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Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month, so AWARE + Occupy C-U
will be demonstrating against endless warmaking at the usual
first-Sat street corner,<br>
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Main & Neil, downtown Champaign<br>
2-4PM, Saturday August 4th<br>
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It will be *hot*. If you feel like joining us even for a little
while, that's great. Bring water, a hat, maybe a parasol if you do.<br>
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Two current petitions that look important - please see what you
think of them:<br>
1)<br>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><a
href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_human_rights_whistleblower_Bradley_Manning/?cCTAqdb"
title="blocked::http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_human_rights_whistleblower_Bradley_Manning/?cCTAqdb">http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_human_rights_whistleblower_Bradley_Manning/?cCTAqdb</a></span></font><br>
In support of Bradley Manning, whistleblower, accused of leaking
information that exposed our machinery of war in Iraq and
Afghanistan, revealing widespread human rights abuses, and shown up
corruption and collusion of governments and corporations.<br>
This Administration has come down very hard on whistleblowers,
especially Manning, and are seeking to make an example of him.<br>
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Signing this soon could raise its profile in Avaaz so that many
more people become aware of the issue - and the government, though
it doesn't admit it, has already shown that it can be sensitive to
public pressure about Manning's case.<br>
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... and ...<br>
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2) from Just Foreign Policy, condeming US Rep. Michelle Bachmann
for standing by her baseless accusations that prominent government
officials are part of a Muslim Brotherhood plot to infiltrate the US
Government, and calling for her removal from the House Intelligence
Committee:<br>
<a
href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/No_Intelligence_for_fools_Boot_Rep_Bachmann_from_House_Intelligence_Committee/">http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/No_Intelligence_for_fools_Boot_Rep_Bachmann_from_House_Intelligence_Committee/</a><br>
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Finally, we can always use a hand at the Farmer's Market, this
Saturday or others. This Sat we have the middle shift well covered,
thanks to Ron, Carol and Pat! But if anyone can be there from 10:40
to noon, or 8 to 9, you'd be welcome.<br>
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