UNITY2000 Call to Action for distribution----- Original Message -----
From: Leon Oboler
To: Action Alerts for Philly Republican Convention
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 2:57 PM
Subject: [j30info] UNITY2000 Call to Action for distribution
Action Alerts for Philly Republican Convention - www.unity2000.com
Friends,
Below is the Call to Action for the UNITY2000 March and Rally in
Philadelphia. It is the result of lots of hard work and compromise on the
part of the members of the Call Committee with comments and contributions
from many others. I want to thank all of the committee for their work and
perseverance.
Like all compromises, it isn't perfect, but it is now ready to be
used. Please share it with your friends and comrades. Use it to bring in
new groups and individuals who should be involved in the UNITY2000 and other
R2K activities.
Yours in solidarity,
Leon Oboler
Chair, Call Committee
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MAKE HISTORY IN PHILADELPHIA ON JULY 30th
Join thousands of concerned people and community and social change
activists in Philadelphia for the Unity2000 March on July 30th. As the
political parties gather this summer for nominating conventions, we are
calling for a new direction for our nation. From every corner of the
country, let us come, united, to say NO to business and politics as usual
and YES to new priorities for our nation and the world.
The gap between the very rich few and the expanding ranks of the
poor widens every day. Fewer and fewer multinational super corporations and
super-rich individuals are controlling more and more of the wealth, the
information we receive, and the political process. Both political parties
make way for the exploitation of the world by multinationals. The grab for
profits has driven the personal fortunes of a few to obscene levels. For
the rest of us, working or out of work, middle-class or poor, the money we
earn buys less than it did twenty years ago-even though we are working
harder and have less time with our loved ones. And the social safety net
has been pulled out from under millions of us.
At every level of government, elected officials ignore the needs and
wants of our people. Like a spreading cancer, the greed and power of
privately-owned corporations pushes governments to cut social spending,
undermine unions, and impoverish more and more of us every day.
WHY MUST WE BE HEARD?
* Instead of full healthcare for all, insurance companies and for profit
hospitals make billions out of people's misery.
* Instead of our elders enjoying their well-earned retirement, they are
often forced to decide between medicines and food.
* Instead of getting a Living Wage, people are forced to toil for
substandard wages in sweatshops and maquiladoras.
* Instead of job-training programs, more police are hired.
* Instead of new schools, more prisons are built.
* Instead of working to rehabilitate our prison population and return them
as productive members of society, the numbers of prisoners continues to grow
and the death penalty and imprisonment falls unequally on people of color.
* Instead of eliminating the oppression of women and honoring their right to
control their own bodies, some people are trying to turn back the clock.
* Instead of fair and equal treatment for immigrants and refugees,
hatemongers encourage discrimination and fear.
* Instead of recognizing the full human rights of all people regardless of
gender, race, disability, sexual orientation or national origin, people lose
their jobs, their children, their homes, and their lives because of those
who fear and hate.
* Instead of giving our teachers, caregivers, and service workers the honor
and support they deserve for their crucial roles in society, they are often
underpaid and underappreciated.
* Instead of open elections on a level playing field, elections are being
bought by the unlimited power of rich campaign contributors.
* Instead of respect for our environment, the planet has been brought to the
brink of an environmental disaster.
* Instead of working for peace among all peoples and all nations, billions
are poured into the coffers of the arms merchants.
WE MUST CURE THE CANCER OF HATE
In every part of this country and around the world, the worsening
economic realities are matched by escalating racial, ethnic, gender, and
religious hatreds. Racism and bigotry all too often result in everything
from individual acts of violence to full-scale wars. Prejudice and
hatemongers spread a poison of fear against anyone who appears, behaves, or
sounds different-encouraging discrimination and segregation. These are all
symptoms of a societal cancer. Man or woman, young or old, gay or straight,
all colors and ethnic groups-no one is immune. We must take back our
government and our society from those who think that money can buy
everything. Active involvement in the movements for social change is the
best treatment for this disease.
We are powerful in our diversity and we are unified in our
commitment. We will bring our many voices to Philadelphia this summer. We
will use the opportunities provided by the nominating conventions to
celebrate our diversity and work toward building a broad-based, unified
progressive movement, to raise a common voice, and to demand change.
This is the beginning of the politics of the new millennium.
Join us in our call for economic and social justice.
Join us in our call for peace, freedom, and true democracy.
Join us as we march for our lives and our future.
COME TO PHILADELPHIA JULY 30TH
JOIN US AS WE MAKE HISTORY
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