Thursday, August 01, 2019

big and little lies about climate change Shailene Woodley

New Vietnam GI Resistance Podcasts! w/ Mike Dempsey, Ray Parrish, John Ketwig Courage to Resist Jeff Paterson

Courage to Resist Jeff Paterson<jeff.paterson@couragetoresist.org>
Courage to Resist
I said, "This is fucked up.” And he said, “You’re just having a little thing.” And I said, “No, it’s not okay.” I said, “We don’t belong here.” Listen to Michael's story.

This year marks 50 years since some of the most important GI resistance actions against the US war in Vietnam. To mark the occasion, we've been producing a podcast series in collaboration with the Vietnam Full Disclosure effort of Veterans For Peace. With your support, we'll soon be able to share with you the first-ever, first-person account of the mutiny aboard the SS Columbia Eagle as it carried napalm to Vietnam in March 1970. Please donate today.

ray parrish podcastPodcast: "Everything we could think of to screw with the system" - Ray Parrish

"The fact that we were not shot encouraged us that this was not an unusual opinion ... that Vietnam was just a bad idea in so many ways." Listen to Ray's story.

john ketwig podcastPodcast: "Not something you go home and be proud of" - John Ketwig

"The vast majority of guys who were sent to Vietnam were sent against their will...coerced into the army and had a chip on our shoulders." Listen to John's story.
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Who's afraid of the socialists? Amazon's top executives Socialist Alternative

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Please see below for a message from the campaign to re-elect Kshama Sawant, Seattle's Socialist Alternative City Councilmember. Seattle’s 2019 election is gearing up to be the most expensive in the city’s history. 
Friends,
Amazon’s top executives have something in common with Vulcan, Comcast, Puget Sound Energy, and the Amazon corporation itself: they are afraid of socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant.

One of our opponents’ donor lists reads like a who’s who of Amazon’s top players, with big donations from over 15 of Amazon’s top executives. Over half of these executives are members of the “S Team,” Jeff Bezos’ closest advisors.

What’s at stake in this election is who runs Seattle — Amazon and big business or working people. Amazon hates that we stood up to their corporate blackmail last year. They were terrified by how close we came to winning last year’s Tax Amazon struggle, and they are afraid of how our movement will continue to grow if we win this re-election campaign.

We only have 2 days left until our July fundraising deadline, the last big deadline before the August 6 primary. Don’t let Amazon buy this election! Please donate $50 today — 10 donations from working people like yourself will cancel out a max donation from an Amazon executive.

While Amazon executives may be picking favorites, their top priority this election year is “anybody but Kshama Sawant” for Seattle’s District 3 seat — that’s why they’re hedging their bets.

For instance, Senior Vice President David Zapolsky, who oversees policy at Amazon, realizes that the best policy for Amazon is to protect Seattle’s regressive tax policy, so that Amazon can continue raking in record-breaking profits as Seattle’s homeless population grows. Top Amazon executive Zapolsky has given maxed out donations to both Zachary DeWolf and Egan Orion, as well as $5,000 to the “People for Seattle PAC.”

Headed up by former corporate City Councilmember Tim Burgess, the People for Seattle PAC is sending out a flood of mailer attacks against us. We're not the least bit surprised. Big business leaders are determined to buy this election because they are frustrated at the gains our movements have won for working people. And now the gloves have come off — as The Stranger reporter Rich Smith writes, “Honestly, I'm glad to see divisive mailers created by a politician who calls for the end of divisiveness in politics. The open hypocrisy is refreshing.”

Our opponents often say that they will “listen to everyone in the district.” Some of these multimillionaire Amazon executives live within the boundaries of Seattle’s District 3, but Councilmember Kshama Sawant doesn’t represent them.

Councilmember Kshama Sawant unambiguously represents working people like the Amazon workers who are standing up to Jeff Bezos to demand real climate action and the Amazon security officers who fought for, and won, their union (and we’re proud to have the endorsement of SEIU Local 6!). Kshama represents renters who are struggling to afford Seattle’s sky-high rents, and who are joining our movement for rent control. And Kshama represents all the working people who are burdened by Seattle’s regressive taxes and underfunded public services, and who are fighting to tax Amazon and Seattle’s biggest business.

That’s why our campaign is not for sale to Amazon executives, corporate PACs, business lobbyists, or big developers. We’re incredibly proud that our grassroots fundraising has already cancelled out Amazon’s big $200,000 donation from earlier this year. But we know that the corporate cash will only continue to flood in.

Don’t let Amazon buy this election: please donate today to cancel out a max donation from an Amazon executive before our fundraising deadline tomorrow at midnight.

Thank you in advance,

Eva Metz
Vote Sawant Fundraising Director
Your $25 donation will bring this flyer to 100 voters.
Your $50 donation will bring this flyer to 200 voters.
Your $125 donation will bring this flyer to 500 voters.
We have a goal of cancelling out Vulcan’s $80,000 donation by the August 6 primary. We’re over halfway there, but we need to get as close to this goal as possible before our big July fundraising deadline. Your donation to #CancelOutVulcan will send a powerful message that big developers can’t buy this election. Please donate today — there are only 4 days left before our July fundraising deadline!
 
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The Democratic debate tonight will show a bright contrast between the progressive running for president who understands the need to challenge the power of big money in politics, and seven other people who aren't named Bernie Sanders.

Marisa Mormile<info@ourrevolution.com>

The Democratic debate tonight will show a bright contrast between the progressive running for president who understands the need to challenge the power of big money in politics, and seven other people who aren't named Bernie Sanders.

While our shared vision for a democracy that works for all voters is popular, we know that the media will look for any excuse to claim otherwise. If we allow them to succeed, our mission to challenge the stranglehold that big money has on our politics will be set back.

That's why it's so important that we reach our critical post-debate fundraising deadline and ensure we have the resources to continue advancing our progressive message of economic and social justice in solidarity. Rush a donation now!
Our Revolution is doing critical organizing for important issues like Medicare for All, the climate crisis, free college for all, getting big money out of politics, and more.

We can't allow the so-called "centrists" (an odd name for a group of people most known for holding unpopular, corporate-friendly opinions) and their allies in the media to distort the post-debate narrative.

That's why we are asking you to give before our critical end-of-month post-debate deadline. Rush a donation now!

Onward,

Marisa Mormile