Category: GMOP

EUGENE DEBS 1917

Tim Robbins reading what got Eugene Debs into prison for 10 years.     Tim Robbins performs Eugene V. Debs Canton, Ohio speech June 1918 Tim Robbins performed this excerpt of Eugene V. Debs' 1918 speech at a May 2009 performance at the 92Y in New York City, as part of a celebration of the …

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STILL OPPOSING THE TPP – HELP US

Robert Reich is a person who can tell you about the TPP in a very short time. Local people have met with Rick Larsen in a town Hall and Suzan DelBene in 2 small meetings to voice our opposition to the TPP.  Will it help?  Time will tell.   We held banners and yelled slogans in front …

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LARSEN TOWN HALL ON TPP

Yes, That’s right – Congressman Rick Larsen wants to meet with us and hear what we have to say for or against the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership)  He will be in Bellingham on Friday, November 13 at the City of Bellingham Council Chambers at 5:30 – 7 pm OCCUPY WALL STREET BELLINGHAM will have a rally …

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GET MONEY OUT OF ELECTIONS

We need your help to get this petition on the ballot.   GMOP is a high priority for OCCUPY wall street BELLINGHAM and many of us are working as volunteers for this campaign. Find out how you can help at https:/www.wamend.org  

FOLLOW THE MONEY

Professors Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University) looked at more than 20 years worth of data to answer a simple question: Does the government represent the people? Their study took data from nearly 2000 public opinion surveys and compared it to the policies that ended up becoming law. In other words, …

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PROTEST CITIZENS UNITED- WE WERE THERE!

On the Fifth Anniversary of The 2010 Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court OCCUPY BELLINGHAM staged an action.  For starters we built the banners.  We learned this at a Backbone Campaign summer workshop here in Bellingham summer of 2012.             Then we took those banners to the freeway overpasses …

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THEATER – “GO GRANNY D” TONIGHT

A reminder about this opportunity to see live theater and learn more about one person’s actions helping the movement to overturn the Citizen’s United Supreme Court ruling in 2010.  The information is on the flier below.   

GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS

AT THE FARMERS MARKET AFTER THE SKI TO SEA PARADE. WORKING HARD TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT  

LEGALIZE DEMOCRACY

  A short video shows what Citizen’s United v. FEC was/is about. This video can be found on the WAMEND web site. Or you can find the link to WAMEND on the left side of the main page.  It is one of many great videos to better understand this cause so you can be more …

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TONIGHT – HEAR ASHLEY SANDERS TALK ABOUT CORPORATE PERSONHOOD