Ok that's the petition its interesting that started it all. But what about the community and the movement that sprung up around it. By the time I learned about moveon it was already a huge political force campaigning hard for the democrats in the Kerry/Bush election with very vocal public personas endorsing it. It was the super liberal wing of the democratic party at that time much like for a time the Tea part was the super conservative wing of the republicans. The best info I can find is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoveOn.org#History which makes it seem like it was started by some well connected silicon valley types. That seems like an incomplete picture though so thats why I'm curious if you have any additional insight on how it grew and developed.