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We the undersigned request that you bring the full power of the United States Department of Justice to oppose any discriminatory laws that will disenfranchise voters, and to demand states’ compliance with the Voting Rights Act and other laws to ensure that the rights of voters are protected. The largest rollback in voting rights in over a century is now underway.
Posted: 15 November 2011 Urgent -- right now, the New York City Police are using batons and pepper spray to forcibly evict the peaceful Occupy Wall St protesters from Liberty Plaza. It’s outrageous! New York’s billionaire mayor, Mike Bloomberg, waited for the cover of night to launch this shady operation, and is counting on the world to sleep through it.
The World vs Wall Street
It's shocking that this is happening in 2011: At 207 "clinics" across Ecuador, lesbians are held captive, raped, tortured, starved and beaten in an attempt to make them straight. 1
Stop the rape and torture of lesbians in Ecuador.
Despite the corporate-driven hubbub surrounding the inevitability of “the cloud” replacing personal hard drives as the pre-eminent storage center for all web content, this system represents another dangerous trojan horse for the establishment to complete their agenda to regulate and shut down the free Internet.
Activist Post: The Cloud: Trojan Horse For Internet Takeover
Civic Action: Defend Occupy Wall Street
We need a national groundswell immediately in defense of the protesters, so we can deliver a massive petition to City Hall and Zuccotti Park tonight.
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Watch: Senior White House Advisor Previews President's Jobs Speech | The White House
Tonight President Obama will be addressing a joint session of Congress to share a plan to create jobs and grow our economy. His Senior Advisor, David Plouffe, who was with the President as he crafted the strategy, says we can expect to hear the President detail a plan that will rebuild our economy by making sure those that work hard and play by the rules are not left behind, and that the President will issue a challenge to Congress to meet their responsibilities in the same way everyone around the country has stepped up to meet their own. You can watch the President's speech live tonight at 7 pm EST on any of the major networks, or come to www.whitehouse.gov/live to see an enhanced web presentation.Why is a former Monsanto lobbyist currently serving as the FDA's food safety czar waging war on small dairy farms that produce fresh milk? While factory farm operators are getting away with serious food safety violations, raw milk dairy farmers and distributors across the country have been subjected to armed raids and hauled away in handcuffs.
Why is a Monsanto lobbyist serving as the FDA's Food Safety Czar?
The Supreme Court recently decided to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the new health care reform bill passed by Congress last year, and Justice Clarence Thomas has a supreme ethical conflict.
Tell Clarence Thomas: Recuse yourself!
Palestinian civil society calls for comprehensive military embargo on Israel Organizations representing millions around the globe as well as Nobel Peace Prize winners including Desmond Tutu express support for the Palestinian embargo call
Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign: Activist Resources
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I invited over 1k via FB... Takes time ;-) by Sep 7