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A new poll shows that, by a nearly three-to-one margin (60% to 21%) Wisconsinites reject a reckless new legislative proposal to allow unrestricted carrying of guns in parks, stadiums, shopping malls and even churches. And by a two-to-one margin, voters say that a candidate who comes out in favor of this dangerous proposal would be less likely to receive their support in the future. The guns-in-public bill is expected to come to a vote soon.
Take Action: Wisconsin Anti-Violence asks you to write a Letter to the Editor to your local paper expressing opposition to the guns-in-public bill. WAVE has set up a handy online tool (click here) to help you locate contact information for newspapers in your community. A fact sheet on the bill is here...
The eyes of the nation - and even the world - are focused on Wisconsin and our union brothers and sisters fighting to keep their hard-won democratic union rights. This WNPJ Special Action Alert lists some ways you can help:
1) All week: Solidarity rallies and targeted canvasses across the state
2) Every night: Phonebanking to union members in key legislative districts
3) Every Day: Keep those legislators' phones ringing!
Walker budget report and budget facts
Action Alert 1 - Madison: Protest the people behind the Walker Budget
Action Alert 2: Plan a solidarity action in your own community
Action Alert 3 - Madison: Join Walkerville, now entering its second week
Action Alert 4: "Guns in public" bill now allows guns on campus, with alcohol
Action Alert 1: 10/26 hearing planned for pro-mining bill
Action Alert 2: Senate Bill would permit employment discrimination
Action Alert 3: Stop repeal of Healthy Youth Act
Action Alert 4: Demand better soil testing at Badger
Action Alert 5 - Milwaukee: Tell Marquette to shut Dept. of Military Science
Action Alert 6: Surround the White House to stop "carbon bomb"
Action Alert 7: U.S. Senate could force WI to weaken gun laws
Action Alert 8: Nov. 9 House Parties take on Corporate Personhood
Action Alert 9: Occupy Wisconsin together
Action Alert 1 - Madison: Help put a pro-democracy initiative on the ballot
Action Alert 2: Madison, Milwaukee buses now available to October 2nd One Nation rally
Action Alert 3: Join the October 16 anti-war mobilization in Chicago
Action Alert 4: Reserve bus or plane seat now for Nov. 18 School of the Americas gathering
Action Alert 1: Save the Postal Service
Action Alert 2: Opportunity to give White House input on Palestine
Action Alert 3: Respond to vote against statehood for Palestine
Action Alert 4: Defend higher fuel-economy standards
Action Alert 5: Demand complete withdrawal from Iraq by 12/31
Action Alert 1 - Madison: Picket for state workers at Inst. for Discovery
Action Alert 2: Sept. 24 "Moving Planet" day of Action
Action Alert 3: “If you value my business, value my safety!”
Action Alert 4 - Madison: Get recruiting ads off of bus transfers
Action Alert 5: Bill to repeal 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force
Action Alert 1: Take action against bullying of LGBT youth
Action Alert 2: New bill would fight theft of wages from low-income workers
Action Alert 3: Tell Obama to stop nuclear testing and honor the comprehensive test ban
Action Alert 4 - Dodgeville: Be a facilitator for Stones into Schools Community Read
Action Alert 5 - Madison: Share Your Thanksgiving with an International Student
Action Alert 6: Tell Kohl and Feingold to reject one-sided letter on peace process
Action Alert 7: Keep radioactive waste off of the Great Lakes
Action Alert 1 - Madison: Protest 10 years of war
Action Alert 2 - Madison: Keep guns out of city buildings
Action Alert 3: 10/19 Lobby Day on Mining in Wisconsin
Action Alert 4: New bill would enable employment discrimination
Action Alert 5: Opportunity to speak out against mining
Action Alert 6: Block U.S. arms sales to human-rights violator Bahrain
Action Alert 7 - Madison: Help stop wage theft
Action Alert 8: Stand up for Bradley Manning
Action Alert 1: AFSC launches "If I had a trillion dollars" youth video contest
Action Alert 2: Urge your Representative to sign on to letter demanding respect for human rights in Honduras
608-250-9240, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, 122 State Street, Suite 405A, Madison, WI 53703, Send an email to the office diane@wnpj.org.
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