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We have less than 90 days to put our country back on the right path. Less than 90 days to ensure that everyday issues, like clean air and clean water, are once again a priority, and less than 90 days to get rid of a right-wing Republican agenda that has repeatedly trampled on our natural resources.

As former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator appointed by President Clinton, it has been disappointing to watch as the Bush administration and their Republican allies in Congress have unraveled the thirty years of progress our country has made on environmental protection. They have put the health and safety of our communities at risk by

• Gutting our clean air and water laws;
• Cutting pollution enforcement budgets; and
• Refusing to make polluters pay to clean up their toxic dump sites.

Our best chance for making environmental protection a priority is by putting Democrats back in control of the White House and the Congress. John Kerry must have a Democratic Senate on his side—together they will make the difference in cleaning up our air and water and protecting our families from pollution. The DSCC is working hard to make sure our Democratic incumbents and challengers have the support they need to fight the good fight.

Every dollar you give to the DSCC helps put Democratic candidates one step closer to victory. Every dollar you give is a vote for the environment, a vote for our children’s future.

We have never been so close. We are just two seats away and we have never needed a Democratic Senate more than we need it now.

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Bent on putting polluter profits ahead of public health, the Republicans have refused to force power plants to cut air pollution linked to asthma. Worst of all, they have proposed a plan that would delay and weaken requirements for coal-fired power plants to reduce their emissions of poisonous mercury. Mercury is known to cause birth defects and even learning disabilities and this proposal only serves to put another generation of children at risk. A Democratic majority in the Senate will help put the laws in place that will change the destructive path we are on and steer us toward a more sustainable and healthy environment.

Over the past year, the DSCC has sent over 4.7 million emails, resulting in contributions and actions by almost 15,000 people and over 3,000 new signups to our email list. We must bring as many new people as possible over the threshold from reading to action, so now we are asking directly- if you have not yet given to the DSCC this cycle, please consider doing so today.

Please help put a Democratic majority in the Senate and make the environment a priority again. Contribute today.

Sincerely,

Carol Browner
Former EPA Administrator

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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:

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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:

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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

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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
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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.