[UCIMC-Tech] Fwd: They're attaching what to the appropriations bill??

[Danielle Chynoweth]

Dear friends,

Please take action TODAY to preserve an open internet and a community's
ability to create their own broadband service.

Danielle


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From: Steven Renderos <socialmedia at mediajustice.org>
Date: Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:45 PM
Subject: They're attaching what to the appropriations bill??
To: chyn at ucimc.org


         July 16, 2014




*From Media Mobilizing Project, Media Action Grassroots Network Anchor in
Philadelphia, PA: *

Dear Danielle,

Media Mobilizing Project
<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K1%2FiDdTIoVigh5ExUBQ5XPC4hhFvzW32>
has united with millions of people (1) across this country to protect Net
Neutrality - *the idea that every one of us has the right to communicate
online, free of discrimination from big telecom companies and from the
government.*

We're also working hard to make sure that big media companies - like
Comcast (2) - can't interfere with our right to tell our own stories in our
cities, and to build the alternative networks we need to make internet
affordable, reliable, and available to everyone.

*That's why we were stunned to hear that late last night, Congresswoman
Marsha Blackburn (3), Republican of Tennessee, attached two amendments to
the "must-pass" appropriations bill coming to the floor of the full US
House of Representatives *- one that would effectively kill Net Neutrality,
and another that would prevent cities and towns from building their own
local broadband networks.

The vote could happen as soon as today.  We need to call our
Congressmembers now and tell them to vote NO on these amendments -
protecting our right to communicate locally, nationally, and
internationally.  *Our friends at Free Press have put together a tool to
tell our Representatives to vote NO, now. *

Click here to call your Representative to tell them to vote NO on both of
these amendments.
<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d648G2PCzVvwxx8wadx32vC4hhFvzW32>

Big companies like Verizon and Comcast fought hard to keep hundreds of
Pennsylvania cities from having the right to build their own networks,
passing a law in 2004 that forbade our communities from building them.  20
states, including Pennsylvania, are prohibited from building our own
networks (4).  *If we can't build our own networks or invite other
providers easily into our cities, we'll continue to suffer from high rates
that keep millions of poor and working people offline*, and we'll give
these hugely profitable companies even more power to kill Net Neutrality.

The time is now:  click here to call your Representative to tell them to
vote NO on the amendments to the appropriations bill that would kill Net
Neutrality and our right to build our own networks in our communities.
<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=A24R%2BYruF%2BwUSWzqtxHHpeJprwKSIzTn>

Thank you,

Hannah, Bryan, Jeff, Julia, Milena, Alix, and all of us at Media Mobilizing
Project

PS - To find out more about Media Mobilizing Project's efforts to hold
Comcast accountable to our right to communicate, visit
http://www.capcomcast.org
<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WfKCeXE69my5t7Kh3GnnBvC4hhFvzW32>,
and watch our special investigation into Comcast's impact on our everyday
lives at The Spark: http://mediamobilizing.org/thespark

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Voices for Internet Freedom: http://www.internetvoices.org/voices-home
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CAP Comcast: http://www.capcomcast.org
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"Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): Why One Congresswoman Wants To Block Fast, Cheap
Internet In Her District."  International Business Times, July 16th, 2014.
http://www.ibtimes.com/marsha-blackburn-r-tn-why-one-congresswoman-wants-block-fast-cheap-internet-her-district-1630060
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 "ISP lobby has already won limits on public broadband in 20 states." Ars
Technica, February 12th, 2014.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/isp-lobby-has-already-won-limits-on-public-broadband-in-20-states/
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