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We can create economic and political systems that protect people and the planet, systems that: Provide jobs, education & healthcare for everyone Produce real wealth, goods and services Meet everyone’s basic human needs Protect & restore the environment Create equal opportunity for all Promote democracy Bring peace The politicians won’t change the system without our pressure. Will you be part of the change that needs to happen? Call the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center at 303-444-6981x2 to help create a new economic/political system. To keep informed about events and actions, get on the RMPJC email list by sending a request to carolynbn@earthlink.net. Web Site: www.rmpjc.org Our voices are essential. Every one of us can play a part.WAYS TO SUPPORT THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT:CALL YOUR SENATORS: Please call Senators Udall and Bennet at 1-866-207-2060 and ask them to support The Employee Free Choice Act, which will protect workers' freedom to choose a union and bargain, without management intimidation. Allowing more workers to freely join unions and bargain with their employers will help rebuild the middle class by expanding health care, improving retirement security and raising the standard of living for America's working families. For more info on the Employee Free Choice Act: http://www.aflcio.org/
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TELL CONGRESS TO PROVIDE AID, NOT FUND WARS The Obama administration has asked Congress for an additional $83.4 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for FY2009. On the table, too, is a request for $130 billion to fund the wars in 2010. This, despite the fact that 6 in 10 Americans believe the war in Iraq was a mistake and growing numbers fear escalating war in Afghanistan. RMPJC and UFPJ oppose this supplemental request and urge you to call your Representatives and Senators today and tell them that you, too, oppose the FY2009 Supplemental and you want them to stand with constituents who want to redirect our funds to reconstruction and aid, not war. Call Senator Mark Udall, Senator Michael Bennet, and your Representative (if you don’t know who your rep is, you can find out at www.congress.org) . To reach the Washington switchboard, call 202-224-3121 or 800-828-0498. We support the administration's request for reconstruction assistance and recognize the need to support U.S. troops as they withdraw. But, sadly, out of the $83.4 billion in emergency funding, only $7.1 billion are to support reconstruction/diplomatic activities, whereas $75.3 billion will be used for military activities. At a time of economic crisis, this is an appalling use of our national resources. Outside of this fact, our opposition is based on these specifics: It funds the increase of troops to Afghanistan, escalating the war rather than ending it. It does not prohibit U.S. attacks on Pakistan, which only serve to increase anti-U.S. sentiment, recruitment for al-Qaeda, and regional instability. It maintains the same level of American troops in Iraq for the duration of FY2009. Let's get our Representatives and Senators to speak and vote with this same clarity of vision. Click here to see the details of the War Supplemental funding request; and click here for analysis of the Supplemental from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/ www.armscontrolcenter.org/
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