Issue 380 - November 2007
Organizing in an Election Year
Featuring:
• Activist Forum: Combining electoral and non-electoral organizing
• Bird Dogging Candidates
• Reproductive Justice
• Voting Rights for Ex-Offenders
• Protest to Support Nonviolent Struggles in Burma
In This Issue
 Social justice organizing is about changing hearts and minds, and about changing public policy. |
There are still plenty of opportunities to get a word with the candidates, even the "rock stars." |
| Pro-Choice is Not Enough | We must grow towards a movement that focuses not only on abortion rights but on a whole range of women's health and justice issues. | |
| Reclaiming Our Civil Liberties - Again | There is a growing sense that our country is on the wrong track, and that we are being asked to sacrifice our basic rights for a false sense of security. | |
| Health Care Reform Real Progress Is Within Reach | The fact that there is such a strong focus now, during the Congressional and Presidential campaigns, is a good sign. | |
| From the Editor's Desk | As peacemakers, we can not afford either to believe in our country's elections, or to ignore them. | |
| Deepening the Majority: Anti-War Organizing in an Election Year | Preaching to the choir is important - they need to know the score! | |
| The Cost of War | Economic justice is not a stepping stone to the "real" goal, peace, but a fire-in-the-belly issue in its own right. | |
| Carbon-free and Nuclear-free A Detailed Energy Plan for the US (review) | A detailed plan for powering the nation's economy with zero carbon dioxide emissions and no new nuclear power plants. Have your Representatives read it? | |
| A Tenuous Balance: The Politics of Peace and Justice in a State of War | Recognizing that the 2006 Congress is a work in progress, how are the goals of peace and justice activists faring? | |
| From the Constitution of the United States | ||
| And for Those of You Keeping Score at Home… | ||
| Getting Ready for the Conventions in 2008 | ||
| Grapefruit - A Poem | ||
| A National Conference for Immigrant & Refugee Rights | ||
| Ex-Offenders Strive to Regain Voting Rights | ||
| Bits and Peaces | Events, Opportunities, Campaigns, Resources |
