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JULY-SEPTEMBER 2005| 28 Aug 2005 (Sun), 12:35 a.m. PDT / 07:35 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Tell Legislators: Don't Privatize Social Security: "Reform" of the system is on Congress's agenda. |
| 23 Aug 2005 (Tue), 11:55 p.m. PDT / Wed 06:55 GMT [UPDATES/MIDEAST] |
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Israel: Don't Inflame East Jerusalem: While Gaza disengagement grabs headlines, Jerusalem government plans new Jewish settlement in city's Arab section. |
| 18 Aug 2005 (Thu), 6:10 a.m. PDT / 13:10 GMT [UPDATES/MIDEAST] Updated 27 Aug 2005 (Sat), 2:30 p.m. PDT / 21:30 GMT |
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Support Cindy Sheehan: End the War:
Show your support for mother of soldier killed in Iraq in her anti-occupation vigil outside Bush's ranch.
 Sheehan plans
anti-war bus tour.
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| 17 Aug 2005 (Wed), 5:55 p.m. PDT / Thu 00:55 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Stop Teaching Religion as "Science": After Bush endorses teaching creationism in public schools, urge your state government to stick to real science. |
| 10 Jul 2005 (Sun), 12:00 p.m. PDT / 19:00 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Tell NY Times to Caveat Anti-Gay "Science": Author who endorsed killing "gay fetuses" is quoted extensively without any reference to his controversial beliefs. |
| 7 Jul 2005 (Thu), 09:20 p.m. PDT / Fri 04:20 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Don't Showcase Anti-Labor Gallo:
Tell wineries to pick a less worker-hostile company to host their July 16 gourmet event.
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| 25 Jun 2005 (Sat), 1:25 p.m. PDT / 20:25 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Support Human Rights in Indonesia: Stop military aid, urge union recognition. |
| 22 Jun 2005 (Wed), 6:05 p.m. PDT / Thu 01:05 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Flag-"Desecration" Amendment Passes House: Stop it in the Senate. |
| 20 Jun 2005 (Mon), 9:30 p.m. PDT / Tue 04:30 GMT [UPDATES/ENVIRONMENT] |
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Stop New Move To Allow Coastline Oil Drilling: Oil-company greed threatens continential U.S. coasts. |
| 18 Jun 2005 (Sat), 6:20 p.m. PDT / Sun 01:20 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] Updated 24 Jun 2005 (Fri), 11:55 a.m. PDT / 18:55 GMT |
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PARTIAL  Save Public Broadcasting from Funding Cuts:
House subcommittee votes to slash funds for public television, radio; full House restores about half the funds, as Republican Party leader is named to head public broadcasting.
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| 18 Jun 2005 (Sat), 5:45 p.m. PDT /Sun 00:45 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Tomato pickers
win surprising victory
as Taco Bell pledges to push improved working conditions.
(See our
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| 16 Jun 2005 (Thu), 3:31 p.m. PDT / 22:31 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Join New Boycott of Gallo Wines: Farmworkers again face struggle for decent working conditions, benefits. |
| 14 Jun 2005 (Tue), 5:10 p.m. PDT / Wed 00:10 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Tell Chocolate Company: Use Fair Trade Cocoa:
Fundraising company has agreed to meet with fair-trade activists; encourage buying from certified sources.
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| 13 Jun 2005 (Mon), 9:05 a.m. PDT / 16:05 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Preserve Internet Access Options: Legislation would forbid cities and states from offering low-cost universal Internet. |
| 12 Jun 2005 (Sun), 4:10 p.m. PDT / 23:10 GMT [UPDATES/ENVIRONMENT] |
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Oppose anti-environment energy provisions:
As Senate considers energy bill, stop amendments from oil-coal-nuclear supporters.
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| 7 Jun 2005 (Wed), 11:05 p.m. PDT / Wed 06:05 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Defend Colombian Rights Advocate: An attorney who heads a respected human-rights organization in Colombia has been the target of gruesome death threats. Urge authorities to ensure her safety. |
| 5 Jun 2005 (Sun), 11:15 p.m. PDT / Mon 06:15 GMT [UPDATES/ENVIRONMENT] |
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Protect Utah's Redrock Wilderness: Wild deserts and crimson towers of southern Utah face threats of off-road vehicles and industrial development. |
| 3 Jun 2005 (Fri), 1:55 p.m. PDT / 20:55 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Shut Guantánamo Down: Hundreds of prisoners the U.S. holds in what Amnesty International recently labeled the "gulag of our times" should be tried and convicted or released. |
| 1 Jun 2005 (Wed), 6:45 p.m. PDT / Thu 01:45 GMT [UPDATES/NUKES] |
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Senators: Follow House on New Nukes: Two House committees have blocked Bush's plan to build nuclear "bunker buster" weapons, but it could come back to life unless the Senate follows suit. |
| 30 May 2005 (Mon), 2:11 p.m. PDT / 21:11 GMT [UPDATES/MIDEAST] |
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Investigate "Downing Street Memo": Demand Congressional investigation and network-television coverage of recently disclosed British document showing Bush had decided on war by mid-2002 and "fixed" the facts to fit the policy. |
| 29 May 2005 (Sun), 9:05 p.m. PDT / Mon 04:05 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Stop Partisan Meddling at PBS: The chair of the supposedly nonpartisan Corporation for Public Broadcasting has launched a campaign to push PBS and NPR further to the right. | |
| 26 May 2005 (Thu), 9:55 p.m. PDT / Fri 04:55 GMT [UPDATES/ENVIRONMENT] |
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End
Canada's Annual Seal Slaughter: Baby harp seals cruelly killed
so skins can be used in high-end European fashions.
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| 25 May 2005 (Wed), 12:41 p.m. PDT / 19:41 GMT [UPDATES/MIDEAST] Updated 25 May 2005 (Wed), 6:30 p.m. PDT / Thu 01:30 GMT |
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Iraq Withdrawal Amendment:
House considered Rep. Woolsey's amendment calling for White House to submit a plan for withdrawing from Iraq.
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| 23 May 2005 (Mon), 11:45 p.m. PDT / Tue 06:45 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Stop Flag-Desecrating Amendment: Senate may vote soon to limit First Amendment free speech, the bedrock of our Constitution. |
| 20 May 2005 (Fri), 1:40 p.m. PDT / 20:40 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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No Secret Expansion of PATRIOT Act: Congress begins closed-door hearings that could lead to renewal, expansion of expiring sections of the USA PATRIOT Act. |
| 18 May 2005 (Wed), 12:55 a.m. PDT / 07:55 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] Updated 23 May 2005 (Mon), 10:25 p.m. PDT / Tue 05:25 GMT |
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Don't Just Duck and Cover; Respond:
As Frist and friends prepare the "nuclear option" to end filibusters on judicial appointments, sign up to take part in an innovative cell-phone-based response.
"Nuclear option" averted, for now.
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| 16 May 2005 (Mon), 12:45 p.m. PDT / 19:45 GMT [UPDATES/ENVIRONMENT] Updated 18 May 2005 (Wed), 11:40 a.m. PDT / 18:40 GMT |
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Protect Funding for Transit, Bikes:
Senate rejected
by 84-16 an amendment that would have slashed funding for projects that reduce smog pollution, improve transit options and encourage smart growth.
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| 14 May 2005 (Sat), 10:00 p.m. PDT / Sun 05:00 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Defend Jailed Eritrean Labor Leaders: Three union leaders have been held incommunicado for weeks, without charges, apparently in a secret prison. |
| 11 May 2005 (Wed), 1:25 p.m. PDT / 20:25 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] Updated 23 May 2005 (Mon), 11:50 p.m. PDT / Tue 06:50 GMT |
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Don't Let the Right Appoint Extremist Judges:
Stop attempt to eliminate the filibuster, a long-standing and important part of the "checks and balances" in our federal system.
"Nuclear option" averted; see updated 18 May 2005 alert (updated 23 May 2005) above.
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| 9 May 2005 (Mon), 11:30 a.m. PDT / 18:30 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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After Mother's Day, Demand More Child Care: Tell your legislators the best way to honor mothers is not with candy, flowers, or rhetoric, but with increased funding for child care and services. |
| 5 May 2005 (Thu), 11:45 a.m. PDT / 18:45 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Demand Release of Haitian Leader:
Haiti's last constitutional Prime Minister, Yvon Neptune, who went on hunger strike after being jailed for 10 months without charges, reportedly lies near death.
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| 3 May 2005 (Tue), 5:20 p.m. PDT / Wed 00:20 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Support Workers' Power in Argentina: Workers who have run their ceramics factory since the owner abandoned it - celebrated in the Naomi Klein/Avi Lewis film "The Take" - face beatings, death threats, and legal challenges. |
| 28 Apr 2005 (Thu), 10:05 p.m. PDT / Fri 05:05 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Push Pols to Protect Social Security: As Bush winds up 60-day campaign for privatization and the debate opens in Congress, keep the pressure on your legislators to protect your benefits and the system's integrity. |
| 27 Apr 2005 (Wed), 10:20 p.m. PDT / Thu 05:20 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Stop Central America Trade Pact: CAFTA would further weaken U.S. manufacturing, drive Central American farmers off their land, and undermine wages, labor standards, environmental protections, and democratic rights. |
| 21 Apr 2005 (Thu), 3:15 p.m. PDT / 22:15 GMT [UPDATES/CUBA] Updated 18 May 2005 (Wed), 11:15 a.m. PDT / 18:15 GMT |
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No Asylum for Anti-Cuba Terrorist:
Luis Posada Carriles, whose crimes include the fatal bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner, seeks asylum in Miami. Posada arrested, but Bush Administration
may let him go.
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| 20 Apr 2005 (Wed), 12:10 p.m. PDT / 19:10 GMT [UPDATES/ENVIRONMENT] |
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Tell Apple Directors: Stop iWaste: Though Apple presents itself as a progressive innovator, and Al Gore sits on its board, it lags behind major PC rivals in efforts to reduce toxic waste. |
| 17 Apr 2005 (Sun), 2:25 a.m. PDT / 09:25 GMT [UPDATES/ENVIRONMENT] |
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Don't Weaken Pollutant Standard:
The EPA wants to replace current limits on selenium, a metal known to cause deformities and death in fish and waterfowl, with weaker ones based on flawed science.
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| 14 Apr 2005 (Thu), 11:10 p.m. PDT / Fri 06:10 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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No More Tax Breaks for Billionaires:
As tax day arrives, block Republican push to eliminate all estate taxes permanently.
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| 13 Apr 2005 (Wed), 2:35 p.m. PDT / 21:35 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] Updated 04 Jun 2005 (Sat), 5:25 p.m. PDT / Sun 00:25 GMT |
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Give Undocumented Farm Workers a Break:
AgJOBS bill, with backing from growers and many Republican legislators, would permit some undocumented farm workers to become legal residents. Reports
differ as to whether AgJOBS has enough Senate support; "wide" support seen in House.
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| 11 Apr 2005 (Mon), 4:40 p.m. PDT / 23:40 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Support SAFE Changes to PATRIOT Act: New bi-partisan bill would add judicial review, other checks and balances to USA PATRIOT Act provisions most prone to abuse. |
| 7 Apr 2005 (Thu), 5:20 p.m. PDT / FRI 00:20 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Cancel Poorest Countries' Debt: As wealthy nations prepare to meet, push Bush for full cancellation of poorest nations' debts, without harmful conditions. |
| 5 Apr 2005 (Tue), 4:45 p.m. PDT / 23:45 GMT [UPDATES/MIDEAST] Updated 7 Apr 2005 (Thu), 5:15 p.m. PDT / Fri 00:15 GMT |
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Tell Senators: Get Us Out of Iraq:
As Senate prepares to vote on Bush's $82-billion supplemental appropriation for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, tell your Senators it's time they stood up to the administration.
Committee has approved $80.5 billion; full Senate may vote Mon, Apr 11.
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| 1 Apr 2005 (Fri), 7:15 p.m. PST / Sat 03:15 GMT [UPDATES/ALERTS] |
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Let Women and Doctors Decide: In as many as 20 states, pharmacies can refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control, and more and more of them are using this power to impose their own religious outlook. |
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