[Peace-discuss] finally, some good news

[patton paul]

This article tells the story of Moveon.org, and Wes Boyd's recent
appearance before a conference of progressives
-Paul P.


 From Screen Savers to Progressive Savior?
MoveOn.org Founder Galvanizes Opposition to Bush, Democratic Centrists
by David Von Drehle


In the season of their discontent -- out of power and on the defensive --
Democrats are looking for inspiration and leadership. A bunch of them
found it yesterday in the unassuming figure of Wes Boyd, the man who gave
America the flying toaster.

Boyd and his wife, Joan Blades, made a fortune with their winged-appliance
computer screen savers. Then, in 1998, appalled by the impeachment
struggle in Washington, the Californians founded MoveOn.org, a modest
online petition effort that has grown into the hottest political
organization in American progressive circles.