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Video. Political Petitions. Pass the Jobs Bill NOW, Tim Scott. Political Petitions. Bad Dogs. Take Back The American Dream. What the People Want to Know About We the People. Update: The signatures threshold for petitions on the We the People platform to receive an official response from the White House has changed since this blog post was published. See the latest signature thresholds. Since the White House announced We the People, a new way for the public to petition the Obama Administration on a range of issues, we've been putting the final pieces in place, kicking the tires and getting ready for launch. We're excited, but it’s a little nerve-wracking, nonetheless.
Why? We're not quite sure what to expect. We hope to see petitions with a broad range of viewpoints that challenge the Administration – on issues core to President Obama’s priority of creating jobs and restoring the American economy, as well as other topics we haven't publicly addressed in a while (and, yes, some that already have been). Even with all the preparation and thought that's been put into it, we're going to learn a lot more from how the public uses We the People in the first few weeks. AmericaHires360.com - America Hires Virtual Job Fair. I'm Getting Arrested - Android Market.
Demands of the Occupation. GlobalRevolution. Occupy Wall Street Sept. 17, 2011. Anti-War. Civil Rights Ground Action. Write or Call Congress! Save Our Unions. Save our Planet! Humanitarian Petitions. Pounding Pavement. Countering Corporate Rule. In These Times is fast approaching its 35th anniversary. In These Times exists to suggest alternatives to corporate rule.
Those alternatives are more needed today than at any time since the magazine was founded. In 1976, In These Times founding Editor & Publisher James Weinstein made the decision not to set up shop in San Francisco (where he was living) or New York (where he grew up) or Washington, D.C. (where investigative journalist I.F. Instead, Weinstein moved to Chicago, a Midwestern metropolis where rents were cheap and anti-establishment agitation has a noble history. In his first editorial, Weinstein wrote, “The major parties are the protection agencies of corporate capitalism. Today, despite the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression showcasing the intrinsic flaws of our economic model, the two parties continue to do their job all too well. I am proud that this remains our purpose today. In These Times has had much to celebrate recently.
That is the good news. Take Action Now. Criminal Justice Petition: 7 of 9 Witnesses say my Brother is Innocent. Stop Troy Davis' Execution on Sep. 21. Occupy Wall Street: Thousands to protest in NYC Sept. 17 - Sep. 16. A flyer for Occupy Wall Street, in which thousands of protesters are slated to flood the Manhattan financial center. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hundreds of protestors took to the streets of Manhattan's financial distric Egyptians did it for democracy. So did people in Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. Now, activist groups are hoping Americans will launch their own uprising -- in the form of thousands of protesters descending on Wall Street this weekend.
Occupy Wall Street is a "leaderless resistance movement" spearheaded by activist magazine Adbusters. Organizers want people to swarm into lower Manhattan on September 17 and set up camp for two months, then "incessantly repeat one simple demand. " What's that demand? They haven't decided yet. The plan is to crowdsource the decision. The protestors' demand will likely be focused on "taking to task the people who perpetrated the economic meltdown," says Kalle Lasn, the editor-in-chief of Adbusters. "We thought, why isn't there a backlash here?
" Crowdfunding Case Study: How appbackr Worked for Popvox. Marci Harris, CEO of Popvox JakeBrewer/Flickr Marci Harris, CEO of Popvox, explains why the online advocacy and legislative data platform turned to crowdfunding site appbackr to finance its mobile offering for members of Congress. When the U.S. House of Representatives began allowing members to use iPads on the House floor this year, Marci Harris saw an opportunity. The CEO of Popvox, a nonpartisan platform for advocacy and legislative data, believed that if she and her team could create a mobile version of Popvox for Congress to use, they could greatly increase their website's usefulness and reach.
But with no viable way to finance their app, the Popvox crew took a shot on appbackr, a crowdfunding site that lets individuals invest in mobile applications. Developers get immediate funds they can use to bring their app to market, and investors profit when the finished product sells in retail app stores. Harris filled us in on the app, the appbackr experience and what it means for startups: