Call to Action
Pssst!! Hey! You wanna buy some democracy??
Apr 11 2013
"Freedom Isn't Free", but ours is apparently for sale. So, if you have $1000 to invest, and if having a fracking-friendly mayor for the City of Pittsburgh is worth big bucks to you, get yourself to the Airport on April 18, and hand your money to the Jack Wagner campaign.
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| Wagner Marcellus fundraiser Invite.pdf | 548.67 KB |
Follow-up actions on "airport fracking" legislation
Feb 08 2013We've endured the manufactured media event that was Allegheny County's "public hearing" on airport fracking. There are two more opportunities to show your commitment:
- Send written comments to Allegheny County Council by 5pm, Friday, Feb. 15
- Attend the meeting of the "Public Works Committee" of Council: (Thurs., Feb. 14, 4:30pm, 'Conference Rm 1' at County Courthouse)
Public Hearing about Airport Drilling
Jan 19 2013Check the 'comments' to this item, if you're looking for possible talking points for Thursday's meeting.
ACTION ALERT - Contact County Executive Rich Fitzgerald & the Allegheny County Council
Click here for full details and contact information for your elected officials.
You can also download this one-page flyer and distribute it in your neighborhood.
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| Details on airport fracking | 308.9 KB |
| Sample Letter (for Elected County Officials) | 79.67 KB |
| One-page flyer - for you to distribute | 178.04 KB |
Please sign the 'Willie Nelson Farm Aid' petition
Sep 15 2012
Willie Nelson's Farm Aid movement is coming to Pennsylvania on September 22, at Hersheypark Stadium. We're petitioning Willie to denounce fracking of American's farmland - from the stage, at this concert.
Click here to add your name.
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Riverdale: The Front-Line of Citizen Resistance
Jun 12 2012The time is NOW to come to Riverdale. Contact us for details.
Here's a first-hand report:There's more…
Call for Volunteers: Compiling a mailing list of township supervisors
Apr 14 2012Are you looking for a way to pitch in? (Are you old enough to remember 'stuffing envelopes'; and do you wonder what happened to simple, useful tasks like that?) Please volunteer to help us in compiling a mailing list.There's more…
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Our Canadien colleagues observe Earth Day
Mar 26 2012
In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, citizens' groups from all backgrounds will attend a major event on Earth Day, April 22, 2012. A delegation from Pittsburgh will be attending. Please join us in supporting their event.There's more…
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Stealing Water from PA (3-12 Water fr Susquehanna.jpg)
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Stealing Water from PA
Mar 10 2012A photograph from fracktivist Joe, these trucks are lined up to slurp up millions of gallons of clean Susquehanna River water to frack wells.
Joe says: "Water trucks lined up at Midnight in Terry Township for water withdrawal from the Susquehanna. This is a 24/7 operation and as most are sleeping, our precious river is being usurped of it's life giving value, our water."There's more…
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Do you pay for services not rendered?
Feb 18 2012No, you say. But, yeah you do.
During the Vietnam War some young men who opposed the war disregarded their draft notices, they were known as Conscientious Objectors. I suggest we become Conscientious Objectors to state taxation. (There is precedent for being a Conscientious objector to military taxation.) There's more…
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