Daily Kos

Markos Moulitsas

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Markos Moulitsas

Founder of Daily Kos, publisher

Markos Moulitsas is the founder and proprietor of Daily Kos—a weblog focusing on progressive, liberal, and Democratic Party politics. In its first year, Daily Kos attracted over 1.6 million unique visits and about 3 million pageviews. It is now a part of Vox Media.

Moulitsas was named the single most successful entrepreneur of the progressive movement by NY Times magazine writer and author Matt Bai. Moulitsas is also co-author of the critically acclaimed book Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics, and author of Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era. He is a contributing columnist to Newsweek Magazine and a weekly columnist at The Hill newspaper. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the world by People en Español, clocked in at third in Forbe's Web Celeb 25 rankings, and was listed 26th in PC World's list of the Most Important People on the Web.

Moulitsas spoke at The Common Good as part of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Panel.

Twitter: @markos

Jesse LaGreca

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Jesse LaGreca

Writer, protestor

Jesse LaGreca has worked as a freelance writer for the Daily Kos under the name Ministry Of Truth for the last three years and is one of their most frequent writers. He’s a member of various subgroups on the site, including their Anonymous forum, Environmental Foodies, and the Progressive Policy Zone.

LaGreca was a major activist during the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and a frequent speaker on behalf of the movement. His introduction into mainstream media came when an unaired Fox News interview with Griff Jenkins was put on YouTube. In the clip, LaGreca spoke articulately and intelligently about the OWS movement and criticized Fox News for marginalizing the movement. He was named the face of “The Budding Stars of Occupy Wall Street,” according to the Atlantic Wire and was featured in various interviews from ABC’s This Week to The New York Observer.

LaGreca spoke at The Common Good on June 20th, 2012, alongside Todd Gitlin: The Power of Protest: Todd Gitlin & Jesse LaGreca.

Twitter: @JesseLaGreca