http://tinyurl.com/47psm Part 1
http://tinyurl.com/6dwzh Part 2

Staudamm-Alarm in Laos - Stoppen Sie mit uns das Katastrophen-Projekt!

Liebe Regenwaldfreunde,

die Weltbank finanziert ein weiteres Öko-Desaster.

Wieder will die Weltbank einen Mega-Staudamm finanzieren, dieses Mal in Laos. Das 1,5 Milliarden US-Dollar teure „Nam Theun 2 hydro project“ vertreibt 6000 Menschen direkt und hat verheerende soziale und ökologische Auswirkungen für bis zu 100.000 Menschen. Im kommenden Dezember will die Weltbank endgültig über eine Finanzierung des Damms entscheiden.

Über unsere Homepage
http://www.regenwald.org
können Sie mit einer Protestmail die Weltbank-Vertreter/innen, darunter auch den deutschen Exekutivdirektor, auffordern, die geplante Finanzierung zu stoppen.

Bitte leiten Sie diese Nachricht an möglichst viele Freunde und Bekannte weiter!

Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe.

Herzlichst

Ihr Reinhard Behrend
Rettet den Regenwald e. V.

Verbrauchermacht: Pause im Konsumrausch - 27.11. wird der Kauf-Nix-Tag 2004 (26.11.04)

Am Samstag wird zum dreizehnten Mal der internationale Kauf-Nix-Tag gefeiert. Der Kauf-Nix-Tag, englisch Buy-Nothing-Day, ist ein weltweiter Aktionstag für bewussten Konsum und ein Protest gegen umweltschädliche und unmenschliche Herstellungsbedingungen. In Deutschland unterstützen der Verein Narra e.V. und die Konsumnetz-AG des globalisierungskritischen Netzwerks Attac den Kauf-Nix-Tag. "Wir wollen auf die Widersprüche der Konsumgesellschaft aufmerksam machen, in der die Armut zunimmt und gleichzeitig 17 Milliarden Dollar für Tiernahrung ausgegeben werden", sagte Oliver Voss von Narra.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9849

Volksbegehren: 'Aus Liebe zum Wald' braucht jede Stimme (25.11.2004)

Bis zum 29.11. (Montag) können (und sollten) sich in Bayern gemeldete BürgerInnen zugunsten der einheimischen Wälder gegen die geplante Forstreform eintragen. Pro REGENWALD gibt Argumentationshilfe ...

http://www.pro-regenwald.de/index2.php?p=new_vobe.php

http://doublethinkdouble.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

BND 2004

Does the mall rush on "black Friday" make you sick? Join in on Buy Nothing Day and don't participate. Sponsored by Adbusters (my own personal oasis during pangs of helpless cynicism and seething anger), it's a simple reaction to the mindless mentality that "I must shop 'till I drop" this Nov. 26. Fill your belly on Thursday, empty your wallet on Friday - why? Resist the bovine vapidity of traffic jams, long lines, and the beep-beep-beep of barcode scanners. Go hiking, sit inside and take shots, make a diorama - do anything but spend money this Friday.

Does this mean you can't buy anything this Christmas? Certainly not. Do you have to recycle trash to give to your friends instead of making thoughtful purchases? Not exactly. Does it mean you make a conscious decision to depart from the consumer binge that plagues the Friday after Thanksgiving for no discernable reason? Absolutely. This effort is more about breaking the consumer binge routine that blankets this time of year, and for some people, gives them the false sense that "the shit you buy" will "fill the void." Adbusters takes "black Friday" as indicative of this consumer halfwittery, and makes a concerted effort to disrupt it through boycotting and other more proactive methods: http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/

Sincerely,

Daniel P. Welch
For interesting commentary in 20 languages visit danielpwelch.com
Check out Danny's latest articles:
We Are Here http://www.redress.btinternet.co.uk/dpwelch22.htm
It's the Policies, Stupid: http://danielpwelch.com/0411itps.htm
Arma-geddon Sick of You: http://danielpwelch.com/0411asoy.htm


Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - - Margaret Mead

Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens. - - Alistair Farrugia

"The core of our American democracy is the right to vote. Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private, that vote be secure, and that vote be counted as it was intended when it was cast by the voter. And I think what we're encountering is a pivotal moment in our democracy where all of that is being called into question." - -Kevin Shelley, CA Sec. of State


Informant: DitziSis

I want to ask for your help today to defeat George Bush's # 1 post-election priority: his plan to privatize Social Security. This is a fight we can win if we all work together - young workers, college students, baby boomers AND seniors. The president's Wall Street cronies have amassed a war chest to sell this terrible idea to Congress. It's time for us to step up - and tell our representatives to oppose it.

The Bush privatization plan would gut Social Security benefits for all Americans - especially younger people. It would make us all less secure in old age - while guaranteeing a windfall to Wall Street.

The time is now for voters to tell our Members of Congress: "Don't you dare privatize Social Security!" Without a massive outpouring from Americans, there's a real danger that just enough representatives in Washington - including some Democrats - will cave in early and vote with the special interests to privatize Social Security, like they voted for Bush's ridiculous tax breaks for millionaires.

If you act now, you can stop the Bush plan. Please click on the link below, to put your Member of Congress on notice:

http://action.ourfuture.org/ctt.asp?u=1742757&l=68255

The Bush plan is simple - he wants to funnel our Social Security dollars through Wall Street financial houses so that they can make billions. Of course, someone has to pay for these profits, and in George Bush's America that means us. Benefit cuts for just about everyone paying Social Security taxes, a higher retirement age, and trillions in new debt that young Americans will have to pay.

Your faxes this week will be the first volley in the campaign to defend Social Security from the corporate lobbyists who want to cash in. Please go to the link below to take action today and put your Member of Congress on notice: Say no to Bush's plan to privatize Social Security.

http://action.ourfuture.org/ctt.asp?u=1742757&l=68255

The media report that corporate lobbyists plan to spend millions to push the Bush privatization plan. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that Bush's plan would mean a benefit cut of 23% for today's 34-year old worker when he or she retires. A 24-year old worker today would see cuts of 30%, and a child born today (2004) would at retirement have a Social Security benefit 45% smaller than the law now provides. In short - America's young people will pay the price for this Bush payback to Wall Street.

Demand your Member of Congress promise you that:

*They will oppose privatizing Social Security in any way.

*They will oppose any law that funnels Social Security dollars through Wall Street.

*They will oppose any law that cuts guaranteed benefits, increases the retirement age, and/or ads debt onto the backs of young people and future generations.

http://action.ourfuture.org/ctt.asp?u=1742757&l=68255

Most Americans strongly disagree with what President Bush wants to do to Social Security. In just the first 10 years, privatization would add $2 trillion to the national debt on top of the cost of the Bush tax breaks for millionaires. That's $2 trillion that could be used to strengthen the Social Security trust fund.

The fight to save Social Security is a battle for the values America stands for. At a time when most younger workers have no pensions, Social Security needs to strengthened, not dismantled. George Bush's vision for America would take us back to a time when our nation did not look after our seniors, where families had to sacrifice college tuition for their kids in order to care for their parents.

George Bush has no mandate, but he is being helped by powerful allies. Together, we can stop them. Please fax your Member of Congress today.

http://action.ourfuture.org/ctt.asp?u=1742757&l=68255

Sincerely,

Roger Hickey, Co-Director
Campaign for America's Future

My name is Michael McNamara. I am with The United World Federation http://www.theunitedworldfederation.org

We are organizing a world-wide day of action/rallies/marches for January 20, 2005, which co-incidentally happens to be the day of George Bush's inauguration to his second term in office.

The theme is Silent March for the Innocent Victims of War. We will be marching for those who cannot because they have been killed and for those who have been injured, displaced or otherwise violated and sacrificed for the aspirations of greed in its many forms.

My goal is to have participation from 10,000 cities, towns and villages and one billion people throughout the world.

January 20th is an opportunity to send a undeniable message to the world leaders about the unacceptability of war and its consequences to the innocent victims whose welfare is less than secondary to the objectives of those who propogate warfare for their own interests.

Please consider calling upon your organization and community to send an urgent message to stop the aggression against our defenceless innocent fellow citizens. To register your city, town or village go to http://www.theunitedworldfederation.org and click on Go to Silent March.

Together we all can make the difference!

Yours truly and at your service...

Michael McNamara
905-839-7029

http://www.stoptheftaa.org/default.html


Informant: savefreedom2003

http://capwiz.com/pc/utr/2/?a=6674526&i=56497971


Informant: Lowell Byrd