Alabama

People seem to love to trash Alabama, and that's not fair. The state has a reputation as a political backwater in which conservative attitudes and practices reign supreme. This reputation is not entirely earned: Alabamian women played an important role in progressive movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and we all are (or should be) familiar with the centrality of Alabama to struggles over civil rights in the 1960s. The fact that in the present day, progressive Alabamians find themselves in a distinct minority should be a point of encouragement, not despair. No preaching to the choir here: Alabama is a place where real change can happen.

If you know of additional candidates, information resources or organizations in Alabama of a progressive inclination, let us know so we can consider including them here.

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Progressive Organizations in Alabama Alabama Democratic Party Alabama Conservationist Alabama Environmental Council Alabama Freethought Association Alabama Green Party Alabama League of Environmental Action Voters Alabama Young Democrats Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Equality Alabama Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama Federation of Southern Cooperatives North Alabama Media Reform Mobile Baywatch Mobile Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Progressive Democratic Alliance of Alabama Alabama Atheists and Freethinkers Skeptics-Freethought of North Alabama Progressive Political Gear for Alabama Alabama Liberal T-Shirts Alabama Progressive Political Gear Political campaign gear for Alabama

Progressive Sources of News and Information from Alabama Bama Environmental News (Newsletter) Birmingham Weekly (Alternative Weekly) The World Around You (Prattville blog) War Liberal (Tuscaloosa blog) The Alabama Democrat (Newsletter) Left in Alabama Alabama Democrat Mainstream News Sources The Birmingham News The Huntsville Times The Mobile Register Messages for a Progressive Alabama Alabama for Obama 2008 bumper sticker Alabama United Against Bush bumper sticker I'm an Alabama Democrat Bumper Sticker Alabama votes Democrat