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Monday, August 09, 2004
From www.moveonpac.org:
Who would have guessed? When we asked MoveOn members last month for their stories for a Real People ad campaign, we got hundreds of responses from members -- Republicans, Democrats and Independents -- who voted for George Bush in 2000, but will be voting for Kerry in 2004. These stories of disaffection are the most powerful statements we've found about the failed Bush presidency. We will highlight these personal stories in an ad campaign to be televised during the Republican convention -- and we want to know which ones move you the most.
In the last two weeks, Academy Award-winning documentary film director Errol Morris has been interviewing these former Bush voters on camera, and he's cut seventeen ads that tell their stories. We're running a contest to help us choose the ads that will best convince undecided and swing voters to vote for John Kerry. We'll run them during the Republican convention. Vote now at:
http://www.moveonpac.org/morris/
Please vote for your favorites, and then tell your friends about this contest. Votes will be taken until midnight Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 11th, and then we'll put the people's choice winner into final production for airing.
As these ads show, support for George Bush is unraveling, even in his traditional base. We hear every day about more prominent Bush defections, from business leaders to four star generals. At first, the administration tried to silence these voices by launching attacks on people like Richard Clarke, the Bush administration's own counter-terrorism chief. But now there are too many people stepping forward to make that possible. On the same day last week that Bruce Springsteen and dozens of artists announced their Vote for Change tour, Peter Chernin, President and COO of News Corp, which owns Fox News, announced his support for John Kerry.
But the most compelling voices we've heard come from MoveOn members themselves -- Americans from all walks of life deciding that it's time for a change.
If you don't have time to review and rate the ads, but can help support the campaign, go to:
https://www.moveonpac.org/donate/
If we get enough support we'll be airing the best of these ads on nation-wide television during the Republican Convention.
Thanks to the thousands of MoveOn members who submitted personal stories for this campaign, and to those of you who took interviews with Errol Morris. We wish we could have used them all. Thank you for your commitment and courage,
--Wes Boyd and the whole MoveOn PAC team
Monday, August 9th, 2004.
P.S. Here's a note from Errol Morris about his vision for this campaign:
A NOTE FROM ERROL MORRIS
Director of the academy award-winning documentary THE FOG OF WAR.
I have been struck by the eloquence of ordinary citizens. And I have thought in the context of the 2004 campaign, rather than have pollsters talk to the American people, why not have the American people talk to the American people -- in their own words? Who better to express the current concern with the direction in which America is going? Who better to express the dreams and aspirations of Americans? Who better to express their hopes for change?
Many of us have very strong feelings and beliefs about what has happened in the last four years in our country. But there is also a growing concern with what could happen in the next four years. Is this country heading in the right direction? What is our vision of America? Is it being realized?
MoveOn has pioneered a new kind politics with populist roots. It has allowed Americans to speak directly to other Americans.
This is a very simple idea. A different kind of political advertising. Not a prepared speech. Not a voice-over narrative, but rather Americans speaking one on one. Americans speaking to other Americans in their own words, expressing their beliefs and their hopes for the future.
Americans explaining why this election is not just another election, but an election that will define how America is perceived around the world and just as important, what America is for all of us.
None of this can be done -- as in all of what MoveOn has achieved -- without you.
Errol Morris
PAID FOR BY MOVEON PAC www.moveonpac.org
Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
www.moveonpac.org
http://www.moveonpac.org/morris/
https://www.moveonpac.org/donate/
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Sunday, August 08, 2004
ACT Here: Find Events!
Use this site to learn about all kinds of volunteer opportunities. Check back regularly to find out what's going on. You can search by zip code for ACT offices, ACT volunteer events, other grassroots events, and people.
If you're in a swing state, type in your zip code and call the volunteer office in your area to ask about what's going on. If you're not in a swing state, organize your own events -- to travel to swing states to canvass, to phone bank swing states, or to work on local GOTV activities. If you set up a phone banking party on August 21, we'll send you phone numbers of people who we need to identify within swing states. Go to our activist center for volunteer coordinators across the country.
Click HERE to plan your own event.
http://www.acthere.com/
http://www.act04.org/activist
http://volunteer.actforvictory.org/
http://contribute.actforvictory.org/
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Kerry: Volunteer Center
http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/
Welcome to the Online Volunteer Center. The success of our campaign depends on having a strong and active group of supporters like you. The Online Volunteer Center provides you with tools that allow you become an active part of our campaign. Once you have an account, you can plan events, raise money, recruit new volunteers, and more. You will also get your own personal Kerry web site. You can track all of your actions to see your progress.
http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/
http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/voter/
The Kerry-Edwards campaign has put together an aggressive grassroots voter outreach effort. Now you can get involved in your community using these resources and tools. We're going to win this election person-by-person with your help. Check out the links below and don't forget to spread the word about this important work.
This year thousands of people will not vote simply because they forgot or thought that they did not have the time. These voters might make the difference and you can help get them to the polls. Fill out a reminder form now, and on November 2 they'll get an e-mail from you reminding them to go vote.
http://www.johnkerry.com/downloads/banners.html
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http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/
Welcome to the Online Volunteer Center. The success of our campaign depends on having a strong and active group of supporters like you. The Online Volunteer Center provides you with tools that allow you become an active part of our campaign. Once you have an account, you can plan events, raise money, recruit new volunteers, and more. You will also get your own personal Kerry web site. You can track all of your actions to see your progress.
http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/
http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/voter/
The Kerry-Edwards campaign has put together an aggressive grassroots voter outreach effort. Now you can get involved in your community using these resources and tools. We're going to win this election person-by-person with your help. Check out the links below and don't forget to spread the word about this important work.
This year thousands of people will not vote simply because they forgot or thought that they did not have the time. These voters might make the difference and you can help get them to the polls. Fill out a reminder form now, and on November 2 they'll get an e-mail from you reminding them to go vote.
Want to reach out to voters in battleground states from the comfort of your own home? We'll provide the list of voters, you make the phone calls. This is an easy way to have a big impact.
There are millions of Americans who aren't registered or don't even know where to register to vote. In 2000 election we learned that every vote counts. Let your friends know how much their vote matters and have them register on our easy to use site.
How many people do you know who are going to be out-of-town on November 2nd? Maybe they're in school, on vacation or have an extended business trip. With the busy lives that most people lead, they might have forgotten to request an absentee ballot. Send them a reminder, so they can use our easy absentee ballot request form and make their voices heard on November 2nd.
One of the most critical parts of this election will having a strong group of volunteers working in battleground states. Ask your friends to travel to a battleground state and reach out to undecided voters.
You know what your friends care about most. Maybe some of them haven't made up their minds in this election. You know what issues are going to convince them to vote for John Kerry. Send the information they need to make the right choice.
http://www.johnkerry.com/downloads/
http://www.johnkerry.com/downloads/banners.html
http://www.johnkerry.com/downloads/
http://www.johnkerry.com/downloads/banners.html
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Only 86 days left! Your donation will help elect John Kerry, John Edwards, and Democrats across the nation.
There's plenty of work to do! We need millions of volunteers all over the country. Sign up today.
Help us spread the word! Tell your friends to donate and volunteer, and ask them to tell their friends.
Take Action Today
How are gas prices affecting you, your family, or your business
$1 a day to make Bush go away! We can't win without you.
Spread the word about our Party!
Speak your mind. Help fight Bush and the GOP on the air and in print.
Every vote counts! Register today and get your friends to register.
Get Involved
https://www.democrats.org/getinvolved/index.html
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A Democrat victory will only happen if we win in the field, in the battlegrounds. The people who aren’t paying attention now aren’t going to decide next week. They’ll chose in the last two weeks, the last 48 hours, and when they enter the poll booth and start reading the ballot.
That means we have time, about 10 weeks, to focus on organizing. For us to crescendo, we need to get the orchestra practicing. We need to start a band.
In time honored tradition, starting a band involves postering. I recommend coffee shops and bars, but you can also poster your blog.
Around five in the morning on election day, we’re going to think back to the things we did, or should have done, in August. We all know we need to build an army. But this year, that involves a lot more than going down to the Party HQ Saturday morning. Campaign finance reform means we need to build our victory with the largest coalition in the history of politics. Your blog can join the Democratic coalition and help recruit the soldiers.
Every page directing the organizing of our campaign is crucial. There will be an amazingly large number of people who will read a blog before the election that’s written by somebody who thinks we can do better than Bush. When people read your blog and you fire them up with your posts, they need to be able to quickly and easily turn their interest into action. We need to sign them up. All of them.
Now is the time to update your blog template to include links directing people to join the effort. If bloggers start to direct recruiting now, their post and achieve pages will add up to a large presence by the election. Multiplied together, we can create an overwhelming array of hypertext organizing.
Posted at 11:59 am by blogswarm
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Saturday, August 07, 2004
A31
A31 Menu
Republican Convention Protests
Counter Convention
NYC Mobilizing
RNC Not Welcome
The following are various calls to action that have been put out by organizations and coailitions. The calls to action listed here are being made by their respective organizations, and not the Counter Convention website.
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ)
Save The Date! August 29, 2004, The World Says No to the Bush Agenda
MASS WORLDWIDE PROTEST DURING THE 2004 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY
Not in Our Name (NION)
The Republicans are coming to NYC trying to use the grief of 9-11 to advance an agenda of horrors.
More than a million in the streets saying "NO" to Bush and all he represents!
School of the Americas
Call for Nonviolent Direct Action at the Republican National Convention (RNC).
Still We Rise
Still We Rise is a coalition of poor peoples, AIDS, housing and human services organizations calling for a march to bring attention to the plight of people who are most vulnerable to the Bush Administrations policies.
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
The poor cannot survive another Bush administration! The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, a coalition of over 100 membership organizations domestically and internationally, is calling for a massive poor people's march on the first day of the RNC - August 30th at 4:00 PM, gathering at the United Nations, 45th Street and 1st Avenue in NYC. We must stand together! Join the Poor People's Campaign as we March For Our Lives along with healthcare professionals, youth and students, social workers, artists, religious leaders, media makers, labor unions and our international allies in our effort to Stop The War At Home!
Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence
The Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence will be a gathering for all youth and students who oppose the Bush agenda to prepare for a week in the streets during the Republican National Convention. During the RNC, we will protest the devastating impacts of the Bush agenda on ourselves and our communities. This convergence will bring together youth to share our organizing around the Books Not Bombs agenda, and build networks between youth and students to strengthen our future organizing.
The Books Not Bombs Agenda:
*Schools not Jails
*Campuses for Peace Not War
*Respect Civil Liberties
*Money for Education not Empire
*No More Military Recruitment
The Convergence will last all day and be followed by a cultural show in the evening. The Convergence has been called by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, organizer of the Student Strike for Books Not Bombs; all youth and student organizations are invited to attend! The location will be announced.
For more information, check out www.nyspc.net, or email us at youthconvergence@yahoo.com or call 646-279-4901.
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
We are calling for August 27 the a declaration of Immigrant-Workers Unity Day, and faciliate Immigrant-worker community-activist Speak Out!, a community forum, for the upcoming RNC Mobilization (Aug 29 - Sep 4) at New York City, New York.
New York Summer - 100 Days of Action
Throughout the spring, we will be reaching out to our neighbors, our coworkers, our classmates, and members of our congregations in open forums to discuss how these policies have affected them and how they are responding. In May, we will launch a calendar that fills the 100 days leading up to the convention with events that highlight our neighbors' efforts.
Chicago - New York
Chicagonewyork.net is a resource for groups in Chicago and surrounding areas who are organizing to go to the RNC protests this next fall.
Shadow Protest Join the Shadow Protest as a Phantom Volunteer!
THE SHOUT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
One No and a Million Yeses
A Day of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience and Direct Action
During the Republican National Convention
The Republicans are coming. In a shameless effort to exploit the tragedy of 9-11, they will use New York City to re-nominate a president whose agenda tramples on the very freedoms they claim to fight for. A radical affront to democracy calls for a radical response. On Tuesday, August 31st, a day of non-violent civil disobedience and direct action will begin, commencing with a synchronized Shout Heard Round the World.
As clocks strike 12pm, 2 days before the re-nomination of George W. Bush, the people of the world will shout NO with one voice. From Brooklyn to Baghdad, London to Lisbon, Seoul to Sao Paulo, we'll honk car horns, blow trumpets, bang drums, pots and pans and shout NO at the top of our lungs.
Here in New York, we will converge on Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican National Convention, and at other locations around the city where the ill-gotten gains of Republicans will be celebrated. We will sit down in the streets and refuse to move. And from our clear NO will emerge a constellation of YESES: YES to democracy, YES to justice, freedom, and peace. We'll take over the streets--transforming them into stages of resistance and forums for debate. We'll draw our examples and inspiration from the brave shapers of history who came before us - those who put their bodies on the line to gain the vote, win independence, end apartheid. We will harness the spirit that puts our city at the center of the world: creativity, ingenuity, social conscience, grit. We will show the world what real democracy looks like.
We're ready to say "Enough!" We want more than speeches and protest pens. We want change. We want to take democracy from the Halliburtons and Enrons and bring it back to town halls, schools, and neighborhoods. A true democracy thrives on diversity: and, while we celebrate our differences, we stand united in our opposition to the dismantling of our dreams, united in our opposition to the dangerous direction of things. In this we make common cause with the people of the world.
It's time to plot a new course, to wrench out a new kind of history--one of solidarity and participation, of compassion and wisdom. On August 31, 2004, we will begin to forge a new kind of story. Anything is possible. We will shape history. The only limit is the boundary of our collective imagination.
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Friday, August 06, 2004
Republican Convention Protests
Starting building the link array to organize the protests at the Republican Convention in New York City by adding the following links to your blog:
Counter Convention
NYC Mobilizing
RNC Not Welcome
Open Call for Electronic Sit-in Against the Republican National Convention
Hackers Plan Electronic Disruption of GOP Websites to Coincide with Massive Protests
Hackers are organizing for a massive electronic civil disobedience campaign against the Republican party to coincide with the massive protests in New York City for the Republican National Convention. Together we will speak with one voice: we oppose Bush's agenda of perpetual war on the world, and we will disrupt the Republican invasion of NYC in any way we can. In addition to the battle on the streets, hacktivists will wage a battle on the net.
The RNC is being held in New York City in an attempt to capitlize on 9/11 as a political tool to justify the imperialist occupation of Iraq. Going against the undemocratic will of the people in the US, Iraq, and the international community, Bush and his corporate cronies continue to reap vast profits from the privatization of the Iraq oil supply and the reconstruction efforts. When the machinery of law is working towards acts of injustice, then it is up for the people to rise up and challenge the oppression.
Hacking can be used as a legitimate tool of direct action to fight for social justice and pressure corporation and governments for progressive change. Hacktivism is a non-violent act of civil disobedience that can complement street protests in challenging the status quo.
Targets for flooding are listed below. We are asking people to use all tools at their disposal to bombard the given servers with so much traffic that it will become unable to serve any more web requests. People can participate in the actions by using the given floodnet scripts on the campaign website or by launching your own distributed denial of service attacks.
The Republican National Convention: http://www.2004nycgop.org/
The Republican National Committee: http://www.rnc.org/
George W. Bush official re-election site: http://www.georgewbush.com/
The electronic disruption will take place from August 29th to September 2nd starting at 12PM EST each day. The events will consist of a variety of flood attacks on web servers, phone systems, and email addresses of various RNC delegates which are available on the campaign website.
This disruption tactic is part of a larger coordinated electronic civil disobedience campaign against the Republican National Convention. We are calling on all to contribute to this project by autonomously launching their own attacks on the Republican party. Hacktivists of the world, unite!
CrimethInc Black Hat Hacker's Bloc
Campaign website: http://phil.ist-backup.de/rncelectronic/
Inquiries: rainbowskies@graffiti.net
DISTRIBUTE WILDLY - DISTRIBUTE WILDLY - DISTRIBUTE WILDLY
The following are various calls to action that have been put out by organizations and coailitions. The calls to action listed here are being made by their respective organizations, and not the Counter Convention website.
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ)
Save The Date! August 29, 2004, The World Says No to the Bush Agenda
MASS WORLDWIDE PROTEST DURING THE 2004 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY
Not in Our Name (NION)
The Republicans are coming to NYC trying to use the grief of 9-11 to advance an agenda of horrors.
More than a million in the streets saying "NO" to Bush and all he represents!
School of the Americas
Call for Nonviolent Direct Action at the Republican National Convention (RNC).
Still We Rise
Still We Rise is a coalition of poor peoples, AIDS, housing and human services organizations calling for a march to bring attention to the plight of people who are most vulnerable to the Bush Administrations policies.
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
The poor cannot survive another Bush administration! The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, a coalition of over 100 membership organizations domestically and internationally, is calling for a massive poor people's march on the first day of the RNC - August 30th at 4:00 PM, gathering at the United Nations, 45th Street and 1st Avenue in NYC. We must stand together! Join the Poor People's Campaign as we March For Our Lives along with healthcare professionals, youth and students, social workers, artists, religious leaders, media makers, labor unions and our international allies in our effort to Stop The War At Home!
Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence
The Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence will be a gathering for all youth and students who oppose the Bush agenda to prepare for a week in the streets during the Republican National Convention. During the RNC, we will protest the devastating impacts of the Bush agenda on ourselves and our communities. This convergence will bring together youth to share our organizing around the Books Not Bombs agenda, and build networks between youth and students to strengthen our future organizing.
The Books Not Bombs Agenda:
*Schools not Jails
*Campuses for Peace Not War
*Respect Civil Liberties
*Money for Education not Empire
*No More Military Recruitment
The Convergence will last all day and be followed by a cultural show in the evening. The Convergence has been called by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, organizer of the Student Strike for Books Not Bombs; all youth and student organizations are invited to attend! The location will be announced.
For more information, check out www.nyspc.net, or email us at youthconvergence@yahoo.com or call 646-279-4901.
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
We are calling for August 27 the a declaration of Immigrant-Workers Unity Day, and faciliate Immigrant-worker community-activist Speak Out!, a community forum, for the upcoming RNC Mobilization (Aug 29 - Sep 4) at New York City, New York.
New York Summer - 100 Days of Action
Throughout the spring, we will be reaching out to our neighbors, our coworkers, our classmates, and members of our congregations in open forums to discuss how these policies have affected them and how they are responding. In May, we will launch a calendar that fills the 100 days leading up to the convention with events that highlight our neighbors' efforts.
Chicago - New York
Chicagonewyork.net is a resource for groups in Chicago and surrounding areas who are organizing to go to the RNC protests this next fall.
Shadow Protest Join the Shadow Protest as a Phantom Volunteer!
THE SHOUT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
One No and a Million Yeses
A Day of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience and Direct Action
During the Republican National Convention
The Republicans are coming. In a shameless effort to exploit the tragedy of 9-11, they will use New York City to re-nominate a president whose agenda tramples on the very freedoms they claim to fight for. A radical affront to democracy calls for a radical response. On Tuesday, August 31st, a day of non-violent civil disobedience and direct action will begin, commencing with a synchronized Shout Heard Round the World.
As clocks strike 12pm, 2 days before the re-nomination of George W. Bush, the people of the world will shout NO with one voice. From Brooklyn to Baghdad, London to Lisbon, Seoul to Sao Paulo, we'll honk car horns, blow trumpets, bang drums, pots and pans and shout NO at the top of our lungs.
Here in New York, we will converge on Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican National Convention, and at other locations around the city where the ill-gotten gains of Republicans will be celebrated. We will sit down in the streets and refuse to move. And from our clear NO will emerge a constellation of YESES: YES to democracy, YES to justice, freedom, and peace. We'll take over the streets--transforming them into stages of resistance and forums for debate. We'll draw our examples and inspiration from the brave shapers of history who came before us - those who put their bodies on the line to gain the vote, win independence, end apartheid. We will harness the spirit that puts our city at the center of the world: creativity, ingenuity, social conscience, grit. We will show the world what real democracy looks like.
We're ready to say "Enough!" We want more than speeches and protest pens. We want change. We want to take democracy from the Halliburtons and Enrons and bring it back to town halls, schools, and neighborhoods. A true democracy thrives on diversity: and, while we celebrate our differences, we stand united in our opposition to the dismantling of our dreams, united in our opposition to the dangerous direction of things. In this we make common cause with the people of the world.
It's time to plot a new course, to wrench out a new kind of history--one of solidarity and participation, of compassion and wisdom. On August 31, 2004, we will begin to forge a new kind of story. Anything is possible. We will shape history. The only limit is the boundary of our collective imagination.
Counter Convention
NYC Mobilizing
RNC Not Welcome
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