We are all France. Why aren't we all Lebanon or Syria or Iraq?

We are all.  Share this action on Facebook  Share this action on Twitter At this time of grief, our hearts go out to the people of France, as well as to the people of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and other countries traumatized by deadly violence -- people of all races, religions and nationalities. This is a time of shock and fear, but also can be a time of reflection and action. As a first step, you can add your name to this petition that makes a simple yet vital statement: "We want to express our condolences to all people who are suffering and mourning the results of organized deadly violence, from Paris and Beirut to Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. Humanity is indivisible. We reject any attempt by political leaders to exploit tragic events to promote more war." Please forward this email to friends, then click here to participate in this global petition. Below are links to background with thoughtful analysis and key information. Thank you. -- The RootsAction.org Team P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others. Background: >  Institute for Public Accuracy:  After Paris: Is the “War on Terror” Feeding Terror? >  Joseph G. Ramsey:  Against Moral Imposters: Mourning the Dead as a Part of the World >  Vijay Prashad:  We Are in Pitiless Times >  Phyllis Bennis: After the Paris Attacks, a Call for Justice—Not Vengeance www.RootsAction.org

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VOTE FOR TPP AND I'LL NEVER VOTE FOR YOU

Sixty years ago, leading intellectuals led by Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein gathered in London to sign a manifesto voicing their concern that war in a nuclear age risked annihilation. Some of today's leaders have updated the manifesto and invite you to sign it. Join us in calling on Virginia officials to change the route of the UCI Road World Championships bicycle race, scheduled for Sept. 19-27 in Richmond, Va., so as not to showcase Confederate war generals. Click here to sign. Tell your U.S. representative and senators: If you don't oppose and vote against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, I will not vote for you in any future primary or general election in which you are a candidate. Click here to sign. Tell the school board in Fairfax County, Va.: It's time to change the name of J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church to honor Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice and American civil rights legend.Say it here. After signing the petitions, please forward this message to your friends. Then start your own petition that we can feature in a future email. Thanks! -- The RootsAction.org team P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others. P.P.S. This work is only possible with your financial support. Please donate. www.RootsAction.org

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See why fracking is unsafe and to tell Jerry Brown to stop fracking now.

Click below to add your name and to see our video on fracking. Whether you live in California or not, chances are you eat food that grows there.  The fight to stop fracking has moved to California, where a new independent report — initiated by a bill signed by Governor Jerry Brown — reveals how fracking and other extreme techniques have put air, water, and food in harm's way. Click here to see why fracking is unsafe and to tell Jerry Brown to stop fracking now. State regulators already discovered oil wastewater being pumped into California's dwindling water supply. Then, scientists found oil companies selling oil wastewater laden with cancer-causing chemicals to farmers for irrigation -- farmers who grow our food. A huge coalition is building up toward a massive march onAugust 1. If we stop fracking in California, other states will follow. Click here to sign the following petition:  "The science couldn't be more clear. We must take swift action to end the dangers that fracking and extreme oil extraction pose to California's future. Governor Brown, we ask that you keep our families, our communities, and our nation safe by immediately stopping fracking and extreme oil extraction in the state of California."  After signing the petition, please forward this message to your friends. This work is only possible with your financial support. Please chip in $3 now.  -- The RootsAction.org Team P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others. www.RootsAction.org

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Create a basic income guarantee for everyone.

Create a basic income guarantee for everyone.  Share this action on Facebook  Share this action on Twitter The Charleston massacre has elevated the issue of venomous racism, and will hopefully bring down flags and other symbols of white racism. Meanwhile, just as there is no excuse for racism, there is no excuse for poverty in a country as wealthy as ours. Poverty is a huge problem among Americans of all races -- but it is very disproportionately a problem for African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. Let's do something about it: Click here. In the year 2000, the typical white family held a net worth six times greater than the typical black family. That gap has now more than doubled. As wealth disparity increases across the board, so does racial wealth disparity (with the 400 wealthiest Americans possessing more wealth than half the country). The median white household now has 13 times the wealth of the median black household and 10 times that of the median Latino household.[1] With 10% of whites in the U.S. officially in poverty, for blacks it's 27% and for Latinos 24%. Click here to sign a petition to begin to change this. One way to address the legacy of slavery and racism that creates the racial wealth disparity would be to acknowledge the worth of every human being by creating a basic income guarantee. A basic income guarantee is an idea whose time has come in our country. Alaska has a form of it with oil money going to all citizens. Proposed by Thomas Paine, Martin Luther King Jr., President Richard Nixon and many others throughout history, a basic income guarantee could eliminate poverty, reduce bureaucracy, reduce inequality, and reduce crime and desperation. While other countries have been creating basic income guarantees, the United States is lagging behind. It's time to put such guarantees on the national agenda. Click here. After signing the petition, please forward this message to your friends. You can also share it from the webpage after taking the action yourself. -- The RootsAction.org Team P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others. P.P.S. This work is only possible with your financial support. Please donate. Footnote: 1. Pew Research Center: Wealth inequality has widened along racial, ethnic lines since end of Great Recession Background: Remapping Debate: Guaranteed Income's Moment in the Sun www.RootsAction.org

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If the TPP stays secret

It dies in sunlight.  Share this action on Facebook  Share this action on Twitter The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a job-killing, environment-destroying, 1% enriching, antidemocratic trade treaty. We know this from leaked sections of it, but even the leaked sections can't be discussed in Congress as they're still considered "classified." If the TPP stays secret, Congress could pass "fast track," a procedure used only for the worst corporate trade agreements to rush them through without amendment or debate. Candidate Obama opposed fast track, but President Obama knows it will just about guarantee passage of the TPP. If the TPP is made public, there will be no fast track and no passage. We'll stop it like we stopped the corporatist Free Trade Area of the Americas. RootsAction is joining with a major coalition to achieve the greatest impact. With your help we will pressue Congress members to take action. The House and Senate "intelligence" committees have the power to declassify any document in their possession if they believe that doing so would serve the public interest. Any individual Member of Congress could publish — e.g., by entering into the Congressional Record — a portion of the draft TPP negotiating text, as Republican Congressman Darrel Issa did when he published the intellectual property chapter. Members of the House who have not yet committed to vote no on Fast Track could pledge to vote no on Fast Track if the text of the TPP is not made public before the vote.  Please forward this message to your friends. -- The RootsAction.org Team P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others. P.P.S. This work is only possible with your financial support. Please donate. www.RootsAction.org

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