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Continuing actions, campaigns and petitions in the community and around the nation...

Local Actions & Campaigns*

Instead of War: Immigrant Rights Committee
Demand of Congress Comprehensive Immigration Reform

UFCW Local 655 (for Local 600): Boycott Anheuser-Busch in the City
Workers at Lohr Distributing, members of Teamsters Local 600, went on strike on Monday 5/26. Boycott Anheuser-Busch products delivered by scab workers until the dispute is settled.

Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition: Help Save Social Security
Pass Local Resolutions To Protect Social Security

Investigate Blunt's Conflict of Interest
Sign the petition to U.S. Attorney General Gonzalez, demanding an investigation of Governor Blunt's grant of $3.6 million in no-bid state contracts to U.S. Attorney Todd Graves and his family.

Missouri Mental Health Service Supporters
Sign the petition to protect public sector mental health services

InsteadOfWar: Civilian Oversight Board Working Group
Join us in helping the Coalition Against Police Crimes & Repression (CAPCR) to secure a Civilian Oversight Board for investigating claims of police misconduct in the City of St. Louis

*PLEASE NOTE: For additional links to local organizations and issues, be sure to visit the Local Links page.

National Actions & Campaigns

OffTheTable.org: Take Nuclear First-Strike Against Iran Off the Table
Help convince Congress to take the use of nuclear weapons against Iran OFF THE TABLE!

Should Torture Be A Presidential Policy Option?
There is a proposal to add a provision to the defense appropriation bill that would bar the U.S. military from engaging in "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of detainees. The president is being urged by his staff to veto the bill if he is not allowed to engage in torture at his sole discretion, with the vice-president claiming it would usurp presidential authority.


Ask U.S. Reps to Join the "Homeward Bound" Troops Resolution
Even Rep. Lacy Clay has not yet signed on (as of 7/26).

Save the War Children - Ban Weapons of Depleted Uranium
Children of the Gulf War US Tour Project aims to draw attention to the devastation of the war and economic sanctions against Iraq. They are organizing an exhibition of the works of the Japanese anti-nuclear photojournalist Takashi Morizumi.

New DVD: National Teach-In On Iraq: How Can We End This War?


Letter Writing: Let Wal-Mart Hear It From Children
Help your child send a message to Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott to let him know your family won’t be buying any back-to-school supplies from Wal-Mart this year.

Veterans for Peace: Impeach George W. Bush
Sign Veterans for Peace's online petition, or print and sign the paper version, calling on Congress to impeach George Bush for the following high crimes

Become a Citizen Lobbyist - grow support for the Homeward Bound Act
Support this bipartisan House Resolution to establish a date certain for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

Jobs with Justice: Stop The Killing Of Colombian Union Activists!
Miguel Fernandez is a Columbian labor activist who has received four death threats in the last ten days, one of which was aimed at his entire family. More labor activists have been assasinated in Colombia than all other countries combined.

After Downing Street: Honor Our Dead - Demand the Truth
Urge Congress to invesitigate whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in fixing the intelligence to fit the pre-ordained policy to attack Iraq
- Related Sites: www.johnconyers.com , www.downingstreetmemo.com

Faithful America: Stop the Killing and Starvation in Darfur
Urge President Bush to take humanitarian action in Darfur

FCNL: Support the Step Resolution for Ending the Occupation of Iraq
Whether you support an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops, or believe they should stay until stability is achieved, we can all agree that it is time for Congress to declare that, ultimately, it is U.S. policy to withdraw completely from Iraq.

Organic Consumers Ass'n: Ban Slaughterhouse Waste in Cattle Feed
Challenge the USDA to comply with WHO standards and end Mad Cow Disease

Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Human Rights for Farmworkers
Urge other fast food chains to follow Taco Bell's example

AFGE, AFL-CIO: Oppose unfair National Security Personnel System
Demand fairness for Department of Defense employees under attack by new Bush Administration regulations

Human Rights Campaign: Support Ford Motor Company
Thank Ford for nondiscriminatory, LGBT-friendly benefit policies

AFSC: Take Action for Debt Relief - Toward a New Africa
Urge U.S. Treasury Secretary Snow to keep 100% debt cancellation for impoverished countries on the negotiating table at the upcoming G8 Summit

U.S. PIRG: Stop Bush's Proposal to Allow Sewage Dumping
Help U.S. PIRG's congressional campaign to stop the Bush administration's proposal letting wastewater treatment plants dump barely treated sewage into American lakes, rivers, and streams

Democracy for America: Help Change Wal-Mart
Join Democracy for America's campaign to make Wal-Mart live up to its responsibilities

Working Assets, MMOB & ACORN: Leave Our Children Alone!
Help protect children from military recruiters

War Times: New Anti-War and Anti-Torture Flyers
Get the latest flyers from War Times: Torture: It's Still Going On / Help Stop Torture — Raise Your Voice / Be All You Can Be: Don't Enlist / Iraq: "Stay the Course" or Get Out Now?

School of the Americas Watch: Close the SOA!
Help the campaign to support H.R. 1217 to suspend operations at the School of the Americas/WHINSEC

Online Petitions

My Vote To Get Out
Former St. Louis Post-Dispatch report, Jim Adams, wants a hand count of all those who want to get out of Iraq.

MoveOn.org Petition: Don't Nuke Iran
Reports that the Bush administration may be planning a nuclear attack against Iran are alarming. A strong statement of opposition from the American public before that idea becomes credible is important.

Reopen the 9/11 Investigation
Petition the A.G. of NY and the District Atty. of Manhattan to investigate and prosecute those responsible for 9/11

MoveOn PAC: Emergency Petition to Save Fair Taxes
In the waning days before a very close vote, sign this petition to let the U.S. Senate know that you oppose yet another tax cut for the wealthiest 2% of Americans through the repeal of the Estate Tax.

No More Money for "Star Wars" Missiles Boondoggle!
Under the cover of the war on terrorism, President Bush wants to spend billions of dollars on the
"Star Wars" missile system. It was a bad idea when the project started two decades ago, and it's
never worked yet.

Stop NYU's Attack on Workers and Their Union
New York University is taking advantage of a partisan decision by the Bush-appointed NLRB to deny its graduate employees their basic right to have a union and bargain collectively.

Petition: Reform "Patriot Act", don't expand it


Tell Walmart Enough is Enough!
When Wal-Mart employees attempt to stand up for themselves and try to form a union, they face threats, propaganda, discrimination, intimidation, and even firings. It's wrong, and it's got to stop now.

OutofIraq.org: Petition to Get Out Now
Help us collect 1 million signatures to tell George Bush it's time to get Out Of Iraq.

MoveOn PAC: Tell the Truth About Iraq
Demand President Bush to directly address the evidence in the Downing St. Memo of intelligence manipulation and public deceit in the rush to invade Iraq

AFL-CIO: Tell Schwab to Stop the Doubletalk on Social Security Privatization
Send a message to Charles Schwab directors to end support for the pro-privatization Alliance for Worker Retirement Security

ActForChange Petition: Shut Guantanamo Down
Tell President Bush to just shut it down

US Labor Against the War: Demand AFL-CIO to Take a Stand
Sign the petition demanding that AFL-CIO address the issue of the Iraq war at its Convention this July

End the Occupation: Apply US Arms Export Control Act to Isreal
Help petition the President and Congress to enforce the U.S. law prohibiting the use of U.S. weapons in offensive operations against civilians

AFL-CIO: Support the Employee Free Choice Act
Tell Congress to restore workers' freedom to form unions

Democracy for America: Stop 'USA Next'
Demand that TV stations keep political hate speech and false claims off the air, particularly USA Next's hate-filled, bigoted ads against the Social Security system

Eliminate DoD's Stop Loss Program
Sign the petition to end the "back-door draft" of those who have already served their agreed time in the military


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PLEASE NOTE: Announcements on this page are included to encourage collaboration among St. Louis area peace and justice groups and do not necessarily imply IOW endorsement of specific actions, campaigns or petitions.