Politics

MAPC intends to hold a planning meeting on Tuesday, May 10th for a global solidarity demonstration. Most aspects of this event have not been determined, but the action would likely happen soon. 

Over the past three months, major demonstrations have occurred in countries around the world including Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Britain, Greece, and The United States. While the rallies in Wisconsin recently have been historic, it is almost certain that events in Egypt and elsewhere helped to embolden demonstrators here. In addition, many solidarity actions occurred nationally and internationally with an emphasis on the situation in Madison. A reciprocal demonstration may help to boost the campaigns both here and abroad. Please join us in our efforts to show the oppressors that people around the globe stand as one in defiance to dictatorship, repression, military responses to peaceful protests, and corporate hegemony.

THIS IS AN RSVP ONLY EVENT! PLEASE GO TO www.moveon.org/forum  FOR MORE INFO             

The impact of corporate influence on our political structure at every level has threatened the very fabric of  our democracy. Our representatives largely respond to the needs of the richest 1% of the American public - and the corporations they own -  while the working class receives a dwindling share of our elected officials' attention. Move On will hold a potluck and community forum regarding the political crisis facing everyone in the United States. Mike McCabe -  Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - will be the keynote speaker.

Assembly Bill 203, the bill to enact legal safeguards to protect
Wisconsin's National Guard from unlawful overseas deployments, has been
*scheduled for a hearing before the Assembly's Veterans and Military
Affairs Committee on Tuesday, March 9, 2010*. Please join us, so that
the hearing room is wall-to-wall with people who care about our Guard
members and families and want to see them protected from misuse by the
federal government.

This hearing will take place in the State Capitol. National Guard
members, other veterans, and military families will be joined by State
Rep. Spencer Black of Madison and State Rep. Michael Fisher of Lincoln,
Vermont.
Please let us know that you will be attending the hearing. We will send
you updates when we know the time and room location of the hearing.
*http://www.BringtheGuardHome.org/events/wi_first_guard_hearing
<http://e2ma.net/go/6597458781/208104809/211411320/29568/goto:http://www.BringtheGuardHome.org/events/wi_first_guard_hearing >*
Assembly Bill 203, a bill to enact legal safeguards to protect
Wisconsin's National Guard from unlawful overseas deployments, has been
scheduled for a hearing before the Assembly's Veterans and Military
Affairs Committee on March 9, 2010. Please join us, so that the hearing
room is wall-to-wall with people who care about our Guard members and
families and want to see them protected from misuse by the federal
government.

There's one remaining public hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs Act, when you can raise concerns about the pro-nuclear language in the current draft.  That's the Assembly hearing on the entire bill (Assembly Bill 649), at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 15 in room 412 East of the state Capitol building in Madison.

Everyone who registers can speak for a few minutes. (Since we're seeking to remove one bad part of an otherwise good and important bill, you can register as "informational" rather than "opposing" or "supporting.") We'll have Carbon Free, Nuclear Free signs that you can hold, to make our presence known.