Activism & Organizing
Protest Glenn Beck - Boycott FOX Advertisers
Mon, 08/30/2010 - 12:24 — Dave Culver- Glenn Beck doesn't just poison the airwaves with hatred. His hatred actually incites violence and murder.
- Our boycott of Fox News advertisers is having a huge impact - over 200 advertisers have pulled their ads from Beck's show.
Bob Fertik, Democrats.com
Today (Aug 28), Glenn Beck tried to hijack Martin Luther King's legacy for his own rightwing agenda - and the corporate media gave saturation coverage to help him.
Yes, the same Glenn Beck who insisted President Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people ... This man is a racist."
- Yes, the same Glenn Beck who said social justice "leads to death camps" and "a Jew, of all people, should know that."
- Yes, the same Glenn Beck who called progressives a "virus waiting for their chance to suck all of the blood out of the Democratic neck."
- Yes, the same Glenn Beck who called Hillary Clinton "the stereotypical bitch."
Join over 60,000 progressive activists who are boycotting Fox News advertisers.
Glenn Beck doesn't just poison the airwaves with hatred. His hatred actually incites violence and murder.
Summary: Advocating for Peace: Week of August 29
Sat, 08/28/2010 - 08:50 — Dave Culver6 New Items including:
- Peace: The Real Deficit Buster
- Tell NBC: Debate the Afghanistan War
David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
Jeff Danziger
Peace: The Real Deficit Buster, Joe Volk, Friends (Quakers) Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Tell the deficit commission: Cut military spending, not Social Security
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:05 — Dave CulverWe need real solutions, not a manufactured crisis
Deficit commission almost done deciding to slash Social Security
Top 5 Social Security Myths
Matt Lockshin, CREDO Action
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Thomas Sklarski
At a time when the country desperately needs more jobs, a powerful commission appointed by President Obama is meeting in secret to make recommendations to lower the federal budget deficit.
And, unfortunately, the commission has been stacked with people who have obsessed for decades over cutting Social Security benefits or transforming it from a broad-based program into a privatized retirement program.
From the public statements of commission members and leaks of the secret meetings, it is clear that the commission is avoiding serious discussion of the real causes of our deficit in order to create a sense of panic around Social Security.
Click here to automatically sign our petition to the members of the deficit commission telling them to make recommendations that significantly lower military spending, allow the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% to expire, and modify health care reform to include a robust public option to lower costs.
Today, we should not be cutting the deficit but instead investing in critical public goods that create jobs. After we strengthen our economy, it is appropriate to focus on lowering the deficit. The Commission would enhance public discourse by focusing on three critical drivers of long term deficits:
Upcoming Peace Events!
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 09:49 — Dave CulverWAMM's new campaign...protest Robert Delahunty at U of St. Thomas...End the war on terror...Talk: War is Bankrupting Our Nation and Making Us Less Safe!...more!
Coleen Rowley, Evergreene Digest
Come check out WAMM’s new campaign to connect people with the costs of the wars! This Wednesday at the Lake St Bridge! (5 to 6 pm)
Also come to the:
- Burnsville Peace Vigil on Tuesdays (4:30 pm to 5:30 pm) at Nicollet and Burnsville Pkwy
- Eagan Peace Vigil on Thursdays (4:30 pm to 5:30 pm) at Pilot Knob and Yankee Doodle
Rotten Eggs
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 16:49 — Dave Culver
Please ask your senators to make recalling unsafe food mandatory.
Andre Delattre, U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG)
Wright County Egg, which distributes nationwide under 16 brand names, has sold the American public 380 million eggs with a high risk of salmonella contamination. [1]
But, because food recalls are entirely voluntary, people have been getting sick from these eggs since May. This recall is in response to an FDA investigation, but the FDA can't actually order Wright County to recall the eggs, regardless of the threat to public health. [2]
Let's change that now. The Senate has a bill in front of it that would give the FDA the power it needs to protect consumers.
Please ask your senators to make recalling unsafe food mandatory.