Vast Left Wing Conspiracy Happy Hour!

Contact:

John Hlinko of ActForLove.org, 202-744-6525 or John@VastLeftWingConspiracy.org
Jake Colvin, 202-361-3960 or Jake@VastLeftWingConspiracy.org

WASHINGTON, July 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Hundreds of young professionals, organizers and activists packed the roof deck and spilled inside a local Washington, D.C., club this week to mingle with each other and learn about the efforts of a group of wildly creative, progressive organizations. The event was hosted by the "Vast Left Wing Conspiracy," ( http://www.VastLeftWingConspiracy.org ) a group organized in May to introduce young professionals to each other and to a variety of innovative progressive groups. The group includes veterans of the campaigns of Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich, and many others.

"The creative efforts of these groups are energizing Democrats, Independents and some Republicans that haven't been involved in the political process," said Jake Colvin, one of the founders of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy. "Run Against Bush, Women Against Bush and many of our other partners provide outlets for people who are turned off by 'boring politics as usual.'"

The event was held to showcase Women Against Bush ( http://www.womenagainstbush.org ), a political action committee that uses approaches such as "anti Bush panties" to get single women to the polls. (see http://www.VastLeftWingConspiracy.org for a full list of participating groups)

"President Bush has lived up to only one campaign promise, which is to be a uniter, not a divider," said Richard Khoe, a co-founder of Run Against Bush ( http://www.runagainstbush.org ), one of the groups featured by the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, "Because of his policies, the left has become united like never before."

A previous event held by the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy in May attracted over 400 young professionals from a wide selection of nationally and locally-funded progressive non-profit organizations, political groups and media outlets.

"It's high time that someone take a stand against boring politics," said John Hlinko, a founder of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, and head of ActForLove.org, a dating site for activists. "By teaming together, we can ensure that activists don't miss the vote in November because the campaign has put them to sleep."

The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy has another event scheduled on July 29 in Boston to coincide with the Democratic National Convention, which will be co-hosted by Run against Bush. A national rollout of the concept to major metropolitan areas is planned for August, and additional events will bring together progressive leaders for smaller seminars. For more information, see http://www.VastLeftWingConspiracy.org.

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