Stunning video from Atlanta Chapter.
Story on Coffee Party from New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
If you haven't heard of the Coffee Party Movement, it's a progressive alternative to the Tea Party that started less than a month ago on Facebook and has captured the attention and commitment of those who believe that our federal government is the solution, not the problem.
Local chapters are planning meetings in cities from Washington to San Antonio to Los Angeles (where there have been four in the last month.) The party (coffeepartyusa.org) is planning nationwide coffee houses for March 13, where people can gather to decide which issues they want to take on and even which candidates they want to support.
This summer, the party will hold a convention in the Midwest, with a slogan along the lines of "Meet Me in the Middle." The party has inspired the requisite jokes: why not a latte party, a chai party, a Red Bull party?
But this is just the type of grassroots activism that can help Democrats offset the Astroturfing bought and paid for by corporate interests.