Protest at the White House to stop disastrous tar sands pipeline construction

Protest at the White House to stop disastrous tar sands pipeline construction

Date/time:	Saturday, August 20 - Saturday, September 3
Location	The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW across from Lafayette Park
Contact:	Amanda Brinton, 202-363-4366, amanda.brintonsierraclub.org
Description:	Check out more information and register HERE

Town Hall Meeting: Taking Back the Budget Debate

Town Hall Meeting: Taking Back the Budget Debate
Time: Tuesday, September 20 · 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Silver Spring Civic Center

One Veterans Place (corner of Ellsworth and Fenton), downtown Silver Spring

Silver Spring, MD

We need you to help fix the PRIORITIES CRISIS in Washington and Annapolis!

America CAN afford to care. We can:
* Put America back to work
* Institute a fair tax system
* Protect Americans’ health and save the environment
* Preserve Social Security
* Bring all the troops and military contractors home

We can shift the debate! Join us as we organize for real, progressive solutions.

Speakers include Rep. Donna Edwards, State Senators Roger Manno and Jamie Raskin, Economist Heather Boushey, IPS Fellow Karen Dolan. Moderator, the NAACP’s Elbridge James. Music by singer/songwriter Christina Van Norman. And YOU will get a chance to speak!
Our Money . . . Our Voices . . . Our Budget Priorities

This Town Hall Sponsored By:Baltimore Nonviolence Center; Bethesda Friends Meeting; CASA de Maryland; Center for Peace, Fred. Co.; Chesapeake Citizens; CCAN; Citizen-Soldier Alliance, Baltimore; Columbia Christian Church; Democracy for America, Mont. Co.; Fellowship of Reconciliation; Friends Meeting, Annapolis; Gray Panthers, Metro DC; Green Party, Anne Arundel Co.; Green Party, MD; Green Party, Montgomery Co.; Healthcare-Now of MD; Homewood Friends Meeting; Little Friends for Peace; MD Black Family Alliance; MD United for Peace & Justice; MCCRC; MCPA; Muslim Amer. Society/MD; NAACP/MD; Network of Spiritual Progressives, MD; Orthodox Peace Fellowship; Pax Christi/MD; Peace Action, Anne Arundel Co.; Peace Action Montgomery; Peace & Justice Coalition, Prince Georges; Pledge of Resistance, Baltimore; Progressive Democrats of America, (National and MD); Progressive Cheverly; Progressive Maryland; Progressive Neighbors; Prosperity Agenda; RRUU/Social Justice Council; Sandy Spring Friends Meeting ; Sheet Metal Workers Interna’l, L 100; SCLC/Mo. County; UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO; Veterans for Peace, Baltimore; Veterans for Peace, Metro DC; Voters for Peace; WeGreen USA; Women’s Interna’l League for Peace and Freedom/DC. Other sponsors of this Town Hall: Montgomery County Peace & Justice Studies Association.

Progressive in Maryland and on Facebook?

Progressive in Maryland and on Facebook? Join Progressive Democrats of
Maryland! https://www.facebook.com/groups/pdamaryland/

Women's Equality Day Friday Aug 26 5:30-7:30pm

Women's Equality Day

Time  Friday, August 26 · 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Location La Tasca Rockville

141 Gibbs Street Rockville, MD

(short walk from Rockville Station Red Line Metro)

SPECIAL GUESTS
■ Rockville Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio
■ State Senator Jennie Forehand
■ Kate Campbell Stevenson as Suffragist Alice Paul (author of the Equal Rights Amendment)

Featuring a roundtable discussion with local women activists. Happy hour drinks and tapas available for purchase.

Pay $20 for $40 in food and drinks at La Tasca Restaurant:
https://livingsocial.com/deals/107455?ref=conf-jp&rpi=23641973

If you want to use the 50% off deal at the event, you have get it TODAY 08/24. It takes that long to process the deal.

For more information, contact Anne Whitt at 301-466-2653 or annewhitt12@yahoo.com

TOWN HALL MEETING: Taking Back the Budget Debate

Progressive Democrats of America is co-sponsoring:
TOWN HALL MEETING: Taking Back the Budget Debate

 

Help fix the CRISIS of PRIORITIES in Washington and Annapolis. The U.S. has the resources; what we need is the political will to:

• Put Americans back to work
• Institute a fair and progressive tax system
• Protect Americans’ health and save the environment
• Preserve Social Security
• Reduce the Pentagon budget
• Bring all the troops & military contractors home

WE CAN, WE MUST, SHIFT THE DEBATE!
JOIN US TO ORGANIZE FOR REAL, PROGRESSIVE SOLUTIONS

 

WHERE: Silver Spring Civic Center (corner of Ellsworth & Fenton, downtown SS)

 

WHEN: 7:30-9:30 PM, Tuesday, September 20th

 

PANEL: US Rep. Donna Edwards, MD State Senator Roger Manno, Economist Heather Boushey, IPS Fellow Karen Dolan. Moderator, NAACP’s Elbridge James

 

QUESTION & ANSWER: Followed by breakout into action groups.

 

Our Money . . . Our Voices . . . Our Budget Priorities

 

This Town Hall Sponsored By:

Baltimore Nonviolence Center; Bethesda Friends Meeting; CASA de Maryland; Center for Peace, Fred. Co.; Chesapeake Citizens; CCAN; Citizen-Soldier Alliance, Baltimore; Columbia Christian Church; Democracy for America, Mont. Co.; Fellowship of Reconciliation; Friends Meeting, Annapolis; Gray Panthers, Metro DC; Green Party, Anne Arundel Co.; Green Party, MD; Green Party, Montgomery Co.; Healthcare-Now of MD; Homewood Friends Meeting; Little Friends for Peace; MD Black Family Alliance; MD United for Peace & Justice; MCCRC; MCPA; Muslim Amer. Society/MD; NAACP/MD; Network of Spiritual Progressives, MD; Orthodox Peace Fellowship; Pax Christi/MD; Peace Action, Anne Arundel Co.; Peace Action Montgomery; Peace & Justice Coalition, Prince Georges; Pledge of Resistance, Baltimore; PDA, MD; Progressive Cheverly; Progressive Maryland; Progressive Neighbors; Prosperity Agenda; RRUU/Social Justice Council; Sandy Spring Friends Meeting ; Sheet Metal Workers International, L 100; SCLC/Mo. County; UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO; Veterans for Peace, Baltimore; Veterans for Peace, Metro DC; Voters for Peace; WeGreen USA; Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom/DC.  Other sponsors of this Town Hall:  Montgomery County Peace & Justice Studies Association; American Friends Service Committee—DC; Social Security Works; Coalition on Human Needs;National Priorities Network; Peace Action.

 

Special thanks to UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO for providing funds to make this Town Hall possible!

help save Rockville deer

endcruelty@aol.com wrote:

Dear friends and colleagues,

Some of you have not yet heard about this, but I hope if interested you will contact me for more information.

[Please] alert your Rockville, MD membership to sign the petition which now has about 800 signatures and NONE from Rockville; and to write opposing the hunt to dsimon@gazette.net and to mayorcouncil@rockvillemd.org. 

Also to ask them to attend the Oct. 24 meeting where I hope each one of us will have signed up to the citizens' forum to make a 3 minute statement about the deer. I have myself bought many great posters, etc. we can use now to educate the public and at the meeting before it starts. 

I have contacted print and TV media.  And we will have a deer mascot there.

I have also now set up a chip-in for people to give money to help us get the word out to the public who is ignorant there is a hunt proposed. 

I maintain we have 2 Rockvilles leading to class warfare, and that many of the people who have turned their backs quite rudely on me from Rockville have done so as they are concentrated on getting someone re-elected to city council or to be mayor in early Nov.

Today Bob Barker wrote a letter to the mayor and council, and to the Gazette, and to the Washington Post.

Frankly, it would be great to hear from someone ... I know you are all busy, which is why I don't contact you constantly.

I would love your ideas as to what else you think I should do.

Thank you again, and as always,
Carol E. McCormick
(301)424-3435

Taking Back the Budget Debate: A TOWN HALL MEETING

Taking Back the Budget Debate: A TOWN HALL MEETING

Tues., Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.
Silver Spring Civic Center
One Veterans’ Place (Fenton & Ellsworth)
Silver Spring

Turn your anger and outrage over the budget deal into ACTION! 

Speakers: Rep. Donna Edwards, State Senator Roger Manno, economist Heather Boushey, IPS Fellow Karen Dolan
Master of Ceremonies: The NAACP’s Elbridge James
Music: Singer/songwriter Christina Van Norman

You will have the opportunity to ask your questions and then to help us organize for real, progressive solutions.

Here’s our action agenda:

* Put America back to work 
* Institute a fair tax system
* Protect Americans’ health and save the environment
* Preserve Social Security  
* Bring all the troops and military contractors home

Don’t miss this important event--invite all your friends!

Our Money . . . Our Voices . . . Our Budget Priorities

Sponsored by Fund Our Communities, Bring the War Dollars Home
A Maryland Coalition      
www.OurFunds.org

SAVE THE DATE! Topic: Feminism in Politics

SAVE THE DATE! Topic: Feminism in Politics

Expert speakers, elected officials will help you get more involved in national, state and local issues. Free and open to the public.

Monday, September 19th from 7pm-9pm
Rockville Library
21 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850
5 Block walk from the Rockville Metro stop
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/libraries/branchinfo/ro.asp

Directions: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=21+Maryland+Ave,+Rockville,+MD+20850
Parking: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/libraries/branchinfo/ro.asp#parking

Taking Back the Budget Debate

Taking Back the Budget Debate

A TOWN HALL MEETING

Tues., Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.
Silver Spring Civic Center

One Veterans’ Place (Fenton & Ellsworth)
Silver Spring (short wall from SS Metro)

Speakers: Rep. Donna Edwards, State Senator Roger Manno, Economist Heather Boushey, IPS Fellow Karen Dolan
Master of Ceremonies: The NAACP’s Elbridge James
Music: Singer/songwriter Christina Van Norman

You will have the opportunity to ask your questions and then to help us organize for real, progressive solutions.

Here’s our action agenda:

* Put America back to work
* Institute a fair tax system
* Protect Americans’ health and save the environment
* Preserve Social Security 
* Bring all the troops and military contractors home

Don’t miss this important event--invite all your friends!

Our Money . . . Our Voices . . . Our Budget Priorities

Sponsored by Fund Our Communities, Bring the War Dollars Home
A Maryland Coalition     
www.OurFunds.org

 

Joe Uehlein Solo & U-Liners Shows!

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Tom Morello at The Birchmere on Sept. 2

Joe Uehlein opening (solo)

UPCOMING SHOWS Labor Day: Busboys & Poets -- Joe Solo -- Sept. 5 w/Anne Feeney!! This event is a fundraiser for Anne Feeney, perhaps the greatest contemporary labor troubadour of them all! Anne is battling cancer and in need of funds to help pay medical expenses. Please come and enjoy the music of Pam Parker, Emma's Revolution, Luci Murphy, the DC Labor Chorus, Anne Feeney and others. Busboys & Poets: 1025 5th St. NW Busboys and Poets: 5th & K NW location Sept. 6: Joe Uehlein & Don Walters at New Deal Cafe Don Walters hosts a great Americana Music Series at the New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, and the last time I joined with Don we had a blast! Come enjoy the great food and tunes! New Deal Cafe 113 Centerway Roosevelt Center Greenbelt, MD 20770 (301) 474-5642 New Deal Cafe Sept. 11: Takoma Park Folk Fest -- The U-Liners!! The U-Liners will present a 45 minute concert on the field stage at 2pm, and then again on the Seventh Heaven stage as part of a tribute to Steve Earle! Takoma Park Folk Fest

Tom Morello, The Nightwatchman (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) will do a solo concert at the Birchmere on Friday, Sept. 2 -- help us usher in a rockin' Labor Day Weekend!! Joe Uehlein will be opening -- come join in the fun! Tom Morello w/Joe Uehlein -- Birchmere Start off Labor Day Weekend with a bang!! Tom Morello, The Nightwatchman. You know him from Rage Against the Machine fame. Tom has stood with working families on countless picket lines and rallies and demonstrations, so let's show our appreciation with a strong crowd at the Birchmere! DATE: Friday, September 2 TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: The Birchmere MORE: 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave Alexandria, VA 22305 The Birchmere The U-Liners will return to the Takoma Park Civic Auditorium as part of the We Are Takoma Series on Saturday, October 15!! Joe Uehlein email: joeuehlein@mac.com

Wheaton MeetUp/Meeting for MCPA, DFMC, PDA, and more.

Combined MeetUp/Meeting for MCPA, DFMC, PDA, and more.

NEW DATE: Thursday, August 11, 2011 7:30 PM
Please RSVP to mike@mikehersh.com

Report and discussion on progress in our county and state on Healthcare, the Environment, Education, Labor, Transportation, Energy and other issues. We'll discuss county and Maryland politics--the special session, budget, etc.-- and efforts to protect Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. We're building our coalition and planning lobby efforts on the state and national level, special events, and working with elected officials and other organizations to achieve progress.

Saigonese Restaurant (Great, Affordable Vietnamese Cuisine)
11232 Grandview Ave Silver Spring (Wheaton), MD 20902
Public Transportation: Short walk from Wheaton Metro (red line)
Google Map: http://maps.google.com/map​ s?q=11232+Grandview+Ave+Si​lver+Spring+MD+20902

If you haven't already: Please join the Montgomery County Progressive Alliance Google Group: http://groups.google.com/g​ roup/mcprogressivealliance

Please contribute $15 to keep this meetup going. Pay online: http://www.meetup.com/Mont​ gomeryCountyProgressiveAll​iance/dues/ or bring to this meeting.

protect Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security

KeepOurPromise.org is organizing in the streets and in the suites to protect Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. We  met with 80 Congressional offices July 27th, and led 1,000s of people nation-wide in a call in day. We told them cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security would hurt tens of millions of Americans. Jobs will be lost. Economic growth will suffer. We need contributions NOW: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Q6J4WAVQVMEWQ

BUSBOYS AND POETS PRESENTS "The Nuclear Age at 2/3 of a Century"

"The day will come when the cannon will be a museum piece" -- Victor Hugo
 
To Commemorate the 66th Anniversary of America's Atomic Destruction of Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945
 
AUGUST 9th, 2011, 6:30 PM
BUSBOYS AND POETS PRESENTS
"The Nuclear Age at 2/3 of a Century"
A talk by TAD DALEY
Busboys and Poets Restaurant, 14th and V, NW, Washington, DC.
 
Author, APOCALYPSE NEVER: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon Free World (Rutgers University Press, 2010).
 
Former Speechwriter and Policy Advisor for Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Congresswoman Diane Watson, and the late U.S. Senator Alan Cranston.
 
Tad will be introduced by HAROLD MEYERSON, Wednesday op-ed columnist for The Washington Post and Editor-At-Large for The American Prospect. The event is co-sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America, PeaceAction, Teaching for Change, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Citizens for Global Solution. It is  FREE & OPEN TO ALL.
 

 *APOCALYPSE NEVER is a book intended not for nuclear experts and policy wonks, but instead for a broad general audience, about the many facets of the contemporary nuclear weapons peril, the mountaintop vision of banning and dismantling every last nuclear weapon on earth, and pathways by which we might ascend toward that summit.
* The book received no less than 27 nuggets of "advance praise" from luminaries like former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, Martin Sheen, Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Michael Douglas, Daniel Ellsberg, and Pulitzer Prize winner Martin Sherwin.
 
* The book has received no less than nine terrific reviews, including one from Ploughshares Fund president Joe Cirincione in The Nation, another from Federation of American Scientists president Charles Ferguson for The Public Interest Report, and another from former CIA counterproliferation operative Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband Ambassador Joe Wilson (played in the movie Fair Game by Naomi Watts and Sean Penn) for the FireDogLake book salon. Their opening passage?

>>>>>Apocalypse Never is a frightening book to read but impossible to put down. In clear, accessible prose, Tad Daley unblinkingly lays out the case, point by point, for why we must ultimately rid the world of nuclear weapons or else suffer the inevitable consequences of the end of civilization as we know it … Daley then takes on the task of showing how this seemingly Herculean task can be accomplished, even within our lifetimes. It is compelling and accurate in its assessments and one of the absolute best out there … <<<<<

* Tad Daley and Harold Meyerson will talk about the book, and the topic, and the road to nuclear abolition. Then books will be available for purchase from the terrifically independent Busboys and Poets bookstore (known as "Teaching for Change"), and Tad will provide you with an elaborate autograph. Come recall the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and walk with us as we envision the road to abolishing nuclear weapons and abolishing war itself.
www.apocalypsenever.org.
 
http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events.php

After the Deficit Deal--Time to Speak Out to save Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security

After the Deficit Deal--Time to Speak Out to save Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security

KeepOurPromise is working for you! Please contribute what you can to keep us strong:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Q6J4WAVQVMEWQ
(Contributions to Keep Our Promise are not tax deductible) 



Proposed cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security benefits would hurt tens of millions of Americans. It would also devastate countless hospitals, medical practices, retirement communities, clinics, and the people they serve. All will endure hardship and pain if the cuts happen. We're fighting back with our Emergency Coalition to Save Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. We've created the website KeepOurPromise.org to empower this critically important effort. Tell our politicians to keep our promise between generations and among all Americans to preserve, protect--expand and improve--Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

The debt ceiling deal does not raise any revenues. It cuts $1.2 trillion from programs now and $2.5 trillion more to come. Automatic "triggers" could slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, unless we do something about it now. KeepOurPromise is protecting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. We work with friendly members of Congress and pressure other members not to sacrifice our safety net. We're working to turn back the Tea Party efforts to defund and destroy Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. Will you contribute to help us?

Contact elected officials and tell them Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are not "broke," and do not add to the deficit or debt. They should cut corporate profiteering--not benefits. Make sure they know that if they slash these life-saving and cost-effective programs, you will never vote for them again.

Tell your Senators and Representative, don't cut Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/callalert/index.tt?alertid=51625501

Tell President Obama to stand strong! No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-456-1111 / 202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2461

Tell leaders in Congress: We the People will not tolerate looting programs we paid into every working day of our lives to indulge the greedy few.

Tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to stand strong! No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-224-3542 Fax: 202-224-7327

Tell Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to stand down! No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-224-2541 Fax: 202-224-2499

Tell House Speaker John Boehner to stand down! No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-225-0600 Fax: 202-225-5117

Tell House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to stand down! No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-225-4000 Fax: 202-225-0011

Tell House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to stand strong! No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-225-0100 Fax: 202-225-4188

Tell DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to stand strong! No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-225-7931 Fax: 202-226-2052

We're doing all we can, mobilizing the public to stand up against failed, fatal policies. We need your help now! Please contribute!

Share this important action alert with all your contacts on email, Facebook, etc.

push harder to save Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security

We must push harder to save Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security
Defy brutal, self-defeating austerity which could cause a Depression

KeepOurPromise is working for you! Please contribute what you can to keep us strong:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Q6J4WAVQVMEWQ
(Contributions to Keep Our Promise are not tax deductible) 



Proposed cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security benefits would hurt tens of millions of Americans. It would also devastate countless hospitals, medical practices, retirement communities, clinics, and the people they serve. All will endure hardship and pain if the cuts happen. We're fighting back with our Emergency Coalition to Save Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. We've created the website KeepOurPromise.org to empower this critically important effort. Tell our politicians to keep our promise between generations and among all Americans to preserve, protect--expand and improve--Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

The debt ceiling deal struck last night does not tax the rich or even allow temporary tax cuts on the rich to expire. Nor does it defund any wars. Yet it requires cuts of $1.2 trillion now and $2.5 trillion over a decade. Tell Congress to reject this deal.

KeepOurPromise is protecting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. We work with friendly members of Congress and pressure other members not to sacrifice our safety net in any political deal. We're working to turn back the malign designs of the "Denial Caucus"--the Tea Party supporters--who are driving to defund and destroy Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. Will you contribute to help us?

Contact elected officials and read them the "riot act." Tell them that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are not "broke," and do not add to the deficit or debt. They should cut corruption and corporate profiteering--not benefits. Make sure they know that if they do anything to cut these life-saving and cost-effective programs, you will never vote for them again.

Tell your Senators and Representative, don't cut Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/callalert/index.tt?alertid=51625501

Tell President Obama to stand strong! No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-456-1111 / 202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2461

Tell leaders in Congress: We the People will not tolerate looting programs we paid into every working day of our lives to indulge the greedy few.

Tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to stand strong! No cuts Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-224-3542 Fax: 202-224-7327

Tell Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to stand down! No cuts Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-224-2541 Fax: 202-224-2499

Tell House Speaker John Boehner to stand down! No cuts Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-225-0600 Fax: 202-225-5117

Tell House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to stand down! No cuts Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-225-4000 Fax: 202-225-0011

Tell House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to stand strong! No cuts Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-225-0100 Fax: 202-225-4188

Tell DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to stand strong! No cuts Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security: 202-225-7931 Fax: 202-226-2052

We're doing all we can, mobilizing the public to stand up against failed, fatal policies. We need your help now! Please contribute!

Share this important action alert with all your contacts on email, Facebook, etc.