Tell Blinken to ResignIf Blinken's conduct goes unchecked, the precedent for future secretaries of state could be catastrophic. Please sign the petition below, and add your comments.
Tell the Senate to immediately vote and vote Yes on Senator Sanders' resolution to stop the weapons to IsraelTell Governments to Use the UN for Peace in PalestineUnited Nations General Assembly Resolution 377 ("Uniting For Peace") allows the General Assembly to act when the Security Council fails. Email governments around the world all at once.
No More Weapons to AnywhereMessage to Congress: "There is no moral justification for arming the globe." Email your Representative and Senators in the U.S. Congress.
No More Weapons to IsraelVpUnity: RootsAction Statement on Harris/Walz TicketAs the sponsor of the vpUnity campaign, RootsAction is heartened that Vice President Harris did not choose Gov. Shapiro as her running mate. To further party unity in this crucial battle to defeat MAGA extremism in November, we encourage both members of the Harris/Walz ticket to meet with leaders of the "Uncommitted" Democratic campaigns as they visit Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina and other key states. Tell J Street to Stop Supporting U.S. Military Aid to IsraelWill Congress Members Arrest Netanyahu in the U.S. Capitol?Upholding actual rules and international law is not as popular in Washington D.C. as fueling genocide in the name of the "rules-based order." Making a commitment to uphold the law requires courage for a member of the U.S. Congress. Email your Representative and Senators.
Tell Your Democratic representative and senator(s) that Joe Biden isn’t up to the task of defeating Donald TrumpFree Leonard PeltierLeonard Peltier is the longest-held political prisoner in the United States. Email the U.S. Parole Commission, which is about to consider his parole.
Tell the Democrat(s) representing you in Congress to ask Biden to take a cognitive examTell the U.S. Government to Allow Negotiations in UkraineThis is a matter of human survival. Email President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, your Representative, and your Senators.
Arrest Netanyahu Anywhere He GoesWe urge every government to work for Netanyahu's arrest and extradition to The Hague in the Netherlands, and urge people everywhere to perform a citizen's arrest of Netanyahu wherever he can be found, including in Washington D.C. Please add your name to this petition.
Ask Los Angeles "Law Enforcement" Whether Any Laws Will Be Enforced After Attacks at UCLASign on: "I oppose genocide and support free speech no matter what Congress does"Show Congress that you cannot be intimidated; add your name to this public statement. Feel free to add your own comments.
Tell Cable News to Stop Lying About Student Activists and Start Interviewing ThemTell Google Not to Fire Employees Who Oppose Genocide in GazaGoogle (jointly with Amazon) has a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli military and government, and has fired at least 50 employees for opposing it. Tell Google what you think with a quick email.
Solidarity with University Students for PeaceNYT’s War on Words: Avoid ‘Palestine,’ ‘Genocide,’ ‘Ethnic Cleansing’Ask Your Rep. to Cosponsor Resolution to Free AssangeAsk Your Rep. to Support Funding for the UNRWATell Congress Members to Commit to Voting No on Military SpendingWe're searching for Congress Members who will publicly make a serious effort, commit to voting No, and urge their colleagues to vote No, on military spending unless it is reduced. Email your Representative and your Senators.
A Congress That Represented Me Would Put an Immediate End to Genocide in GazaWhy are we allowing "Never Again!" to become "Carry on Indefinitely"? Email your Representative and your Senators.
Tell the New York Times to Report on Weapons Shipments and on Their IllegalityUrge the New York Times to report on every U.S. weapons shipment to Israel, and in every such report to include mention of these shipments' apparent violation of laws. Please add your name to this petition.
Petition to President Biden for an Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire in GazaPrevent War on Iran Yet AgainSign to tell President Biden: End U.S. complicity in Israel’s genocide of PalestiniansTell Congress to Repudiate Pelosi's CommentsTime to End the Monroe DoctrineAsk Your Rep. to Cosponsor Resolution to Free AssangeUrge Your Local Government to Support Ceasefire in GazaThis could hardly be more urgent. People in Gaza are dying from violence and from disease and hunger in huge numbers that threaten to grow. Email your local government officials.
Tell Your Senators and Representative to Advocate for the Elimination of ICBMsThis is an opportunity to abolish ICBMs and make the world a safer place. Email your Representative, and your Senators.
Tell Congress: No More WeaponsFor months, the White House has been trying, thus far without success, to get Congressional funding for more weapons, all in one bill, for four wars / potential wars / warlike operations. Email your Representative, and your Senators.
Tell Biden, Congress: learn names of children you helped kill in GazaWith the ongoing assistance of Congress and the White House, Israel is continuing to murder children and other civilians in Gaza just as methodically as the gunman murdered children at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Email President Biden, your Representative, and your Senators.
Take Action to Reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Prevent the Warrantless Collection of Personal Data Now!Praise Congress Members for Supporting a Ceasefire in Gaza or Pressure Them to Do SoTell Progressives in Congress That Endless War Is Not ProgressiveUrge Governments to Invoke the Genocide Convention to Stop the War on GazaAsk Your Congress Member to Cosponsor Ceasefire NOW ResolutionTell Congress to Support De-escalation and Diplomacy in Israel/PalestineTo Stop the Cycle of Violence, the U.S. Must Quit Supporting Israel's OccupationWe condemn the attacks by Hamas deliberately targeting Israeli civilians for killing and kidnapping. And we condemn Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza, which is again killing large numbers of Palestinian civilians. We grieve for all the lives lost and for all those injured and traumatized. The root of the current violence is the oppression and abuses suffered daily by Palestinian people as a whole under decades of cruel Israeli occupation and expansionism. Leading human rights groups -- from Amnesty International to Human Rights Watch to Israel’s B'Tselem -- have concluded that Israel’s occupation policies amount to a form of apartheid. Until Israel’s military occupation is ended, these cycles of terror and war and trauma will repeat. Email your Representative and Senators, and President Biden.
Tell Congress to End U.S. Training of Foreign MilitariesTwelve military coups in recent years in Africa alone have had something in common (apart from U.S.-made weapons). They have had U.S.-trained officers leading them. Yet Congress isn't informed in any detail of these training operations or of which U.S.-trainees overthrow governments. Email your Representative and Senators.
Ask Your Congress Member to Support House Resolution 77Tell Attorney General Merrick Garland to Drop the Charges Against AssangeSeeking to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange for what amounts to journalism is doing terrible damage to freedom of the press. Please add your name to this petition.
Ask President Biden to Respond to Senator Merkley's Urgent Message on Climate CrisisSenator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has given a powerful interview to the Washington Post on what's needed to address the climate crisis, why it's needed immediately, and what the Biden administration could be doing but isn't. Let's ask President Biden to respond.
Tell Congress to Cease Hostility Toward VenezuelaIt's bad enough that the U.S. government has supported coup-attempts in Venezuela and imposed hurtful economic sanctions on the Venezuelan people. It is now seeking to add to those sanctions. Click here to email your Representative and Senators to change course.
Thank Senator Bernie Sanders for saying he'll vote No on military spending unless it's reducedSenator Sanders has said that he will vote No on military spending unless it is reduced, because we need funding for human and environmental needs. Click here to let your Representative and Senators know that we are thanking him.
Tell Striking Workers That We Stand With ThemDon't Let War Be InvisibleYou’re invited to participate in the launch of the new book by RootsAction co-founder Norman Solomon, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. Truthdig published a section about the true costs of ongoing U.S. warfare. And The Nation published an excerpt titled “The Convenient Myth of 'Humane' War.” Tell Joe Biden and Congress: Support Striking UPS Workers!Tell Congress that Cluster Bombs Are Not Evil Only When Russia Uses ThemThe hypocrisy was on display in early 2022 when U.S. media condemned as immoral and illegal the Russian use of cluster bombs in Ukraine, unlike its general acceptance of the U.S. use of cluster bombs in various wars. Now it's worse, as U.S. Congress Members propose to send cluster bombs to Ukraine -- greeted by almost complete media silence. We can raise our voices. Email your Representative, Senators, and President Biden.
Ask the U.S. State Department to Talk with the Russian AmbassadorThe U.S. State Department is not talking with the Russian Embassy to the United States. It's not talking about resolving the Ukraine war, but also not talking about much of anything else. This is dangerous. Please add your name to this petition.
Tell Democratic Party National Leaders It Is Time for Feinstein to RetireSenator Feinstein is obviously unfit to continue her work in the Senate. Please add your name to this petition.
Tell Striking Writers That We Stand With ThemTell Congress: Listen to the Experts Calling for Diplomacy in UkraineTell Resisters in Israel That We Stand With ThemTell President Biden: Don't Take Medicaid From 15 Million PeopleTell Attorney General Merrick Garland to Drop the Charges Against AssangeEnd the War in UkraineIt's time to stop the killing and devastation. Ceasefire and Peace Negotiations Now! Tell Presidents Biden, Putin and Zelensky.
Tell Congress Members to Commit to Voting No on Military SpendingWe're searching for Congress Members who will publicly make a serious effort, commit to voting No, and urge their colleagues to vote No, on military spending unless it is reduced. Email your Representative and Senators.
Tell Senators to Apologize for Rigging the Rules for Reckless BanksAnd to donate to charity all funds they've received from Silicon Valley Bank. Email your Senator or Senators, if they are among those at fault.
Tell Congress to End U.S. Warmaking in SyriaTell Congress and the White House to End the War on YemenThe Biden Administration and Congress are keeping the weapons flowing to Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. military participating in the war. Email your Representative, Senators, and the President.
Tell President Biden and Congress: Take These Steps on Ohio Train WreckA series of disastrous and unprincipled decisions led to this "accident." Email your Representative, Senators, and the President.
Tell Congress: Close the door on Iraq Wars!We can’t end forever wars with blank check authorizations still on the books. Email your Representative and Senators.
Tell Atlanta Mayor and City Council: Stop Cop CityTell Congress To Vote Yes on Ending U.S. Warmaking in SyriaTell Congress: Stop Trading StocksOver three-quarters of U.S. voters want to ban Congress Members from trading stocks. Email your Representative and Senators.
Stand Up for Ilhan OmarIncoming Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has threatened to kick Congresswoman Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Email Your Democratic Congress Member Now.
Tell Congress and the White House to End the War on YemenThe Biden Administration and Congress are keeping the weapons flowing to Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. military participating in the war. Email your Representative, Senators, and President Biden.
Tell Harvard to Stop Covering Up for IsraelEmail Congress and White House: We Demand Restraint, Diplomacy, and NegotiationsRussia has put nuclear weapons on high alert. At long last it is time for the U.S. government to engage in serious negotiations that involve some compromise. There's only all life on Earth to consider. Email your Representative, two Senators, and the White House.
COP27: Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate AgreementsAt COP27 there are official events planned on the topic of militarism and climate within the conference. That's a result of your efforts! Now is a time to further build the demand for action.
Tell Congress and President Biden to make NATO cease its nuclear war rehearsalsBan Slavery in Our StateMany U.S. states allow slavery, most of them as punishment for crime, as in the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Email your governor and state legislators.
Tell the Anti-Defamation League to Stop Engaging in DefamationThe ADL is lying about Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Israel. Please add your name and comments to this petition to the Anti-Defamation League.
Tell Congress: Protect our communities from cancer-causing chemicalsThe President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) declared that environmentally caused cancers were “grossly underestimated” and that these cancers “needlessly devastate American lives.” Email your Senators, Representative, President, and the Administrator of the EPA.
Tell Congress and White House: Stop Stealing Money from Starving Afghan KidsTell Congress and the White House to release $7 billion in funds seized from Afghanistan, where people are selling everything, boiling grass to eat, and facing starvation in large numbers! Email your Senators, Representative, and President.
Tell your representative to stop Manchin’s Dirty Deal!Email Your Rep. and Senators to Pass Medicare For AllMost rich countries spend much less on healthcare and provide it for everyone. They use non-profit systems like single-payer that cut out the middleman, the bureaucracy, the advertising, and the profit motive. Email your Senators and Representative.
Tell President Biden to Conclude the Iran Nuclear Deal NowTell Congress and the White House to End the War on YemenThe Biden Administration and Congress are keeping the weapons flowing to Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. military participating in the war. Email your Representative, Senators, and President Biden.
Tell Congress and White House to Make the Federal Minimum Wage $15Tell Congress and White House Not to Start WWIIISay No to Nancy Pelosi's Dangerous Taiwan TripMake Your State a Safe Haven for Abortion RightsTell Your Representative and Senators to Act on Gun ViolenceEmail Congress and the President: No More War Weapons to PoliceTell Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn to Apologize and Resign from Leadership PostsAsk the rest of the world to lead by reining in Russia & the United StatesWe appeal to the world's non-imperial governments to democratize the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court -- and to impose the rule of law by super-majority consensus on the planet's rogue states. Sign this petition to the world's governments.
Messages of solidarity from antiwar activists in the United States to the antiwar people of RussiaThe awful news of Russian missiles exploding in Kiev and other cities in Ukraine is countered by the uplifting news of Russians who’ve been filling streets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and elsewhere to protest the war. Please sign the statement, and add your own comment.
Email Congress and the White House: Threatening Regime Change Is Endangering Human Survival on This PlanetPresident Biden's declaration in a speech on March 26 that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" sent shock waves around the world. People instantly recognized that Biden had boosted the chances of a U.S.-Russia nuclear war that would quickly end most human life on Earth. Email your Representative, two Senators, and the White House.
Email Congress: No to a No-Fly Zone!A no-fly zone would amount to a direct war between nuclear-armed militaries. Email your Representative, two Senators, and the White House.
Tell Your Senators and Representative to Advocate for the Elimination of ICBMsMore than 60 organizations have issued a joint statement calling for elimination of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Email your two Senators and Representative
Email Congress and the White House. No War in Ukraine!Two governments possessing 90 percent of the nuclear weapons on Earth are on a collision course toward war. Email your two Senators and Representative and President.
Meet the PINOs: “Progressive In Name Only”These Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Often Act More Like Corporate Centrists—And Many Deserve Primary Challenges Please read this new RootsAction.org report.
Primer on Foreign Policy for Candidates PublishedRootsAction Education Fund has published a Primer on Foreign Policy for Congressional Candidates. The primer has just been made public on a website and downloadable as a PDF. Read and share, especially with Congressional candidates. Urgent! Tell Your Representative to Sign onto the War Powers Letter to BidenBan Weaponized Drones from the WorldTell Congress: No More Weapons to Saudi ArabiaPresident Biden is stepping into President Trump's shoes as weapons dealer to Saudi Arabia, even as the horrific war on Yemen continues. Let's Say No to this. Email your Representative, Senators, and the White House.
Tell Your Senators and Representative to Read -- and Heed -- the Vital New Article About ICBMs Published by The Nation MagazineThe new article by Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and RootsAction national director Norman Solomon explains that experts are calling for an “act of sanity that could save humanity: Shutting down all of the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missiles.” Email your Senators and Representative.
Email Your Senators: No to Rahm!President Biden has announced that he is nominating Rahm Emanuel to be the U.S. ambassador to Japan. Now is the time for constituents to make sure there’s no “Ambassador Rahm Emanuel.”
Tell Your Senators and Representative to Insist on U.S. Military Restraint in Taiwan Crisis“Preventing accidents or miscalculations (political as well as military) that could trigger armed conflict that could easily escalate to nuclear war is now an urgent priority.” Email your Senators and Representative.
Tell Your Senators, Representative and President Biden: Grant Asylum to Afghan RefugeesAs the humanitarian crisis escalates in Afghanistan, urge the U.S. government to grant asylum to Afghan refugees. With one click, send an email to your senators and representative as well as President Biden.
Demand Protection for Climate Whistleblowers
In 2019 the European Union passed a Directive that requires all member countries to pass a comprehensive whistleblower protection law by 17 December 2021 – with strong free speech rights and legal protections.
You can quickly email key legislators in these countries at the links: Tell Congress to Pass the Green New Deal for Public SchoolsA bill in the House of Representatives would create a Green New Deal for Public Schools. Email your Representative and Senators.
Tell Ohio Prison Officials "Hands Off Rashid"Tell President Joe Biden: Stop Line 3The Army Corps failed to consider significant information on Line 3’s impacts in reaching its original determination, including the risks of oil spills, climate change effects, and consequences to Indigenous peoples. Sign this petition to President Joe Biden!
Urge Van Jones to Give $10 Million from Bezos to Group Resisting Abuses by AmazonTell Congress: No Military Spending in Infrastructure BillStop Slander of Those Who Tell Difficult Truths About IsraelTell Congress and the President We Need a Green New Deal NowWe need to impress upon elected officials the urgency of the need for serious action. Email your Representative, Senators, and President.
Email Your Senators: No to Rahm!News outlets are reporting that President Biden has decided to nominate Rahm Emanuel as U.S. ambassador to Japan. Email your Senators to say No To Rahm.
Email Congress: Don't Iraq Iran!What the United States did to Iraq must not be done to Iran! Email your Representative and Senators.
Tell Congress to Pass the College for All ActTell Congress to Ban Israel from Abusing Human Rights with U.S. DollarsH.R.2590 would prohibit Israel from using U.S. taxpayer dollars to abuse human rights in the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Email your Representative and Senators.
Impeach TrumpRootsAction.org is one of the two organizations that launched the Impeach Donald Trump Now petition on Inauguration Day; that petition has gathered 1.2 million signers. Now, the RootsAction Impeachment Campaign is bringing pressure directly to Congress members. Please visit our Impeach Trump Campaign to send an email to your representative and to learn more about the grounds for impeaching President Trump. Tell the Norwegian Government to Let Edward Snowden Come to NorwayOn November 18, Edward Snowden will be awarded Norwegian PEN's Ossietzky Prize for outstanding achievements as a whistleblower. Please sign this petition to the Government of Norway.
Email Your Rep. and Senators to Pass Medicare For AllMost rich countries spend much less on healthcare and provide it for everyone. They use non-profit systems like single-payer that cut out the middleman, the bureaucracy, the advertising, and the profit motive. Email your Representative and Senators.
Ask your Representative to commit to voting No on any bills that fund militarism at over 90% of the current levelA decade of successes, just getting startedAs of April 4, 2021, RootsAction has been at work for 10 years. The successes we've led the way on or been a part of include 116 we've put into a list. You can read more and share it with others, make a donation to RootsAction.org, share this post on Facebook or retweet this tweet, and watch our tribute video. Get shirts and gear here or here. Email Congress to Put a Tax on What the Top Fraction of 1% InheritSenator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Jimmy Gomez are introducing the 99.5 Percent Act, which would raise hundreds of billions of dollars that could be directed into the obvious human and environmental emergencies, while simultaneously preventing plutocracy. Email your Senators and Representative.
Tell your Senators and Representative to Co-Sponsor the New “ICBM Act” That Curtails ICBM Development and Funds a Universal Coronavirus VaccineYour senators and representative now have the opportunity to co-sponsor a vital new bill that has been introduced by Senator Edward Markey and Representative Ro Khanna. Please urge them to do so. Email your Senators and Representative.
Tell your Senators and Representative to Read the Vital New Report “Inside the ICBM Lobby” -- and Take Action to Prevent Nuclear WarThe new report “Inside the ICBM Lobby” lays out huge dangers and some real solutions in order to reduce the chances of nuclear war. Email your Senators and Representative.
Email President Biden and Your Members of Congress: We Need Diplomacy!Contrary to his pledge that “diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy,” President Biden has publicly labeled Russian President Vladimir Putin “a killer” without “a soul.” Send an email to President Biden as well as your Senators and Representative.
#NoHoneymoon for BidenClick here to learn about our #NoHoneymoon campaign Email Your Senators and the President: No to Rahm!Now is the time for constituents to make sure there’s no “Ambassador Rahm Emanuel.” Email your Senators and President Biden.
Tell Biden to Lift Sanctions for COVID ReliefTell Congress to Tax Wall Street TradesResources are desperately needed. The wealthy are just getting wealthier. Here's a solution that has long worked in many countries. Email your Representative and Senators.
No More War Weapons to PoliceMilitarizing police does not reduce crime or save lives. In fact, the main difference that militarizing police makes is that the police kill more people. Email Congress and the President.
Tell Your Senators to Vote No on Neera TandenGood news: Tanden nomination withdrawn President-elect Biden’s nominee to be director of the powerful Office of Management and Budget -- spent the last decade opposing progressive proposals and raising huge amounts of money for her think tank from wealthy donors representing special interests. Email your Senators to reject her.
Tell Your Senators to Reject Tom VilsackIn light of new information on the past record of Agriculture Secretary nominee Tom Vilsack, it is more urgent than ever that we all contact our Senators. Email your Senators now to reject him.
Email Congress to End the War on YemenCongress needs to re-introduce the War Powers Resolution under the Biden administration. Congress needs to permanently end weapons shipments to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Email your Representative and Senators.
Tell Your Senators to Reject Samantha PowerTell your Senators to reject the nomination of Victoria NulandVictoria Nuland has been nominated for Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. Email your Senators now to reject her.
Tell Your Senators to Vote No on Tom VilsackTom Vilsack served corporate interests for eight years as Secretary of Agriculture under Obama. Now he is the nominee for the same position under Biden. Email your Senators now to reject him.
Email your Senators what to ask Antony BlinkenBefore Antony Blinken can become Secretary of State, senators must approve. Email your Senators what you'd like them to ask.
Ask your Rep. and Senators to join the "Defense" Spending Reduction CaucusMilitary spending is more out of control than ever. Funding is needed for human and environmental needs more than ever. Email your Representative and Senators now.
Tell Congress to Convict Trump NowTell Congress to Impeach Trump NowDonald Trump has sought to overturn an election through fraudulent actions, dishonest demagoguery, and the instigation of violence. Email your Representative and Senators now.
Tell Your Senators to Vote No on Tom VilsackTom Vilsack served corporate interests for eight years as Secretary of Agriculture under Obama. Now he is the nominee for the same position under Biden. Email your Senators to reject him.
Petition to President-elect Biden: Take Executive Action on Student Debt!Email Your Senators: Keep Torture Apologists Out of the Biden AdministrationAsk your Representative to take prominent public positions on key questions of foreign policyTell your Representative to end U.S. war in AfghanistanLet's fix the Electoral College problem now.What do you say we stop allowing candidates who lose the national popular vote to ever enter the White House as president again? Please email your state legislators and governor.
Tell YOUR senators and representative: No war weapons to policeThe time has finally come to get weapons of war out of the hands of police. Email your Representative and your two Senators.
#VoteTrumpOut / Then Challenge Biden campaignClick here to learn about our newly-launched '#VoteTrumpOut / Then Challenge Biden' campaign Keep Water Public: Email Your Representative and SenatorsPrivatization of water in the United States and around the world has proven disastrous for public health and public wealth. Stop Congress from privatizing water!
Tell the Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs of Staff: Refuse Any Order by Trump to Interfere with the ElectionTell Your Senators: No Vote on Supreme Court Nominee This YearTell Trump: Pardon Edward SnowdenMembers of the European Parliament have sent a letter to President Trump, asking him to pardon Snowden. Please add your name to the petition.
Save the Post Office!We’re urging Congress to swiftly pass legislation to save, support, and strengthen the U.S. Postal Service, including its capacity to facilitate voting by mail. Email your Representative and your two Senators.
Move $350 billion from militarism to human needsThere's now a stronger resolution in Congress than we've seen in many years. Email your Representative and your two Senators.
How Did Your Rep Vote on Military Budget? Thank or Spank Accordingly.The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 21, voted 324 to 93 (with 13 not voting) to defeat a proposal to move a mere 10% of military spending to human, environmental, and health needs. How did your Representative vote, and what do you want to say to them?
Medicare for All. Green New Deal. Cancel Student Debt. End the Wars.$2,000/month until employment returns to pre-COVID-19 levelsTaxpayers just gave COVID-19 bailouts to giant corporations, why not people? Email your Representative and your two Senators.
"Bernie Sanders: Still Ahead of His Time"This video from RootsAction points to why Sanders is the strongest candidate to take on the coronavirus pandemic. The choice is clear: Sanders or BidenCall on Congress to fully fund a vote-by-mail system for NovemberWe’re calling on Congress to fully fund a vote-by-mail system for the November presidential election. Email your Representative and your two Senators.
Support the 21st Century Jobs BillSign AOC's petition opposing Trump's new budgetDonald Trump is robbing the working and middle class to give huge tax breaks to the wealthiest among us. Sign this petition from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress.
Tell Bloomberg to fund racial justice groups instead of a presidential campaignDemand that the DCCC end its blacklist policyThe DCCC is still blacklisting vendors who work on insurgent, primary campaigns. Sign this petition from Justice Democrats.
Congress must not allow the U.S. to enter into a war with IranMedicare for All. Not healthcare profiteering for the few.Two prominent candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are not just opposing Medicare for All – they keep denouncing and distorting it. #CNNisTrashIn its January 14th presidential primary debate, CNN displayed blatant bias so extreme that even viewers who knew little about the issues couldn't miss it, and focused on expressing hostility toward a single candidate, Bernie Sanders. Please sign this petition to be delivered to CNN.
Tell the New York Times and Washington Post: 'Quit Being a Megaphone for the Corporate Elite'In their coverage of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, the New York Times and Washington Post are largely serving as mouthpieces for corporate and establishment interests. Sign this petition, which will be presented to the top editors of those two influential newspapers.
Free Julian Assange. Do not extradite him."We the undersigned respectfully call on the appropriate authorities of the United Kingdom to immediately release Julian Assange, citizen of Australia, from Belmarsh prison where he is being unjustly and cruelly incarcerated." Read and sign the full petition.
Tell Your Senators and Representative That You Want Confirmation They’ve Read Daniel Ellsberg’s Crucial LetterNot another $738 billion for warsButtigieg needs to say which clients he worked for during his three years at corporate consulting firm McKinsey and Company.Congress: Keep these things in the NDAAImpeach Trump
RootsAction.org is one of the two organizations that launched the Impeach Donald Trump Now petition on Inauguration Day; that petition has gathered 1.4 million signers. Now, the RootsAction Impeachment Campaign is bringing pressure directly to Congress members. Please visit our Impeach Trump Campaign to send an email to your representative and to learn more about the grounds for impeaching President Trump.
Email your Representative. Tell Congress: Stop Poisoning the People of Vieques, Fund Closed Detonation ChambersThe U.S. government is cleaning up the toxic mess left on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, after decades of bombing practice, by finding unexploded ordnance and blowing it up in the open air -- adding to, rather than diminishing health risks. Email your Representative and Senators, or your Delegate in the U.S. Congress.
Tell FEMA: stop neglecting prisoners during hurricanes!Tell Chairman Nadler: Impeachment hearings nowHouse Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler seems to believe that we require still more evidence before holding impeachment hearings. Sign this petition to Chairman Nadler.
MSNBC: Stop your bias against Bernie Sanders. Include unabashed progressive voices.Tell Congress to Impeach Trump for Illegal Proliferation of Nuclear TechnologyTell Your Representative to Read Daniel Ellsberg’s Book "The Doomsday Machine" and to Take Action for Preventing Nuclear WarTell Your Senators to Read Daniel Ellsberg’s Book "The Doomsday Machine" and to Take Action for Preventing Nuclear WarCNN: Add a progressive journalist as a questioner for the Democratic debatesAt all four of CNN’s Republican debates in 2015-16, the network included conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on its panel to question GOP candidates. One CNN debate featured two CNN journalists and two right-wing journalists from conservative outlets. But at the upcoming Democratic debates on July 30-31, CNN is planning to include not a single progressive journalist among its panel of questioners. Add your name and comment for us to deliver to CNN.
Ban Slavery in State ConstitutionsTwenty U.S. states' constitutions contain the same shortcoming found in the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. They permit slavery, or in the case of Louisiana, "involuntary servitude," as punishment for a crime. Email your governor and state legislators.
BAD BLUES: Some of the House Democrats Who Deserve to Be 'Primaried'Tell the DNC to Hold a Climate DebateClimate collapse is not like other topics. It is a question of human survival. Sign this petition to the Democratic National Committee.
Do Not Leave Prisoners in the Paths of HurricanesWhen Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and Louisiana in 2017, prisoners were left locked-up in its path. Another hurricane or tropical storm is threatening the Gulf Coast. Sign this urgent petition and make these phone calls!
Tell the Senate to Vote on the Dream ActUrge your state government to join those banning Styrofoam containersWashington, D.C., Maine, and Maryland have banned polystyrene containers (often called Styrofoam). Email your state legislators and governor asking them to do the same.
Pass the "Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act"Ask Congress to pass legislation that would deny Israel the ability to use U.S. funds to commit the worst abuses against children. Email your Representative and Senators.
Impeach Trump for Declaring a False Emergency to Violate the Will of CongressPetition to Trump: Don't Iraq Iran!Every citizen deserves a vote -- End felony disenfranchisementFree Chelsea Manning One Last TimeEmail your Representative and Senators to Block U.S. War on VenezuelaThreats of direct U.S. military intervention in Venezuela are intensifying. Congressional action is urgently needed to prevent war. Email your Representative and Senators now.
Tell Facebook to Check Its Fact CheckersImpeach Trump for Refusing to Comply with SubpoenasMake the fat cats pay their share!Stop Trump's Cruelty to Central AmericaDonald Trump has announced an end to humanitarian aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Email your Representative and Senators not to allow this outrage.
Impeach Trump for Instructing Border Patrol to Violate the LawTell the UK not to extradite Julian AssangeDo not extradite Julian Assange to the United States. Set him free. Sign this petition to the U.K. government.
Become a Grassroots Co-Sponsor of Medicare for All!We now have bills with prominent cosponsors introduced in both houses of Congress and major momentum. Add your name to the Medicare for All Act of 2019 and help seize this opportunity.
Don't Let Congress Move Yet More Money into MilitarismTrump wants to increase this year's already-bloated, record-breaking $716 billion Pentagon budget to $750 billion for next year, including $165 billion off-the-books. Email your Representative to block this disastrous proposal.
Tell Congress: Sponsor and Pass the Berta Caceres ActSupport Microsoft Employees Who Refuse War WorkA global coalition of Microsoft employees is refusing to work on military weaponry. Sign your name in support of their moral stance.
Tell Your Senators to Speak Out -- and Vote Against -- Expansion of NATONATO has confirmed that it intends to bring into military membership yet another country on Russia’s border -- Georgia. But before that dangerous change can take effect, the U.S. Senate must vote on it. Please take a minute to email your two senators.
Become a Co-Signer of the Raise the Wage Act of 2019The newly introduced “Raise the Wage Act of 2019” would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024, index the minimum wage to the national median wage, and phase out the “tipped minimum wage” of $2.13 for tipped workers. Tell Congress we need this now.
Free Chelsea Manning AGAIN!Defending human rights is not anti-SemitismEmail your Representative and Senators to Block U.S. War on VenezuelaNothing can justify the supreme international crime of launching a war against another country. Doing so always ends up hurting everyone involved. Email your Representative and Senators with this lesson that ought to have been learned by now.
Impeach Trump for Unconstitutional Declaration of EmergencyDonald Trump once claimed he could get away with shooting somebody on Fifth Avenue. Can he get away with publicly announcing impeachable offenses? Let's make the answer be No. Email your Representative in Congress.
Stop Spreading Cancer on Military BasesA major source of deadly contamination in hundreds of locations around the United States and around the world is U.S. military bases, which use PFAS for putting out fires, despite full knowledge of the effects, and despite the availability of alternatives. Tell your Representative and Senators to act.
DA Krasner: At long last, turn the page on Mumia Abu-Jamal casePhiladelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is challenging a judge's ruling that Mumia Abu Jamal has the right to re-appeal his case. Sign this petition to District Attorney Krasner.
Tell Congress to Get the U.S. Out of the War on YemenOn December 13th, 2018, the U.S. Senate voted to end U.S. participation in the war on Yemen by a vote of 56 to 41. But the House passed a bill, by a three-vote margin, that included a ban on taking such a vote in 2018. Now it's 2019, and the mass killing in Yemen continues. Email your Representative and Senators to demand a new vote.
Impeach Trump and Pence for Supporting a Coup in VenezuelaBoth Donald Trump and Mike Pence have actively supported a coup in Venezuela, damaging the rule of law, eroding respect for the United States, and risking disastrous results in Venezuela and internationally. Email your Representative to demand impeachment.
If Trump declares a national emergency, Impeach himTrump has to be informed that he does not have immunity from impeachment. Tell your Congress Member that enough is enough.
Academic Institutions Must Defend Free SpeechLet's End the War on YemenSaudi Arabia's murder of one journalist is horrific. Its murder, in collaboration with the U.S. military, of thousands of men, women, and children by the busload in Yemen is, according to the United Nations and the European Union, currently the greatest human catastrophe on earth. Email your Representative and Senators to end war on Yemen.
Trump Illegally Tried to Influence an Election: Impeach HimWhile campaigning for the office of President, Donald Trump acted to buy the silence of individuals. Email your Representative now.
Ask Amazon employees to refuse military workNick Mottern reports that Amazon is likely to win a $10 billion contract “to build a global ‘brain’ for the Pentagon called JEDI, a weapon of unprecedented surveillance and killing power, a profoundly aggressive weapon that should not be allowed to be created.” Please sign this petition to Amazon employees.
Email your Representative to Vote No on PayGoDespite opposition from progressives, Nancy Pelosi is trying to revive her pay-as-you-go rule, requiring that all new spending be paid for by budget cuts or revenue offsets. Email your Representative now.
Tell Congress to Save This Vital Nuclear TreatyFree Cyntoia BrownCyntoia Brown's "crime" was being a 16-year-old victim of rape, kidnapping, and sex-trafficking while black. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has just days left in office. Email him and ask that he grant clemency to Cyntoia Brown.
Tell Trump He's Not WelcomeTrump will not be welcome in Pittsburgh and other communities that reject hatred and violence, unless he fully denounces white supremacy, stops targeting and endangering all minority groups, and ceases his assault on immigrants and refugees. Add your name in solidarity with people of Pittsburgh.
Impeach Trump for Tax FraudNo More War Rehearsals -- Sign the Petition!Nothing has done more to advance the possibility of peace in Korea than the United States ceasing what it calls "war games," but which might properly be called rehearsals for the bombing of North Korea. Yet the United States, NATO, and non-NATO-members Sweden and Finland are conducting the biggest rehearsal for a war on Russia that has been seen in decades, and Russia is engaged in a similarly enormous armed-rehearsal for a war on Europe.
Remedy for "Justice Kavanaugh" is impeachmentAdd your name to support this historic Open Letter for secure elections and true national securityActivists and writers including Noam Chomsky, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Alice Walker, and Daniel Ellsberg have signed the Open Letter on this page -- to call for secure elections in the United States and steps to ease tensions between the United States and Russia in order to prevent a catastrophic conflict between the nuclear superpowers. If you agree, join them by signing too.
Tell Christine Blasey Ford directly -- "I believe you Christine"Tell the Senate to Reject KavanaughAsk your Congress Member to impeach Trump for politicizing prosecutionsPresident Trump has repeatedly politicized prosecutions. Email to tell your Representative that this is an offense requiring impeachment.
Pardon Reality Winner“We the undersigned call on President Trump to pardon Reality Winner or to commute her sentence to time served.” Email your Senators and House Members.
Get the United States Out of the War on YemenThe United States has partnered with Saudi Arabia in a war in which U.S. bombs are blowing up large numbers of innocent children. Email your Senators and House Members.
Support Prisoners' Demands for Humane TreatmentPrisoners in at least 17 states have coordinated a nationwide prison strike to end inhumane treatment behind bars. Email your state and U.S. elected officials.
Urge more TV air time for GiulianiTo advance the cause of getting President Donald Trump impeached and removed from office, let's make use of the best tools available. Please sign the petition, which we will deliver to network TV and cable news producers.
Tell Trump: 'Your Immigration Hypocrisy Is Clear'Pass the No Money Bail Act of 2018Almost one quarter of the people locked up in the United States -- which leads the world in locking people up -- have not been convicted of any crime. Email your senators and representative.
A Message to the People of Mexico from People in the United StatesImpeach Trump for Separating Children from FamiliesTrump has violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which the United States is party, the Convention on the Rights of the Child to which every other nation on earth is party, the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Impeach Trump for What He Did to Texas and Puerto RicoThere's a lot of talk about "accountability," but there's one tool provided in the U.S. Constitution to achieve it. Email your member of Congress.
Tell U.S. Media to Fix Palestine CoverageWe have four simple demands for U.S. mainstream media outlets to help fix their broken coverage of Palestine. Add your name before we deliver this petition to U.S. mainstream media.
Urge Ecuador to Protect WikiLeaks from Persecution by Team TrumpPlease let Ecuador’s leaders know that you support their courageous stand in protecting press freedom, as well as their right to grant political asylum and resist United States/United Kingdom intimidation. Sign this letter to President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador.
Tell this Indiana Prison to Restore In-Person VisitsOn May 1, 2018, the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana, completely eliminated in-person visitation at the facility. Add your name to this petition to the Miami Correctional Facility Staff and Administration.
Tell Congress to Stop Trump from Selling More Guns to Abusive Bahrain!The U.S. Congress has 30 days to block the new weapons sale and show that the U.S. won’t support a growing military dictatorship in Bahrain. Add your name to this petition to Congress.
Urge Partners in Iran Deal to Uphold It Despite TrumpNo More U.S. Weapons to IsraelEnd the provision of free weapons to the government of Israel. Sign this petition to the U.S. government.
Create Ranked Choice Voting in Your StateTell Congress to Oppose Firing Missiles at SyriaA Trump tweet said “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria” and added: “Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and 'smart!'” Email your House Member and Senators Now!
Pass the GRACE ActA bipartisan group of Senators has introduced legislation that would make it easier for the terminally ill to request a reduced sentence. Ask your Senators to co-sponsor the GRACE Act.
Government Policy for Profits of a Crime Family?Tell Senate to Block Pompeo and HaspelTrump has nominated current CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, and current CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel to replace Pompeo. Email your senators to block these nominations.
Video: Press Conference Marking 15th Anniversary Of Leak by GCHQ Translator Katharine Gun Revealing U.S. “Dirty Tricks” at UN for Iraq WarStop Trump's militarism parade before it startsTrump wants a military parade with major war weaponry rolling down the streets of Washington, D.C. Let's stop this bad idea before it happens.
Take These Steps to Move Away from Nuclear WarHere's a plan that your Representative and Senators might take seriously, especially if they hear about it from enough of us. Email your Representative and Senators.
Tell Congress: Not One Dime for Trump's Border WallTrump is demanding millions in U.S. tax dollars for his border wall, having abandoned his oft-repeated campaign promise that Mexico would pay to wall itself off. Email your Representative and Senators.
Tell state and local governments to save net neutralityThere's a way that state and local governments can help save net neutrality -- and the FCC cannot stop them. Send an email to your state legislators and governor.
Tell Facebook to Stop Deleting Accounts at the Direction of GovernmentsMSNBC: Stop censoring U.S.-assisted carnage in YemenThe Democratic Party Should Live Up to Its First NameDon't let Congress put Attorney General Jeff Sessions in charge of mass surveillanceCongress is gearing up to reauthorize sweeping surveillance powers that will grant President Trump and Attorney General Sessions the unconstitutional power to continue to spy on Americans without a warrant. Email your Representative and Senators.
Hey, Nancy Pelosi, Stop Blocking ImpeachmentDemocratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says, "Now is not the time to consider articles of impeachment." Impeaching Donald Trump, she says, would be a waste of time because "he's just not that important." Pelosi claims that impeaching Trump would "divide us, not bring us together." Please sign this petition to Nancy Pelosi.
End Abusive Use of Tasers in U.S. JailsUrge World to Support the Olympic TruceThe United Nations has asked its member states to observe an Olympic truce during the upcoming February 9-25 Winter Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and for one week on either side. Sign a petition that can be printed out and delivered to the government of every nation on earth.
Tell Congress: Adopt Policy of No First Use of Nuclear WeaponsUsing nuclear weapons ever would be absolute lunacy. A step toward abolition, disarmament, easing of international tensions, and peace negotations would be for the United States to join those nuclear nations that foreswear first use. Add your name and comments to this petition to the U.S. Congress.
Sign the People's Peace Treaty with North KoreaDemand Reasonable Limits on "Russiagate" InvestigationsThe House Intelligence Committee has invited and, when he declined, sent a subpoena to a progressive journalist. Please sign this petition to Congress.
Free Bahrain's Leading Human Rights Defender Nabeel RajabHuman rights activist Nabeel Rajab is in prison in Bahrain for 2 years as punishment for speaking to the media about restrictions on press freedom in Bahrain. He's threatened with another 15 years in a separate case stemming solely from Tweets in which he criticized the war in Yemen and the use of torture in Bahraini prisons. Please sign this petition to the Bahraini authorities.
Join Mikhail Gorbachev's plea to the presidents of Russia and the United StatesStop the coerced sterilization of people in prisonCalifornia is the first state to have explicitly banned the coercive sterilization of inmates. Ask your state legislators to do the same.
Tell Congress: Keep the Iran DealNegotiated agreements and adherence to them remain highly preferable to war. Send an email to your Representative and two Senators.
C-Span Video: U.S. Planes Out of SyriaTell U.S. to Pay Reparations It Promised VietnamU.S. President Richard Nixon promised reparations that have never come. Email your Representative, Senators, and President.
Impeach Trump before he starts a nuclear warThank Athletes for Taking a Knee and Resisting TrumpTrump's bombast has spurred even more athletes to speak out against racial injustice and against Trump. Thank those athletes who have taken a knee in protest -- or have joined in their defense.
Tell Congress: Stop refueling famine in YemenTell the Harvard Kennedy School: Revoking Chelsea Manning's Fellowship Is DisgracefulPressure from top CIA officials has caused a Harvard dean to announce that the university is canceling its invitation to Chelsea Manning to be a visiting fellow. Sign this petition to Douglas Elmendorf, Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School.
Hold Mike Pence AccountableDe-Militarize the PoliceDonald Trump has just undone limitations on a program that unloads old war weaponry on domestic police departments. Please sign this petition to the U.S. Congress.
Tell your Congress member: IMPEACH TRUMP!The gap between the public interest to impeach Trump and the refusal to budge on Capitol Hill has become a chasm. We must change this. Email your member of the House of Representatives.
Demand Huge Federal Action on Hurricane Harvey NowShoddy planning by the Trump administration has badly failed to mitigate the harm from this forecasted monster hurricane. Sign this urgent petition to the U.S. government.
Tell Congress to reconvene NOW for hurricane victimsMany thousands of people now need emergency assistance such as housing in areas devastated by this hurricane. Send this urgent message to your representative and two senators.
Tell Virginia to Take Robert E. Lee Out of the U.S. Capitol100 statues represent 50 states in the U.S. Capitol, two provided by each state. One of Virginia's is Robert E. Lee. Please sign this petition to the Virginia legislature and governor.
Tell Your Representative in Congress: Impeach President TrumpHis incitement of racist violence must be included in the case against him. Email your congressional representative.
Push back against Trump's threats of nuclear warDiplomacy, Not Threats, Toward North KoreaU.S. threats toward North Korea are threats to all of us. Email your Representative and two Senators, with a "cc" to the White House.
Abolish Slavery as Criminal PunishmentThe "exception clause" since the 1865 passage of the 13th Amendment has watered down the abolition of slavery. Sign this petition to the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
No U.S. war planes over SyriaThere is no legal or moral basis for the United States to be waging war in Syria, risking conflict with Russia and nuclear apocalypse for us all. Sign this petition to the U.S. Congress and Secretary of Defense James Mattis.
Help Stop the Epidemic of Guard Violence in PrisonsUrge Your State to Follow the Lead of U.S. Mayors in Rejecting Trump BudgetTell your state to urge the U.S. Congress to move funding from militarism to human and environmental needs, rather than the reverse. Send an email to your state representatives and governor.
Trump Owes Chuck Jones an ApologyTrump falsely claimed to have saved 1,100 jobs from elimination at a Carrier Corp. factory in Indiana. He insulted on Twitter the union leader who pointed out the falsehood. Please sign this petition to Donald Trump.
Don't Let Trump Persecute Accused LeakerA vengeful federal government – cheered on by Fox News and other media – seems intent on making an example of 25-year-old NSA contractor Reality Leigh Winner, now behind bars without bail. Insist that the U.S. government afford Ms. Winner all her legal rights, including the right to bail.
Tell Trump and Putin: Negotiate, Don’t EscalateWhat happens during the announced meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit could determine the fate of the Earth. Please sign this urgent petition.
Trump vs. Grand Canyon. Which side are you on?Tell Trump and Congress: End Cuba EmbargoTightening restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba is bad for peace, bad for business, bad for U.S. patients deprived of Cuban medicine, and unpopular even among Cuban Americans. Sign this petition to Trump and Congress.
Brad Pitt and Walter Jones: Right on AfghanistanEmail Your Senators: Trumpcare No, Single-Payer YesThe House has passed a deadly healthcare-denial bill. Now it's up to the Senate. Your Senators urgently need to hear from you. Click to email both of them.
Tell Media: Stop Ignoring Pence's CulpabilityVice President Mike Pence has established a pattern of false statements, misdirection, and blind obedience to Donald Trump. It is time to aggressively scrutinize his statements and actions. Sign a petition to major U.S. media.
Block War FundingWar making and war funding are out of control. Please sign this petition to the Congress of the United States.
Impeach Trump NowHelp make a $15/hour minimum wage happenA full-time worker in the U.S. today can live in poverty, and millions do. Let's change that. Email your Representative and two Senators.
Tell Trump to Stop Threatening North KoreaDonald Trump claims he has no choice but to threaten North Korea with war. Sign this petition to help educate him -- or at least the U.S. media and some of those around him.
Mass Starvation in Yemen: Ending It Requires Admitting Who's Causing ItTell Members of Congress: No More Tax Dollars for War in SyriaIt’s urgent that your senators and representative in Congress hear directly from you about this extremely dangerous crisis. You can quickly send an email message to all three of them by clicking here.
Implement an anonymity clause for civilians who report crimesSince Trump’s executive order on Border Security and Immigration Enforcement—signed in late January—an increasing number of immigrant women are choosing not to prosecute violent crimes committed against them out of fear of being detained and deported. Please email your senators and representative now.
Congress, Instruct the Department of Justice Not to Let Police Departments Off the HookAttorney General Jeff Sessions is apparently working to undo federal oversight of systemically criminal, abusive, and racist local police departments. Sign this petition to Congress.
Tell Your Senators and Representative: Escalating Rhetoric Against Russia Could Lead to Nuclear CatastropheIn 1963, the same year as his “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. King pointedly said: “We have guided missiles and misguided men.” Later -- speaking of “a world torn between the tensions of East and West” -- he warned that “we live each day on the verge of nuclear co-annihilation.” In the next minute you can send a vital message to your senators and representative in Congress. Share Masha Gessen's Article "Russia: The Conspiracy Trap" with Your Senators and RepresentativeJournalist Masha Gessen is renowned as a courageous activist for LGBT rights in Russia and a longtime opponent of President Putin. Her recent article “Russia: The Conspiracy Trap”, published by the New York Review of Books, should be widely read. Please email this vital article to your senators and representative now.
End U.S. Warmaking in SyriaAllow Parents the Option to Protect Kids from Military Recruiters in High SchoolsParents in every state should be given, as in Maryland, the means to exercise their right to opt out of sending their kids' names and contact information to military recruiters. Please click to email your state legislators and governor.
Abolish the CIAWe've now had 70 years of government overthrows, election interference, arming of terrorists, kidnapping, murder, torture, lies to justify wars, bribery of foreign officials, and cyber-attacks. Enough is enough. Please add your name to this petition to Congress.
He's draining the wetlands, not the swampPopular-Vote Loser Trump is draining the actual wetlands, not the metaphorical "swamp." Sign this petition to Congress.
Say No to Trump Troops Against ImmigrantsYes to Carbon Tax, But Do It RightTell NPR to Call a Lie a LieNational Public Radio has announced that it will never refer to a lie by a U.S. president as a lie. Sign this petition to NPR News:
Make New York City a Zone Safe from Official BigotrySmaller cities have begun this trend. New York City should be helping to lead it. Please add your name to this petition to urge the New York City Council to act.
Tell Congress to Say No to Nuclear MadnessSeveral steps are urgently needed to reduce the risk of nuclear war. Please sign this petition to the U.S. Congress.
Tell Obama to Release the Senate Torture ReportFour years ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee produced a 7,000-page report that the committee chair at the time, Dianne Feinstein, calls "a total exposé of the ineffectiveness of torture." Sign this petition to President Obama.
Make Los Angeles a Zone Safe from Official BigotrySmaller cities have begun this trend. Los Angeles should be helping to lead it. Please add your name to this petition to urge the Los Angeles City Council to act.
Tell U.S. to Join Syrian CeasefireMissing is a commitment by the United States to itself cease fighting and cease arming fighters. Email President Obama, your Congress Member, and your two Senators with one quick email.
Tell the next president: No more war!Please sign this petition to the 45th President of the United States. We will deliver it pre-inauguration.
Email your governor and state legislators to oppose Muslim registry, mass deportationsProtect Texas' Eastham Unit Prisoners from Lead and Copper in WaterThe water at the Texas Eastham Unit has been confirmed to contain high levels of copper and lead. Sign this petition to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Block Government Policy of Climate Denial1) Halt steps aimed at possible purge of fact-based employees at Energy Department. Please add your name to this urgent petition.
Tell Norway to Arrest Henry Kissinger when he speaks at Nobel Peace Prize forumBlock Creation of Neo-McCarthyite CommitteeThe Intelligence Authorization Act includes a provision that creates a Committee to counter supposed Russian “media manipulation,” “disinformation,” "assassinations," and other covert measures in the United States. The Committee’s mandate is so broad -- in short, anything the President tells them to do -- that any current or future president could easily (and, if desired, secretly) use the Committee to target political enemies, journalists, and activists. Tell your Senators to vote no.
Tell the Washington Post: “Smearing is not reporting.”The Washington Post’s recent descent into McCarthyism -- promoting anonymous and shoddy claims that a vast range of some 200 websites are all accomplices or tools of the Russian government -- violates basic journalistic standards. Please sign this petition to Martin Baron, Executive Editor, The Washington Post.
Emergency investigation into the vote counts in the 2016 presidential election in Michigan, Wisconsin and PennsylvaniaTell your senators directly -- NO racists, misogynists or religious bigots in the CabinetA solution: What to call TrumpTrump and his allies are eager for the public to forget that he lost the popular vote -- at last count, by more than 1.4 million votes. Here's a way to accurately identify Trump.
STOP The War Supplemental BillUn-Trump The WorldThe United States has just sent a message to the world, and it is not simply that our people are fed up with our government. (That has long been true and well deserved.) The message is that many of us are OK with racism, sexism, religious bigotry, xenophobia, mockery of the disabled, and viciously blaming the unfortunate for their misfortunes and ours. Sign your name to help un-Trump this with a different message to the world.
Tell prison administrations: lift ban on SF Bay View newspaperPrison administrations in several states have banned prisoners from receiving the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper, a grassroots paper that has published articles by and about prisoners for decades. Please sign this petition to prison administrators.
Should nonviolent Native Americans in North Dakota have the legal rights of armed white people in Oregon?Our two standards of justice in the United States, as illustrated by the recent acquittal of heavily armed white men in Oregon and the full force of militarized police being brought against nonviolent Native Americans in North Dakota, encourages racism and violence while protecting the construction of a fossil fuel pipeline that will damage the earth's climate.
Cancel the F-35The F-35 is a weapon of offensive war, serving no defensive purpose. It is planned to cost the U.S. $1.4 trillion over 50 years. This is a new global/local effort to cancel it now.
Call for the Federal Government to Protect Voting RightsA variety of factors unique to this election cycle contribute to a voting environment where voters have reason to believe they will be met with intimidation at the polls, accompanied by a very real fear of violence due to the color of their skin or their age. Sign this petition to the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Voting Section.
Suspend the Weapons Transfer Program that authorizes local U.S. police departments to get military equipmentThe use of war weapons and tactics in local police departments fuels the widespread mentality that police in black and brown communities are at war against the people they are meant to serve. Sign and add a comment to this petition to U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
Congress: Don't keep Wells Fargo's dirty moneyNo More Cluster Bombs EverThe last U.S. maker of cluster bombs has stopped producing them . . . for the moment. Let's seize this moment when production has ceased to put a legal ban in place.
Prosecute Banksters NowCongress members keep telling the CEO of Wells Fargo over and over again that he should be "held accountable." If only the U.S. government had an actual Justice Department!
Stand in Solidarity with Prisoners Striking for Human RightsOverride the Veto: Let 9/11 Victims' Families Sue Saudi ArabiaThe U.S. Senate is about to vote on whether to override a veto of a bill to allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. Click to email both of your senators right now.
Tell Colin Kaepernick you support his brave stance for racial justiceSan Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick did not stand for a playing of the national anthem. He explained: "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way."
Stand with Chelsea Manning on hunger strikeMake the FBI Stop Spying on ActivistsThe FBI and DHS have conducted ongoing surveillance of nonviolent social justice activists for years. They have engaged confidential informants, infiltrated groups, and interrogated organizers. Please sign this petition to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
Petition to Open Up the Presidential DebatesUrgent: Chelsea Manning is being charged for her own suicide attemptStop Supporting – and Start Punishing – Saudi ArabiaMove Away from Nonstop War. Close the Ramstein Air Base.Located in southwestern Germany, the U.S. government's Ramstein Air Base is serving key functions for nonstop war that has been hugely destructive in many countries. This is a global campaign to close the Ramstein Air Base and challenge agendas for perpetual war.
Tell the Norwegian Government to Let Edward Snowden Come to NorwayOn November 18, Edward Snowden will be awarded Norwegian PEN's Ossietzky Prize for outstanding achievements as a whistleblower. Please sign this petition to the Government of Norway.
Raise the Qualifications for Prison Guards Nationwide1. Prison guards should have at least some level of college education. Sign this petition to raise the qualifications for Correctional Officers nationwide.
Impeach and Prosecute Tony Blair NowNo to Missile "Defense" Sites in OH, MI, NYThe U.S. military has now built missile "defense" sites in Alaska and California (as well as Romania, and under construction in Poland). Next will be New York, Michigan, or Ohio, unless we can stop them. Please submit comments before the July 18th deadline.
Let It Bern. Continue to the Convention."We urge you to complete the process of fully representing the millions of people who've worked, donated and voted for you." An urgent petition to Senator Bernie Sanders.
Appeal from U.S. to World: Help Us Resist U.S. CrimesSince the end of the Cold War, the United States of America has systematically violated the prohibition against the threat or use of force contained in the UN Charter and the Kellogg Briand Pact. Sign a petition that will be sent to all the world's national governments.
Remove Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC ChairThe head of one of the two big political parties in the United States is trying to choose its nominee by reducing input from voters. Enough is enough. She's got to go.
Don't let TV networks suppress the vote on TuesdayChris Matthews recently declared that on Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. Eastern time, MSNBC and other TV networks plan "to announce that Hillary Clinton has now gotten over the top," something not actually possible until July. Tell TV networks not to suppress the vote.
Be Like Maine: Dump SuperdelegatesMaine's Democratic Party has asked its superdelegates to vote for a presidential nominee in proportion to the actual results of the state's caucuses. Add your name to a petition asking every other state Democratic Party to do the same.
Stop retaliation against whistleblowers in BosniaMake Voter Registration Automatic in Your State TooOregon and California and now West Virginia have made voter registration automatic. Your state is 100% capable of easily taking the same step.
Disarm, Don't Destroy the Middle East!End U.S. arms shipments to the Middle East. Arms only intensify the violence. Tell the president and Congress.
Michelle Alexander's message on presidential raceTell Hillary Clinton to Give Saudi Arabia's $10 Million to Peace Organizations and the People of YemenThe DNC has finally gone too farThe DNC has removed restrictions on "donations" from federal lobbyists and political action committees. Tell Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign now.
Put a Progressive on the Supreme Court NOWRepublicans want to "run out the clock" on filling the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Email President Obama and your two senators.
Ask Hillary Clinton to donate the $675,000 from Goldman Sachs to help the homelessSupposedly Hillary Clinton would have given the same speeches to Goldman Sachs had they offered $1.50 or $9 million. The sum she took in was just "what they offered." So here's a proposal: Donate the $675,000 to good causes.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership can and must be stopped now.Tell Hillary Clinton to stop lying about her Iraq voteOn the February 3rd CNN town hall, Hillary Clinton falsely claimed that her vote for the 2003 Iraq invasion had actually been a vote for more inspections rather than war. Find the facts and tell her to stop distorting them here.
Tell Hillary Clinton to Stop Lying About Single-PayerWe demand a federal investigation of the killing of Tamir RiceTell the Clintons to give their $25 million in speaking fees to good causesUrge Congress to pass the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion ActThis bill would do what its name suggests. Let your representative know you want them to support it.
Stop Rewarding TrumpRahm Emanuel Should Resign NowStop the $1.29 Billion Arms Sale to Saudi ArabiaProtect Paris and World from Greatest DangerPresident Barack Obama's mission in Paris should be to join the world, not dominate it. Please sign this petition to be delivered in Paris.
Mark Zuckerberg, Stop Your "Charity" ScammingFacebook multi-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is being celebrated for supposedly giving away 99% of his money, something over $45 billion. He should, but he hasn't. Sign this petition.
Stop Saudi Arabia before it kills againSomebody claims that Ashraf Fayadh cursed God. So a Saudi Arabian court has sentenced him to be beheaded. To help prevent this outrage, please add your name.
Insist Paris tragedy not be exploited for more warAt this time of grief, our hearts go out to the people of France, as well as to the people of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and other countries traumatized by deadly violence -- people of all races, religions and nationalities. This is a time of shock and fear, but also can be a time of reflection and action.
Tell world leaders: kick fossil fuel industry out of climate policyThe earth's climate is at stake, and for the upcoming conference in Paris to succeed it will have to be free of the influence of big polluters. Sign the petition to the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Make Voter Registration Automatic in Your State TooOregon and California have now made voter registration automatic. Click to email your state legislators and governor to do the same.
Tell the Center for American Progress to disinvite NetanyahuStop Supporting – and Start Punishing – Saudi ArabiaPetition to Stop The TPPThis agreement would destroy jobs, degrade the environment, undermine the Internet and weaken U.S. democracy and sovereignty. Urge the Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Our State Can End Homelessness TooUtah is ending chronic homelessness by providing people with homes, no strings attached. This policy is cost-effective, compassionate, and successful. Click to email your state legislators and governor.
For updates on how to support CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, sign up with RootsActionNo Weapons For BahrainSince the February 2011 popular uprising of the Arab Spring, the Bahraini monarchy has been teargassing, shooting, threatening, imprisoning, torturing, and killing pro-democracy activists. Ask your senators and representative to co-sponsor a bill to stop weapons shipments to Bahrain.
CNN: Add a progressive journalist for Tuesday's debateAt the CNN-sponsored Republican Party debate last month, one of the three panelists CNN selected to question the candidates was conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. But at Tuesday's upcoming Democratic Party debate, CNN is planning to include not a single progressive advocate among its panel of four questioners. Add your name and comment for us to deliver to CNN.
Tell Obama We Want Serious Action on Climate Before ParisThe United States must make a radical redirection of priorities to protect the climate between now and the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris between November 30 and December 11, 2015. Tell Obama We Want Serious Action.
Support Pope's call to end arms tradePope Francis asked Congress to end the arms trade. He said it is driven by money drenched in blood. Email your representative and senators to ask them if they agree and how they will follow through.
No Weapons For IsraelWe just avoided a potential war with Iran. Why would we now give Israel weapons it needs to start a war with Iran and more weapons to continue oppressing the Palestinians? Sign the petition to President Obama.
Time to defend our net neutrality victoryTell the DNC it's time for more debatesThe Democratic National Committee is pledging to exclude from its presidential debates any candidate who is in a debate outside an absurdly limited schedule of six sanctioned debates. Email the Democratic Party leadership to hold more and earlier debates.
Bernie Sanders, Speak Up: Militarism and Corporate Power Are Fueling Each OtherMartin Luther King Jr. explicitly and emphatically linked the issues of economic injustice at home with war abroad. Bernie Sanders should do the same. Please sign this petition to Bernie Sanders.
Tell Congress: Support Diplomacy Not War With IranUrgent Petition in Support of Chelsea Manning's Human RightsArctic Drilling Is InsaneAl Gore just said that President Obama's arctic drilling plan is "insane." Watch the video or sign the petition here.
Tell Congress to Defend Iran DealStop fracking where our food is grown: CaliforniaWhether you live in California or not, chances are you eat food that grows there. Click here to see why fracking is unsafe and to tell Jerry Brown to stop fracking now.
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