Get to Work Thursday

There is a tremendous amount of work to do and so much to cover. Time is short. Mid-terms are right around the corner and we are just a stone’s throw away from taking back our government. This is the most important election of our lifetimes.

Petitions:

• Working Assets has a few active campaigns.

• Don’t let Ma Bell monopolize the Internet.

• Save Wildlife refuges.

• Give Peace a Vote

• Stop Genocide in Darfur and end HIV/AIDS.

• Save Darfur

• Pledge to vote Pro-Choice.

• Several active campaigns at NARAL.

• End the mutilation of women.

• Americans are fed up with weak privacy laws.

Activities:

• DNC is asking that we take election day off of work to help get people to the polls.

• Remove Bush’s Cabinet and win some ice cream!

• Attend a screening of “Iraq for Sale.” Holy Crap – I saw this last night. You must see it, it will make you furious enough to get active.

• Write a letter to the editor re: verified voting.

• Department of Peace Conference in DC in February.

• Pick a Progressive Party.

• Get your candidate to sign the Voters First Pledge

• Host or attend a ONE house party.

• Say thank you to courageous people who have stood up against government abuse.

Miscellany:

• John Kerry has a great rundown on the mid-term make-or-break elections and the clusterfuck that is Iraq.

• Straight Talk Live talking points on the economy. Not so rosy as the WH claims.

• Read Waxman’s new response to a report on the disaster that is Part D.

• Ramsey Clark needs help placing the next Impeachment ad in the NY Times.

• Get your free JustSixDollars Campaign Kit.

• Help MoveOn get Progressives elected.

• United for Peace has some great t-shirts and other ways to make Peace visible in your community, help them to continue their great work.

• Frightening new global warming reports.

• Remembering Paul Wellstone (and asking some tough questions.)

• National Environmental Scorecard from LCV.

• EFF sues for information on electronic surveillance.

• PFAW looking for funds to stop disenfranchisement.

• DFA Get out the Vote slogan contest.