The Wisconsin Protest Wave: Four ways to build the movement!

The Wisconsin Protest Wave: Four ways to build the movement!

This week, Move to Amend organizers are at the forefront of the democratic uprising in Wisconsin!

The Liberty Tree Foundation and the Center for Media and Democracy have launched the "Wisconsin Wave" to bring together working people and expose the true culprits in the state budget crisis.

Check out this information from these two MTA coalition organizations:

--> This Wednesday, tomorrow, Wisconsin Wave is organizing a picket and rally against Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce - the corporate strategy makers and financial backers for Governor Scott Walker.

--> The Center for Media and Democracy published a special report about Walker's Koch Brothers connection. These masterminds behind the Tea Party spent millions to place Walker in office and now he's carrying out their agenda. Wisconsin is just the beginning -- the Kochs invested similarly in other states and their anti-working and middle class policy proposals will be introduced there as well.

--> Ben Manski, Move to Amend Executive Committee member was interviewed on Fox "News" with a message to America about the real solution to state budget shortfalls: tax the wealthy and corporations.

There's more to come in the days ahead:

--> The Center for Media and Democracy has been live blogging every day - tune in to get the latest updates.

--> Spread the word about the Wisconsin Wave, especially to your friends in Wisconsin!


And even more exciting MTA news from the Badger State:

--> On April 5 residents of Madison and Dane County, WI will have the opportunity to pass a resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution to abolish Corporate Personhood. The campaign is organized by South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend. Last fall the group collected over 15,000 signatures to get the resolution placed on their city and county ballots.


Bring the movement to your community!
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MOVE TO AMEND LOCAL ACTION WEBINAR
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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If They Won't Impeach, Mail Your Sneaks

If Congress won't impeach him, the least we can do is send him our shoes.

Please visit progressive.org and Shoe Bush Away!

Technorati tags: The Progressive, shoes, Bush, protest, shoe Bush away, activism

Antidotes to Complacency: Four Reasons to Not Take the Election for Granted

Paul Loeb warns:

"It's tempting to begin taking the likelihood of Obama's victory just a bit for granted. The polls look good. McCain and Palin are flailing, and Ted Stevens is headed for jail. The Republicans have started their blame game.

But it's dangerous to assume that the election is over, or to settle for a narrow margin. Here are four reasons to keep doing all we can to keep working (and get our procrastinating friends to finally donate and volunteer) so we can create broadest possible mandate for Obama and his Democratic allies...."

Technorati tags: Voting, Obama, Paul Loeb, Election, Volunteer, donate, Democratic Party, vote fraud, voter suppression, october surprise

John McCain is "absolutely" proud of this:

The Republican National Committee is distributing a mail piece that says "Terrorists" on the front and opens to a big picture of Barack saying "Not Who You Think He Is."

John McCain -- who promised to run a respectful campaign -- said that he was "absolutely" proud of it.



John McCain is trying to win this election by scaring voters with truly vile attacks.

With less than two weeks to go, you can provide this campaign with the resources we need to push back in the final stretch.

We cannot let McCain take the low road all the way to the White House.

Please help fight these vicious smears and dozens of others. CLICK HERE.

Related:

• McCain 'Categorically' Proud of Hateful Rally Attendees | Video | AlterNet


• Unacceptable GOP Mailing Projects Racist Stereotypes on Obama | AlterNet


• 'Robocalls' for McCain Epitome of Cowardice | AlterNet


• The Media Consortium: Rollin' With the Hate Talk ExpressMcCain | NewsLadder


• Judge rejects Montco lawyer's bid to have Obama removed from ballot | Philadelphia Daily News | 10/25/2008


• Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama:

  "'It looks like, walks like, talks like and smells like desperation to me,' said the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell of Houston, an Obama supporter who backed President Bush in the past two elections. The Methodist pastor called the 2012 letter 'false and ridiculous.' He said it showed that some Christian conservative leaders fear that Obama's faith-based appeals to voters are working.
  
  Like other political advocacy groups, Christian right groups often raise worries about an election's consequences to mobilize voters. In the early 1980s, for example, direct mail from the Moral Majority warned that Congress would turn a blind eye to 'smut peddlers' dangling pornography to children.
  
  'Everyone uses fear in the last part of a campaign, but evangelicals are especially theologically prone to those sorts of arguments,' said Clyde Wilcox, a Georgetown University political scientist. 'There's a long tradition of predicting doom and gloom.'
  
  But the tone this election year is sharper than usual and the volume has turned up as Nov. 4"

• McCain's Robocalls Have Parents Worried About Their Kids; Palin Criticizes Tactic


• Racist Obama Effigy Hung In Ohio (VIDEO)


• RNC Mailer: What Does Obama Want From Islamic Terrorists?


• Hate You Can Believe In: ACORN Deluged with Threatening and Racist Voicemails and Emails | Right Wing Watch:

  "It’s bad enough that the employees of ACORN have had to endure days of baseless and outlandish attacks by John McCain and the RNC. But after McCain outrageously claimed before a national audience on Wednesday night that ACORN was “maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy,” the group came under attack, literally. In the following days, ACORN’s Boston and Seattle offices were vandalized and at least one employee received a death threat.
  
  And for nearly two weeks, ACORN offices across the nation have been subjected to an onslaught of racist and threatening voicemails and emails. We have secured copies of some of the most disturbing and offensive messages and have reproduced them below in order to show the very real consequences of the Right Wing’s overheated and misplaced “voter fraud” rhetoric.
  
  Warning: the emails and voicemails below are highly explicit and have only been edited to remove personally identifying information. Please also note that, where relevant, the proper authorities have been notified...."

• GOP Group Running Anti-Obama Push Poll


• McCain Defends Robocalls


• William Friedkin: Right-Wing Intimidation Hits Home


• U.S. rabbis: McCain attacks on Obama creeping toward 'hate speech' - Haaretz - Israel News:

  "A group of liberal American rabbis have denounced Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign as leaning toward 'hate speech' in its treatment of Democratic rival Barack Obama.
  
  'The manner in which Senator McCain, Governor [Sarah] Palin and their supporters refer to Senator Obama is creeping toward hate speech,' Rabbis for Obama said in a statement on Thursday.
  
  'As leaders of the Jewish community we are well aware of the dangers of using inflammatory political language to marginalize individuals and groups."

Technorati tags: Slime politics, politics of fear, hate speech, hate mongering, fear mongering, John McCain, Barack Obama, 2008, Presidential Campaign

The Truth About Barack Obama and William Ayers

Smear groups and now a desperate McCain campaign are trying to connect Barack to William Ayers using age-old guilt by association techniques. Here’s the truth: the smear associating Barack to Ayers is “phony,” “tenuous,” – even “exaggerated at best if not outright false.”

William Ayers is a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with whom Barack served on the board of an education-reform organization in the mid-1990’s. According to the Associated Press, they are not close: “No evidence shows they were “pals” or even close when they worked on community boards years ago …”

Smear groups and the McCain campaign are trying to connect Obama to acts Ayers committed 40 years ago – when Barack was just eight years old. Here’s what the New York Times reported on the connection:

But the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called “somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8.”

Barack has publicly denounced Ayers’ radical actions from the 1960’s:

Senator Obama strongly condemns the violent actions of the Weathermen group, as he does all acts of violence. But he was an eight-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost forty years ago is ridiculous.

Fight back with the truth: make sure anyone who has seen this smear also sees this page.

Technorati tags: Smears, Barack Obama, William Ayers, McCain, Palin, Truth about Barack Obama, activism, fight smears

Truth Fights Back!

Stop the Smears

"This site empowers you to fight against the rightwing smear machine. That machine is bigger than any one campaign and doesn't end after any one election. So get involved and fight back with the truth."

Technorati tags: Barack Obama, Presidential, John McCain, Politics, Smears, Democrat, Republican, activism

Do Something to End the War in Iraq

Volunteer for Million Doors For Peace

Join tens of thousands of Americans just like you on September 20th to mobilize a movement to end the war in Iraq. Watch the video for more information.

A national press conference is scheduled for Tuesday, September 16th in Washington, DC. To volunteer to canvas on the 20th please go to:MillionDoorsForPeace.org



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Obama-Biden vs. McCain-Palin: Record on Women

Barack Obama and Joe Biden: Side by Side Comparison (pdf)

During the Republican Convention, John McCain's campaign manager said, "Issues don't matter." No wonder McCain hasn’t been able to bridge the gender gap. While John McCain was gambling that women voters would overlook the fact that McCain-Palin are offering four more years of Bush's failed policies, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been discussing the issues that women and families are concerned about – issues like equal pay for equal work, the right to make your own family planning choices, and the challenge of balancing the family budget in the face of skyrocketing energy and healthcare costs.

Anyone who thinks women are voting for candidates based solely on gender is completely out of touch. The vast majority of women, like some 80 percent of Americans, think this country is heading in the wrong direction and while McCain-Palin only offer more of the same, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will deliver the change we need.

Check out a side by side comparison of Obama-Biden vs. McCain-Palin on the issues.

We can't afford a third Bush term. We need your help right now to help elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Sign up today: Signup: Women for Obama

Stop Big Media: Veto the FCC New Rules

After receiving thousands of your phone calls and more than 250,000 letters, the Senate rejected the FCC's plan to let the biggest media companies get even bigger. Tell the House of Representative to take a stand and veto the FCC.

Take Action: Tell the House to Veto the FCC | digg story

Technorati tags: FCC, media, consolidation, congress, activism

CRANK IT UP! TAKE ACTION ON FISA NOW!

Firedoglake � FISA: Dialing For The Rule Of Law:

"Tomorrow is the vote on the FISA bill. �What say we welcome back Senators and their staffs from the 4th of July holiday with a rousing �bit of patriotic support for the rule of law?.... �" For info on action you can take now (including links to call tools to help you get in touch with your Senators, continue reading.

Technorati tags: FISA, Firedoglake, activism, Congress

Sign On: Petition to Impeach President George W Bush

Our many voices can be one! Join America's most Courageous Congressman.

Only one Congressman had the personal courage and the profound respect for our Constitution to stand on the floor of the House of Representatives and exercise his right and his responsibility to bring Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush - Ohio Representative Dennis J. Kucinich.

Now is the time for Americans to speak with one voice to support his bold and historic efforts to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. (click here)

Beginning today, Americans who cherish our Democracy and the Constitutional principles upon which it was founded can stand up, speak out, and take action by signing the one official petition that carries the full and unqualified support of the one and only original sponsor of the impeachment resolution:

Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich.

Read the Articles (click here) and exercise your right to be heard by signing the official Kucinich Petition.

Technorati tags: Impeachment, Impeach, Dennis Kucinich, Petition, Activism, Bush, Cheney

Take Action: Stop Bush from Bombing Iran

This, today, from TrueMajority.com:

"The Jerusalem Post broke the news this morning: George Bush intends to attack Iran in his final months in office.

'The official claimed that a senior member of the president's entourage, which concluded a trip to Israel last week, said during a closed meeting that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were of the opinion that military action was called for.'1

Congress has the power to stop him. There is a resolution already in the Senate called S. Res. 356. It's a straightforward and simple resolution that says, 'A resolution affirming that any offensive military action taken against Iran must be explicitly approved by Congress before such action may be initiated.'

Tell your Senator to support and fight for S. Res 356:
http://www.TrueMajority.org/dontbombiran

Today's story is just the latest to discuss the increasingly belligerent rhetoric of the Bush administration towards Iran. Just last week, President Bush compared anyone who seeks to negotiate with Iran to those who appeased the Nazis prior to World War II.

We only have a few months until our long national nightmare of the Bush Administration comes to an end. But, it is abundantly clear that they intend on going out with a bang. It's time for the Congress to embrace its role as a co-equal branch of government and stop them before it is too late.

Send a message to your Senator right now: http://www.TrueMajority.org/dontbombiran

Thanks for taking action to stop another war."

-- Ilya Sheyman, Online Organizer, TrueMajority.com

Also See:

• Scott Ritter Warns of Bush Attack on Iran | The Progressive


• Ominous Signs That White House Advisers Want More Wars | AlterNet:

  "Is there a resurgence by the remaining hawks in the Bush administration?"

Technorati tags: Activism, Activists, True Majority, Iran, Bomb, Bush, Foreign Policy

US Truckers Stage Nation-Wide Shutdown

The Real News:

Truckers' protest urges Congress to stop subsidizing oil industry and build new refineries

Wednesday April 30th, 2008

A convoy of trucks rolled through Washington, DC, on Monday, as part of a protest to pressure Congress into acting on high gas prices. As gas around the US hit an average of $3.66 per gallon--a full 66 cents above the price this time last year--truckers called on the US government to take action.

For more information, see: The Unknown Candidate: Force Congress to Impeach Bush/Cheney: Step One

Technorati tags: Truckers Union, Protest, Strike, Energy Policy, Iraq War, Impeachment

And We're Supposed to Believe this WHY?

Pentagon Halts Feeding of Information to Retired Officer Pundits While Issue is Reviewed | Stars and Stripes | Jeff Schogol

"The Defense Department has temporarily stopped feeding information to retired military officers pending a review of the issue, said Robert Hastings, principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for public affairs. The New York Times first reported on Sunday that the Defense Department was giving information to retired officers serving as pundits for various media organizations in order to garner favorable media coverage.

The New York Times first reported on Sunday that the Defense Department was giving information to retired officers serving as pundits for various media organizations in order to garner favorable media coverage...."

This is pro-war propaganda at its most insidious. Make sure you take action: sign Free Press's petition and call on Congress to demand better media.

Also See:

• Pentagon Pundits | FAIR


• Military Pundits Videos | Brave New Films

Technorati tags: Propaganda, news, media, Pentagon, Military, Pundits

Force Congress to Impeach Bush/Cheney: Step One

From PledgeToImpeach.org comes news of a strike:

Dear Pledges,

When you signed your pledge to participate in a strike to force Congress to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney, we promised you that your pledge would only be called in if we knew we had enough people on board to effectively shut down the nation, leaving Congress no alternative but to impeach Bush/Cheney. Though we have made substantial progress toward that end, we have not yet gained that certainty. What we do have is a growing solidarity between PTI, other impeachment groups, and now several labor unions, all working to close down our nations largest sea ports on April 30 and May 1. (Los Angeles, Long Beach, Newark, and Houston). Though this is not a calling of your pledge to stay home from work and shopping, it is a request that you find every way to support this action. Why? Because this action can give large numbers of determined Americans confidence in our cause and our ability to organize an effective national strike for justice through
impeachment/peace/fair labor practices.

In our effort to help the International Longshoremen's Union and IWW Union(Port Truckers) in their strike, we are asking that you hand out the attached flyer at every truck stop, or sea port near you, and inform every suffering truck driver, harbor worker, or otherwise outraged American that the day to warn Congress that American National Solidarity is near at hand and that we will soon be capable of calling an effective national strike that will force and end to the reign of corruption in Washington.

The Pledge To Impeach "Plan for Victory" to front-load enough people before delivering the ultimatum - "Impeach or We Strike!" to Congress remains the most viable among all stated plans. By joining with the truckers and longshoremen we are forming a real partnership with labor; one that we will continue to cultivate until we have a movement large enough to
force Congress to act.

We urge you to go to the pledgetoimpeach.org website to get up to speed on what we and the truckers and dock workers are doing on May 1, and why they are doing it, Between now and April 30, distribute the attached flyer, carry the Impeach or We Strike! sign. Then, at your own discretion, take sick/vacation leave, and refrain from any unnecessary purchases on April 30 and May 1.

This is not the strike that will bring us our goal of impeachment, but we feel it can be a major step toward it. Time is running short and it should be clear that the November election will not bring the change we need, regardless of who wins. Tell your co-workers to join you in staying home.

After three years of organizing it is time to act with determination and inform Congress that the people will not be ignored, or exploited any longer. If they won't defend the Constitution of the United States, then we will.

Over the last three years Pledge to Impeach has refused to participate in many actions we considered doomed to fail. We believe this action can lead to our day of victory, and we believe in the people taking it. We told you that demonstrations alone, that petitions alone, that vigils alone would not be effective. We told you that Kucinich and Wexler were not for real, and they have proven it. We now ask that you not fail to act when your action will bring results. Take part in defending America by helping expand an action that can lead to our first act of National Solidarity,

Spread the word. Our future depends on us.
PledgetoImpeach.org

SIGN THE PLEDGE HERE.

Technorati tags: Impeach, Impeachment, Bush, Cheney, strike, pledgetoimpeach.org, activism

TAKE ACTION: Demand Quality Journalism

Freepress, in reaction to last night's so-called Presidential debate, is taking action. You can help:

Watch the lowlights from last night’s debate on ABC. Sick of this junk news? Take Action Now

"I'm outraged about last night's presidential debate on ABC, and you should be too.

ABC dedicated the entire first half of the debate to recycling the same junk news stories about the candidates' personalities and past associations that have been circulating endlessly in recent weeks.

At a time when we are facing life and death decisions about health care, war, climate change and the economy, ABC went for fluff and innuendo. No wonder so many people are misinformed or don’t pay attention to politics.

Last night made a mockery of this election and gave us a stark view of Big Media's impact on our democracy.

We have to do something. Instead of just switching channels, we need to demand better media.

Tell ABC: We Want Quality Journalism, Not Junk News

Media is the lifeblood of our democracy. But as our media falls into fewer and fewer hands, real journalism is being replaced by cheap infotainment and rank sensationalism. Newsrooms are being squeezed, foreign bureaus have been shuttered, and serious issues are simply ignored.

We can do more than just throw open the window and scream, "We're not gonna take it anymore."

Last night's debate is just a symptom of a much more serious sickness afflicting our media system. The root of this problem is bad policies that let Big Media companies like Disney -- which owns ABC -- get so big. It's up to Congress and the FCC to roll back media consolidation.

But it's moments like this that wake people up to the dire state of the media. Help spread the word.

Tell Your Friends: Support Quality Journalism

We deserve better media; we need better media. Let's hold ABC and Disney accountable -- and fight for media that we can count on."

Onward,

Josh Silver

Executive Director

Free Press

www.freepress.net

P.S. Get connected and help spread the word. Join us on Facebook.

P.P.S. Missed the debate? Read Tom Shales’ review, “In Pa. Debate, the Clear Loser is ABC.”

 

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Take action on this important campaign at:
https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?id=255

Tell your friends about this campaign at: http://free.convio.net/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1361

Note: Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Free Press does not endorse or oppose any candidate for public office

Also See:

• Charlie Gibson, George Stephanopoulos Lose Debate | The Progressive

  "What a painful debate to watch! Where is Dennis Kucinich when you need him? At least Kucinich dared to point out how off base the “moderators” were in some of the debates he was in...."

• Hillary Clinton On Southern Working Class Whites In 1995: "Screw 'Em" | The Huffington Post

  "During the past week, Sen. Hillary Clinton has presented herself as a working class populist, the politician in touch with small town sentiments, compared to the elitism of her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama.
  
  But a telling anecdote from her husband's administration shows Hillary Clinton's attitudes about the "lunch-bucket Democrats" are not exactly pristine...."

Technorati tags: media, News, Presidential Debate, Primaries, ABC, Activism

TAKE ACTION: Urge Presidential Candidates to Support Jimmy Carter

From Jewish Voice for Peace:

Former President Jimmy Carter, predictably, is being denounced for meeting with the exiled leader of Hamas in Syria on Friday.

Carter's critics are wrong. Talking to Hamas, which won the January 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, is a necessary part of creating peace. As Carter himself said, "There's no doubt in anyone's mind that, if Israel is ever going to find peace with justice concerning the relationship with their next-door neighbors, that Hamas will have to be included in the process."

Please sign our petition -- co-sponsored by A Just Foreign Policy -- to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain asking them to support former President Carter and support talks with Hamas:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/t/1849/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1175

Jimmy Carter knows that, according to Haaretz, 64% of Israelis have said they want their government to talk with Hamas about a cease-fire.[A] He knows that after Hamas won the January 2006 elections, it was willing to declare a ceasefire and allow President Abbas to negotiate with Israel on behalf of all Palestinians.[B] 

Jimmy Carter knows that the blockade of Gaza being carried out by Israel, the U.S., and Egypt has actually strengthened Hamas in Gaza,[C] as 90 percent of Gaza's factories have closed and many former employees are now working for Hamas. 

Jimmy Carter knows that Efraim Halevy, former head of Israel's Mossad, has called for Israel to negotiate with Hamas.[D] He knows that before the Annapolis conference, a bipartisan group of U.S. foreign-policy experts, including former national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, sent a letter to President Bush and Secretary Rice saying that "genuine dialogue" with Hamas is "far preferable to its isolation."[E] 

Indeed, he knows that the U.S. has encouraged Egypt to talk to Hamas about negotiating a cease-fire.[F] How can it be a scandal for Jimmy Carter to talk to Hamas, but not for Egypt to talk to Hamas at U.S. direction? 

If the United States truly wants a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians - as opposed to just pretending that it wants one - it must deal with Hamas. 

Please sign the petition now.

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/t/1849/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1175

Sincerely,

Sydney, Cecilie, Rachel, Rebecca, and Jean

Jewish Voice for Peace


References: 
[A]. "Poll: Most Israelis back direct talks with Hamas on Shalit," Yossi Verter, Haaretz, February 27, 2008

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/958473.html 

[B]. "Carter Defends Plan to Meet Hamas Despite Israel Criticism," Agence France Press, April 13, 2008

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/13/8260/ 

[C]. "Gaza's Unemployed Have Handouts or Hamas," Griff Witte, Washington Post, April 13, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/12/AR2008041201969.html 

[D]. "Ex-Mossad chief wants Israel to talk to Hamas," Michel Hoebink, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, February 21, 2008

http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/080221-israel-mossad 

[E]. "Bipartisan Foreign Policy Leaders on Annapolis Conference," Daniel Levy, Prospects for Peace, October 10, 2007

http://www.prospectsforpeace.com/2007/10/bipartisan_foreign_policy_lead.html 

[F]. "Brushoff for Carter Over Plans for Hamas Meeting," Griff Witte, Washington Post, April 15, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402654.html 

Technorati tags: Israel, Palestine, Jimmy Carter, Foreign Policy, Presidential Candidates, Activism

THE FOLLY OF ATTACKING IRAN

JustForeignPolicy.org today released this video on Iran showing the dangers of an armed U.S. intervention and the need for real diplomacy.

You can help mobilize more Americans against war with Iran by watching, sharing, and posting the video. You can also take action here by asking your Representative and your Senators to oppose military threats, promote diplomacy, and support H.R. 5056.

"In 1953, the United States violently intervened in Iran by ousting the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mossadegh and installing the shah's military regime. This backfired spectacularly in 1979 when religious militants gained power through a popular revolution and 52 U.S. diplomats were taken hostage.

Veteran New York Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer, retired General Robert Gard, Iranian-American scholar Trita Parsi, and USA Today reporter Barbara Slavin explain the need for the United States today to use real diplomacy instead of military force in its relationship with Iran."

Watch and Share:

Technorati tags: Activism, Iran, H.R. 5056, justforeignpolicy.org

Declare This An Emergency

It's up to you. What will you do?

Technorati tags: Puppetgov.com, activism

FOX Attacks Iran

Sign the Open Letter:
Tell the networks not to follow FOX down the road to war

Sources for Fox Attacks Iran video

Iran Fact Sheet

Transcript for Fox Attacks Iran

Robert Greenwald reports:

I remember very clearly the daily fearmongering led by FOX as they cheered for war with Iraq. The 24/7 images, sound effects, yelling and threatening were an ever-present drumbeat for war. We had to invade, and we had to invade now.. anyone who didn't see that was a traitor. They viciously attacked those of us who worked to get out the truth.

You'd think that with the complete failure in Iraq, those days would be behind us. Sadly, you'd be wrong.

FOX wants war with Iran.

It's almost too ridiculous to believe, but it's shockingly real. We've already compiled over 4 hours of FOX footage... the same images, sound effects, yelling and threatening that led the U.S. to invade Iraq is happening right now to sell a war with Iran. They are saying the exact same things!!

Here is the video evidence, side-by-side with what they said about Iraq.

This time is different though. We're prepared, and we have the means to alert people to what FOX is doing. Everyone has seen the terrible tragedy and the awful price paid by so many Iraqis and Americans. We know this is coming, and we can stop it.

It was about this time in the lead-up to the Iraq war when the other TV networks started following FOX's lead. As CNN's Christiane Amanpour says in the video, they were intimidated by FOX into cheerleading for the Iraq war.

WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.

This is a critical moment, and we must send a message to the major television networks urging them to ask tough questions, be skeptical, and tell us what is really happening. They must not follow FOX down the road to another war.

We've put together an open letter to the networks. Will you sign it?

Please pssst the video and forward it to everyone you know. We must raise our voices now. This is so important, we cannot let history repeat itself.

P.S. Here are some recent articles on the Iran issue:

• "Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran" (Guardian)
• "Prelude to an attack on Iran" (Bob Baer, Time)
• Bush admin labels Iran's 125k Revolutionary Guard troops "terrorists" (New York Times)

Technorati tags: Fox News, Media, Media Bias, Iran, Iraq, Robert Greenwald, video, YouTube, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN