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 Tomorrow
is Giving Tuesday, and we'll have a lot more tomorrows if the
agenda we're working for together succeeds.
The
struggle for environmental sustainability — and against
the militarism that both risks nuclear catastrophe and
constitutes a leading contributor to environmental destruction
— is urgent.
You can support the RootsAction Education
Fund today. There's no need to wait. Just
click here to make a tax-deductible
donation.
The thermometer at right shows
just what we need to make it through this month.
Below are just a few of the successes supported by
the RootsAction Education Fund.
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When you
support the RootsAction Education Fund you're giving a
tax-deductible gift in support of humanity and other
species, while deductions can mean paying less in taxes to a
government squandering vast sums on perpetual
war.
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What the
RootsAction Education Fund does:
In 2018 we
further expanded a program to support brave
whistleblowers who take great risks to speak to
journalists about official wrongdoing or criminality.
Whistleblowers who speak out about government or corporate
misconduct are essential to a truly free press. The Education
Fund's program has been critical in amplifying the voices of
such whistleblowers as former NSA official Thomas
Drake, and former participants in the U.S. military drone
program Cian Westmoreland and Brandon Bryant. We
have also educated the public about the plight of U.S.
prisoners, including several considered political prisoners.
Here are a few examples of the work of the RootsAction
network:
-- In March 2018, British activist Lauri
Love, who had faced extradition to the United States and
decades in prison for protesting the persecution of U.S.
internet activist Aaron Swartz, learned he would not have to
face extradition when the High Court refused an appeal of a
February ruling. RootsAction had partnered with the Courage
Foundation to support Love and fund his legal
expenses.
-- In July 2017, African American activist
Edward Pinkney was released from prison. RootsAction
had joined with many others in asking for his
release.
-- In March 2017, the Pennsylvania Department
of Corrections finally agreed to give prisoner Mumia
Abu-Jamal medical treatment for Hepatitis C, which
RootsAction had played a big part in demanding.
-- In
April-May 2016, RootsAction petitioned the Prime Minister of
Bosnia to cease retaliation against a whistleblowing
company. The pressure was felt, and the government quickly
allowed the company to resume operations and return its
employees to work.
-- The RootsAction Education Fund
has been key to making the story of CIA whistleblower
Jeffrey Sterling (convicted at a grimly unfair trial of
being journalist James Risen's source) known and has helped to
educate the public on related issues. RootsAction petitions
are frequently the focus of media attention, including a
petition in support of football players' right to kneel
during the national anthem.
The email list of the
RootsAction network has grown from 750,000 in 2016 to
1,500,000 in 2018.
With your help, we will develop
online targeting capacities to expand the combined scope of
public outreach and media reinforcement for key campaigns.
Click
here to make a tax-deductible donation.
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here to become a recurring donor with tax-deductible
contributions.
-- The RootsAction Education
Fund team
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