From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Jan  1 12:45:28 2016
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:45:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] How much p/h needed to afford housing?
Message-ID: <E9521388-000C-43D2-8B56-222DA27CE56E@mcn.org>

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/29/1388789/-Stunning-maps-showing-how-much-you-need-to-earn-in-each-state-to-afford-a-two-bedroom-rental-unit?detail=email



Stunning maps showing how much you need to earn in each state to afford a two-bedroom rental unit
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Jan  4 09:04:12 2016
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 09:04:12 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: qotd: John Geyman: "The Human Face of
	ObamaCare" and what comes next
References: <CACPk_a=gjpaMauddoRYFjPVQ2faupr9XVi9r5D59g9xVgvzUOQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <556B8F88-83D7-4816-8839-AF813FBDE5C9@mcn.org>


> Subject: qotd: John Geyman: "The Human Face of ObamaCare" and what comes next
> 
> Copernicus Healthcare
> January 1, 2016
> 
> The Human Face of ObamaCare: Promises vs. Reality and What Comes Next
> By John Geyman, M.D.
> 
> Preface
> 
> Now that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as the law of the land, it is the target of an intense partisan debate during this 2016 election cycle. Confusion, disinformation, and misleading rhetoric dominate the airwaves as politicians and their corporate backers offer up wildly different approaches to our health care problems and solutions.
> 
> After six years with the ACA, there is a large base of experience to draw upon to assess, on the basis of evidence, what has worked and not worked. So it is time to reassess its impacts on the problems it was intended to address--reduced access to health care, uncontrolled costs, increasing unaffordability, and unacceptable quality of care for our population.
> 
> Despite promises of the Obama administration before the law was passed that we can keep our insurance if we like it, stay with our same doctors, and save money at the same time, many millions of Americans have too often found these assurances to be empty. Having insurance "coverage" for many does not translate into having access to affordable necessary care. Instead, the largely for-profit "system" continues on, profiting and sometimes profiteering from expanded markets subsidized by us, the taxpayers. The original title of the ACA as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has become a misnomer, not surprisingly little used today.
> 
> Too we are often bombarded by abstract numbers and statistics that neglect what they mean to ordinary Americans. This book takes a different approach, starting with stories of patients and their families, thereby putting a human face on the large body of experience and evidence about the effects of the ACA since its passage in 2010.  Far from isolated anecdotes, these are common stories that best illustrate national trends and problems in our increasingly dysfunctional market-based system.
> 
> The book is organized in three parts: Part One presents some 50 patient and family stories that represent problems confronted by implementation of the ACA since 2010. These are real people and their families drawn from press reports. Part Two looks at five major problems of the entire system, as we consider to what extent the ACA has addressed them, and find that we are far from the health care reform that we need. Part Three deals with where we are now, in the middle of an election year, faced with three main alternatives about where to go next: (1) stick with the ACA or try to improve it; (2) repeal and replace it with a Republican "plan"; or (3) move to single-payer system of national health insurance. You will notice that many of the chapters start with a heading, "The Promise", "The Premise," or "The Myth." These denote either the promises made by the Obama administration about the ACA or the premises underlying it, which typically and ironically are based on earlier conservative ideas put forward by conservative organizations, such as the Heritage Foundation.
> 
> The stakes are too high to get health care wrong in this country. Our incremental reform attempts over many years have been compromised by the money and political power of corporate stakeholders that perpetuate many of our problems. We need objective evidence to combat the rhetoric and claims of the medical-industrial complex and direct our attention to the  real needs of patients and their families. It is my hope that this book will help in this process.
> 
> --John Geyman, M.D.  
> Friday Harbor, WA
> January 2016
> 
> http://www.johngeymanmd.org
> 
> Amazon:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1938218027
> 
> ***
> 
> 
> Comment by Don McCanne
> 
> Although many had high hopes for ObamaCare, as John Geyman shows us the human faces, we realize that reform fell too short for too many. He shows us not only those human faces but also the pained face of health care justice. He provides us with an understanding of what is wrong with our system, and then describes options for the future. He encourages us all to participate in the reform dialogue so that we can finally get this right. The Human Face of ObamaCare is a great place to start.
> 
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Jan  4 13:25:15 2016
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 13:25:15 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Prop. 49
Message-ID: <58B3B05D-7EBF-4529-A9EE-BFE9C79C4EB6@att.net>

2016 is already off to a monumental start. 

This morning, the California Supreme Court affirmed the right of California voters to be heard. The court just ruled that voters are allowed to vote on Proposition 49, the Overturn Citizens United Act! 

Prop. 49 <http://act-ca.commoncause.org/site/R?i=ShFx_Du26q3Syp4m_iREEA> gives Californians the opportunity to instruct Congress to take action to stop the unlimited flood of spending in electoral campaigns by supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

In 2014's November Election, California voters would have had this same opportunity. However, the state court ordered the proposition to be temporarily removed from the ballot because of a question about whether voter instructions are allowed.  

But today, the California Supreme Court stood with We the People! 


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Jan  5 10:32:26 2016
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 10:32:26 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Banks in post offices?
Message-ID: <EB19EDD6-2B74-4EFA-BB90-8B6D6FE2AC5A@mcn.org>

https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/1535?detail=email

Bernie has sponsored legislation to let the Postal Service find innovative new ways to shore up its finances. Sanders prosed that the U.S. Postal Service offer banking services??postal banking??which was provided until 1967. 

Simply put, the Post Office would offer basic banking services to customers?like low-interest savings accounts, debit cards and even some simple types of loans. The USPS already takes in more than $100 million in revenue each year by selling postal money orders. 

?One of the ways that I think we can help not only the U.S. Postal Service, but help a lot of low-income people?if you are a low-income person, it is, depending upon where you live, very difficult to find normal banking. Banks don?t want you,? Bernie continued, ?And what people are forced to do is go to payday lenders who charge outrageously high interest rates. You go to check-cashing places, which rip you off. And, yes, I think that the postal service, in fact, can play an important role in providing modest types of banking service to folks who need it.?

An estimated 68 million people live in ?bank deserts,? areas without access to financial services. The banks don?t want to serve these people because they?re mostly poor, leaving them to be gouged by check-cashing shops and payday lenders...
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Jan  8 21:04:26 2016
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 21:04:26 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MLK Day Jan 18, Trinity Lutheran
Message-ID: <75714707-AACC-470B-8E0B-E6FCD1D16CBD@mcn.org>

Hi All, 

Please try this link and let me know it works.  It is information about MLK Day and the poster. 

https://post.craigslist.org/u/hr0KKW615RGFEUEhmzpMaQ/y57wr


Thanks, Richard 

PS:   If it works, the link can be sent around to friends and neighbors near and far.


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Jan  9 11:03:19 2016
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 11:03:19 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Better Link MLK Day Jan 18, Trinity Lutheran
References: <75714707-AACC-470B-8E0B-E6FCD1D16CBD@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <94DB667E-211F-4179-84FA-80404599DEF4@mcn.org>

http://mendocino.craigslist.org/eve/5394638298.html

> 
> Hi All, 
> 
> Please try this link and let me know it works.  It is information about MLK Day and the poster. 
> 
> (new link!)  http://mendocino.craigslist.org/eve/5394638298.html
> 
> 
> Thanks, Richard 
> 
> PS:   If it works, the link can be sent around to friends and neighbors near and far.
> 

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Jan 10 22:24:49 2016
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:24:49 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Homelesss Seniors past and present
Message-ID: <1F9ABB59-F685-465C-81E3-9EC88448CFDE@mcn.org>

Senior Project in Bay Area:

Hey everyone,
Building on the energy from yesterday, we at Justice in Aging are starting work on a video that will tell a compelling story about how difficult it is for seniors in the Bay Area to survive on SSI.  We are looking for help identifying seniors on SSI/SSP who may be willing to share their stories, especially anyone who is homeless now or has faced homelessness in the past.  We would like to shoot stories in the first week of February.



We will debut the video at an event in SF we will be holding in early April where we will also be honoring Assemblymember Thurmond with the Justice in Aging Impact Award. We hope those of you in the Bay Area will be able to join us and we?ll be sending more info soon.  The event is our annual CA fundraiser which will focus on the need for us to act now to address senior poverty in the Bay Area, California and nationally.  The video will be about the issue of SSI/SSP and the need to do more to improve the program, not a promotion of our work.  We hope it will be something we can use all through the Spring and Summer to assist the coalition efforts to educate folks and to push for change.  



If you can help us out, please reply to me (kprindiville at justiceinaging.org) and Emma (eayers at justiceinaging.org) directly.
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Jan 10 22:28:08 2016
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:28:08 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] More on Homeless seniors past or present project
Message-ID: <4C8A696E-AFCB-4C3A-9A8D-F8F6174DA865@mcn.org>

If people are identified who will share their stories, we would be honored
to record those interviews for KZYX and possibly wider distribution.

... lorraine

Lorraine Dechter <ldechter01 at gmail.com>
GM KZYX
On Jan 10, 2016 6:15 PM, "rebecca ostler" <dovebecca at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I though some of you good Mendonesians may have suggestions regarding this
> which I was sent through an advocacy group...
> "the below applies to those in the Oakland San Francisco area!
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> 
> 
> Building on the energy from yesterday, we at Justice in Aging are starting
> work on a video that will tell a compelling story about how difficult it is
> for seniors in the Bay Area to survive on SSI.  We are looking for help
> identifying seniors on SSI/SSP who may be willing to share their stories,
> especially anyone who is homeless now or has faced homelessness in the
> past.  We would like to shoot stories in the first week of February.
> 
> 
> 
> We will debut the video at an event in SF we will be holding in early
> April where we will also be honoring Assemblymember Thurmond with the
> Justice in Aging Impact Award. We hope those of you in the Bay Area will be
> able to join us and we?ll be sending more info soon.  The event is our
> annual CA fundraiser which will focus on the need for us to act now to
> address senior poverty in the Bay Area, California and nationally.  The
> video will be about the issue of SSI/SSP and the need to do more to improve
> the program, not a promotion of our work.  We hope it will be something we
> can use all through the Spring and Summer to assist the coalition efforts
> to educate folks and to push for change.
> 
> 
> 
> If you can help us out, please reply to me (
> kprindiville at justiceinaging.org) and Emma (eayers at justiceinaging.org)
> directly.
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From tammysue_123 at att.net  Sun Jan 10 22:52:27 2016
From: tammysue_123 at att.net (Tammy Davis)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 06:52:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] More on Homeless seniors past or present
 project
In-Reply-To: <4C8A696E-AFCB-4C3A-9A8D-F8F6174DA865@mcn.org>
References: <4C8A696E-AFCB-4C3A-9A8D-F8F6174DA865@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <1967924757.347799.1452495147721.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>

Hello, my name is Tammy Davis and I live near Caspar on the Mendo Coast. I'm not sure if this fits in somehow with your project, but I am interested in finding people in my community who would like to be part of a multi-generational eco-village that functions by way of a gift economy. There are a number of model projects out there in various forms and that number is growing. One of the main objectives to this local endeavor is that it be all inclusive - with emphasis on offering obtainable housing for those with the greatest need.
If anyone is interested in discussing the opportunities that are possible in such a project, or if you know someone who might be, please let me know.
Namaste,Tammy(707) 962-9059


    On Sunday, January 10, 2016 10:28 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:
 

 If people are identified who will share their stories, we would be honored
to record those interviews for KZYX and possibly wider distribution.

... lorraine

Lorraine Dechter <ldechter01 at gmail.com>
GM KZYX
On Jan 10, 2016 6:15 PM, "rebecca ostler" <dovebecca at hotmail.com> wrote:


I though some of you good Mendonesians may have suggestions regarding this


which I was sent through an advocacy group...


"the below applies to those in the Oakland San Francisco area!





Hey everyone,











Building on the energy from yesterday, we at Justice in Aging are starting


work on a video that will tell a compelling story about how difficult it is


for seniors in the Bay Area to survive on SSI. ?We are looking for help


identifying seniors on SSI/SSP who may be willing to share their stories,


especially anyone who is homeless now or has faced homelessness in the


past. ?We would like to shoot stories in the first week of February.











We will debut the video at an event in SF we will be holding in early


April where we will also be honoring Assemblymember Thurmond with the


Justice in Aging Impact Award. We hope those of you in the Bay Area will be


able to join us and we?ll be sending more info soon. ?The event is our


annual CA fundraiser which will focus on the need for us to act now to


address senior poverty in the Bay Area, California and nationally. ?The


video will be about the issue of SSI/SSP and the need to do more to improve


the program, not a promotion of our work. ?We hope it will be something we


can use all through the Spring and Summer to assist the coalition efforts


to educate folks and to push for change.











If you can help us out, please reply to me (


kprindiville at justiceinaging.org) and Emma (eayers at justiceinaging.org)


directly.

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From blackdantheman100 at gmail.com  Mon Jan 11 11:44:36 2016
From: blackdantheman100 at gmail.com (DANIEL BAKER)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:44:36 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] TRI-FOLDS
Message-ID: <CACVey3bfXno97J07bQ41M_ATHZ7rekFNj2zoxBfYaX_BP7VPrQ@mail.gmail.com>

they (Mendo-Litho) have no tri-folds. they say new order must be like 200
copies per. . should i have them make 200 copies(copy"s)????  THANK YOU !!!
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Jan 12 13:27:53 2016
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:27:53 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MoveOn Members Voted to Endorse Bernie Sanders by
	78.6%
Message-ID: <FD5E67C0-D618-4E50-8F2F-F8AA061FB3A3@att.net>

https://medium.com/middle-of-nowhere-center-of-everything/the-top-5-reasons-moveon-members-voted-to-endorse-bernie-with-the-most-votes-and-widest-margin-in-78c2e69990ec#.tjm53xx7f
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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Jan 16 12:15:26 2016
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:15:26 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: [Fwd: PETITION: Automatic Voter Registration]
References: <14488dc703a285a03c472f8d6ba6455e.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <723AD20B-8B60-4CE1-8682-CBD281330DEA@att.net>



Begin forwarded message:

From: agnes at mcn.org
Subject: [Fwd: PETITION: Automatic Voter Registration]
Date: January 16, 2016 at 11:08:02 AM PST
To: occupymendocino-owner at lists.mcn.org

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From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Jan 17 09:56:06 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:56:06 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: STOP pharmaceutical industry price gouging
	>>]
Message-ID: <67d7bbbf7f011f8d2ad9b785cb9a2c4e.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: STOP pharmaceutical industry price gouging >>
From:    "Sign Your Name (via LeftAction.com)" <John at LeftAction.com>
Date:    Thu, January 14, 2016 7:16 am
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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LeftAction
*TELL CONGRESS: **STOP pharmaceutical industry price gouging >> [
http://www.signherenow.org/petition/bigpharma/leftaction?[first_name]=Agnes&amp;[last_name]=Woolsey&amp;[email]=agnes at mcn.org&amp;[zip_code]=95460
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Supporter: Agnes Woolsey
Signature: *PENDING (click to sign >>)* [
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] _________________________________________



Agnes --

Big pharma companies are ripping off American citizens who need their
drugs in order to survive. The statistics are shocking:

  * In 2O13, the U.S. spent nearly *4O% more per person* on prescriptions
than Canada, the next most expensive industrialized nation.
  * In 2O14, the U.S. federal government paid* $1 billion in government
contracts* to Pfizer, which has $148 billion in untaxed profits stashed
offshore.
  * In 2O15, Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli increased the cost of an HIV/AIDS
drug by 4,OOO% ??? charging patients *$75O per pill.*


The stakes are high. Unless we take action NOW, big pharmaceutical
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medications, struggle to get by.

SIGN YOUR NAME: Tell Congress to stop pharmaceutical industry price
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It's immoral to allow Americans to struggle while big pharmaceutical
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Sign your name telling Congress to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable:

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Jan 17 10:01:49 2016
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:01:49 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] What REally Makes Us Happy?
Message-ID: <2DA3755D-9C9D-4DED-B89F-F0811FBFB067@mcn.org>

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/a-75-year-study-reveals-what-really-makes-us-happy.html


Robert Waldinger directed a 75-year study looking at what makes us happy. It boils down to three things, and they?re not the things we tend to think are going to make us happy. His TED Talk about the study findings challenges our most common life goals.

When you ask most people what would make them happy, their answers tend to cluster around achievement. Maybe they think they?d be happier if they were rich or famous. Or maybe they feel like success in their careers would bring them true happiness.

Unlike many studies on happiness, the Harvard Study of Health Development happened in real time. The researchers didn?t rely on memories of past events. Instead, this project?passed down from research team to research team for 75 years?followed a group of 724 men through their lives. They were interviewed every two years, and got complete physicals at every check-in.


Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/a-75-year-study-reveals-what-really-makes-us-happy.html#ixzz3xWfaXOGt
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Jan 18 07:37:23 2016
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 07:37:23 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MLK
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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Jan 20 20:44:41 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:44:41 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Bigger than Shell: Say No to the
	Tesoro-Savage Oil Terminal]
Message-ID: <e311dbab23a6f272c04a8ac48db9ed64.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Bigger than Shell: Say No to the Tesoro-Savage Oil Terminal
From:    "John Sellers, The Other 98% via Other 98%" <info at other98.com>
Date:    Wed, January 20, 2016 7:15 am
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 	Dear??Agnes,
Did you hear that Big Oil's cronies in Congress just repealed the crude
export ban???Now Big Oil already has a plan to build a giant oil export
terminal - but we can stop them.
 	A company called Tesoro-Savage Petroleum wants to build North
America???s largest oil-by-rail terminal,??right on the shores of the
Columbia River.??Their plan is to bring millions of gallons of crude in
by rail, then ship it by tanker down the Columbia River to US and
foreign ports on the Pacific Ocean.
 	This means 360,000 gallons of explosive crude oil per day??rumbling
across the West by train, then down the Columbia River by tanker,
threatening the health and safety of anyone and anything living in its
path.
 	The good news? It???s not too late to stop this terminal. Washington
Governor Jay Inslee will make a yes or no decision on the oil terminal.
Let???s help him decide how to vote.
 	Locals living near the proposed terminal site are not happy about this
project, and they???ve been loud about it. Tesoro-Savage???s reckless,
out-of-touch proposal is drawing enormous opposition. Columbia River
tribes, longshoremen, firefighters, business leaders, health
professionals, climate activists, neighborhood associations, faith
leaders, the Cities of Spokane, Portland, and Vancouver WA have all come
out in opposition to the terminal.
 	But they can???t do it alone. Let???s show Governor Inslee that the
whole world is watching. Tell him to REJECT this dangerous project.
 	Thank you for everything you do to make this movement real.
 	Sincerely,
  	John Sellers
  	Other98
 	P.S. Now that the oil export ban has been lifted, we???re going to be
see a lot more of these proposals on the West Coast, as oil companies
rush to ship their product overseas. If we make it impossible for them
to ship it, then they???ll have to keep it safely in the ground where it
belongs. So say no to the Tesoro-Savage terminal today and start making
it crystal clear: Oil is dead. Renewables are the future.


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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Jan 20 20:45:47 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:45:47 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Thanks! Now forward this to 3 friends >>]
Message-ID: <fd412cd33a32b4db23a39a2b13fbd067.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

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Subject: Thanks! Now forward this to 3 friends >>
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Date:    Wed, January 20, 2016 7:39 pm
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Justice That Works

Thanks for signing our petition thanking President Obama for calling for
an end to Citizens United.

Will you help us keep up our momentum by forwarding this and asking three
friends to sign as well?

http://go.justicethatworks.org/Death-Penalty-Instant-Poll

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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Jan 22 10:14:46 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:14:46 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: state of emergency]
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---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: state of emergency
From:    "John Conyers" <campaign at johnconyers.com>
Date:    Fri, January 22, 2016 10:11 am
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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Agnes,

My thoughts are with the people of Flint today. During the Governor's
State of the State address, Snyder provided thoughtless justifications for
the months he spent doing nothing while Flint residents were subjected to
using lead-contaminated water.

Frankly, I'm tired of the excuses - I want answers and real action that
will keep the City of Flint safe.

Will you join me in denouncing Governor Snyder and demanding he release
ALL correspondence related to this crisis? Click here to sign instantly.

President Obama has declared a state of emergency, and federal aid is now
on the way. Even filmmaker Michael Moore, a Flint native, has made it his
mission to bring Gov. Snyder to justice. Now I'm asking for your help,
Agnes.

I'm fighting for a system that works again, and I need you with me. Click
here to instantly sign my petition and call for justice for Flint.

Together, we can make a difference and keep our families safe.

Thank you,

John



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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Jan 23 19:30:58 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 19:30:58 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Sign if you agree: Fix the Voting Rights
	Act]
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---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Sign if you agree: Fix the Voting Rights Act
From:    "Heidi Hess, CREDO Action" <act at credoaction.com>
Date:    Mon, January 18, 2016 6:59 am
To:      "Agnes S. Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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      [1]It???s time to fix the Voting Rights Act.

   The petition to Congress reads:
   ???Because of a disastrous Supreme Court ruling, the Voting Rights Act is
   weaker now than when it was passed 50 years ago. Fight to pass the Voting
   Rights Advancement Act, which would restore the Voting Rights Act and
   block new efforts to suppress African-American and Latino votes.???

   Add your name:

   [2]Sign the petition ???

   Dear Agnes,

                                                   [3]Fight for the Right to
                                                   Vote

   In 2013, the right-wing ideologues on the Supreme Court handed down a
   shameful decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act, ending decades of
   protection for minorities against discriminatory and unfair attempts to
   limit voting on the basis of race.

   Congress should have acted immediately to fix the damage inflicted by the
   Court ??? but more than two years later it hasn???t done a thing. Now,
   more than 50 years after civil rights activists put their lives on the
   line for the right to vote, state legislatures across the country are
   still passing laws to disenfranchise American voters.

   Fortunately, progressive champions in Congress are promoting legislation
   that will restore the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Advancement Act
   would stop Republicans, in states around the country, from enacting racist
   voter ID and voter suppression laws.^1 With key federal, state and local
   elections taking place this November, we need to speak out now, demanding
   Congress crack down on racial discrimination in voting.

   [4]Tell Congress: Stop voter suppression and pass the Voting Rights
   Advancement Act. Click here to sign the petition.

   The Supreme Court threw out the Voting Rights Act???s basic formula that
   had been used to determine where the Justice Department must provide
   pre-approval of local election rules that could suppress the votes of
   African-American and Latino citizens. Voter suppression rules can still be
   challenged by the Department of Justice after the fact, but ???after the
   fact??? often means minority voters have already been blocked from the
   polls. The court's decision effectively guts the Voting Rights Act,
   rendering it nearly useless unless Congress updates the coverage formula
   for Section 5.

   Republicans wasted no time taking advantage of this ruling for electoral
   gain. Within hours of the Supreme Court???s decision, several states in
   the South immediately announced that they would pursue onerous new voter
   ID laws that were clearly designed to make it harder for African-Americans
   and Latinos to vote. All told, 395 voting restrictions have been passed at
   the state and local levels in the past five years alone.^2

   This year, over 100 progressive, civil rights, and social justice
   organizations have joined together to form a coalition that will push for
   fundamental reforms in voting rights and campaign finance as part of a
   year-long campaign called Democracy Awakening. We're supporting the
   efforts of these groups, which include the NAACP, Public Citizen,
   MoveOn.org, and the National Organization for Women, by putting Congress
   on notice right now that fixing our democracy will be a top priority for
   2016.

   [5]Tell Congress: Stop voter suppression and pass the Voting Rights
   Advancement Act. Click here to sign the petition.

   The Voting Rights Advancement Act would establish the strongest voting
   rights laws ever passed by Congress. It would require states with a
   history of recent voting discrimination to clear changes to voting laws
   with the Department of Justice, require any new state voter ID laws to be
   reviewed and approved by the federal government, and block new efforts to
   suppress African-American and Latino votes. Crucially, the bill would also
   give the U.S. attorney general the authority to send federal election
   observers to monitor elections in which there???s a risk of voting
   discrimination.

   If Congress doesn???t act, the 2016 election will be the first
   presidential election in 50 years in which voters don???t have the full
   protections of the Voting Rights Act. We need to pressure Congress to act
   now to stop racial discrimination in voting.

   Tell Congress: Stop voter suppression and pass the Voting Rights
   Advancement Act. Click the link below to sign the petition:

   [6]http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=1001&akid=16552.23357.92pk9O

   Thanks for fighting to protect and expand voting rights,

   Heidi Hess, Senior Campaign Manager
   [7]CREDO Action from Working Assets

   Add your name:

   [8]Sign the petition ???

   References:
   1. Ari Berman, [9]"Congressional Democrats Introduce an Ambitious New Bill
   to Restore the Voting Rights Act," The Nation, June 23, 2015.
   2. Ari Berman, [10]"50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Jan 23 19:47:11 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 19:47:11 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Sign the petition: Break up the big banks]
Message-ID: <ff154745d117e6c0f9c7696280780a50.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Sign the petition: Break up the big banks
From:    "Kurt Walters, Rootstrikers.org" <rootstrikers at demandprogress.org>
Date:    Wed, January 6, 2016 12:04 pm
To:      "Agnes S. Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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   Bernie Sanders just gave a major speech on the need to break up the big
banks.

Tell Congress: Pass the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act to break up the
Too Big To Fail banks! >>

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/break-up-the-big-banks/?source=rootstrikers2-plain&t=1001&akid=3908.2278211.0E1tuW

Agnes,

This is big: Bernie Sanders just gave a major speech yesterday on how
he???d take on Too Big To Fail banks.

There were a lot of details, but here???s the most important part,
something many people miss when they talk about Too Big To Fail:

???If a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist??? a handful of
huge financial institutions simply have too much economic and political
power over this country.???
???Bernie Sanders, Jan. 5, 2016

Yes, breaking up the banks is about political power.

The big banks don???t just have a stranglehold on our economy, their
armies of lobbyists have a hold on our politics, too.

That???s why it???s so important to pass Elizabeth Warren???s 21st Century
Glass-Steagall Act that Sen. Sanders talked about: It breaks up the banks,
getting us closer to an economy that works for all of us AND a government
where you don't need a lobbyist to be heard.

Click here to tell Congress: Pass the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act to
break up the Too Big To Fail banks!

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/break-up-the-big-banks/?source=rootstrikers2-plain&t=1002&akid=3908.2278211.0E1tuW

All of the Democratic candidates have released strong plans to clamp down
on wrongdoing and recklessness on Wall Street. There???s a lot of good in
all of them.

But here???s one thing to keep in mind: A plan that leaves the biggest
banks intact means that there will be enormous corporations lobbying
relentlessly to roll back even the strongest Wall Street rules.

We???re already seeing it today, with Wall Street's attacks on the 2010
Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill.

Like Senator Dick Durbin said, even after the financial crisis, the banks
???are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own
the place."

The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act is a critical part of ending the farce
of Too Big To Fail. It re-establishes a modernized version of the 1933
Glass-Steagall law that for more than 6 decades separated traditional,
???boring??? banking backed by taxpayer dollars from risky investment
banking.

Introduced by Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, and Maria Cantwell,
Republican John McCain, and Independent Angus King, the 21st Century
Glass-Steagall Act is a rare example of true cross-partisanship in the
Senate.

The next president absolutely must be ready to take on the big banks, but
we can???t wait. We need our representatives in Congress to work right now
to break up Too Big To Fail banks.

Tell Congress: Break up the banks! Pass the 21st Century Glass-Steagall
Act:
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/break-up-the-big-banks/?source=rootstrikers2-plain&t=1003&akid=3908.2278211.0E1tuW

Thanks,

Kurt Walters
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Jan 24 12:41:34 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:41:34 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Public Banking in Santa Fe,
 Breaching the Federal Reserve Citadel,
 and More: Public Banking Institute News]
Message-ID: <4a979d882a34cb544b4f36305ac8d14b.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Dear  Friends at Occupy,

You might like to know about the Fesibility Study that the city of Santa 
Fe, N.M. has done in preparing to launch a City Public Bank. The mayor of
Santa Fe speaks first and then the author of the study speaks. That is
followed by a talk by a 12 year  old Canadian girl who received a standing
ovation.
As you know there is interest across the country in starting Public
Banking since the Big banks have little interest in improving our
economies since the 2008 financial crisis.It's worth the time to listen.

Agnes


---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Public Banking in Santa Fe, Breaching the Federal Reserve
Citadel, and More: Public Banking Institute News
From:    "Public Banking Institute" <info at publicbankinginstitute.org>
Date:    Tue, January 19, 2016 11:58 am
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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Public Banking Institute News: January 19, 2016

Hi Agnes! --





Is 2016 the year to get rid of dangerous dinosaurs?








Santa Fe Mayor on Public Bank
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ7EK7ru5AY&feature=youtu.be>

Santa Fe has released a feasibility study concluding that a public bank
would save the city $24 million over 7 years. Here's Santa Fe Mayor Javier
Gonzales, and consultant Katie Updike at their press conference on public
banking on January 13. Watch it here.
Read the feasibility study here.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ7EK7ru5AY&feature=youtu.be>



Ellen Brown: The Citadel is Breached
<http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/18/the-citadel-is-breached-congress-taps-the-fed-for-infrastructure-funding/>

The government's infrastructure improvements are getting funded by the
Federal Reservem which can operate with as little capital as it wants.
Ellen Brown explains why arguments against this approach are largely
wrong. Read more here.
<http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/18/the-citadel-is-breached-congress-taps-the-fed-for-infrastructure-funding/>



Bank of Canada Lawsuit Advancing
<http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/content/bank-canada-lawsuit>

Joyce Nelson's outstanding article on the Committee on Monetary and
Economic Reform's case to turn the Bank of Canada back into a public bank.
Canada is "paying $30 or $40 billion a year in useless interest,"
according to plaintiffs' attorney Rocco Galati. Read more here.
<http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/content/bank-canada-lawsuit>



Rahm and the Interest Rate Swaps
<http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18774/rahm-emanuel-wall-street-interest-rate-swaps>

The Chicago City Council has had enough of Rahm Emmanuel's Wall Street
fetish. Read more here.
<http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18774/rahm-emanuel-wall-street-interest-rate-swaps>

 <http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/donate>

Join Us in Building Banks for the People!
<http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/donate>


The Public Banking Institute helps everyone fight for public banks. From
our nation's capital to the west coast, from Canada to Arizona and New
Mexico, and up and down the Midwest, people all over are pushing to create
public banks for their cities, counties, and states--because we already
know public banks work. We can't do it without you. Become a member of PBI
today <http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/donate>and help us shape the
course of these historic developments.??




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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Jan 25 15:20:44 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:20:44 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: PETITION: Stand with Roe v. Wade >>]
Message-ID: <34ef5d237f39b7896790a82d2071c1eb.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: PETITION: Stand with Roe v. Wade >>
From:    ??? Sign Your Name (via LeftAction.com) <John at LeftAction.com>
Date:    Mon, January 25, 2016 1:57 pm
To:      all
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LeftAction
*Sign Your Name: **Protect "Roe v. Wade" >> [
http://action.dccc.org/page/s/protect-roe-v-wade-leftaction?sc=rvw2016_ja_leftaction
]*


Friday [
http://action.dccc.org/page/s/protect-roe-v-wade-leftaction?sc=rvw2016_ja_leftaction
] marked the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade -- the landmark Supreme Court
decision that legalized abortion nationwide. But this historic ruling is
under attack.

Republicans continue to fight this victory for women's rights. They've
voted to defund Planned Parenthood and enacted statewide restrictions on a
woman's right to choose. And now, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear
arguments in a case that could gut Roe v. Wade.

Sign your name now to stand with the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision:

SIGN YOUR NAME >> [
http://action.dccc.org/page/s/protect-roe-v-wade-leftaction?sc=rvw2016_ja_leftaction
]




Agnes --

Just weeks from now, the Supreme Court is set to hear a case -- Whole
Woman's Health v. Cole -- about a Texas law designed to close more than
75% of all women's health clinics that provide abortion services in the
state.1

This could go one of two ways:
  * The Court could protect Roe v. Wade -- and stand with millions of
women -- by reversing this Texas law.
  * Or the Court could decide that even fewer women in this country will
have access to affordable and safe abortion services.


It took a movement to win the Roe v. Wade victory in 1973, and it will
take relentless dedication to defend it.

*That's why we need your support: **Sign your name to protect Roe v. Wade
>>* [
http://action.dccc.org/page/s/protect-roe-v-wade-leftaction?sc=rvw2016_ja_leftaction
]

Republicans refuse to back down from their anti-abortion, anti-women's
rights rhetoric. We need to ensure that the Supreme Court doesn't validate
their backwards agenda. We need to ensure that the progress set in motion
by Roe v. Wade continues -- so that future generations of women are
empowered to make their own healthcare decisions.

Sign your name today [
http://action.dccc.org/page/s/protect-roe-v-wade-leftaction?sc=rvw2016_ja_leftaction
] ??? Affirm your support for Roe v. Wade and denounce Republican attempts
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]

Thanks for your support,

LeftAction _________________________________________



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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Jan 25 15:22:17 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:22:17 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: AB 700,
 California DISCLOSE Act coming up for final Assembly vote!]
Message-ID: <74519e9d8c0ab7ac70c8274e72eb77c5.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: AB 700, California DISCLOSE Act coming up for final Assembly vote!
From:    "Trent Lange, CA Clean Money" <noreply at list.moveon.org>
Date:    Mon, January 25, 2016 1:46 pm
To:     Occupy
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Big News!?? California DISCLOSE Act could pass in Assembly this week --
with your help!

Finally the day we've been waiting for -- AB 700, the California DISCLOSE
Act, will be voted on by the full Assembly as early as Wednesday!

AB 700 will strike the biggest blow yet against the unlimited secret money
unleashed by Citizens United by requiring that ballot measure ads and ads
about candidates by outside groups clearly disclose their top three true
funders -- on the ads themselves.

The Assembly will vote any day now, so we must tell them to vote "Yes" on
AB 700 now!

SIGN THE PETITION to send an email asking your Assemblymember to vote
"Yes" on AB 700 -- even if you've signed before!

Authored by Assemblymembers Jimmy Gomez and Marc Levine, and sponsored by
the California Clean Money Campaign, the new language in AB 700* is taken
from the on-ad disclosure portions of the Voters' Right to Know Act
initiative.?? This means the two fit together and AB 700 now requires the
type of clear and prominent disclosure on both ballot measure ads AND ads
about candidates by outside groups that the California Clean Money
Campaign has always advocated.

Television and video ads will have to display the names of their top 3
true funders on a solid black background on the bottom third of the screen
for a full 5 seconds.?? Each name must be displayed on a separate line in a
large clear font and using regular capitalization.?? No more fine print.??
There are similar rules for radio ads, print ads, online ads, and
robocalls.

Equally important, there are new rules for earmarking and tracking to
identify true funders when they try to hide behind shell groups with
misleading names.?? Although a few further refinements are needed to
guarantee voters are no longer deceived, this is the beginning of the end
of ads routinely and legally misleading voters.

SIGN THE PETITION to send an email asking your Assemblymember to vote
"Yes" on AB 700 -- even if you've signed before!

Here's what the petition that emails your message directly to your
Assemblymember says:

  It's wrong to let political ads mislead voters about who paid for them.??
  Knowing the true identity of the messenger is critical to evaluating the
  credibility of the message.

  As your constituent, I'm asking you to right this wrong.?? Please vote
  Yes on AB 700, the California DISCLOSE Act, to require the three largest
  funders of ballot measure ads or ads about candidates by outside groups
  to be shown clearly and unambiguously -- on the ad itself.

  Thank you. Your vote will impact the integrity of our elections.

Sign the Petition Now!

Thank you for standing with the California Clean Money Action Fund in the
fight for fair elections.?? Together, we will create a democracy that is
truly of, by, and for the people.

Trent Lange
President, California Clean Money Action Fund
*You can see the new bill language for AB 700 here.

---
  The California Clean Money Action Fund is a non-profit, non-partisan
  501(c)(4) organization that is the political advocacy arm of the 501(c)(3)
  California Clean Money Campaign. The California Clean Money Action Fund
  has been fighting for legislation and ballot measures to limit the undue
  influence of Big Money in California politics since 2006. All our support
  comes from individuals and non-profit foundations, with no funding from
  corporations or unions. For more information about us and our efforts on
  the California DISCLOSE Act, visit www.CAdisclose.org.

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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Jan 25 15:40:54 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:40:54 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Signature needed: Investigate predatory
 lending by Warren Buffett's company]
Message-ID: <b393433c80d549ce6c478b89894fa0cd.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Signature needed: Investigate predatory lending by Warren
Buffett's company
From:    "Murshed Zaheed, CREDO Action" <act at credoaction.com>
Date:    Mon, January 25, 2016 6:42 am

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      [1]Tell financial cops: Investigate predatory lending by Warren Buffett
   company

   Petition to the Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection
   Bureau:
   "Investigate and punish Warren Buffett???s Cayton Homes, Inc. for its
   history of racist, predatory lending."

   Add your name:

   [2]Sign the petition ???

   Dear Agnes,

                                                   [3][IMG]

   Warren Buffett has built a folksy, populist public image, but one of his
   companies has been exploiting people with deceptive sales and predatory
   loans. A breathtaking investigative report reveals that Clayton Homes,
   Inc. has been deliberately pushing minorities into high-priced loans,
   costing people their livelihoods and even their homes.^1

   The report claims that Clayton, which is owned by Buffett???s Berkshire
   Hathaway, misleads consumers about their lending options, charges
   African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans higher interest rates,
   and tricks them into signing loan documents that don???t match the terms
   they were promised. It also details a shockingly racist corporate culture
   that included throwing racist stereotypes at borrowers, tolerating racial
   slurs, and firing Black workers who complained.^2

   A group of progressive champions in Congress, including Reps. Maxine
   Waters and Keith Ellison, is jumping into action.^3 They have demanded
   that the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection
   Bureau explain what they are doing to stop and punish this racist
   exploitation, and we need to show that thousands of Americans stand with
   them and with Clayton???s victims.

   [4]Tell financial cops: Investigate predatory lending by Warren Buffett
   company. Click here to sign the petition.

   Warren Buffett bought Clayton 12 years ago. In the years since, it has
   become the single biggest homebuilder in the United State, and the biggest
   in the manufactured home business. Its in-house mortgage lender,
   Vanderbilt, finances more loans than any other lender by far. As the
   company has increasingly come under fire for its debt collection tactics
   ??? including harassing borrowers, insulting them, and encouraging them to
   sell blood to pay debts ??? Warren Buffett has personally promoted Clayton
   and defended it from criticism.^4

   But if reports are true, at least some of what Clayton has done ???was
   illegal.???^5 The company has been accused of:

       * Charging minorities higher rates. Latino, African-American, and
         Native American borrowers are charged higher interest rates than
         white borrowers. The trend is true even when income is factored in.
         In fact, ???Vanderbilt typically charges black people who make over
         $75,000 a year slightly more than white people who make only
         $35,000.???^6
       * Tricking people into taking out loans from its own company. Clayton
         gets away with charging more in part because its salespeople tell
         customers that the company???s in-house lender, Vanderbilt, is their
         only option ??? in violation of federal law. In fact, the company
         internally tracks the ???capture rate??? of customers forced into
         Vanderbilt loans, and uses it to evaluate the performance of
         dealerships.^7
       * Rushing people into signing rotten documents without translation.
         Clayton advertises itself as friendly to Spanish and other
         non-English speakers, with spokespeople who promise friendly terms
         in customers??? native languages. But when it comes time to sign,
         the company presents documents in English ??? over the objection of
         some of its employees ??? and the incomprehensible loan papers can
         spell out terms that are far more expensive than what the customer
         was promised.^8

   Clayton sells its homes at such an outrageous markup that it still makes
   money even if borrowers are unable to pay and quickly default.^9 The
   Americans who buy homes from Clayton can end up paying more than is fair,
   trapped in debt, and losing their homes and life savings in the process.
   That???s no way to treat people who have worked hard and saved for a home
   of their own, and we need to stand with the progressive champions in
   Congress who are fighting back.

   [5]Tell financial cops: Investigate predatory lending by Warren Buffett
   company. Click here to sign the petition.

   Buffett???s company has attacked the investigative report, issuing a long
   list of misleading rebuttals that do not match the fact reported. It even
   claimed that its salespeople never insist that Vanderbilt is the only
   financing option available, despite the reporters catching salespeople on
   tape doing just that. The reporters responded in detail, noting how they
   company is trying to massage the numbers to save its image.^10

   If the company is taking the same deceptive stance to questions from
   regulators, it will take political pressure to force the Department of
   Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to hold Clayton???s
   feet to the fire and bring down punishments for lawbreaking. That???s
   where we come in ??? we need to show that we stand with the progressive
   members of the House who are speaking up.

   Tell financial cops: Investigate predatory lending by Warren Buffett
   company. Click below to sign the petition:

   [6]http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Buffett_Clayton?t=1001&akid=16610.23357.5NL9Tb

   Thank you for speaking out,

   Murshed Zaheed, Deputy Political Director
   [7]CREDO Action from Working Assets

   Add your name:

   [8]Sign the petition ???

    1. Mike Baker and Daniel Wagner, ???[9]Minorities exploited by Warren
       Buffett???s mobile-home empire,??? The Seattle Times / BuzzFeed News,
       December 26, 2015.
    2. Baker and Wagner, ???[10]Minorities exploited by Warren Buffett???s
       mobile-home empire.???
    3. Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Keith Ellison, et. al., ???[11]Letter to
       Attorney General Lynch and Director Cordray,??? House Financial
       Services Democrats, January 12, 2016.
    4. Baker and Wagner, ???[12]Minorities exploited by Warren Buffett???s
       mobile-home empire.???
    5. Ibid.
    6. Ibid.
    7. Ibid.
    8. Ibid.
    9. Ibid.
   10. Mike Baker and Daniel Wagner, ???[13]Warren Buffett???s mobile-home
       company denies discriminating against minorities,??? The Seattle Times
       / BuzzFeed News, January 11, 2016.

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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Jan 22 10:50:33 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:50:33 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Mendocino Beacon Charter Story]
Message-ID: <e1f28fc5bc6e04a5a7417d091ae34043.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Mendocino Beacon Charter Story
From:    "Zoe Yudice" <zyudice at gmail.com>
Date:    Fri, January 22, 2016 10:26 am
To:      "Keith Wyner" <kwyner at mcn.org>
         "Robin Sunbeam" <bodhirobin at pacific.net>
         agnes at mcn.org
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Hi,
I just wanted to send you the story about the charter. Thank you so much
for all the help with the story. I will send you the audio of the interview
soon. I been struggling to upload it from my phone because it's so big, but
it is coming! I have also attached the photo I took from the interview. Let
me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Zoe

Story:
The Charter Project of Mendocino has gathered over 4000 signatures to get
the question: ???Shall a charter commission be elected to propose a Mendocino
County???? Charter on the June 2016 ballot.

Becoming a charter county would allow Mendocino County to write and adopt
its own charter under Article XI of the California Constitution. A charter
defines the power and functions of elected officials, as well as the
organization and procedure of local government.

According to the California State Alliance of Counties, a charter county
has the power to determine, ???election, compensation, terms, removal, and
salary of the governing board; for the election or appointment (except the
sheriff, district attorney, and assessor who must be elected),
compensation, terms, and removal of all county officers; for the powers and
duties of all officers; and for consolidation and segregation of county
offices.???

This differs from general law counties ??? the other type of county
recognized under the California Constitution ??? where the structure of the
county is defined by the state constitution and state statutes.

???As a general law county we are just a subdivision of the state. Whatever
the county does is provided by state law and that is all we can do. But
once the charter is approved by the voters and ratified by the Secretary of
State, then whatever is in the charter becomes equivalent to state law, but
only applicable to this county,??? explains Robin Sunbeam, a member of the
Charter Project.

A charter can be amended, revised or repealed with a majority vote approval.

The charter county does not have the power to give county officials extra
authority over local regulations, revenue-raising abilities, budgetary
decisions, or intergovernmental relations, explains the California State
Alliance of Counties.
Charter counties have home-rule authority as long as it doesn???t conflict
with the constitution or general state law.

The Mendocino County Charter movement started three years ago with the
Charter Project petitioning the Board of Supervisors to put a charter
measure on the ballot. This is one of three ways to become a charter
county, explains Sunbeam.

???We tried for three years to get them to put a charter on the ballot, and
then we tried for ten weeks to get them to put a charter question on last
November???s ballot. They just had no political will to do that. So our only
other recourse was for the third method, which is a petition of the people
to put a charter question on the ballot,??? she said.

In the Jun. 7 elections, voters will not only have the chance to decide if
they want a charter, but they will also have the chance to decide who they
want to be part of the 15 charter commissioners who would draft the charter.

According to the Charter Project, there are approximately 30 people who
have been invited or are considering running for charter commissioner.

According to Keith Wyner, also a member of the Charter Project, ???Every
member of the commission will help draft the charter, and then that will be
presented on Election Day to be approved. The recommendation that they come
up with has to be approved by the voters. If it is not approved then it
doesn???t happen, and the charter commissioners have to write another one
until one is approved.???

What goes into the charter is completely up to the charter commission. One
potential charter provision that is greatly supported by the Charter
Project is the creation of a county bank.

Prior to the Charter Project, Agnes Woosley, another member of the Charter
Project, and Sunbeam, were both members of the Mendocino Public Banking
Coalition, which was working on creating a public bank in this county.

During their research, they discovered it would be easier to establish a
public bank if the county was a charter county, which led them to shift
their focus to the charter county effort.

The Charter Project states that a county bank has the potential to protect
Mendocino County and its citizens from future recessions.

During the 2008 economic downturn, North Dakota, out of the fifty states,
was least affected because the Bank of North Dakota-the only public bank in
the nation ??? acted as a mini-federal reserve. Due to its regulations, the
bank wasn???t allowed to invest in derivatives like other banks were doing
around the country, explains Sunbeam.

The Charter Project also claims it will save the county money, and increase
the county???s financial independence.

According to the project, a public bank can provide no interest or low
interest for infrastructure and the interest will be recycled back into the
county General Fund, rather than to the shareholders of Wall Street banks.

Other potential charter provisions could include enacting anti-corruption
laws for public financing of electoral campaigns; strengthening local
environmental ordinances against fracking, genetically modified crops or
nuclear power; limit corporations??? constitutional rights; and institute
instant runoff voting.

There are currently 14 charter counties in California: Alameda, Butte, El
Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino,
San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Tehama.

Alameda???s charter decided to exceed state mandates for recycling and
prohibit incineration. Los Angeles??? charter set term limits for county
elected officials, and Tehama???s charter forbids extraction of groundwater
for off-parcel use except when permitted by law.

The Charter Project of Mendocino County will be releasing candidate packets
to run for charter commissioner, in the same election, at the end of
January. Anyone who is a registered voter in Mendocino County can run for
charter commissioner, and because it is a voluntary position there is no
fee to run.
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From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Jan 26 09:34:28 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:34:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] sign petition to tell FBI to stop partnering with
	Walmart
Message-ID: <a19871ab71ed0131b8e1fd4379eaacd6.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Dear Friends at occupy Mendocino,

Please sign the petition to ask FBI to stop spying on the low paid workers
at Walmart.

Agnes
Tell the Justice Department: Investigate reported FBI spying on Wal-Mart
employees. Click here to sign the petition.



From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Jan 26 14:02:49 2016
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:02:49 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd:  [Fwd: Mendocino Beacon Charter Story]]
Message-ID: <3e969c024e2a43fc42e2fc006cfcea5b.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Mendocino Beacon Charter Story]
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Fri, January 22, 2016 10:50 am
To:      occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org
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Hi,
I just wanted to send you the story about the charter.

Story:
The Charter Project of Mendocino has gathered over 4000 signatures to get
the question: ???Shall a charter commission be elected to propose a Mendocino
County???? Charter on the June 2016 ballot.

Becoming a charter county would allow Mendocino County to write and adopt
its own charter under Article XI of the California Constitution. A charter
defines the power and functions of elected officials, as well as the
organization and procedure of local government.

According to the California State Alliance of Counties, a charter county
has the power to determine, ???election, compensation, terms, removal, and
salary of the governing board; for the election or appointment (except the
sheriff, district attorney, and assessor who must be elected),
compensation, terms, and removal of all county officers; for the powers and
duties of all officers; and for consolidation and segregation of county
offices.???

This differs from general law counties ??? the other type of county
recognized under the California Constitution ??? where the structure of the
county is defined by the state constitution and state statutes.

???As a general law county we are just a subdivision of the state. Whatever
the county does is provided by state law and that is all we can do. But
once the charter is approved by the voters and ratified by the Secretary of
State, then whatever is in the charter becomes equivalent to state law, but
only applicable to this county,??? explains Robin Sunbeam, a member of the
Charter Project.

A charter can be amended, revised or repealed with a majority vote approval.

The charter county does not have the power to give county officials extra
authority over local regulations, revenue-raising abilities, budgetary
decisions, or intergovernmental relations, explains the California State
Alliance of Counties.
Charter counties have home-rule authority as long as it doesn???t conflict
with the constitution or general state law.

The Mendocino County Charter movement started three years ago with the
Charter Project petitioning the Board of Supervisors to put a charter
measure on the ballot. This is one of three ways to become a charter
county, explains Sunbeam.

???We tried for three years to get them to put a charter on the ballot, and
then we tried for ten weeks to get them to put a charter question on last
November???s ballot. They just had no political will to do that. So our only
other recourse was for the third method, which is a petition of the people
to put a charter question on the ballot,??? she said.

In the Jun. 7 elections, voters will not only have the chance to decide if
they want a charter, but they will also have the chance to decide who they
want to be part of the 15 charter commissioners who would draft the charter.

According to the Charter Project, there are approximately 30 people who
have been invited or are considering running for charter commissioner.

According to Keith Wyner, also a member of the Charter Project, ???Every
member of the commission will help draft the charter, and then that will be
presented on Election Day to be approved. The recommendation that they come
up with has to be approved by the voters. If it is not approved then it
doesn???t happen, and the charter commissioners have to write another one
until one is approved.???

What goes into the charter is completely up to the charter commission. One
potential charter provision that is greatly supported by the Charter
Project is the creation of a county bank.

Prior to the Charter Project, Agnes Woosley, another member of the Charter
Project, and Sunbeam, were both members of the Mendocino Public Banking
Coalition, which was working on creating a public bank in this county.

During their research, they discovered it would be easier to establish a
public bank if the county was a charter county, which led them to shift
their focus to the charter county effort.

The Charter Project states that a county bank has the potential to protect
Mendocino County and its citizens from future recessions.

During the 2008 economic downturn, North Dakota, out of the fifty states,
was least affected because the Bank of North Dakota-the only public bank in
the nation ??? acted as a mini-federal reserve. Due to its regulations, the
bank wasn???t allowed to invest in derivatives like other banks were doing
around the country, explains Sunbeam.

The Charter Project also claims it will save the county money, and increase
the county???s financial independence.

According to the project, a public bank can provide no interest or low
interest for infrastructure and the interest will be recycled back into the
county General Fund, rather than to the shareholders of Wall Street banks.

Other potential charter provisions could include enacting anti-corruption
laws for public financing of electoral campaigns; strengthening local
environmental ordinances against fracking, genetically modified crops or
nuclear power; limit corporations??? constitutional rights; and institute
instant runoff voting.

There are currently 14 charter counties in California: Alameda, Butte, El
Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino,
San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Tehama.

Alameda???s charter decided to exceed state mandates for recycling and
prohibit incineration. Los Angeles??? charter set term limits for county
elected officials, and Tehama???s charter forbids extraction of groundwater
for off-parcel use except when permitted by law.

The Charter Project of Mendocino County will be releasing candidate packets
to run for charter commissioner, in the same election, at the end of
January. Anyone who is a registered voter in Mendocino County can run for
charter commissioner, and because it is a voluntary position there is no
fee to run.
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From adross at mcn.org  Thu Jan 28 17:54:05 2016
From: adross at mcn.org (Adrienne Ross)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:54:05 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] do you know anyone like this?
In-Reply-To: <1F9ABB59-F685-465C-81E3-9EC88448CFDE@mcn.org>
References: <1F9ABB59-F685-465C-81E3-9EC88448CFDE@mcn.org>
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Sent from my iPad

> On Jan 10, 2016, at 10:24 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Senior Project in Bay Area:
> 
> Hey everyone,
> Building on the energy from yesterday, we at Justice in Aging are starting work on a video that will tell a compelling story about how difficult it is for seniors in the Bay Area to survive on SSI.  We are looking for help identifying seniors on SSI/SSP who may be willing to share their stories, especially anyone who is homeless now or has faced homelessness in the past.  We would like to shoot stories in the first week of February.
> 
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The World Economic Forum group of elites have been working on a plan, the
Global Redesign Initiative, to replace democracy with a corporatocracy.
This newsletter is also available
on the web here (
https://www.popularresistance.org/newsletter-democracy-not-corporatocracy/)
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The World Economic Forum ends today in Davos, Switzerland. This is where
the richest of the richest corporate executives, politicians and
celebrities meet to discuss the future of the world. Since 2010, they?ve
been working on a plan, the Global Redesign Initiative (
https://www.popularresistance.org/davos-and-its-threat-to-democracy/) , to
replace democracy with a corporatocracy. This is the fundamental struggle
of our era.
https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Corporate-Capitalism-is-not-Democracy.jpg

Corporatocracy versus Democracy

What does a corporatocracy look like? Klaus Schwab, the founder of the
World Economic Forum, says, ?the sovereign state is obsolete.? Instead,
WEF?s goal is to give a greater role for corporations in global governance
through ?40 Global Agenda Councils (
http://www.weforum.org/communities/global-agenda-councils)  and
industry-sector bodies.? In essence, the Global Redesign Initiative of the
World Economic Forum seeks to privatize government. We discuss the
initiative with two experts from the Center for Governance and
Sustainability at the University of Massachusetts in depth on Clearing The
FOG Radio (
http://clearingthefogradio.org/may-11-the-future-of-global-governance-is-this-the-end-of-the-nation-state/)
.

Do you have any confidence that multinational corporations would have the
interests of the people in mind, particularly the people they deem
disposable? And, when it comes to the planet will they protect resources or
exploit them, will they put climate change ahead of their profits? They
certainly haven?t demonstrated concern except in situations where appearing
generous works to their advantage.
https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Corporate-domination-e1453588356222.jpg

Paul Bucheit writes (
https://www.popularresistance.org/the-real-terrorists-the-01/)  that the
0.01% have wealth equal to the bottom 80% of people in the US and that more
than half of US corporate foreign profits are held in tax havens. Oxfam?s
newest report (
https://www.popularresistance.org/richest-62-people-as-wealthy-as-half-of-worlds-population/)
on wealth inequality finds that just 62 people have the wealth equal to the
bottom half of the global population, down from 80 the year before and 388
in 2010.

What does corporatocracy feel like? In the US,almost two-thirds of people (
https://www.popularresistance.org/two-thirds-of-americans-cant-afford-a-500-emergency/)
cannot handle an unexpected expense of $500 or more, (half don?t have any
savings). In 2011, that figure was $1,000. In cities, people of color and
of lower income are being forced out (
https://www.popularresistance.org/black-homes-matter-san-franciscos-vanishing-black-population/)
from disinvestment in their communities and gentrification.

Plutocracy in the United States is driving two major crises: the looming
financial crash and the climate crisis. We hear warnings that another
financial bubble is ready to burst that will have global impacts. Debt is
high and bonds are over-leveraged. Central banks are running out of
solutions (http://itsoureconomy.us/2016/01/central-banks-out-of-control/)
to stimulate the economy, but they won?t admit it.

Just like the financial market ?correction,? which started with the new
year, J.P. Sottile writes in TruthOut (
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34409-mother-nature-s-invisible-hand-strikes-back-against-the-carbon-economy)
that there will be a carbon correction:
https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Climate-Change-System-Change-e1453588691513.jpg

?This mother of all market corrections is coming ? and it will settle
accounts through civilization-halting floods and famines, through
population-endangering climate migrations or even through the simple loss
of breathable air. This is not just irony. This is Mother Nature?s
invisible hand correcting humankind?s foolish, short-term investment in the
distorted hydrocarbon economy.?

The most recent example of the out-of-control carbon bubble is the gas
disaster near Los Angeles. Professor Tony Ingraffea explains (
https://www.popularresistance.org/ingraffea-la-gas-disaster-is-tip-of-the-iceberg/)
the extent of the disaster telling us that the Aliso Canyon leak is the
?tip of the iceberg.? There are thousands of old wells across the US that
could fail and spew methane, an extremely potent Greenhouse Gas, into the
air. This is one more example of failing US infrastructure and one more
reason why the US needs an Apollo Project to transition to a carbon-free,
nuclear-free energy economy.
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In contrast, what would solutions that come from the people look like? The
Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) recently released its ?Agenda to Build
Black Futures (
https://www.popularresistance.org/byp100-agenda-to-build-black-futures-economic-justice-plan/)
,? which focuses on repairing the damage done by centuries of systemic
oppression including the current crisis of mass incarceration and honoring
the rights of workers, especially women. And climate justice and worker
groups are collaborating on a ?just transition (
https://www.popularresistance.org/strategies-for-climate-justice-and-a-just-transition/)
? to a more democratized and localized economy that incorporates resilience
to the climate crisis.

The Struggle for Democracy

This week was the sixth anniversary (
https://www.popularresistance.org/a-vision-for-a-post-citizens-united-future/)
of the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling which allowed unlimited amounts
of money to be spent in support of political candidates by PACs (political
action committees). This is one manifestation of the plutocracy which
extends to the founding of this country through the Constitution, which was
written by and for the propertied white elites (
https://www.popularresistance.org/fighting-for-a-legitimate-democracy-by-and-for-the-people/)
.

The Citizens United ruling was followed in 2014 by the McCutcheon decision (
https://www.popularresistance.org/breaking-rule-of-money-gets-stronger-with-court-ruling-take-action-today/)
which removed limits on donations to candidates, parties and committees. At
the time of the decision we described it as a rallying cry for a democracy
movement (
https://www.popularresistance.org/the-mccutcheon-decision-is-our-rallying-cry/)
.
https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Democracy-not-a-market-dictatorship-2-e1453588970962.jpg

In ?The Devastating Cost of Monetized Elections (
https://www.popularresistance.org/ralph-nader-the-devastating-cost-of-monetized-elections/)
,? Ralph Nader writes that it is up to us, the people, to change this. He
describes the money corrupted elections, controlled by corporations as a
set back to US democracy. He advises us to take the election system from
the corporate media and the corporate debate system:

?Do your homework on the parties and the candidates, form informal groups
to demand debates and agendas that you preside over, push for more choices
on the ballot, make votes count over money.?

Bill Moyer of the Backbone Campaign, noting there are two strands of
populism in the US ? negative and positive, urges people (
https://www.popularresistance.org/reflections-on-tug-of-war-between-negative-and-positive-populism/)
to reject the negativity coming out of some of the presidential campaigns.
Instead we must come together to build community and ?to build power for a
positive populism.? And Nancy Price of the Alliance for Democracy
encourages (
https://www.popularresistance.org/beyond-capitalism-a-revolution-of-values/)
us (
https://www.popularresistance.org/beyond-capitalism-a-revolution-of-values/)
to use legal strategies to build ?the commons? to avoid its exploitation
for profit by the wealthy. She has been a leading proponent of the movement
across the country to create ?TPP Free Zones (
http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/tppfreezones.shtml) ? at the city,
county and state
levels.
https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Democracy-Real-Democracy-Now-Banner-2-e1453589092310.jpg

In our rigged electoral system, what can we do? Many progressives are
excited by the Bernie Sanders campaign. And while we admire Senator Sanders
for his long history of speaking about wealth inequality and many of his
domestic politics, such as his support for single payer and labor unions
and for confronting Wall Street, we believe that social transformation
requires (
https://www.popularresistance.org/mic-check-bernie-sanders-swallows-occupys-microphone/)
building third parties that are independent of corporate money, among other
updates to the US electoral system.

George Lakey reminds us (
https://www.popularresistance.org/what-happens-to-the-bernie-sanders-movement-if-he-loses/)
that our power is not in the electoral arena because at this time,
elections are dominated by money and corporations. People power is better
wielded outside of manipulated elections in resistance campaigns. We hope
that if Sanders loses the primary, his supporters will consider Lakey?s
words:

?What if the Sanders campaigners maintained their commitment to a
progressive analysis and vision and simply acknowledged what so many
Americans already know: The system is too rigged to be changed from within.?

https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Rolling-Rebellion-Illusion-of-Democracy-e1453589575772.jpgIf
Sanders loses, it will be because the Democratic primary process is rigged
by the elite, not because his ideas don?t resonate with the people. Sanders
is articulating much of what the movement for economic, racial and
environmental justice supports. It is up to his supporters to take the
momentum built through the campaign to fight for change, not the change
chosen by the campaign, but change chosen by the people. That is democracy.

Building Popular Power

The struggle for democracy is difficult. We see the challenges in countries
that are more advanced in the process than the US. They all have something
in common: popular movements are essential for creating the political
environment that allows the election of candidates that reflect movements,
for holding them accountable to the movement once in office and for
protecting them from the opposition.

In Ecuador, it was a movement that elected Rafael Correa as president. The
movement created its name, the Citizen?s Revolution, and in the past nine
years has taken substantial steps (
https://www.popularresistance.org/ecuadors-citizens-revolution-retaking-power-from-old-elites/)
to reduce the wealth divide through public investment.

https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/We-the-People-DC-e1453589432732.jpgOn
February 9, an exciting new initiative, the Democracy in Europe Movement
(DiEM), is being launched in Berlin. This open letter (
https://www.popularresistance.org/yanis-varoufakis-welcome-to-the-democracy-movement/)
from John Malamatinas of Blockupy to Yanis Varoufakis, one of the
co-founders of DiEM, and his open letter  (
https://www.popularresistance.org/diem-and-movements-varoufakis-replies-to-open-letter-by-john-malamatinas/)
in reply illustrate the challenges of creating effective democracy
movements. We will follow their efforts and hope to learn from them.

There is tremendous popular power in the United States. That is clear
everyday from the small portion of it that is covered on Popular
Resistance. Just this week, there is a growing movement in Flint, Michigan
pushing for the resignation (
https://www.popularresistance.org/facing-calls-to-resign-pile-of-lawsuits-snyder-to-address-flint-crisis/)
of Governor Snyder. (EPA-whistleblower Marsha Coleman explains (
https://www.popularresistance.org/the-epas-lack-of-integrity-has-cost-the-lead-poisoned-children-of-flint-dearly/)
why the EPA is also at fault for the Flint water crisis). A coalition of
Black-led groups confronted (
https://www.popularresistance.org/dc-baltimore-blacklivesmatter-coalition-protest-us-conference-of-mayors/)
the US Conference of Mayors to demand more investment in their communities
and disinvestment in state violence. Students from a dozen high schools in
Minneapolis
(
https://www.popularresistance.org/newsletter-democracy-not-corporatocracy/%20https://www.popularresistance.org/minneapolis-hs-students-walk-out-to-protest-ice-deportations/)
walked out in protest of the rise in ICE raids and deportations. And in ten
cities, climate justice advocates protested (
https://www.popularresistance.org/epa-protested-at-10-regional-offices-over-clean-power-plan/)
the Clean Power Plan at regional EPA offices (note that there will be
another protest (
https://www.popularresistance.org/calendar1/dc-events-invisible-killer-radioactive-pollution/)
of the Clean Power Plan at the EPA in DC on Tuesday).

Our challenge is to increasingly build relationships across issues and find
opportunities to collaborate on issue campaigns and actions so that some
infrastructure will be in place for a democracy movement in the United
States that is democratic and reflects the values of the current movement.
https://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/TPP-democracy-arrow-e1453589487943.jpg

One critical opportunity that is coming up is theTransPacific Partnership (
http://flushthetpp.org/)  (TPP). There is already a broad movement of
movements against the TPP because it impacts so much that we hold dear. The
Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD) writes (
https://www.popularresistance.org/tpp-the-great-grandchild-of-the-worst-of-us-constitution/)
that the TPP is a continuation of the anti-democratic US Constitution. They
urge people to make the connection so we understand not to repeat the same
mistakes.

President Obama will sign the TPP in New Zealand on February 4. This is the
earliest date that he can legally sign it. He is in a hurry to pass the TPP
before his presidency ends. The next step after signing is that he must
send implementing legislation to Congress for approval under the fast track
process. He will wait until he believes he has enough votes to pass it
before he does that. Our job is to make sure he doesn?t ever have enough
votes.

Previous successful struggles to stop similar agreements have demonstrated
that it was a visible culture of resistance, people in the streets, that
stopped them. We must do the same now. There will be actions in cities
across the US and Canada around the February 4 signing. Check the action
map here for one near you (http://www.flushthetpp.org/actions/) . More
actions are being planned for President?s week when members of Congress
will be home. And join the organizing calls on Wednesday nights. Click here
for information (http://www.flushthetpp.org/national-tpp-resistance-calls/)
.

The TPP is the next battle to stop corporate government on a global scale.
Stopping the TPP will be a tremendous victory of popular power over
corporate power. We can stop the World Economic Forum?s vision of a global
governance redesigned into a corporatocracy and create a world of popular
democracy for a livable future for everyone.

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