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Moving Ideas Newsletter
January 7, 2006
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The state of California is scheduled to execute Clarence Ray Allen on January 17, 2006. Considering his age and health in addition to his inadequate trial representation and prejudiced jury, it is unacceptable for Allen to be executed.
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On January 19, 2006 the state of Ohio is scheduled to execute John Spirko. The case presented against John Spirko was fraught with evidence of prosecutorial misconduct. Write to Governor Taft in support of clemency.
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ACORN will be holding a rally of Katrina survivors in Washington, DC on February 9. Buses depart from various locations on February 8 and cost to Katrina survivors is only $50.
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In his years of service as a government attorney and federal judge, Samuel Alito has compiled a lengthy and troubling record on civil rights and liberties, worker protections, the environment, and other issues. Urge your senators to oppose his nomination.
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Conservatives in the media claimed that Bush's authorization of domestic surveillance by the NSA without warrants is legal under the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. However, provisions of the law allow warrantless surveillance of foreign powers only, or for just 15 days following a declaration of war. Contact media to urge them to stop using misinformation.
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Volunteers are needed for the Katrina Home Clean-out Demonstration Program during the months of January and March.
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The NAFTA model has failed America and failed our trading partners. Yet the Bush administration is negotiating new NAFTA-worse trade deals. Tell your members of Congress it's time for a new model for international trade.
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View this flash video about what life could be like with a right-wing conservative Supreme Court, pass it on to your friends, and sign the petition opposing Alito.
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Representative Don Young is blowing smoke in mirrors, attempting to put an end to plans to build the nation’s first offshore wind farm in Cape Cod. By burying his amendment to the Coast Guard Reauthorization bill, Rep. Young believes he can get rid of big oil’s BIG competition. Tell your Senators to blow off efforts to block wind energy.
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Show America that Alito’s America is not your America. Take a picture and send your message on this photo petition. Search for pictures of people from your state, check out hip celebrity shots, rank photos and more. There are great prizes for creative entries.
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Do you think the "war on Christmas" crowd is violating the spirit of the season - and trying to create religious conflict for political purposes? Make a video that expresses your feelings about religious liberty and your vision of the American way - and what threatens that vision.
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Republicans are exploiting anxieties about avian flu to quietly pass legislation that shields the drug industry from being held legally accountable when flu vaccines used to treat pandemic diseases cause death and disability. Write to your Senators urging them not to pad drug industry profits at the expense of American consumers.
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On December 28, the people of the 9th Ward won a temporary restraining order against the city of New Orleans to prevent bulldozing and demolition of property until a full hearing can be held on January 6.
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An amendment attached to the Labor, Health, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to resume its Women Worker Series, a 40-year-old program providing monthly data on women's employment, after BLS discontinued the program in August 2005.
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Will the U.S. economy do as well in 2006 as it did in 2005? That may well depend on whether we can make it through another year without any of the current economy's big imbalances and unsustainable trends coming back to bite us, says Mark Weisbrot.
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Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, the editor of a women's rights magazine in Afghanistan, has been released from prison after apologizing for publishing articles criticizing execution and other severe punishments for adultery, thievery, and murder under sharia (Islamic) law.
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Devin Burghart says that after highly publicized "maneuvers" in April 2005 on the Mexico/Arizona border, the Minutemen anti-immigrant vigilantes have spawned at least forty new groups in more than a dozen states.
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Frank O'Donnell says that the EPA is unveiling regulations that will shield the power industry from air pollution cleanup.
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The Michigan Court of Appeals issued a ruling December 20 that will allow Ward Connerly's Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), an anti-affirmative action initiative, to be placed on the 2006 general election ballot.
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Hugo Fazio says that Chile's President Ricardo Lago would be hard put to argue that the free trade agreements he signed during his tenure have either boosted the economy or fostered development.
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