The following is a press release from the Congressional Progressive Caucus. *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2014 Press Contacts: Adam Sarvana (Grijalva) – (202) 225-2435 Mike Casca (Ellison) – (202) 225-4755 CPC CO-CHAIRS CALL FOR CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT ON DRONES: HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE A PRIORITY WASHINGTON — Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl…
Below is the text of the drone strike transparency provision of the Senate intelligence authorization. [You can urge Congress and the President to support this provision here. The full bill is here.] SEC. 312. UNCLASSIFIED ANNUAL REPORT ON THE USE OF TARGETED LETHAL FORCE OUTSIDE THEUNITED STATES. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT.—For each year, the President…
WCIA-TV (with video): Former lawmaker joins anti-war vigil http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/former-lawmaker-joins-anti-war-vigil/d/story/aDMALnphSUCrqV8m6ANYng WICD-TV (video): Some In CU Say: Don’t Strike Syria http://www.wicd15.com/news/top-stories/stories/some-cu-say-dont-strike-syria-8315.shtml WAND-TV (video): Residents urge lawmakers to vote against attacks on Syria http://www.wandtv.com/category/182814/video?clipId=9289985 News-Gazette: Candlelight vigil held over proposed strikes against Syria http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-09-09/candlelight-vigil-held-over-proposed-strikes-against-syria.html News-Gazette photo gallery: Vigil Against Bombing Syria: 9/9/13 http://www.news-gazette.com/multimedia/photogallery/2013-09-09/vigil-against-bombing-syria-9913 WILL-AM: At Rally, Fmr. Rep….
The office of Rep. Scott Rigell (VA-02) is circulating the following letter on Congressional war powers. It closes at noon Wednesday, August 28. Urge your Representative to sign the Rigell letter by calling the Congressional switchboard, 202-225-3121. There is a Roll Call article about this letter here: Get Authorization for Syria, House Lawmakers Say Dear Mr. President, We strongly…
Following on the wildly successful pro-diplomacy letter led by Reps. Charlie Dent and David Price, California Senator Dianne Feinstein is circulating a letter, below, urging President Obama to reinvigorate US efforts to engage Iran in the wake of Iran’s recent presidential election. Write to your Senators today! *** Dear President Obama: We urge you to…
Today, nearly a third of the House of Representatives endorsed the Dent-Price letter calling upon President Obama to reinvigorate US efforts to engage Iran. Below is the final version of the letter, including a list of signers by state. You can view the original letter here. In addition, Reps. Huffman, Lowenthal and Brownley sent a…
Below is a bipartisan congressional sign-on letter being organized by Reps. Charles Dent and David Price urging President Obama to reinvigorate US efforts to engage Iran following the election of Hassan Rouhani as president. Tell your Representative to sign. July XX, 2013 Dear President Obama: As Members of Congress who share your unequivocal commitment to…
Celebrities, Whistleblowers, Lead Petition to Ecuador for Snowden’s Political Asylum Petition Has Over 23,000 Signers For Immediate Release: July 1, 2013 Contact: Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy, (202) 448-2898 Washington, D.C. – Oliver Stone, Danny Glover, John Cusack, Amber Heard, Shia LaBeouf, Roseanne Barr, and musician Boots Riley have joined Vietnam War whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg…
Another Spanish translation is posted online here. The English is here. A French version is here. To sign this statement you can click here. Estimado Presidente Correa, Le escribimos para urgirle a proporcionar asilo político a Edward Snowden, alertador norteamericano. Las revelaciones hechas por Snowden han hecho mucho para revelar la escala alarmante de espionaje…
To add your support for this letter, click here. A Spanish translation of this letter is here. Another Spanish version is posted at SOAWatch, here; and there is also one at Aporrea here. A French version is at Mémoire des luttes, here. Dear President Correa, We write to urge you to grant political asylum to…