allies
In July we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the decline of labor over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has over 80 references.
How far will fossil fuels go to destroy the planet? In July the NPA published “The quiet campaign to make clean energy racist: To stop a small city's climate policy, fossil fuel interests sent in a front group, threatened COVID infections, and may have even manufactured a racism controversy.”
In July we retweeted for a clean budget with no poison pill riders.
In July we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the dramatic increase in poverty over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has 301 references.
In July we retweeted a graph showing how bad COVID 19 was in the United States by comparing states in the United States with countries.
In July we retweeted a graph comparison on COVID 19 between the United States and the European Union. It is obvious we are on the wrong track.
In July we published the New Progressive Alliance article “The Powerless Press” which describes the dramatic decrease in both the power and effectiveness of the public media. It has over 820 references.
We need to squarely face our problems. In July we published “How the American Idiot Made America Unlivable - America is a Poor Country Now, in Ways that are Likely to be Permanent.”
In July we published news from the Green Party.
In July we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Diminishing Transparency” with over 135 references.
Facebook’s Evil Hypocrisy and Censorship:

On the Facebook page “Leftist Third Parties and Independent Candidates” a member posted an article correctly telling how Obama’s signing of NDAA allowing for indefinite detention without trial paved the way for our current situation. (It was signed on New Year’s Eve to avoid attention.)

Facebook then quoted Politifact saying “No, Obama did not sign a law allowing protesters to be snatched off the streets.” They then took off the article as false and threatened us if we kept posting “false” articles.

Contrast this with Facebook’s allowing climate change denialists to openly and brazenly lie on Facebook without consequence. Contrast also with the amount of money Facebook spends on lobbyists. (We documented with two references.)

The New Progressive Alliance has too large a following to just quit Facebook. Because of problems with privacy and censorship on Facebook, we publish on several Facebook pages (many targets to censor instead of just one) and we also publish on Twitter.

In July we retweeted an article showing that in addition to falsifying about fossil fuels, Chevron contributed towards racism and civil rights violations.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ALEC has lobbied against public health all over the country. In July the New Progressive Alliance with other organizations called on the American Legislative Exchange Council to donate Personal Protective Equipment back to the Florida Community.
In July the New Progressive Alliance with other organizations called on congress to provide an adequate COVID relief package.
In July we retweeted twice about climate change.
In July we published an article on why voting for the lesser of two evils does not work.
In July we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Continuous Wars” with 1,261 references.
In July we published the remarks of the United States Secretary of State and Germany’s chancellor showing our poor understanding.
In July we published an article showing we cannot survive as a nation if we value superstition over science.
In August we posted a “Truthful Government Ad” that through humor laid out real government actions.
Before we get better we must take a hard look at where we are. In August we published the Popular Resistance Newsletter.
The New Progressive Alliance is in special consultive status with the United Nations. In August we published a connection to the “UN Voice.”
In August we published the New Progressive Alliance article “The War on Whistleblowers” with 523 references.
In August we published “5 lessons from the pandemic to tackle the climate crisis.”
In August we published “The Unraveling of America.”
In August we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Widespread Police Misconduct and an Expanding Prison Population” with 720 references.
Because of a change in format, the New Progressive Alliance no longer contributes to social media on Ilkmade.
The leaders of the U.S., Brazil, India and Russia have intensified the pandemic. In August we published “COVID Deaths Continue to Surge in Countries Led by Far Right Authoritarians.”
In August we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Corporate Overreach” with 434 references.
In August we published an article about the Democratic Party dropping its pledge to stop subsidizing fossil fuels.
In August we published 'Immoral, Criminal, Inexcusable': Climate Groups Furious as DNC Drops Support for Ending Fossil Fuel Handouts From Platform - "It's outrageous that the Dem establishment is caving to big money donors and moving backwards on fossil fuel subsidies."
In August we published “What Is Causing Those Fires And Blackouts In California? Could It Be (Gasp!) Climate Change?”
In August we published a presentation on the shameful attack on our post office.
In August we published our NPA article “Civil Rights” with 670 references.
There is something wrong when the United States when we have 4 percent of the world’s population but 21 percent of the Trump virus fatalities. There is something wrong when we are not more concerned with constitutional violations. In August we published an article pointing this out.
In September we published our NPA article “The Economy” with a companion article “Economic Graphs and Videos” with a combined number of over 1,750 references.
In September the New Progressive Alliance welcomed the Sunrise Movement as an ally. They are building political power by voting in real leaders who will stand up for a Green New Deal.
In September we dropped Ilkmade as an ally because of their change in format which no longer supported documentation for the Unified Platform.
In September we published our NPA article “Education” with 941 references.
In September we published an article connecting climate change to wildfires and temperature extremes resulting in worldwide fatalities and massive property damage.
In September we published our NPA article on the environment with about 5,000 references.
We published an article on who our real enemies are.
In September we published our NPA article on election reform with 627 references.
In September we published an article on the continuing poor performance of the Canadian NDP on global warming.
In September the New Progressive Alliance opposed the Pacific Northwest fracked gas methanol refinery with Public Comment 232 because of the record of dishonesty by Northwest Innovation Works, total pollution, the higher utility rates, huge taxpayer costs, and the overwhelming evidence this is bad business plan. The New Progressive Alliance has also previously warned various agencies and people about the dangers of this fracked gas methanol refinery in Public Comments 101, 128, 149, 150 and 190.
In October we published our NPA article on healthcare with over 350 references.
In October we published an article showing it is climate change, not insufficient logging, that is making the fires ever worse.
In October we published our NPA article on our crumbling infrastructure with over 115 references.
The movies "A Face in the Crowd" and "Judgement at Nuremberg" are both entertaining and enlightening. In October we published a movie review of the 1957 film "A Face in the Crowd" that showed its relevance today.
In October we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the decline of labor over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has over 80 references.
In October we published “Liberty Mutual Slammed for Enabling the Climate Crisis.”
In October we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the dramatic increase in poverty over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has 301 references.
Deliberate misinformation is a serious threat. In October we published an article showing the connection between the same actors spreading falsehoods on climate change and the coronavirus.
In October we published another article showing the Democratic Party was on the wrong path called “Dianne Feinstein Was Harder on Preteen Climate Activists Than She Was on Amy Coney Barrett.”
In October we published the New Progressive Alliance article “The Powerless Press” which describes the dramatic decrease in both the power and effectiveness of the public media. It has over 820 references.
In November we published “This Land Is Our Land: Trump's America, and Our America” showing both our potential for good and our potential for evil.
In November we published “How Do You Know When Society Is About to Fall Apart? Meet the scholars who study civilizational collapse.”
In November we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Diminishing Transparency” with over 135 references.
In November we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Continuous Wars” with over 1,260 references.
The New Progressive Alliance has had bad experiences with Facebook, but it even worse than we suspected. In addition to spreading known falsehoods about climate change, their algorithms tell users what they want to hear and play a huge part in disinformation and extremist groups. This applies to other social media as well. In November we mentioned this and published the website The Social Dilemma.
In November we published the New Progressive Alliance article “The War on Whistleblowers” with over 520 references.
In November we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Widespread Police Misconduct and an Expanding Prison Population” with over 720 references.
In November the New Progressive Alliance signed on with other organizations to support DC statehood and a clean budget process for congress.
In December the New Progressive Alliance with other agencies and organizations wrote to President Elect Biden urging him to move swiftly and aggressively to restore regulatory protections rolled back under the Trump Administration.
In December we published our NPA article on the environment with over 5,000 references.
States that embrace renewable energy will tend toward prosperity. States that tend towards corruption and fossil fuels will not. In December we published an article showing Ohio going the wrong way.
In December we published “Chris Hedges: The Ruling Elite’s War on Truth.”
In December we published our NPA article “The Economy” with a companion article “Economic Graphs and Videos” with a combined number of over 1,750 references.
In December we published an article showing how prepared and how vulnerable each state is to climate change.
In December we published a YouTube video showing we are following the same false path on the Trump virus as we are on climate change.
In December we published an article showing we are worse off than reported.
There are many worthy causes, but climate change is what future generations will judge us most harshly for. In December we published a YouTube video of Dr. Mann describing how fossil fuels are using deflection, division, and despair mongering to win a desperate battle. Environmentalists are growing stronger and will win this.
In December we posted the article “Ohio Teachers Pension Fund Bought GM, Alibaba and Sold Tesla, Apple in Q3” and said people should lose their jobs over this erroneous decision.
In December we published “Neoliberal Champion Larry Summers Opens Mouth, Inserts Both Feet.” What the United States is doing about COVID 19 and poverty is unconscionable.
In December we published “Global Spotlight Report #34: Emission Level Changes Since 1990.” Outside of the countries of the European Union and Australia, most nations have seen increases in their CO2 emissions since 1990 – some significantly so.
On December 16, 2020 we celebrated the ten year anniversary of the New Progressive Alliance. We will continue to advance the principles of the New Progressive Alliance.

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