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Calendar of Events
Saturday, September 6 – National Day
of Service sponsored by Democrats Work
Tri-Cities: Bake
sale to benefit Tri-Cities Food Banks and voter registration
drive
Saturday, September 6 at 6 PM at Spitfire (
Saturday, September 13 at 7 PM at Teamsters Hall
(14675 Interurban Avenue, Tukwila) – Meet
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Co-Chair of Western States Obama Campaign,
Co-Chair of Progressive Caucus and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Black
Caucus. Lee was the only one to vote
against President Bush’s original request for congressional authorization for use
of force to go to war.
Tuesday, September 16 at 8 PM at Comedy Underground
(
Saturday, September 20 – Visit your
neighbors to speak for ending the Iraq War.
Wednesday, September 24 at 7:30 AM at
Thursday, September 25 at 7 PM at
Sammamish Public Library (825 – 228th Avenue NE, Sammamish) – Issues
in American Democracy Discussion Group with speaker
Friday, September 26 at 5 PM at
Friday, September 26 at 7 PM at Gibson
Hall (105 Newport Way, Issaquah) – American Democracy Movie Night featuring
“Recount” with Kevin Spacey and Laura Dern, about 2000 presidential Florida
election recount, hosted by 5th Legislative District Democrats.
Saturday, September 27 at 5:30 PM at Carrie
Bogner’s home (
Saturday, October 11 at 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM at
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Our Commentary menu offers four new pages formed by combining
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· Three
Crises: Peak Oil, Financial Bubble and Global Warming
· Reforming
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Opportunities
See What the Iraq Occupation has cost us to this minute.
How
Would You Spend $3 Trillion instead of Iraq?
Whatever your state, you can
register to vote here.
Try
MoveOn’s new game: What’s the difference between President Bush and Senator
John McCain?
Wellstone Action provides
organizing tools online.
Wellstone
Action canvassing instructions
See Paul Loeb’s organizing
tools: one, two, three.
Sign up for Democracy for
America Night School featuring George Lakoff.
Visit Project Vote Smart for
information on candidates.
Use Care2 tools for start a group,
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Get your free Obama/Biden sticker.
Learn about School of the Americas, where
US teaches torture methods to foreign military.
Petitions and Donations
Endorse the Global Marshall Plan proposed by the Network of
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people
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the Employee Free Choice Act.
Tell
Congress to impeach President Bush.
Tell
John McCain to stop opposing initiatives to provide equal rights to GLBT
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