** Human Rights First **
( http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ )
An arrest warrant has been issued against Guatemalan human rights activist Jorge López. A Guatemalan prosecutor has charged him with the attempted murder of a transgender sex worker.
López is the director of a prominent organization that works to protect the rights of transgendered sex workers in Guatemala and he has spent many years advocating for them. He worked closely with the victim and sought police protection for her shortly before the attack. He later submitted complaints about police misconduct against sex workers, shortly before the arrest warrant against him was issued.
On Friday January 23, 2009, López faces a court hearing and may be sent to prison. Given the nature of his work, he would face considerable risks in prison. It is possible to prevent an unnecessary trial, and even a conviction, if the appropriate authorities can determine now that there is insufficient evidence to arrest and charge López.
Take action now to urge the Guatemalan Attorney General to immediately begin an independent review of the validity of the charges against López. If there is insufficient evidence suggesting his involvement in the crime, the criminal investigation should be closed immediately.
( http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/jorgelopez/ )
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** United Farm Workers **
( http://ufw.org/ )
Thousands responded last month when we shared the devastating legacy Ex-President Bush's administration has left for farm workers. Ex-President Bush issued new H2A regulations that gut existing protections for both domestic and foreign farmworkers. These devastating changes make it easier for growers to slash the pay of domestic farm workers and hire imported foreign laborers instead of U.S. field workers. They weaken government protections in an industry where it can be proven that there are many violations of the minimum wage, housing requirements and other rules.
These regulations went in effect Saturday. However, there is still hope if Congress and President Obama take immediate action. President Obama should put these regulations on hold on day one. And Congress should do its part to overturn these regulations as part of its efforts to turn this country around.
The new Obama Administration is facing a mountain of problems left by the outgoing administration. All of them are important. And all require action.
We need your help to ensure that farm workers do not get buried under the pile of crises. With a vote in Congress and a stroke of a pen, the new administration can reverse the terrible changes the Bush Administration wrote into effect. Please act now and e-mail your congressmembers today and ask them to take immediate action.
( http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/h2aregs109/ )
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** Center for Biological Diversity **
( http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ )
United States consumers' appetite for swordfish has unwittingly contributed to the injury and death of marine mammals around the world. The gear used by global fishing fleets -- primarily pelagic longlines and gillnets -- inevitably ensares dolphins, sea lions, whales, sea turtles, and sea birds.
Thousands of these animals die in longlines and gillnets each year. U.S. swordfish fisheries are regulated to reduce harm to marine mammals and other species, but U.S. regulation alone is not enough to protect far-ranging species in international waters.
The U.S. leads the world in swordfish consumption, yet most of the swordfish eaten in the U.S. is imported from countries where little to no fishery regulation exists to protect marine mammals. The illegal importation of unsustainably caught swordfish devastates marine mammal populations and places U.S. fishers at a competitive disadvantage to unregulated foreign fishers.
The National Marine Fisheries Service can put an end to unintentional U.S. subsidization of destructive foreign fishing fleets simply by enforcing existing law. A longstanding provision of the Marine Mammal Protection Act bans the import of seafood unless the source country provides proof that its fishing practices meet U.S. standards for protecting marine mammals. Though this law has been in place for over 30 years, it has never been enforced and the consequences to marine life have been devastating.
The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Project petitioned the federal government to immediately enforce this critical law and ban swordfish imports until the required proof is provided.
Now the National Marine Fisheries Service is asking for public comments on the petition. Please tell the Fisheries Service to take immediate action and protect marine mammals worldwide.
( http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/5243/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26435 )
Showing posts with label human rights first. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human rights first. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Dec 20, 2008 -- Fight the Right-Wing Wackos Links of the Day.
** Human Rights Campaign **
( http://www.hrc.org/ )
After eight years of treating gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans like second-class citizens, George W. Bush is about to leave office. Send him your own personal retirement card celebrating this historic occasion.
Send Bush a Retirement Card!
( http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/bush_retirement/ )
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** Human Rights First **
( http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ )
In the summer of 2007, thousands of people in Burma took to the street to peacefully protest the military junta's decision to raise fuel prices. The protests were led by students, Buddhist monks, and other activists. On September 26, 2007, the regime cracked down on the protesters, raiding pagodas and beating and killing demonstrators.
Many of the protest organizers, as well as bloggers, actors, and poets who wrote about the events, have been detained since then. During the month of November 2008, at least 215 human rights defenders and other activists were sentenced to prison terms as long as 68 years following sham judicial proceedings.
Lengthy detentions are nothing new in Burma, where the junta, known as the State Peace and Development Council, holds more than 2,000 political prisoners. But the large number of convictions in just a few weeks, the excessive sentences, and the transfer of at least 136 prisoners to Burma's remotest prisons indicate a systematic effort to crush opposition in any form in advance of promised reforms in 2010.
Please join us in demanding that the Burmese junta immediately overturn these lengthy sentences and release these activists, as well as all others unjustly imprisoned in Burmese jails.
( http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/Nilar/ )
( http://www.hrc.org/ )
After eight years of treating gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans like second-class citizens, George W. Bush is about to leave office. Send him your own personal retirement card celebrating this historic occasion.
Send Bush a Retirement Card!
( http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/bush_retirement/ )
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** Human Rights First **
( http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ )
In the summer of 2007, thousands of people in Burma took to the street to peacefully protest the military junta's decision to raise fuel prices. The protests were led by students, Buddhist monks, and other activists. On September 26, 2007, the regime cracked down on the protesters, raiding pagodas and beating and killing demonstrators.
Many of the protest organizers, as well as bloggers, actors, and poets who wrote about the events, have been detained since then. During the month of November 2008, at least 215 human rights defenders and other activists were sentenced to prison terms as long as 68 years following sham judicial proceedings.
Lengthy detentions are nothing new in Burma, where the junta, known as the State Peace and Development Council, holds more than 2,000 political prisoners. But the large number of convictions in just a few weeks, the excessive sentences, and the transfer of at least 136 prisoners to Burma's remotest prisons indicate a systematic effort to crush opposition in any form in advance of promised reforms in 2010.
Please join us in demanding that the Burmese junta immediately overturn these lengthy sentences and release these activists, as well as all others unjustly imprisoned in Burmese jails.
( http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/Nilar/ )
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Dec 10, 2008 -- Fight the Right-Wing Wackos Links of the Day.
** Natural Resources Defense Council **
( http://www.nrdc.org/ )
No one voted on Election Day to hand over Utah's Redrock wilderness to oil companies.
But the Bush Administration cynically chose that very day to advance an outrageous plan that will sell off leases for some 300,000 acres of spectacular Utah canyonlands to oil and gas speculators.
While America was voting for Barack Obama and his vision of a clean energy future, Bush and Cheney's underlings were conspiring to plunder one of the crown jewels of our natural heritage for their fossil fuel cronies.
The auction of Redrock country will take place on December 19. At stake are world-renowned vistas near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, as well as near Dinosaur National Monument. The highest bidders will earn the right to turn vast tracts of pristine wilderness into industrial wastelands.
The Bush Administration is racing to complete the auction of our lands before Inauguration Day, which will make sales difficult to reverse.
We must fend off this land grab now -- before the oil and gas companies can lay claim to the spoils.
Tell the Bush Administration to cancel the Redrock auction. Remind them that we the people are the rightful owners of this majestic wilderness and that we won't stand for its destruction.
( http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/stop_wilderness_giveaway/ )
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** Human Rights First **
( http://www.humanrightsfirst.org )
On the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we ask that you contact President-elect Obama's Transition Team.
Let them know that restoring America's place in the world as a nation that stands up for human rights must be a top priority, and that the new administration should act swiftly to fix U.S. interrogation and detention policies.
No torture. No exceptions.
( http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/etn_obama/ )
( http://www.nrdc.org/ )
No one voted on Election Day to hand over Utah's Redrock wilderness to oil companies.
But the Bush Administration cynically chose that very day to advance an outrageous plan that will sell off leases for some 300,000 acres of spectacular Utah canyonlands to oil and gas speculators.
While America was voting for Barack Obama and his vision of a clean energy future, Bush and Cheney's underlings were conspiring to plunder one of the crown jewels of our natural heritage for their fossil fuel cronies.
The auction of Redrock country will take place on December 19. At stake are world-renowned vistas near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, as well as near Dinosaur National Monument. The highest bidders will earn the right to turn vast tracts of pristine wilderness into industrial wastelands.
The Bush Administration is racing to complete the auction of our lands before Inauguration Day, which will make sales difficult to reverse.
We must fend off this land grab now -- before the oil and gas companies can lay claim to the spoils.
Tell the Bush Administration to cancel the Redrock auction. Remind them that we the people are the rightful owners of this majestic wilderness and that we won't stand for its destruction.
( http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/stop_wilderness_giveaway/ )
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** Human Rights First **
( http://www.humanrightsfirst.org )
On the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we ask that you contact President-elect Obama's Transition Team.
Let them know that restoring America's place in the world as a nation that stands up for human rights must be a top priority, and that the new administration should act swiftly to fix U.S. interrogation and detention policies.
No torture. No exceptions.
( http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/etn_obama/ )
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Aug 19, 2008 -- Your Fight the Right-Wing Activists Links of the Day.
** Natural Resources Defense Council **
Bees are a critical agricultural resource that help produce $15 billion worth of crops in the United States each year. The recent unexplained mass disappearance of honey bees, called colony collapse disorder, poses a significant threat to honey bees, beekeepers, farmers and our food supply. Most bee experts believe bees could be falling sick due to a combination of factors, including pesticide exposure, invasive parasitic mites, an inadequate food supply and a new virus that targets bees' immune systems.
Last year Congress recognized colony collapse disorder as a threat and granted the Department of Agriculture emergency funds to study the problem. In addition, the department receives $20 million each year for honey bee research, pest and pathogen surveillance, and other bee-related programs. But to date, the agency has been unable to fully account for how these funds are being used or show any significant results from its work.
Urge the Department of Agriculture to fulfill its commitment to fight colony collapse disorder.
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** Human Rights First **
Police detained one of China's most celebrated lawyers, Gao Zhisheng, at his home on September 22, 2007 and took him to an unknown location. He was later released and placed under house arrest. His current whereabouts are unclear, though he is believed to be under surveillance.
The detention came after Gao wrote an open letter to the U.S. Congress criticizing China for using the Olympics to crack down on human rights. During his detention from September to early November, Gao was reportedly tortured.
When the Olympics come to a close, the international attention will fade without China fulfilling its promises to improve its record on human rights. Gao is just one of many human rights defenders subjected to legal harassment, violence, arbitrary detention, and torture.
As the Olympic Games wind down, the international pressure on China to comply with its human rights commitments is also likely to diminish. However, human rights defenders like Gao will continue to be harassed under China's repressive regime.
Please call on the Chinese government to promptly stop the harassment of all human rights activists immediately.
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** Union of Concerned Scientists **
In response to high gas prices, the Monkey King Bush administration and its allies are calling for new oil drilling that would take decades and eventually save only pennies-per-gallon.
Meanwhile, Bush’s Department of Transportation is undermining historic new fuel economy standards. They unrealistically assume gas will cost around $2.50 through 2020 and that hybrid vehicles won’t even exist until 2014. Because the agency balances the cost of new fuel economy technology against the gas savings the new technology provides, these outrageous assumptions are being used by the administration to reduce the automakers’ requirement to bring more fuel-efficient options to consumers.
According to the administration’s own analysis, if they simply used a more realistic gas price, the standards would save consumers enough fuel to equal about a dollar per gallon discount at the pump. This would dwarf the minuscule price drop from oil produced through new drilling without the environmental consequences of feeding our addiction to oil.
Congress must now get personally involved in saving the historic fuel economy standards they created in 2007.
Please tell your members of Congress to save fuel economy from administration tampering in order to truly address the United States' pain at the pump.
Bees are a critical agricultural resource that help produce $15 billion worth of crops in the United States each year. The recent unexplained mass disappearance of honey bees, called colony collapse disorder, poses a significant threat to honey bees, beekeepers, farmers and our food supply. Most bee experts believe bees could be falling sick due to a combination of factors, including pesticide exposure, invasive parasitic mites, an inadequate food supply and a new virus that targets bees' immune systems.
Last year Congress recognized colony collapse disorder as a threat and granted the Department of Agriculture emergency funds to study the problem. In addition, the department receives $20 million each year for honey bee research, pest and pathogen surveillance, and other bee-related programs. But to date, the agency has been unable to fully account for how these funds are being used or show any significant results from its work.
Urge the Department of Agriculture to fulfill its commitment to fight colony collapse disorder.
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** Human Rights First **
Police detained one of China's most celebrated lawyers, Gao Zhisheng, at his home on September 22, 2007 and took him to an unknown location. He was later released and placed under house arrest. His current whereabouts are unclear, though he is believed to be under surveillance.
The detention came after Gao wrote an open letter to the U.S. Congress criticizing China for using the Olympics to crack down on human rights. During his detention from September to early November, Gao was reportedly tortured.
When the Olympics come to a close, the international attention will fade without China fulfilling its promises to improve its record on human rights. Gao is just one of many human rights defenders subjected to legal harassment, violence, arbitrary detention, and torture.
As the Olympic Games wind down, the international pressure on China to comply with its human rights commitments is also likely to diminish. However, human rights defenders like Gao will continue to be harassed under China's repressive regime.
Please call on the Chinese government to promptly stop the harassment of all human rights activists immediately.
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** Union of Concerned Scientists **
In response to high gas prices, the Monkey King Bush administration and its allies are calling for new oil drilling that would take decades and eventually save only pennies-per-gallon.
Meanwhile, Bush’s Department of Transportation is undermining historic new fuel economy standards. They unrealistically assume gas will cost around $2.50 through 2020 and that hybrid vehicles won’t even exist until 2014. Because the agency balances the cost of new fuel economy technology against the gas savings the new technology provides, these outrageous assumptions are being used by the administration to reduce the automakers’ requirement to bring more fuel-efficient options to consumers.
According to the administration’s own analysis, if they simply used a more realistic gas price, the standards would save consumers enough fuel to equal about a dollar per gallon discount at the pump. This would dwarf the minuscule price drop from oil produced through new drilling without the environmental consequences of feeding our addiction to oil.
Congress must now get personally involved in saving the historic fuel economy standards they created in 2007.
Please tell your members of Congress to save fuel economy from administration tampering in order to truly address the United States' pain at the pump.
Monday, June 23, 2008
June 23, 2008 -- Your Fight the Right-Wing Wacko Links of the Day.
** American Civil Liberties Union **
( 1 ) At the prison at Guantánamo Bay, convictions can be based on evidence derived from torture, hearsay and secret evidence. Many of the accused have been held in secret prisons, denied access to lawyers for years and even tortured.
The Guantánamo military commissions are a serious mistake. It's time to shut down Guantánamo Bay, and move proceedings to a civilian court of law or a traditional military court operating in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice where constitutional guarantees apply.
We must also end indefinite detention without charge. Detainees who are not charged or convicted must be sent to countries where they will not be tortured or abused.
Sign the petition: Close Guantánamo
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** American Civil Liberties Union **
( 2 ) In the ongoing fight over FISA, privacy and the rule of law are again on the line. That was the case yesterday when the House of Representatives caved and overwhelmingly passed a bill that creates loopholes for Bush to engage in unchecked spying on Americans and cuts off lawsuits against telecom companies that broke the law.
There's a deeply disturbing premise behind this dangerous FISA legislation: The president simply has to claim his request was legal for immunity to be granted to telecom companies that illegally handed over personal information to the government.
No matter how illegal, offensive or intrusive a company's invasion of your privacy has been, it won't make a difference if this legislation passes because if the president gave the company a note claiming their behavior was legal, they're completely off the hook.
The Senate is expected to be vote on the bill early next week. Don't let your senators cave in now.
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** National Parks Conservation Association **
( 3 ) For the past few years Congress and the Administration have steadily reduced the amount of money available for national parks from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is one key way the National Park Service acts to protect our national parks from private development—by acquiring land within park boundaries from willing private sellers.
Did you know more than 50 of our national parks are incomplete and have private land within park boundaries?
If we don't acquire these lands soon, there is very little we citizens will be able to do to prevent homes or commercial development from being built—right in the middle of our national parks!
Please sign this petition to Congress now — to tell them to step up and fund these critical land purchases!
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** Human Rights First **
( 4 ) On June 4, 2008, famous Burmese comedian and renowned human rights activist Zarganar was detained by ten officials from Burma's State Peace and Development Council at his Rangoon home. Zarganar's arrest came just hours after he appeared in a BBC report about public anger over the military junta's handling of humanitarian aid to cyclone victims.
In the month since Cyclone Nargis brought devastation to the Irrawaddy delta, Zarganar has mobilized hundreds of Burmese volunteers to bring aid to 42 devastated villages. Zarganar's continuing arbitrary detention by the Burmese junta is in violation of international law and directly threatens such relief efforts.
Demand that the Burmese government immediately release human rights defender Zarganar in conformity with both international and domestic law. Burma must also stop hindering the work of private citizens trying to bring relief to victims of the cyclone.
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** League of Conservation Voters **
( 5 ) In a misguided attempt to address rising gas prices, some Members of Congress beholden to Big Oil are adding amendments to bills that call for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, off our coasts, and other pristine areas. Instead of drilling for dirty energy we should be promoting efficiency and clean, renewable energy to address our nation's growing energy crisis.
Tell your Members of Congress to resist calls for drilling and instead promote efficiency and clean energy solutions!
( 1 ) At the prison at Guantánamo Bay, convictions can be based on evidence derived from torture, hearsay and secret evidence. Many of the accused have been held in secret prisons, denied access to lawyers for years and even tortured.
The Guantánamo military commissions are a serious mistake. It's time to shut down Guantánamo Bay, and move proceedings to a civilian court of law or a traditional military court operating in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice where constitutional guarantees apply.
We must also end indefinite detention without charge. Detainees who are not charged or convicted must be sent to countries where they will not be tortured or abused.
Sign the petition: Close Guantánamo
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** American Civil Liberties Union **
( 2 ) In the ongoing fight over FISA, privacy and the rule of law are again on the line. That was the case yesterday when the House of Representatives caved and overwhelmingly passed a bill that creates loopholes for Bush to engage in unchecked spying on Americans and cuts off lawsuits against telecom companies that broke the law.
There's a deeply disturbing premise behind this dangerous FISA legislation: The president simply has to claim his request was legal for immunity to be granted to telecom companies that illegally handed over personal information to the government.
No matter how illegal, offensive or intrusive a company's invasion of your privacy has been, it won't make a difference if this legislation passes because if the president gave the company a note claiming their behavior was legal, they're completely off the hook.
The Senate is expected to be vote on the bill early next week. Don't let your senators cave in now.
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** National Parks Conservation Association **
( 3 ) For the past few years Congress and the Administration have steadily reduced the amount of money available for national parks from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is one key way the National Park Service acts to protect our national parks from private development—by acquiring land within park boundaries from willing private sellers.
Did you know more than 50 of our national parks are incomplete and have private land within park boundaries?
If we don't acquire these lands soon, there is very little we citizens will be able to do to prevent homes or commercial development from being built—right in the middle of our national parks!
Please sign this petition to Congress now — to tell them to step up and fund these critical land purchases!
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** Human Rights First **
( 4 ) On June 4, 2008, famous Burmese comedian and renowned human rights activist Zarganar was detained by ten officials from Burma's State Peace and Development Council at his Rangoon home. Zarganar's arrest came just hours after he appeared in a BBC report about public anger over the military junta's handling of humanitarian aid to cyclone victims.
In the month since Cyclone Nargis brought devastation to the Irrawaddy delta, Zarganar has mobilized hundreds of Burmese volunteers to bring aid to 42 devastated villages. Zarganar's continuing arbitrary detention by the Burmese junta is in violation of international law and directly threatens such relief efforts.
Demand that the Burmese government immediately release human rights defender Zarganar in conformity with both international and domestic law. Burma must also stop hindering the work of private citizens trying to bring relief to victims of the cyclone.
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** League of Conservation Voters **
( 5 ) In a misguided attempt to address rising gas prices, some Members of Congress beholden to Big Oil are adding amendments to bills that call for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, off our coasts, and other pristine areas. Instead of drilling for dirty energy we should be promoting efficiency and clean, renewable energy to address our nation's growing energy crisis.
Tell your Members of Congress to resist calls for drilling and instead promote efficiency and clean energy solutions!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Your Fight the Right Activist links for June 16, 2008
** Greenpeace **
Last year, millions of toys were recalled from China because of lead contamination. But lead isn’t the only toxin in our children’s toys. Millions of vinyl toys—from rubber ducks to teething rings—are contaminated with toxic chemicals called phthalates. Phthalates aren’t there by accident—toy makers use them to make the vinyl soft and flexible—despite growing evidence that it also makes them toxic. And when kids put these toys in their mouths, the toxic chemicals can leach out and enter their tiny bodies.
Fortunately, Congress has the opportunity to make toys safer for children. A new piece of legislation is making its way through Congress that would ban the use of Phthalates. They have no place in children’s toys, especially since safe alternatives exist.
Take action by writing to your member of Congress and urging them to support the strongest version of this legislation. Together, we can make the planet a safer place for our children.
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** Human Rights First **
William Haynes, the former General Counsel of the Department of Defense, once advised the Bush Administration that waterboarding and death threats were "legally available" options.
Haynes will go before the Senate Armed Services Committee tomorrow. The members of that committee have a unique opportunity to question him on the administration's interrogation policies.
Ask the Senators to demand answers!
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** BioGems **
The Bush administration has released a plan that would put vast swaths of the Tongass rainforest -- America's largest national forest -- on the chopping block. The new scheme opens 2.3 million acres of pristine forestland to clearcutting and roadbuilding -- threatening many of the undisturbed old-growth stands that form the wild heart of the Tongass. This ancient rainforest is a haven for grizzly bears, thriving salmon runs, bald eagles by the thousand and the elusive Alexander Archipelago wolf. Since taking office, the administration has repeatedly attempted to hand over the Tongass and our other remaining unspoiled forests to industry logging, mining and road-building -- but again and again, we've staved off these attacks on our natural heritage.
Tell the Bush administration to protect the extraordinary wild habitat of the Tongass National Forest.
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** Natural Resources Defense Council **
Most scientists are now warning that global warming could eliminate the polar bear's summer sea-ice habitat by 2040. Without dramatic cutbacks in global warming pollution, Alaska's polar bears could face extinction by 2050. Yet the Bush Administration's new plan to protect polar bears under the Endangered Species Act will do nothing to reduce global warming pollution or stop oil development in the heart of polar bear habitat.
Tell the Bush Administration to close the polluter loopholes and give polar bears full-fledged protection as an endangered species.
Last year, millions of toys were recalled from China because of lead contamination. But lead isn’t the only toxin in our children’s toys. Millions of vinyl toys—from rubber ducks to teething rings—are contaminated with toxic chemicals called phthalates. Phthalates aren’t there by accident—toy makers use them to make the vinyl soft and flexible—despite growing evidence that it also makes them toxic. And when kids put these toys in their mouths, the toxic chemicals can leach out and enter their tiny bodies.
Fortunately, Congress has the opportunity to make toys safer for children. A new piece of legislation is making its way through Congress that would ban the use of Phthalates. They have no place in children’s toys, especially since safe alternatives exist.
Take action by writing to your member of Congress and urging them to support the strongest version of this legislation. Together, we can make the planet a safer place for our children.
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** Human Rights First **
William Haynes, the former General Counsel of the Department of Defense, once advised the Bush Administration that waterboarding and death threats were "legally available" options.
Haynes will go before the Senate Armed Services Committee tomorrow. The members of that committee have a unique opportunity to question him on the administration's interrogation policies.
Ask the Senators to demand answers!
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** BioGems **
The Bush administration has released a plan that would put vast swaths of the Tongass rainforest -- America's largest national forest -- on the chopping block. The new scheme opens 2.3 million acres of pristine forestland to clearcutting and roadbuilding -- threatening many of the undisturbed old-growth stands that form the wild heart of the Tongass. This ancient rainforest is a haven for grizzly bears, thriving salmon runs, bald eagles by the thousand and the elusive Alexander Archipelago wolf. Since taking office, the administration has repeatedly attempted to hand over the Tongass and our other remaining unspoiled forests to industry logging, mining and road-building -- but again and again, we've staved off these attacks on our natural heritage.
Tell the Bush administration to protect the extraordinary wild habitat of the Tongass National Forest.
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** Natural Resources Defense Council **
Most scientists are now warning that global warming could eliminate the polar bear's summer sea-ice habitat by 2040. Without dramatic cutbacks in global warming pollution, Alaska's polar bears could face extinction by 2050. Yet the Bush Administration's new plan to protect polar bears under the Endangered Species Act will do nothing to reduce global warming pollution or stop oil development in the heart of polar bear habitat.
Tell the Bush Administration to close the polluter loopholes and give polar bears full-fledged protection as an endangered species.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Your Fight the Right Activist links for June 11, 2008
** Natural Resources Defense Council **
Although lead causes brain, kidney, developmental and cardiovascular damage in children, the EPA has proposed new airborne lead standards that are weaker than scientists recommend. Send a comment by the July 21st deadline telling the EPA to strengthen the standards to levels that will protect children from this dangerous toxin.
Tell the EPA to protect children from dangerous airborne lead
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** Human Rights First **
Can you imagine the U.S. government leaving soldiers behind in Iraq, giving them little or no chance to return to safety?
That's not unlike U.S. treatment of thousands of Iraqi citizens who risked life and limb to act as translators for the U.S. military.
Thanks in part to the voices of concerned individuals like you, the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act became law earlier this year, making 5,000 special visas available each year for the next five years to Iraqi translators and other Iraqis who helped the U.S. And in May, Congress passed a second law clarifying that these visas should be made available immediately.
But while these translators struggle to stay alive, bureaucratic red tape - shamefully – is delaying the resettlement process.
Send a letter to be delivered to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff! Urge them to make the visas available without delay.
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** True Majority **
The Monkey King George Bush's self-styled junta will come to an end less than eight months from now. Unfortunately he still has the power to appoint federal judges -- who would serve for a lifetime, carrying out his right-wing agenda far beyond the end of his term.
One man can block these nominations: Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy.
Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the United States Senate -- so the Senate has the power to put an end to Bush's practice of stacking our nation's courts with ultraconservative ideologues. Our friends at Credo Action are running a campaign to simply say no to any more of his judicial nominations and they need our help. Can you take a minute to help them by sending a message to Senator Leahy?
Click here to tell Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy: No more Bush judges.
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** The PEW Environment Group **
Our oceans are in trouble. Fish stocks are being overfished to the point of collapse, runoff pollution is creating vast dead zones, and global warming is causing the death of corals. Now the Bush Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed a rule that would gut the environmental review process for fishery management actions and limit the public’s right to participate in those decisions.
Tell the NMFS to go back to the drawing board! Our oceans deserve better.
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** Free Press **
Faux News owner and right-wing whore Rupert Murdoch launched a laughable attack against you, the media reform movement, and journalism itself.
His on-air bully, right-wing wacko whore Bill O'Reilly called us "crazy" and "fascist" --- you, me, and the millions of others who want media reform. These people are "doing a lot of damage to America," O'Reilly yelled. Our crime? Calling for journalism that's more honest, just and accountable to the public.
When Bill O'Reilly goes after you, you must be doing something right. So we've decided to return the favor, and tell him two things: (1) Thanks so much for the compliment and (2) please stop pretending to be a journalist.
Tell fascist pig whore Bill O'Reilly: Stop Pretending to Be a Journalist
Although lead causes brain, kidney, developmental and cardiovascular damage in children, the EPA has proposed new airborne lead standards that are weaker than scientists recommend. Send a comment by the July 21st deadline telling the EPA to strengthen the standards to levels that will protect children from this dangerous toxin.
Tell the EPA to protect children from dangerous airborne lead
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** Human Rights First **
Can you imagine the U.S. government leaving soldiers behind in Iraq, giving them little or no chance to return to safety?
That's not unlike U.S. treatment of thousands of Iraqi citizens who risked life and limb to act as translators for the U.S. military.
Thanks in part to the voices of concerned individuals like you, the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act became law earlier this year, making 5,000 special visas available each year for the next five years to Iraqi translators and other Iraqis who helped the U.S. And in May, Congress passed a second law clarifying that these visas should be made available immediately.
But while these translators struggle to stay alive, bureaucratic red tape - shamefully – is delaying the resettlement process.
Send a letter to be delivered to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff! Urge them to make the visas available without delay.
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** True Majority **
The Monkey King George Bush's self-styled junta will come to an end less than eight months from now. Unfortunately he still has the power to appoint federal judges -- who would serve for a lifetime, carrying out his right-wing agenda far beyond the end of his term.
One man can block these nominations: Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy.
Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the United States Senate -- so the Senate has the power to put an end to Bush's practice of stacking our nation's courts with ultraconservative ideologues. Our friends at Credo Action are running a campaign to simply say no to any more of his judicial nominations and they need our help. Can you take a minute to help them by sending a message to Senator Leahy?
Click here to tell Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy: No more Bush judges.
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** The PEW Environment Group **
Our oceans are in trouble. Fish stocks are being overfished to the point of collapse, runoff pollution is creating vast dead zones, and global warming is causing the death of corals. Now the Bush Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed a rule that would gut the environmental review process for fishery management actions and limit the public’s right to participate in those decisions.
Tell the NMFS to go back to the drawing board! Our oceans deserve better.
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** Free Press **
Faux News owner and right-wing whore Rupert Murdoch launched a laughable attack against you, the media reform movement, and journalism itself.
His on-air bully, right-wing wacko whore Bill O'Reilly called us "crazy" and "fascist" --- you, me, and the millions of others who want media reform. These people are "doing a lot of damage to America," O'Reilly yelled. Our crime? Calling for journalism that's more honest, just and accountable to the public.
When Bill O'Reilly goes after you, you must be doing something right. So we've decided to return the favor, and tell him two things: (1) Thanks so much for the compliment and (2) please stop pretending to be a journalist.
Tell fascist pig whore Bill O'Reilly: Stop Pretending to Be a Journalist
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Your 5 Minute Activist Links for April 30, 2008
** Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance **
On April 9, Senator Bob Bennett (R-UT) introduced S. 2834, the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008. While in some ways this bill is better than Senator Bennett's 2006 version, which you helped to defeat, it still contains some of the same damaging provisions for southwestern Utah that would perpetuate bad precedents for all future public lands bills.
Once again we need your help! Please let your Senators know that S. 2834 is bad for Utah wilderness!
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** Gay Men's Health Crisis **
Once a year, hundreds of AIDS activists travel to Washington D.C. for the nation's largest advocacy event for HIV/AIDS: AIDS Watch. People living with HIV/AIDS, their families, friends, health care providers and AIDS activists meet with members of Congress to demand a solid federal commitment to AIDS programs.
You can participate, too! Send a message to your members of Congress asking them to support AIDS programs that work. Tell Congress to support AIDS programs that work.
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** Human Rights First **
Last week, African dock workers, trade unionists, human rights activists, and religious leaders joined together to stop the delivery of weapons from China to Zimbabwe.
As dock workers refused to unload the arms – China was forced to recall the ship carrying them because no country was willing to receive it.
This heroic stand by the people in southern Africa — they weren't going to allow arms into a country that planned to use them against its own people — sent a strong message to China that their weapons are not always welcome. Countries of the world, including the U.S., had no choice but to join the people and repudiate the arms shipment. And China had no choice but to yield to international pressure by recalling the ship.
We have seen what is possible when the people take action — leaders will follow. We need to do the same thing for Chinese arms going to Sudan.
In Zimbabwe, Chinese weapons are used by government forces to crush political opposition by terror. In Sudan, Chinese arms are used to kill civilians and destroy lives in Darfur.
Join us in telling the U.S. government to do for Sudan what they did for Zimbabwe: call on Beijing to halt arms sales to Sudan.
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** CREDO Action **
Old and senile McCain is blocking a vote on legislation to address widespread gender-based pay inequity because he thinks women only need more "education and training" instead of full equality under the law. We disagree, and so do our partners at CREDO Mobile.
Please sign CREDO's petition to urge old and senile McCain to quit making sexist statements and stop blocking a vote on fair pay for women.
On April 9, Senator Bob Bennett (R-UT) introduced S. 2834, the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008. While in some ways this bill is better than Senator Bennett's 2006 version, which you helped to defeat, it still contains some of the same damaging provisions for southwestern Utah that would perpetuate bad precedents for all future public lands bills.
Once again we need your help! Please let your Senators know that S. 2834 is bad for Utah wilderness!
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** Gay Men's Health Crisis **
Once a year, hundreds of AIDS activists travel to Washington D.C. for the nation's largest advocacy event for HIV/AIDS: AIDS Watch. People living with HIV/AIDS, their families, friends, health care providers and AIDS activists meet with members of Congress to demand a solid federal commitment to AIDS programs.
You can participate, too! Send a message to your members of Congress asking them to support AIDS programs that work. Tell Congress to support AIDS programs that work.
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** Human Rights First **
Last week, African dock workers, trade unionists, human rights activists, and religious leaders joined together to stop the delivery of weapons from China to Zimbabwe.
As dock workers refused to unload the arms – China was forced to recall the ship carrying them because no country was willing to receive it.
This heroic stand by the people in southern Africa — they weren't going to allow arms into a country that planned to use them against its own people — sent a strong message to China that their weapons are not always welcome. Countries of the world, including the U.S., had no choice but to join the people and repudiate the arms shipment. And China had no choice but to yield to international pressure by recalling the ship.
We have seen what is possible when the people take action — leaders will follow. We need to do the same thing for Chinese arms going to Sudan.
In Zimbabwe, Chinese weapons are used by government forces to crush political opposition by terror. In Sudan, Chinese arms are used to kill civilians and destroy lives in Darfur.
Join us in telling the U.S. government to do for Sudan what they did for Zimbabwe: call on Beijing to halt arms sales to Sudan.
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** CREDO Action **
Old and senile McCain is blocking a vote on legislation to address widespread gender-based pay inequity because he thinks women only need more "education and training" instead of full equality under the law. We disagree, and so do our partners at CREDO Mobile.
Please sign CREDO's petition to urge old and senile McCain to quit making sexist statements and stop blocking a vote on fair pay for women.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Your 5 Minute Activist Links for April 29, 2008
** Human Rights First **
Ten years ago, famous Guatemalan human rights defender Bishop Juan Gerardi was murdered. Bishop Gerardi was killed just days after publicly releasing a report that documented more than 200,000 killings during Guatemala's 36 year civil war. The report laid blame on the Guatemalan government for over 90 per cent of the conflict's human rights violations.
While individuals have been convicted for the murder of Bishop Gerardi, there has been no justice for the victims of Guatemala's 422 documented massacres. None of the former military or police officials allegedly responsible for committing the worst atrocities during the conflict have been held accountable.
Through his courageous efforts to reveal the truth, Bishop Gerardi left Guatemala an important legacy. However, without action by the authorities, that legacy will never be fully realized.
Urge the Guatemalan Attorney-General to immediately act on the criminal petitions filed by victims almost a decade ago. Those petitions allege that former police and military leaders committed crimes against humanity and genocide during the civil war.
** NRDC **
The 2007 energy bill includes a provision that prevents federal agencies from contracting to purchase liquid coal and other "dirty fuels," such as tar sands and oil shale, that produce more global warming pollution than conventional gasoline. But now dirty fuel supporters in Congress have introduced legislation that would repeal this important provision that will help fight global warming, and energy companies are poised to market dirty fuels to the government at the first opportunity. The Air Force, for instance, is already pushing for a new liquid coal plant on its Malmstrom base in Montana.
Liquid coal produces twice the global warming pollution of conventional gasoline. Relying on liquid coal fuel also would increase the harmful effects of coal mining, which means more mining in the Rockies and more mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. Investing in liquid coal is also financially unsound: while even under the most optimistic scenarios liquid coal could replace no more than 10 percent of our oil use, these plants would cost over four billion dollars each to build.
Tell your representative not to reverse important protections against dirty fuels.
** Avaaz **
Petition to G8, UN and EU leaders:
We call on you to take immediate action to address the world food crisis by mobilizing emergency funding to prevent starvation, removing perverse incentives to turn food into biofuels and managing financial speculation, and to tackle the underlying causes by ending harmful trade policies and investing massively in sustainable agricultural productivity in developing nations.
** Center for Biological Diversity **
Take action now to protect critical habitat for some of the world's most imperiled coral reefs. A federal proposal to protect coral habitat is making its way through the government channels, and your voice counts.
** The Wilderness Society **
The West Tavaputs Plateau in Utah, which includes Desolation Canyon, Jack Canyon, and Nine Mile Canyon, has it all: spectacular canyons and mesa tops, a diverse range of vegetation, rivers, a ruggedness that truly allows enjoyment of wildness and solitude, and one of the greatest concentrations of rock art in the world.
This is all under threat as the BLM is proposing to approve a massive natural gas drilling plan that can harm these amazing places and values unless we act now.
The BLM is currently wrapping up its public commenting stage on the West Tavaputs Plateau Natural Gas Full Field Development Plan Draft EIS, which allows drilling more than 800 new natural gas wells among rugged canyons and internationally recognized rock art. This is your chance to tell the BLM that you don't want to see this wild and important Utah environment spoiled. Comments must be submitted by May 1, 2008.
Ten years ago, famous Guatemalan human rights defender Bishop Juan Gerardi was murdered. Bishop Gerardi was killed just days after publicly releasing a report that documented more than 200,000 killings during Guatemala's 36 year civil war. The report laid blame on the Guatemalan government for over 90 per cent of the conflict's human rights violations.
While individuals have been convicted for the murder of Bishop Gerardi, there has been no justice for the victims of Guatemala's 422 documented massacres. None of the former military or police officials allegedly responsible for committing the worst atrocities during the conflict have been held accountable.
Through his courageous efforts to reveal the truth, Bishop Gerardi left Guatemala an important legacy. However, without action by the authorities, that legacy will never be fully realized.
Urge the Guatemalan Attorney-General to immediately act on the criminal petitions filed by victims almost a decade ago. Those petitions allege that former police and military leaders committed crimes against humanity and genocide during the civil war.
** NRDC **
The 2007 energy bill includes a provision that prevents federal agencies from contracting to purchase liquid coal and other "dirty fuels," such as tar sands and oil shale, that produce more global warming pollution than conventional gasoline. But now dirty fuel supporters in Congress have introduced legislation that would repeal this important provision that will help fight global warming, and energy companies are poised to market dirty fuels to the government at the first opportunity. The Air Force, for instance, is already pushing for a new liquid coal plant on its Malmstrom base in Montana.
Liquid coal produces twice the global warming pollution of conventional gasoline. Relying on liquid coal fuel also would increase the harmful effects of coal mining, which means more mining in the Rockies and more mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. Investing in liquid coal is also financially unsound: while even under the most optimistic scenarios liquid coal could replace no more than 10 percent of our oil use, these plants would cost over four billion dollars each to build.
Tell your representative not to reverse important protections against dirty fuels.
** Avaaz **
Petition to G8, UN and EU leaders:
We call on you to take immediate action to address the world food crisis by mobilizing emergency funding to prevent starvation, removing perverse incentives to turn food into biofuels and managing financial speculation, and to tackle the underlying causes by ending harmful trade policies and investing massively in sustainable agricultural productivity in developing nations.
** Center for Biological Diversity **
Take action now to protect critical habitat for some of the world's most imperiled coral reefs. A federal proposal to protect coral habitat is making its way through the government channels, and your voice counts.
** The Wilderness Society **
The West Tavaputs Plateau in Utah, which includes Desolation Canyon, Jack Canyon, and Nine Mile Canyon, has it all: spectacular canyons and mesa tops, a diverse range of vegetation, rivers, a ruggedness that truly allows enjoyment of wildness and solitude, and one of the greatest concentrations of rock art in the world.
This is all under threat as the BLM is proposing to approve a massive natural gas drilling plan that can harm these amazing places and values unless we act now.
The BLM is currently wrapping up its public commenting stage on the West Tavaputs Plateau Natural Gas Full Field Development Plan Draft EIS, which allows drilling more than 800 new natural gas wells among rugged canyons and internationally recognized rock art. This is your chance to tell the BLM that you don't want to see this wild and important Utah environment spoiled. Comments must be submitted by May 1, 2008.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Your 5 Minute Activist Links for April 21, 2008
** Human Rights First **
The February elections in Pakistan marked a new beginning following martial law, demonstrations, and the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Since then the new government has taken some important steps to reverse the damage to the rule of law, and specifically towards reinstatement of the dozens of senior judges dismissed by President Musharraf.
However, the new government still has work to do. President Musharraf is strongly opposed to reinstatement of the judges, and internal disagreements within the new government may cause additional delays. The nascent government needs to know that the international community, including the United States government, supports the progress so far and hopes to see truly independent courts.
The Pakistani government will address the question of the judges this week, so please act quickly to urge your representatives in Congress to sign on to a letter to the Prime Minister expressing support for the lawyers' movement and for initiatives to restore an independent judiciary and rule of law in Pakistan.
** Habitat for Humanity **
Could you live on $1 a day? Could your Senators? $1 a day is barely enough for food, much less access to an adequate place to live. But with your support Congress can help cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015.
Recently, several Senators introduced a bill called the Global Poverty Act that would help improve life for the world's poorest people, including help for families currently living in inadequate housing.
This critical piece of bipartisan legislation will help ensure that poverty reduction is a major priority of U.S. foreign assistance and will call for the Bush administration to develop a strategy focused on reducing global poverty.
Send a message to your Senators now urging them to become a co-sponsor of the Global Poverty Act.
** Earthworks **
For peacefully asserting their rights and preventing mining company officials access to their lands, these Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) leaders, - known as the KI Six -- were sentenced to six months in prison. The KI Six were sentenced just weeks after Ardoch Algonquin First Nation spokesperson Robert Lovelace began serving a six-month sentence for similar charges.
The 1,200 strong KI community of hunters, fishers, and trappers is opposed to mining activities on their traditional lands in Northern Ontario., Canadian company Platinex Inc. believes their lands contain one of the world's largest platinum deposits.
Please write to the premier of Ontario today and demand the immediate release of these political prisoners. The government needs to see an overwhelming outpouring of public support.
** Defenders of Wildlife **
America’s bears are facing a poaching plague. The reason? The lucrative black market for bear parts is on the rise.
But bipartisan legislation in Congress can help put an end to this disturbing trend.
Urge your Representative to sign on as a cosponsor to the Bear Protection Act (H.R. 5534) -- a bill that would help save America’s bears.
** Oxfam America **
If you've been to the grocery store lately, you've noticed that food prices are rising. After years of remaining relatively stable, prices are being driven through the roof by a convergence of circumstances.
This phenomenon affects food prices worldwide, and it presents a major problem for poor people in developing countries. Just think about it: if you spend 50–80 percent of your income on food, then the more prices rise, the less food you can afford.
The current price increases are causing widespread hunger for millions of poor people. Yet US food aid policies require all food to be shipped halfway around the world, draining critical aid money on needless costs. Congress could change this policy in the coming weeks, and we need your action immediately.
Tell Congress to reform food aid policies to allow for food to be purchased where it is needed, rather than being shipped halfway around the world.
The February elections in Pakistan marked a new beginning following martial law, demonstrations, and the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Since then the new government has taken some important steps to reverse the damage to the rule of law, and specifically towards reinstatement of the dozens of senior judges dismissed by President Musharraf.
However, the new government still has work to do. President Musharraf is strongly opposed to reinstatement of the judges, and internal disagreements within the new government may cause additional delays. The nascent government needs to know that the international community, including the United States government, supports the progress so far and hopes to see truly independent courts.
The Pakistani government will address the question of the judges this week, so please act quickly to urge your representatives in Congress to sign on to a letter to the Prime Minister expressing support for the lawyers' movement and for initiatives to restore an independent judiciary and rule of law in Pakistan.
** Habitat for Humanity **
Could you live on $1 a day? Could your Senators? $1 a day is barely enough for food, much less access to an adequate place to live. But with your support Congress can help cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015.
Recently, several Senators introduced a bill called the Global Poverty Act that would help improve life for the world's poorest people, including help for families currently living in inadequate housing.
This critical piece of bipartisan legislation will help ensure that poverty reduction is a major priority of U.S. foreign assistance and will call for the Bush administration to develop a strategy focused on reducing global poverty.
Send a message to your Senators now urging them to become a co-sponsor of the Global Poverty Act.
** Earthworks **
For peacefully asserting their rights and preventing mining company officials access to their lands, these Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) leaders, - known as the KI Six -- were sentenced to six months in prison. The KI Six were sentenced just weeks after Ardoch Algonquin First Nation spokesperson Robert Lovelace began serving a six-month sentence for similar charges.
The 1,200 strong KI community of hunters, fishers, and trappers is opposed to mining activities on their traditional lands in Northern Ontario., Canadian company Platinex Inc. believes their lands contain one of the world's largest platinum deposits.
Please write to the premier of Ontario today and demand the immediate release of these political prisoners. The government needs to see an overwhelming outpouring of public support.
** Defenders of Wildlife **
America’s bears are facing a poaching plague. The reason? The lucrative black market for bear parts is on the rise.
But bipartisan legislation in Congress can help put an end to this disturbing trend.
Urge your Representative to sign on as a cosponsor to the Bear Protection Act (H.R. 5534) -- a bill that would help save America’s bears.
** Oxfam America **
If you've been to the grocery store lately, you've noticed that food prices are rising. After years of remaining relatively stable, prices are being driven through the roof by a convergence of circumstances.
This phenomenon affects food prices worldwide, and it presents a major problem for poor people in developing countries. Just think about it: if you spend 50–80 percent of your income on food, then the more prices rise, the less food you can afford.
The current price increases are causing widespread hunger for millions of poor people. Yet US food aid policies require all food to be shipped halfway around the world, draining critical aid money on needless costs. Congress could change this policy in the coming weeks, and we need your action immediately.
Tell Congress to reform food aid policies to allow for food to be purchased where it is needed, rather than being shipped halfway around the world.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Your 5 Minute Activist Links for Feb 28, 2008
** Defenders of Wildlife **
Send a message to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and tell them to adopt a National Wolf Recovery Strategy.
** BioGems **
Tell the Monkey King Bush administration to halt the oil and gas project in the Baca National Wildlife Refuge until a thorough study of its potentially devastating environmental impacts is carried out.
** National Campaign for Fair Elections **
Tell your chief elections official to prepare for November 2008 elections!
** Human Rights First **
Tell the Monkey King Bush that Torture is NOT an American Value and have that jackass sign the Intelligence Authorization Bill (HR 2082).
** The Democratic Party **
John McCain abused the system to keep his campaign afloat until he could raise more money from special interests and lobbyists. Taxpayers don't want their money to be used by Washington politicians to help raise more money from lobbyists -- is this McCain's idea of ethics and reform?
Send a message to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and tell them to adopt a National Wolf Recovery Strategy.
** BioGems **
Tell the Monkey King Bush administration to halt the oil and gas project in the Baca National Wildlife Refuge until a thorough study of its potentially devastating environmental impacts is carried out.
** National Campaign for Fair Elections **
Tell your chief elections official to prepare for November 2008 elections!
** Human Rights First **
Tell the Monkey King Bush that Torture is NOT an American Value and have that jackass sign the Intelligence Authorization Bill (HR 2082).
** The Democratic Party **
John McCain abused the system to keep his campaign afloat until he could raise more money from special interests and lobbyists. Taxpayers don't want their money to be used by Washington politicians to help raise more money from lobbyists -- is this McCain's idea of ethics and reform?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Your 5 Minute Activist Links for Feb 19, 2008
** Human Rights First **
Sign this Petition and Elect to End Torture.
** Vote Vets **
Join Veterans to demand investigations into Pentagon contrats and Substandard Helmet Procurement!
** Public Citizen **
Send a note to your Senators and Demand the return of the Presidental records to the Public.
Sign this Petition and Elect to End Torture.
** Vote Vets **
Join Veterans to demand investigations into Pentagon contrats and Substandard Helmet Procurement!
** Public Citizen **
Send a note to your Senators and Demand the return of the Presidental records to the Public.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Your 5 Minute Activist Links for Feb 1, 2008
** Union of Concerned Scientists **
This is your last chance to let your legislators know you want to improve the Food and Farm Bill!
** Human Rights First **
Elect to End Torture! Sign the Petition Today!
** AFL-CIO Working Families **
Presidential hopeful (aka loser) Mitt Romney's firm that he co-founded, Bain Capital, continues to undermine worker agreements between farm workers and other loser companies like McDonalds. Tell the jerk to restore dignity to farm workers!
** Friends of the Earth **
Tell your Senators to either fix the Lieberman-Warner bill, by scrapping the corporate pork and delivering needed pollution reduction targets, or ditch it!
This is your last chance to let your legislators know you want to improve the Food and Farm Bill!
** Human Rights First **
Elect to End Torture! Sign the Petition Today!
** AFL-CIO Working Families **
Presidential hopeful (aka loser) Mitt Romney's firm that he co-founded, Bain Capital, continues to undermine worker agreements between farm workers and other loser companies like McDonalds. Tell the jerk to restore dignity to farm workers!
** Friends of the Earth **
Tell your Senators to either fix the Lieberman-Warner bill, by scrapping the corporate pork and delivering needed pollution reduction targets, or ditch it!
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