<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/16/99-percent-spring-the-latest-moveon-front-for-the-democratic-party/">http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/16/99-percent-spring-the-latest-moveon-front-for-the-democratic-party/</a><div><br></div><div><a href="http://gawker.com/5896763/occupy-wall-street-and-moveon-go-together-like-woodstock-and-1999">http://gawker.com/5896763/occupy-wall-street-and-moveon-go-together-like-woodstock-and-1999</a></div><div><br></div><div>"99% Spring" is astroturf - the latest MoveOn front of the Democratic party. We've had almost 15 years to find out what MoveOn is - we shouldn't be fooled now.</div><div><br></div><div>A principal, indeed crucial, element in Obama's 2008 election was his success in co-opting the anti-war movement. His effective lies made him a "peace candidate" (and indeed Peace Prize winner) who was able to escalate the war he had inherited more brutally and efficiently than his predecessor. (That he knew quite well what he was doing from early on is clear from his discussion of the anti-Vietnam War movement in The Audacity of Hope.) <br><br>His re-election campaign is attempting the same cynical operation with the Occupy movement. That should be exposed, and this child-killer - and tool of the financial corporations - should be driven from office. As Glen Ford puts it, he's not the lesser evil - just the more effective evil.</div><div><br></div><div>--CGE</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Mar 28, 2012, at 4:32 PM, <a href="mailto:lightport@sbcglobal.net">lightport@sbcglobal.net</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text"><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry</div><hr><div><b>From: </b> "Delann W." <<a href="mailto:moveon-help@list.moveon.org">moveon-help@list.moveon.org</a>> </div><div><b>Date: </b>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:09:40 -0700</div><div><b>To: </b>Germaine Light<<a href="mailto:lightport@sbcglobal.net">lightport@sbcglobal.net</a>></div><div><b>Subject: </b>Unprecedented action in Urbana</div><div><br></div> <font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" size="2"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" class="askbox"><tbody><tr><td id="boxholder"><font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"></font> <table width="220" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="askbox"><tbody><tr><td><font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">You could be a part of a huge wave of progressive direct action this spring</span>. Learn how to practice nonviolence in the spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. at a 99% Spring action training in<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Urbana on Sunday, Apr. 15, 2012, at 2:00 PM. </span>Click here to join in:</font> <br> <br> <table width="200" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#990000" background="http://s3.moveon.org/images/with_dims/button_red_bg_200x36.gif" height="36" align="center" class="askbox"><tbody><tr><td width="150" valign="middle" height="36"><center> <a valign="middle" style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;text-align: center;font-size: 16px;color: white;height: 36px;text-decoration: none;" href="http://moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=127207&id=38145-17594522-w7CN0Mx&t=1">Attend a Training</a> </center></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Dear MoveOn member, <p> I'm putting together an amazing event here in Urbana on Sunday, Apr. 15, 2012, at 2:00 PM and I want you to come! I'm one of more than 800 people across the country who have stepped up to plan a 99% Spring action training. <br></p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">We're going to prepare ourselves to join a huge wave of progressive direct action nationwide this spring.</span> All over America, the 99% movement is getting ready for 60 days of protests, sit-ins, rallies, marches, and more this spring—all aimed and confronting the power, greed, and influence of the 1%.</p><p> It's exciting and I hope you can be part of it! The training is filling up fast but there's still room for more folks. <br></p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I jumped in to do this because I want to see the 99% Spring take off in a big way, and I want all of us in Urbana to help make it happen. </span>The training is on Sunday, Apr. 15, 2012, at 2:00 PM. Will you join in?</p><p> <a href="http://moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=127207&id=38145-17594522-w7CN0Mx&t=2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yes, count me in!</span></a></p> Our movement will be holding <span style="font-weight: bold;">huge rallies in every major city on Tax Day</span> to call out the 1% who refuse to pay their fair share. We'll be gathering <span style="font-weight: bold;">massive crowds to confront CEOs and top executives at annual shareholder meetings</span> of Wall Street banks, dirty energy polluters, and corporations that refuse to treat workers fairly. And we'll be doing everything we can to <span style="font-weight: bold;">call out the corrupting influence of corporate money on our elections. </span><p> At the training I'm putting together here in Urbana, we'll be preparing ourselves to take part in these bold actions and to build connections with other progressives who want to see a 99% Spring in America.</p><p> We'll practice telling the story of what happened to our economy and what a different future could look like, we'll learn the history of nonviolent direct action, and we'll train and plan to take direct action ourselves—in the footsteps of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.—to win change.</p><p> We have an amazing shared history of everyday people using direct action to transform the political landscape in this country from the civil rights movement to Occupy Wall Street.</p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">This spring, I want to you join me in becoming a part of that legacy right here in Urbana. Will you join in this April?</span></p><p> <a href="http://moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=127207&id=38145-17594522-w7CN0Mx&t=3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yes, I'll be at your training!</span></a></p><p> Thanks for all you do.</p><p>–Delann W.</p> <div align="left"> </div><p> <b>Want to support our work?</b> MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. <a href="https://civic.moveon.org/donatec4/creditcard.html?cpn_id=457&id=38145-17594522-w7CN0Mx">Chip in here.</a> </p> <hr> <font size="-2">This email was sent to Germaine Light on March 28, 2012. To change your email address or update your contact info, <a href="http://moveon.org/subscrip/coa.html?id=38145-17594522-w7CN0Mx">click here</a>. 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