Archive for the 'Action Alerts' Category

Attacking Iran for Israel?

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Consortium News

By Ray McGovern October 30, 2007

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is at her mushroom-cloud hyperbolic best, and this time Iran is the target.

Her claim last week that “the policies of Iran constitute perhaps the single greatest challenge to American security interests in the Middle East and around the world” is simply too much of a [...]

MoveOn Appeal For Campaign Against Attacking Iran

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Bay Area Indymedia, CA

by Move-On MoveOn is making an appeal for help in their campaign to prevent a war with Iran.

Dear MoveOn member,

To be honest, I don’t even like to think about the possibility of war with Iran. But here’s the unfortunate truth—plans for an aerial attack have been drawn up.1 There’s nothing stopping Bush from [...]

General claims Bush gave ‘marching orders’ on aggressive interrogation at Guantanamo

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Raw Story, MA

Nick Juliano

New book says US uses ‘methods of the most tyrannical regimes’

More than 100,000 pages of newly released government documents demonstrate how US military interrogators “abused, tortured or killed” scores of prisoners rounded up since Sept. 11, 2001, including some who were not even suspected of having terrorist ties, according to a just-published [...]

Green Party urges dropping all Jena Six charges, probe racism in justice system

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Green Party US (press release), DC

Green Party of the United States www.gp.org

Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Shawn Christy, Green Party of Louisiana Coordinating Committee, 318-218-7159, revolutionarylove@gmail.com

Greens urge Louisiana to drop all charges against the Jena Six, call for a national discussion of racial bias in criminal justice systems throughout the US

WASHINGTON, [...]

Spare Troy Anthony Davis Now!

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Troy needs us to help STOP this State Killing NOW!

PLEASE FAX THIS LETTER &/OR CALL IN YOUR REQUEST THAT THIS STATE KILLING BE STOPPED

Letter to Parole Board re: Troy Davis State Board of Pardons and Paroles 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower Atlanta, Georgia, 30334-4909 Fax: (404) 651-8502

Dear Board Member,

I beseech the State Parole Board [...]

Barack Obama: You call this progress?

Friday, July 13th, 2007

From: Barack Obama

The war in Iraq should never have been authorized, never have been waged, and it must end now.

Take action: BarackObama.com/BushInDenial my.barackobama.com/page/m/rfiaQxvjF4k/5yBP1Q

Al Qaeda has recovered to its pre-September 11th strength, according to an intelligence community estimate revealed today.

Think about that.

Almost six years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden is still alive. His organization is still [...]

Action Alert: Palestinians Health Concerns

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

URGENT ACTION APPEAL  Amnesty International

11 July 2007 UA 182/07 Health Concern

ISRAEL/OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES/ EGYPT Thousands of Palestinian civilians

Several thousand Palestinians are currently stranded in northern Egypt, unable to return to their homes …The Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been closed by the Israeli authorities since 9 June; on 15 June they announced that it would remain [...]