Everybody Knows with Dr. Bob and Dan-o
Dear Friends:
I am increasingly alarmed at the escalation of violence in Palestine and Israel and the relentless expansion of the Israeli occupation. The massacres in Gaza, the massive and ongoing demolition of homes, the continued construction of the apartheid wall, and the bombing of Syria are clear indications of the escalating and spiraling violence.
I believe it important that we all take immediate and sustained action. ADC has joined with various other groups to make November "Palestine Action Month," see: www.adc.org. This is a month-long campaign of multifaceted efforts in support of the Palestinian people and in support of peace, for more information see:
http://www.adc.org/november/Message_nove.htm
The president's air pollution legislation currently pending in Congress is a disaster for eastern and southeastern Ohio. It ensures that the old, dirty power plants in the Ohio River Valley, like the Gavin, Sammis and Cardinal plants, continue to trigger asthma attacks, endanger public health and pollute the environment.
On *Friday, Nov. 7*, you can do something to stop it. You can meet directly with Congressman Strickland and tell him how you feel about it.
A face to face meeting is the single most effective way to make sure your voice is heard. We are organizing a meeting with U.S. Representative Ted Strickland of the sixth congressional district on Friday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. in Athens for citizens from all over eastern and southeastern Ohio to speak up against air pollution and the administration's misnamed "Clear Skies" plan.
You can sign up now to participate by sending an e-mail to ErinB@ohiopirg.org
Please include the following information:
Name:
Phone number:
E-mail address:
Address:
Occupation:
On *Friday, Nov. 7*, you can do something to stop it. You can meet directly with Congressman Strickland and tell him how you feel about it.
A face to face meeting is the single most effective way to make sure your voice is heard. We are organizing a meeting with U.S. Representative Ted Strickland of the sixth congressional district on Friday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. in Athens for citizens from all over eastern and southeastern Ohio to speak up against air pollution and the administration's misnamed "Clear Skies" plan.
You can sign up now to participate by sending an e-mail to ErinB@ohiopirg.org
Please include the following information:
Name:
Phone number:
E-mail address:
Address:
Occupation:
As the Third National Student Conference of the Palestine Solidarity
Movement rapidly approaches, members of the Accommodations Committee
are currently trying to determine how many students and activists
we can offer low-income housing options to during the weekend of the
conference.
Guests will be staying anytime from Friday night until Sunday afternoon, and will require space to sleep and safely store belongings. If you are in the Columbus area and are willing to provide housing it will certainly be much appreciated!
Please provide all of the following information to Rachel Machesky at :
1. Your name, phone number, and street address
2. Number of guests that you can accommodate
3. Dates your space is available
4. Forms of transportation available to and from the campus area (e.g. if you will be able to provide transportation for your guests, or if nearby and easily accessible bus routes are running)
Guests will be staying anytime from Friday night until Sunday afternoon, and will require space to sleep and safely store belongings. If you are in the Columbus area and are willing to provide housing it will certainly be much appreciated!
Please provide all of the following information to Rachel Machesky at :
1. Your name, phone number, and street address
2. Number of guests that you can accommodate
3. Dates your space is available
4. Forms of transportation available to and from the campus area (e.g. if you will be able to provide transportation for your guests, or if nearby and easily accessible bus routes are running)
We are asking that supporters worldwide write to the 10th Circuit of
Appeals to urge that the Court grant a pardon to Leonard Peltier. The
volume of letters received by the court will demonstrate the wide
support for justice for Leonard Peltier.
Please do not attempt to contact the judges directly or interfere with the Court in any way.
Please be sure to demonstrate your knowledge of the intricacies of the case. Please also focus only on the substance of the appeal currently before the court.
Use the following sample letter as your guide. You may also cut and paste the text into your personal stationary.
Clerk of the Court
10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Byron White U.S. Court House
1823 Stout Street
Denver, Colorado 80257
To Whom It May Concern,
As you know, Leonard Peltier is a federal prisoner serving two consecutive life sentences at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, in connection with the 1975 deaths of two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Please do not attempt to contact the judges directly or interfere with the Court in any way.
Please be sure to demonstrate your knowledge of the intricacies of the case. Please also focus only on the substance of the appeal currently before the court.
Use the following sample letter as your guide. You may also cut and paste the text into your personal stationary.
Clerk of the Court
10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Byron White U.S. Court House
1823 Stout Street
Denver, Colorado 80257
To Whom It May Concern,
As you know, Leonard Peltier is a federal prisoner serving two consecutive life sentences at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, in connection with the 1975 deaths of two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Greenpeace wants to bring our ship, the Esperanza, to the Port of Miami for
supplies and to bring people from the Miami area on board to discuss our
efforts to protect the Amazon rainforest.
But the Port of Miami is refusing us entry because John Ashcroft's Justice Department is prosecuting Greenpeace for a protest action last year. The New York Times has reported that this prosecution is "unusual and questionable." We intend to be exonerated.
Don't let the Port of Miami keep Greenpeace out and silence our voices. Contact the authorities in Miami and tell them that they should allow the Esperanza to dock in Miami!
Take action now:
www.greenpeaceusa.org/bin/view.fpl/10048/action_id/196.html
If you are in the Miami area and would like to get more involved in this issue, please email Ginger Cassady at Ginger.Cassady@wdc.greenpeace.org for more information.
You can read more about the Bush administration's attempts to shut us down here:
But the Port of Miami is refusing us entry because John Ashcroft's Justice Department is prosecuting Greenpeace for a protest action last year. The New York Times has reported that this prosecution is "unusual and questionable." We intend to be exonerated.
Don't let the Port of Miami keep Greenpeace out and silence our voices. Contact the authorities in Miami and tell them that they should allow the Esperanza to dock in Miami!
Take action now:
www.greenpeaceusa.org/bin/view.fpl/10048/action_id/196.html
If you are in the Miami area and would like to get more involved in this issue, please email Ginger Cassady at Ginger.Cassady@wdc.greenpeace.org for more information.
You can read more about the Bush administration's attempts to shut us down here:
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) organizers help working
people win dignity and respect on the job. Using aggressive and
innovative tactics, together we challenge some of the largest and most
powerful corporations in the world. And we win!
SEIU has openings for both entry- level and experienced organizers. Our Organizer-In-Training Program gives new organizers extensive training.
Job qualifications-you must have:
Excellent communication skills;
Good judgment;
Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures;
Commitment to justice for working people;
Willingness to travel and work long & irregular hours.
Positions are available nationwide on an ongoing basis-apply anytime. Salary begins at $30,466 (with excellent benefits). EOE. Women and people of color are encouraged to apply. See our website for more information: www.seiu.org.
To apply, send cover letter and resume to:
< a href=mailto:dileoa@seiu.org>dileoa@seiu.org or
SEIU Human Resources
SEIU has openings for both entry- level and experienced organizers. Our Organizer-In-Training Program gives new organizers extensive training.
Job qualifications-you must have:
Excellent communication skills;
Good judgment;
Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures;
Commitment to justice for working people;
Willingness to travel and work long & irregular hours.
Positions are available nationwide on an ongoing basis-apply anytime. Salary begins at $30,466 (with excellent benefits). EOE. Women and people of color are encouraged to apply. See our website for more information: www.seiu.org.
To apply, send cover letter and resume to:
< a href=mailto:dileoa@seiu.org>dileoa@seiu.org or
SEIU Human Resources
Across the U.S., thousands of industrial facilities use and store hazardous chemicals in large quantities that pose great, and often unnecessary, risks to the general public. For example, 50 oil refineries across the country use hydrofluoric acid, putting over 15 million Americans at risk of injury or death from an accident or terrorist attack, even though safer alternatives exist that would eliminate the threat.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is debating legislation supported by the chemical industry that would make security guidelines at chemical facilities voluntary and could exempt parts of the industry from any regulation.
Please take a moment to ask your senators to oppose the industry-supported Senate Bill 994 and support amendments that would increase public accountability and close industry loopholes. Then, ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click here or paste this link into your web browser: pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=456&id4=OHFreep
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is debating legislation supported by the chemical industry that would make security guidelines at chemical facilities voluntary and could exempt parts of the industry from any regulation.
Please take a moment to ask your senators to oppose the industry-supported Senate Bill 994 and support amendments that would increase public accountability and close industry loopholes. Then, ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click here or paste this link into your web browser: pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=456&id4=OHFreep
The Bush administration is continuing to work with polluters on one of the broadest efforts to weaken our clean air protections in the history of the Clean Air Act. In October, Congress is expected to make a number of crucial decisions on clean air, including whether to allow a Bush administration practice known as the "Senior Death Discount."
The White House is trying to downplay the health impacts of proposed environmental rules by underestimating the value of a human life, and counting the lives of senior citizens for even less. For example, the Bush administration had devalued saving the life of someone over 65 by 37 percent compared to younger people, helping to mask the health impacts of various pieces of clean air legislation. These "death discounts" should not be used to derail public health proposals.
The White House is trying to downplay the health impacts of proposed environmental rules by underestimating the value of a human life, and counting the lives of senior citizens for even less. For example, the Bush administration had devalued saving the life of someone over 65 by 37 percent compared to younger people, helping to mask the health impacts of various pieces of clean air legislation. These "death discounts" should not be used to derail public health proposals.
George Shrub (Dave Lippman, comedian, satirist, singer) has been traveling throughout his globalized domain, sharing his Point of View (the Right One) so that people won't need their own. He employs anti-folk songs and interventionary anthems to explain (and enforce) that the business of America is none of your business, that unions are never civil, and that the proper place for himself, like Wal-Mart, is everywhere.
www.davelippman.com
October 17 - 8pm $10, Victoria's Midnight Cafe, 251 West Fifth Ave., Columbus, Ohio
RSVP truth@freepress.org or 614-253-2571
The recent Israeli military incursions into the Rafah refugee camp have
left 1,240 Palestinians homeless. According to UNRWA, this brings the
total number of Palestinians who have been made homeless in Rafah since
the beginning of the current Intifada to 7,523. The total for the whole
of the Gaza Strip now stands at 11,987. These home demolitions are
grievous, immoral, and illegal acts perpetrated by the occupation
forces against a defenseless civilian population of mostly women and
children. The demolitions are acts of collective punishment and grave
breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention, humanitarian international
law, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. According to
Amnesty International, such wanton destruction "constitutes a war
crime." These horrendous acts are accompanied by similar acts of ethnic
cleansing and expulsions in the West Bank.
ACTION REQUESTED
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition once again calls on all people of conscience to help the victims of the Rafah refugee camp demolitions by donating directly to UNRWA. Donations will be distributed to the victims who need help getting through the cold winter months.
ACTION REQUESTED
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition once again calls on all people of conscience to help the victims of the Rafah refugee camp demolitions by donating directly to UNRWA. Donations will be distributed to the victims who need help getting through the cold winter months.