[From nobody Sat Dec 21 13:51:23 2024 Return-Path: <ufpj-bounces+rebelljb=aol.com@lists.mayfirst.org> Received: from rly-mg01.mx.aol.com (rly-mg01.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.107]) by air-mg08.mail.aol.com (v115.11) with ESMTP id MAILINMG081-9f6462e55aad5; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:08:33 -0400 Received: from lists.mayfirst.org (leslie.mayfirst.org [209.51.172.12]) by rly-mg01.mx.aol.com (v115.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMG018-9f6462e55aad5; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:08:26 -0400 Received: from leslie.mayfirst.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lists.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B746D736C8 for <rebelljb@aol.com>; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:07:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lists.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29A0872E15 for <ufpj@lists.mayfirst.org>; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:04:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lists.mayfirst.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (leslie [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08481-08 for <ufpj@lists.mayfirst.org>; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:04:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.67]) by lists.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF93A72E06 for <ufpj@lists.mayfirst.org>; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:04:03 -0400 (EDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=igc.org; b=iRrOxdK3jII9wbQVUOEJkeKaZ4HcvdjjwjsxhxWm4t4+T61NHVs6lQ2dnUfyMOzC; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [64.59.62.58] (helo=igc.org) by elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1HgQJ0-0002Pd-Pu for ufpj@lists.mayfirst.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:04:02 -0400 Message-ID: <462E54A0.3010102@igc.org> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:04:00 -0400 From: Leslie Cagan <lesliecagan@igc.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ufpj@lists.mayfirst.org X-ELNK-Trace: 7f96702537106f05b94404a7b6d5e620b37fe604a03dc7430669e2551455c828d8d4a57a33feb8f7350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 64.59.62.58 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at lists.mayfirst.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 tagged_above=-999.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL, BAYES_00, HTML_10_20, HTML_MESSAGE, HTML_TITLE_EMPTY X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:06:44 -0400 Subject: [UFPJ] UFPJ Call for Local Actions in Aftermath of President's Veto X-BeenThere: ufpj@lists.mayfirst.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lesliecagan@igc.org List-Id: UFPJ announcement list for member organizations <ufpj.lists.mayfirst.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/ufpj>, <mailto:ufpj-request@lists.mayfirst.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/ufpj> List-Post: <mailto:ufpj@lists.mayfirst.org> List-Help: <mailto:ufpj-request@lists.mayfirst.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/ufpj>, <mailto:ufpj-request@lists.mayfirst.org?subject=subscribe> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1948047044==" Mime-version: 1.0 Sender: ufpj-bounces+rebelljb=aol.com@lists.mayfirst.org Errors-To: ufpj-bounces+rebelljb=aol.com@lists.mayfirst.org X-AOL-IP: 209.51.172.12 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) --===============1948047044== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010907010002080306010908" --------------010907010002080306010908 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit United for Peace and Justice Calls for Local Action in Aftermath of Presidential Veto Yesterday, the House/Senate conference committee agreed on the wording of a bill on the supplemental funding for the war/occupation in Iraq. Before their April recess both chambers of Congress passed bills with different language and all of that was worked out in the conference committee. Most likely, today or tomorrow the House will pass this new version of the bill and on Thursday the Senate will pass it. From there it goes to the White House and the President is expected to veto it. UFPJ believes this is a critically important moment for the antiwar movement to be heard and seen. In fact, on Thursday we will send an alert to our national email list urging people to take action - action aimed at keeping the pressure on Congress. In the face of a presidential veto, we do not want Congress to fold! They need to stand up to George Bush and make it clear that the war must end and all the troops must be brought home, now. In addtion to giving people ideas for actions they can take as individuals (writing letters to the editors of local papers, calling their members of Congress, etc.) we also want to encourage people to participate in local public activities. That's why we're contacting you now. We know everyone is on overload, and usually you need more time to plan an activity. But it is critically important that Congress hears from us - now is not the time to buckle or give in. If your group can plan a local action that would be great: a vigil in front of the local office of a member of Congress, a banner drop, a presence in a populated or highly trafficked part of your town, a rally or march. You know what's best for your locale, and what you can pull off. In the next day or two you might also hear that MoveOn, True Majority and Working Assets are also calling for local actions in response to the president's veto. If you know people in your area who are connected to those organizations then please make an effort to work together. One thing to keep in mind: we believe they will be focusing on their critique of the president's veto and we would like to see much more of a focus on Congress and what comes next. These messages do not have to be in conflict, but we do want to urge an emphasis on keeping the heat on Congress. In the message we send out on Thursday we will direct people to the calendar of actions on the UFPJ web site <http://unitedforpeace.org/modinput4.php?modin=50>, calling special attention to actions planned in the aftermath of the veto. Please be sure to post your local events and activities as soon as you have them planned! The alert on Thursday will also include talking points for calling in to radio talk shows, and sample letters to the editor. We have to use every means available to insert our message into the public debate on ending the war/ccupation of Iraq. Our message to Congress and Bush is clear: We want all the troops home NOW No more funding for this war! --------------010907010002080306010908 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <font color="#000000"><big>United for Peace and Justice Calls for Local Action in Aftermath of Presidential Veto<br> </big><br> </font> <div>Yesterday, the House/Senate conference committee agreed on the wording of a bill on the supplemental funding for the war/occupation in Iraq. Before their April recess both chambers of Congress passed bills with different language and all of that was worked out in the conference committee. Most likely, today or tomorrow the House will pass this new version of the bill and on Thursday the Senate will pass it. From there it goes to the White House and the President is expected to veto it.<br> <br> <b>UFPJ believes this is a critically important moment for the antiwar movement to be heard and seen.</b> In fact, on Thursday we will send an alert to our national email list urging people to take action - action aimed at keeping the pressure on Congress. In the face of a presidential veto, we do not want Congress to fold! They need to stand up to George Bush and make it clear that the war must end and all the troops must be brought home, now.<br> <br> In addtion to giving people ideas for actions they can take as individuals (writing letters to the editors of local papers, calling their members of Congress, etc.) we also want to encourage people to participate in local public activities. That's why we're contacting you now. <br> <br> We know everyone is on overload, and usually you need more time to plan an activity. But it is critically important that Congress hears from us - now is not the time to buckle or give in. If your group can plan a local action that would be great:  a vigil in front of the local office of a member of Congress, a banner drop, a presence in a populated or highly trafficked part of your town, a rally or march. You know what's best for your locale, and what you can pull off.<br> <br> <font color="#000000">In the next day or two you might also hear that MoveOn, True Majority and Working Assets are also calling for local actions in response to the president's veto. If you know people in your area who are connected to those organizations then please make an effort to work together. One thing to keep in mind: we believe they will be focusing on their critique of the president's veto and we would like to see much more of a focus on Congress and what comes next. These messages do not have to be in conflict, but we do want to urge an emphasis on keeping the heat on Congress.</font><br> <br> In the message we send out on Thursday we will direct people to the <a href="http://unitedforpeace.org/modinput4.php?modin=50">calendar of actions on the UFPJ web site</a>, calling special attention to actions planned in the aftermath of the veto. Please be sure to post your local events and activities as soon as you have them planned!<br> <br> </div> The alert on Thursday will also include talking points for calling in to radio talk shows, and sample letters to the editor.  We have to use every means available to insert our message into the public debate on ending the war/ccupation of Iraq. <br> <div><b><br> Our message to Congress and Bush is clear:<br> </b></div> <span class="q"> <div><b>We want all the troops home NOW</b></div> </span> <div><b>No more funding for this war!</b></div> <br> <br> <br> <font color="#000000"><br> </font> </body> </html> --------------010907010002080306010908-- --===============1948047044== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ UFPJ mailing list Post: UFPJ@lists.mayfirst.org List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/ufpj To Unsubscribe Send email to: UFPJ-unsubscribe@lists.mayfirst.org Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/ufpj/rebelljb%40aol.com You are subscribed as: rebelljb@aol.com --===============1948047044==-- ]