| (USA)ACTION ALERTS ! Take action to save the right to protest on the National Mall! | |
| From: | roses4joanne (roses4joanne@snip.net ) |
| Sent: | Tuesday, 15 January 2008 1:02:32 PM |
| To: | JOANNE ONEILL (roses4joanne@snip.net) |
Take action right now to defend free speech rights! <>
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Take Action
Right now, you can email the National Park Service demanding that there be no restrictions on the right of the people to assemble. We have set up an easy to use mechanism that will allow your message to be sent to the National Parks Service by clicking this link.
http://www.pephost.org/site/R
It is urgent that people around the country take action to stop the plan of the Bush Administration's Interior Department to obstruct free speech rights for mass assembly protest in Washington, D.C. The Bush White House plans to complete this process and deliver a knockout punch to free speech rights by January, 2009, the very last month that Bush will remain in office.
A lawsuit filed by the Partnership for Civil Justice on behalf of the National Council of Arab Americans and the ANSWER Coalition successfully overturned regulations in New York City that were used to prevent mass assembly protest in the Great Lawn of Central Park during the Republican National Convention. Those planning changes to the use and access to the National Mall have stated that they see structure used to restrict use of the Great Lawn as a model for their activities.
At the hearing the officials tried to quiet the outraged voices of the people, to change the topic of discussion, and to dismiss their concerns. They did, however, keep saying, just send us a message on-line. That is what we are asking everyone to do today.
The government is trying to end the public "comment" period by February 1, 2008. The ANSWER Coalition also demanded at the hearing that the sham process of the NPS be halted. We demanded that a moratorium be declared so that the people of this country can be able and informed to weigh in with their opinion. The National Mall belongs to the people.
| By an overwhelming 79%-12% margin, Americans want to change the disastrous direction George Bush and Dick Cheney have taken us. But there's no need to wait until January 2009 - we can begin change now with impeachment. TAKE ACTION TO HAVE HEARINGS Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) is organizing his colleagues ( http://www.wexlerwantshearings We're asking other Judiciary Committee Members ( http://judiciary.house.gov
NATIONAL CALL IN DAY On Wednesday, please call your Congressmember through the Capitol Hill Switchboard (202) 224-3121, toll-free at 1-800-828-0498, or directly (http://www.democrats.com
______________ Tell the Candidates: Change Begins NOW
If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he wouldn't be sniping over the Voting Rights Act of 1964 or Iraq War speeches in 2002. He'd be leading the largest protests our nation has ever seen to end to the occupation of Iraq, restore the Constitution, massively shift funds from the military to humanity, and impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney for their war crimes and lies. If the Democratic candidates for President want to compete on who is a better agent of change, it's time for them - all of them - to stop talking and start acting. Email Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, and Barack Obama to 1. Oppose any more Iraq War funds http://www.democrats.com ______________ Grassroots Impeachment Activists Are Making a Difference
* John Nirenberg, a retired college professor, has completed a 40-day march from Boston to Washington D.C., where he will ask Speaker Nancy Pelosi to begin impeachment hearings. He's garnered a great deal of media attention along the way and has planned a press conference for noon on January 16th on the Cannon House Office Building Terrace. Watch the end of the march: http://afterdowningstreet.org * Citizens with "Impeach" on their shirts were ordered not to view the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives: http://afterdowningstreet.org * Subcommittee on the Constitution Chairman Jerrold Nadler's constituents protested repeatedly at his office and went to jail asking for impeachment hearings: http://afterdowningstreet.org * Viggo Mortensen, John Kaminski, Dennis Kucinich, John Nichols, and David Swanson spoke at New Hampshire forum for impeachment. Video: http://afterdowningstreet.org * A New Hampshire Democratic Party event exploded when Kucinich said the word "Impeach" - http://afterdowningstreet.org * Maine impeachment activism led conservative Democratic congress member Mike Michaud to ask Conyers to begin Cheney impeachment hearings: http://afterdowningstreet.org * A big name impeachment debate shakes up North Carolina: http://afterdowningstreet.org * Veterans for Peace brought impeachment to Rep. Pete Visclosky's (D-IN) Town Hall Meetings: http://afterdowningstreet.org * Lois Capp's constituents baked her an impeachment pie: http://afterdowningstreet.org * Yet another ACLU chapter backs impeachment: http://afterdowningstreet.org * Cindy Sheehan to deliver huge stack of pro-impeachment letters to Speaker Nancy Pelosi: http://afterdowningstreet.org * First newspaper editorialized for Cheney impeachment: http://afterdowningstreet.org * The Washington and New Hampshire state legislatures are taking up impeachment resolutions this month. The first hearing in Olympia is scheduled for January 17th. Here are details on Washington and New Hampshire, plus the list of resolutions already passed around the country: ______________ Boycott General Electric for Censoring Kucinich General Electric corporate family member NBC has rewritten its criteria for including candidates in debates specifically to exclude the real peace candidate, Dennis Kucinich. Of course GE is a major weapons manufacturer so peace threatens its profits. Less than 44 hours after NBC sent a congratulatory note and an invitation to Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich to participate in the Jan. 15 Democratic Presidential debate in Las Vegas, the network notified the campaign that it was changing it announced criteria, rescinding its invitation, and excluding Kucinich from the debate. Contact your congress member and your local media: Tell GE you will boycott its products and why. ______________ |
Impeachment activism is exploding from coast to coast.
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