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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, August 17 2015
A 60-day clock started ticking the moment negotiators announced the Iran deal, meaning Congress will vote on whether to approve or derail this historic agreement in early September. We have 60 days to defend the deal and stop a war. Key Facts About the Deal This is a great deal. It prevents Iran from building […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, August 14 2015
More than 100,000 calls have been made by Americans in blue and red states alike. This has been an effort involving MoveOn members and an array of groups. Our friends at CREDO Action have coordinated an action hub for our allies that generated a large number of these calls and petition signatures. Check out their […]
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By admin. Wednesday, August 12 2015
By now you’ve probably seen the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. Created by three Black women in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin—and now the subsequent high-profile killings of other unarmed Black Americans at the hands of law enforcement—it is a hashtag often used after statements that expose the oppression and violence that Black Americans still face […]
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Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, August 6 2015
MoveOn.org Political Action Executive Director Ilya Sheyman had the following statement in response to news that Senator Schumer will try to put the nation on the path to war: Diplomacy has yielded an agreement between the world’s major powers and Iran that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The only other means of […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, July 31 2015
Produced by our friends at Global Zero, an international movement for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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By MoveOn Staff. Saturday, July 18 2015
MoveOn.org Civic Action Executive Director Anna Galland had the following reaction to the #BlackLivesMatter action at the Netroots Nation presidential town hall in Phoenix this morning and to Sen. Sanders’ and Gov. O’Malley’s responses: “The presidential candidates’ responses today to the powerful protest led by Black activists at Netroots Nation—as well as other remarks from […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, July 14 2015
Anna Galland, executive director of MoveOn.org Civic Action, responded today to news of a historic agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program: “The diplomatic negotiations between the United States and five world powers have yielded a strong, verifiable deal with Iran. MoveOn members are going to fight like hell to defend it and to stop opponents […]
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Foreign Policy
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, June 30 2015
On July 18 and 19, thousands of MoveOn members will join Teach-ins to Save the Economy! Over the last several months, MoveOn has worked with Robert Reich to break down some of the solutions to the challenges we face in taking back our economy–from making work family-friendly, to creating Medicare for all, to ending mass […]
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Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, June 30 2015
On Tuesday, MoveOn.org and more than 3 dozen allied grassroots organizations sent a letter to members of Congress encouraging them to support ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran. The letter reads in part: “The following organizations, representing millions of Americans, urge you to support the strong nuclear deal being negotiated currently between world powers and Iran, […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, June 26 2015
Moments ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Ohio gay couple in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, ruling that marriage is a fundamental constitutional right, protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, that extends to same-sex as well as opposite-sex couples. Responding to the decision, Anna Galland, executive director of MoveOn.org Civic […]
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Civil Rights | LGBTQ+ Rights