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Weekly Activist Alert - Fenty's February Frenzy

Submitted by coruh on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:13pm

FENTY'S FEBRUARY FRENZY

Action: Say No to $25M Incentive for Military Contractor Corporation!
Cause: Support Haitian Earthquake Relief!
Resource: Fundraising Resource Page
Article: DC Bill offers Northrop $25M in Incentives

Events:

Fenty and City Council Give Military Contractor A Home in DC!!

Submitted by coruh on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 5:10pm

War, Peace, Torture

Northrop Grumman Corp. would receive $25 million in incentives to relocate its headquarters to D.C. under a bill introduced Tuesday by four members of the D.C. Council.

The “Global Security and Aerospace Industry Tax Abatement Act of 2010” would provide $19.5 million in real estate tax breaks over 10 years and up to $5.5 million in grants to offset relocation costs the company could incur in its planned move from Los Angeles.

Howard Zinn on "The People Speak," the Supreme Court and Haiti

Submitted by coruh on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 11:21am

Just a few hours before the much anticipated State of the Union address, destiny had other plans for Howard Zinn. On Wednesday January 27th, 2009, at the age of 87yrs, Zinn died of a heart attach in Santa Monica, California. A fighter, scholar,father and teache, Zinn is most famously known for writing the book A People's History of the United States (1980) and has published several other books and articles.

Weekly Activist Alert - State of Our Union

Submitted by coruh on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:52am

STATE OF OUR UNION

Action: Tell Obama and Congress to Open Haiti's Borders

Cause: Support Haitian Earthquake Relief!

Resource: Create an Online Action for your Cause

State of the Union Preview: Obama Pitches Some (Good and Bad) Clintonism

Submitted by coruh on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 4:45pm

If reports are accurate, we’re going to see the best and the worst of Clintonian governance during the State of the Union speech.

First, a bone to those Blue Dogs — who have been just swell this whole year — and an attempt, perhaps, to take some of the sting out of those oh-so-accurate charges of socialist perfidy emanating from Wingnuttistan: