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By David Swanson

The Fifth District of Virginia, and anyone nearby who can lend a hand, should do everything possible to elect Tom Perriello to Congress this year. The most important reason to do so is to replace Virgil Goode.

Back in April I interviewed Perriello for an hour on his campaign platform. You can listen to the interview here:
http://thepeoplespeakradio.net/audio/2008/#april

I was underwhelmed. I wanted to know his positions on key issues. He wanted to avoid specifics. I wanted read more

By David Swanson

In Andrea Miller Virginia’s fourth Congressional district has the opportunity to replace a Cheney Republican with a real progressive, and the first African American our state would ever have chosen to represent us in Congress. Here’s a race that can make a difference not just in the head-count for the two increasingly indistinguishable parties, but in what actually happens in Washington.

I know Andrea. She’s a leader and she pulls no punches. She would energize read more