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Defend the American Dream!


Defend the American Dream!

In Wisconsin and around our country, the American Dream is under attack.

Instead of creating much needed jobs, Conservatives are giving tax breaks to corporations and the very rich all while cutting funding for education, police, emergency response, and vital human services.

This is unacceptable. Wisconsin is proof of what happens when billionaires, like the Koch brothers, are able to buy out democracy for their own gain.

This is only the first battle in the right wing’s attempts to destroy the American Dream. We must stop it before it spreads to other states.

On Saturday, February 26, at noon local time, rallies will be organized in front of every statehouse and in every major city to stand in solidarity with the people of Wisconsin.

Show Solidarity with Wisconsin! Join the Saturday rally to save the American Dream.

Yours,

Robert Greenwald and the Brave New Foundation team

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Because It’s Time to End the Afghanistan War


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Would you like to star in an upcoming Rethink Afghanistan video?

Next month will mark the one-year anniversary of the launch of President Obama’s escalated military campaign in Afghanistan. One year later, violence is still getting worse and costs are skyrocketing. After more than nine years, it’s time to end this war.

Today, we’re launching “Because It’s Time” on Rethink Afghanistan to help Americans who oppose this war to make their voices heard. On this page, you can post your photo and a reason why it’s time to bring troops home.

http://act.bravenewfilms.org/go/473?akid=1420.1058794.MaUb55&t=6 

Starting next Wednesday, you’ll have the chance to vote on your favorite comments. Those who get the most votes will get to star in an upcoming Rethink Afghanistan video.

Take a strong public stand against the war by posting your picture and comment now.

Sincerely,

Derrick Crowe, Robert Greenwald and the Brave New Foundation team

P.S. If you haven’t done so already, please join Rethink Afghanistan on Facebook and Twitter.

Donate today to help bring an end to this atrocious war that’s not making us any safer.

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“Because it’s Time to End the Afghanistan War…”


Chris JohnsonJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:10am

Subject: New Video Release: “Because it’s Time to End the Afghanistan War…”

Hello Activists,

We just released a new video entitled: “Because it’s Time to End the Afghanistan War”

With violence in Afghanistan still worsening a year after the military push into Marjah–the start of what some call “Obama‘s War”–it’s clear military solutions won’t work. It’s time to end the war. We want people to share why they oppose the war for a chance to appear in an upcoming Rethink Afghanistan video.

Help us spread the word so that people watch our video and leave a comment on our Rethink Afghanistan wall. Here is how we need you to share:

SHARE with all of your friends on Facebook. Head over to the Citizen Activists Facebook Wall for sample copy:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=129038640447204

Also, be sure to let us know how your friends are reacting and how you shared!

We can’t do this without you.

Chris Johnson

New Media Associate

Brave New Foundation

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All because of You …BraVenew Foundation


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Brave New Foundation’s Cuéntame exists because of YOU! We are an independent, non-profit organization with NO corporate sponsors or funding. This has allowed us to fight for the most pressing issues within and throughout our community without any censorship or outside influence. 

But this also means we rely completely on the support of members like you to keep producing the hard-hitting, effective videos and actions like those we have done in the past year. We need to raise $25,000 by Christmas Eve. Please contribute $10 today!

During this past year, our work has reached millions of people and we’ve been able to take on critical issues like:

  • Exposing hateful Tea Party rhetoric.
  • Fighting the discriminatory Arizona law SB1070.
  • Pushing to enact a Dream Act.
  • Helping turn out the highest Latino vote in history.
  • Exposing racist electoral ads.
  • A music and film series to educate about the best of Latino culture and much, much more!

We greatly appreciate all of your involvement and helping us to become the flourishing community organization that we are today! With close to 50,000 members and over 30 million impressions on our campaigns, we’ve become the strongest Latino social network activists. We have been able to reach over a hundred million people through our media and press impact and now we are ready to take on even more battles.

Cuéntame was created for you and by you and now we need your support once again to keep fighting! This is the only way that we can keep producing these campaigns, daily videos and continue to get our community’s voice heard loud and clear.

We understand that times are hard for many of us, but it doesn’t take much to help out! A contribution of $10 will help us continue standing up against these injustices!

Can you donate and help Cuéntame stay free of corporate influence and be able to keep producing hard-hitting, informative campaigns that make a real impact for our community? Together we can make a difference. Click HERE to contribute.

Thank you so much for your support! See you on the Cuéntame page!

Yours,

Axel Caballero and Ofelia Yañez
and the Cuéntame team

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Stop the Drone Killings


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Drone strikes and other extrajudicial killings outside of war zones are skyrocketing under the Obama Administration–and U.S. citizens are on the kill list. 

That may sound too shocking to believe, but it’s true. It’s also completely unacceptable. Sign our petition urging President Obama to stop targeted killings beyond war zones and to demand transparency for how people end up on the kill lists.

These strikes are a real threat to your safety. Every time a civilian dies, we give al-Qaida a huge recruiting opportunity and validate their propaganda, and some estimates indicate that more than 90 percent of those killed are civilians. Because these strikes are carried out in secret, those who execute them do so with little or no accountability for the harm they cause to civilians and to our security.

Our new video shows the terrible impact of drone strikes and other extrajudicial killings, often taking place in support of the brutal, flailing war policy in Afghanistan. It shows that these strikes stoke popular anger against the U.S., and that extrajudicial killings without accountability are a basic threat to our democracy.

We’ve got to stop them.

Sign our petition and help us raise the alarm about the danger to U.S. citizens, at home and abroad, from unaccountable drone strikes and other extrajudicial killings.

Sincerely,

Derrick Crowe, Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Foundation team

P.S. If you haven’t done so already, please join Rethink Afghanistan on Facebook and Twitter.

Donate here Donate today to help bring an end to this atrocious war that’s not making us any safer.