2020 Action

Our Best Chance to Renew America

Our Best Chance to Renew America October 2020 - The election this fall offers the most significant opportunity in our lifetime to advance the environmental and peace values we hold dear. The next few weeks offer us the very last chance to impact this election at every level. Vote: If you have any questions about voting...

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Encourage Likely Progressive Voters in Key States to Register to Vote in 2020 January - As we suggested in our September mailing, using VoteForward to get more voters registered in progressive strongholds in twelve “Superstates” is the most strategic way to advance peace and the environment in the 2020 elections. Such states will probably determine the outcome of the Pres...

Extend the New Start Treaty to Tame Russia's New Missile Systems December 2019 - While the US is spending $1.7 Trillion on its Nuclear Modernization Program, Russia is not sitting idly by. Unrestrained by the canceled Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and the possibly soon to lapse New START Treaty, Russia is building 6 new systems, 4 of which are strateg...

100% Renewable Electricity is Available— Often at Cheaper Than Utility Prices November 2019 - The secret is "municipal aggregation," also called ‘Power Choice,’ in which the municipality bargains for its residents jointly. This aggregated bargaining power lowers the price to the point where, often, 100% renewable energy is cheaper than the original utility price. In Newto...

Increase Voter Registration Now for the 2020 Elections September 2019 - Vote Forward/Swing Left is an organization working to get more progressive people registered to vote—and then to vote—in next year’s national and state elections. It has identified 11 “SuperStates” that are critical to advancing peace and the environment in the 2020 electi...

End U.S. Unconstitutional Participation in Saudi War on Yemen August 2019 - The Saudi war on Yemen has resulted in unprecedented starvation and death. U.S. participation in this war is unconstitutional, unauthorized under the War Powers Act of 1973, and immoral. The House and the Senate have both separately passed the Yemen War Powers Resolution, SJRes7, autho...

Last Call for Saving Thousands of Species in the U.S. July 2019 - The sudden decline of the magnificent Monarch butterfly has been in all the papers and weekend magazines in recent years. Less well known is the fact that nearly one million plant and animal species worldwide are poised on the brink of extinction, according to the recently released...

Act Now to Prevent War with Iran June 2019 - Chances of war have risen sharply in the Persian Gulf. John Bolton, the national security advisor, has for decades been intent on finding paths to regime change in Iran, and now joined by Sec. of State Pompeo, he has hardened his talk. President Trump is sitting on...