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LIBERTY TREE
Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org
~ Liberty Tree News 2.12 ~
September 6, 2006
Liberty Tree News 2.12
Statewide Meeting to Save Higher Education in CT. . . Building =20
Democracy in Western MA. . . Local Democracy Convention. . .T-Shirt =20
Poll. . .
* * * LIBERTY TREE EVENTS * * *
I. Calling all students, faculty, and staff at universities and =20
colleges across Connecticut...Please come to the STATEWIDE MEETING TO =20
SAVE HIGHER EDUCATION
Tuition is going up↑ / Services are down↓
Class sizes are up↑ / Access is down↓
War spending is up↑ / Academic freedom is down↓
Isn't it time to turn our campuses around?!?
With: Guest speaker Ben Manski, a fellow with the Liberty Tree =20
Foundation and one of the nation's leading experts on the corporate =20
takeover of higher education
What: Connect the dots on what is happening to higher education in =20
Connecticut. Develop a plan of action for reversing the tuition hikes, =20
union-busting, and other aspects of corporatization.
Why: Access to a quality education is one of the chief pillars of =20
any democracy. If students don't lead the way in fighting for higher =20
education, who will?
Who: UConn students are hosting this meeting. We've already heard =20
from other students, faculty, staff, and community members at other =20
campuses who plan to attend. We hope you'll join us.
Where: Student Union, Room 320, University of Connecticut, Storrs
When: Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 7:30pm
--> For further information about our Democratizing Education Program, =20
visit our website: http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org
II. Building Democracy Retreat in Western Mass
With: Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, a fellow with the Liberty Tree =20
Foundation and Campaign Manager for Measure T in Humboldt County, CA =20
and Ward Morehouse of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy.
Kaitlin is fresh off spearheading a local victory that bans =20
corporate campaign donations and asserts citizen authority over =20
corporations. Ward will share over 12 years of national anti-corporate =20
democracy work that has help spawn grassroots movements across the =20
country.
What: A participatory weekend strategy retreat on shifting power
from corporations to citizens in the Pioneer Valley & Berkshires =20
of Western Mass.
Why: To explore together how we can reclaim our rights to =20
democratic self-governance, and why democratic self-governance is =20
impossible when corporations wield so much power. We will examine =20
strategies we can use to fight corporate power in our Western Mass =20
region; while also addressing proven ways to create a culture of =20
solidarity among local organizers, communities, and independent =20
businesses. Such connections provide fertile ground for local =20
empowerment and region-wide efforts to challenge corporate rule.
Who: This retreat is hosted by Shays 2 and is open to organizers, =20
activists, students, teachers and citizens of Western Massachuesetts.
Where: Sirius Community in Shutesbury, MA
When: Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17
--> Get more information or register for this event at the Shays 2 =20
website: http://www.shays2.org/
III. Local Democracy Convention: The Community Power Road to Democracy
Where: Madison, Wisconsin
When: September 28-October 1, 2006
What: The US President says he's the decider. Congress and the =20
Federal courts seem generally to agree. US military forces occupy Iraq =20
and Afghanistan, among other countries. A national police state keeps =20
watch on tens of millions of Americans. As the Federal government =20
consolidates power further and further away from the people of the =20
United States, now is a moment that evermore, to borrow from Thomas =20
Paine, tries our souls.
Across the United States, and around the world, the verdict =20
is coming in: People are choosing local democracy over global =20
oligarchy. The local alternative is becoming a movement:
Did you know that . . .
* Voters in 40 Vermont towns and 24 Wisconsin =20
municipalities have put their communities on record for immediate =20
withdrawal from Iraq? And that the war and presidential impeachment =20
will be on the ballot nationwide come November?
* The people of Humboldt County, California, as well as =20
dozens of Pennsylvania townships, have ruled corporate personhood =20
unconstitutional?
* The people of Venezuela have established direct economic =20
aid programs for a growing number of major US cities?
* The "Participatory Budgeting" process developed in =20
Brazil is now on the agenda for community organizers across the US?
* Voting rights advocates nationwide have succeeded in =20
implementing Instant Runoff Voting, public financing of elections, and =20
non-US-citizen voting rights in local elections?
* US cities, large and small, have reinvested in public =20
power, community cable, wireless, and cooperative development?
* Local democracy initiatives have taken root across the =20
globe, offering models for democratization here in the US?
The Local Democracy Convention will feature some of the most =20
cutting-edge local democracy organizing going on in the US and around =20
the world. Convention participants will have opportunity to attend =20
plenaries, panels, skills-building workshops, strategy sessions, and a =20
party or two.
Featuring presenters from around the US and the world, =20
including Uruguay, Brazil, Hungary, Philippines, and the mayor of =20
Caracas, Venezuela, Juan Barreto.
--> Read all about the Local Democracy Convention on the Liberty Tree =20
website, and REGISTER TODAY: http://www.LocalDemocracy.org
* * * LIBERTY TREE T-SHIRT POLL * * *
Vote For Your Favorite Quote!
Liberty Tree is producing our first t-shirt in time for the Local =20
Democracy Convention! Please help us choose a quote to grace the back =20
of the shirt. You can vote for as many or as few choices as you like; =20
just rank your preferences!
--> Vote by Sunday, September 10th: =20
http://www.demochoice.org/dcballot.php?poll=3DLTTshirt
Thanks for helping out!
* * * Join Liberty Tree today! Sign up online at
http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org
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LIBERTY TREE
Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org
~ Liberty Tree News 2.12 ~
September 6, 2006
Liberty Tree News 2.12
Statewide Meeting to Save Higher Education in CT. . . Building Democracy in =
Western MA. . . Local Democracy Convention. . .T-Shirt Poll. . .=20
* * * LIBERTY TREE EVENTS * * *
I. Calling all students, faculty, and staff at universities and colleges acr=
oss Connecticut...Please come to the STATEWIDE MEETING TO SAVE HIGHER EDUCAT=
ION
Tuition is going up↑ / Services are down↓
Class sizes are up↑ / Access is down↓
War spending is up↑ / Academic freedom is down↓
Isn't it time to turn our campuses around?!?
With: Guest speaker Ben Manski, a fellow with the Liberty Tree Foundation=
and one of the nation's leading experts on the corporate takeover of higher=
education
What: Connect the dots on what is happening to higher education in Connec=
ticut. Develop a plan of action for reversing the tuition hikes, union-busti=
ng, and other aspects of corporatization.
Why: Access to a quality education is one of the chief pillars of any dem=
ocracy. If students don't lead the way in fighting for higher education, who=
will?
Who: UConn students are hosting this meeting. We've already heard from ot=
her students, faculty, staff, and community members at other campuses who pl=
an to attend. We hope you'll join us.=20
Where: Student Union, Room 320, University of Connecticut, Storrs
When: Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 7:30pm
--> For further information about our Democratizing Education Program, visit=
our website: http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org
II. Building Democracy Retreat in Western Mass
With: Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, a fellow with the Liberty Tree Foundation a=
nd Campaign Manager for Measure T in Humboldt County, CA and Ward Morehouse =
of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy.
Kaitlin is fresh off spearheading a local victory that bans corporate cam=
paign donations and asserts citizen authority over corporations. Ward will s=
hare over 12 years of national anti-corporate democracy work that has help s=
pawn grassroots movements across the country.=20
What: A participatory weekend strategy retreat on shifting power
from corporations to citizens in the Pioneer Valley & Berkshires of Weste=
rn Mass.
Why: To explore together how we can reclaim our rights to democratic self=
-governance, and why democratic self-governance is impossible when corporati=
ons wield so much power. We will examine strategies we can use to fight corp=
orate power in our Western Mass region; while also addressing proven ways to=
create a culture of solidarity among local organizers, communities, and ind=
ependent businesses. Such connections provide fertile ground for local empow=
erment and region-wide efforts to challenge corporate rule.
Who: This retreat is hosted by Shays 2 and is open to organizers, activis=
ts, students, teachers and citizens of Western Massachuesetts.=20
Where: Sirius Community in Shutesbury, MA=20
When: Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17=20
--> Get more information or register for this event at the Shays 2 website: =
http://www.shays2.org/
III. Local Democracy Convention: The Community Power Road to Democracy
Where: Madison, Wisconsin
When: September 28-October 1, 2006
=20
What: The US President says he's the decider. Congress and the Federal co=
urts seem generally to agree. US military forces occupy Iraq and Afghanistan=
, among other countries. A national police state keeps watch on tens of mill=
ions of Americans. As the Federal government consolidates power further and =
further away from the people of the United States, now is a moment that ever=
more, to borrow from Thomas Paine, tries our souls.=20
Across the United States, and around the world, the verdict is comi=
ng in: People are choosing local democracy over global oligarchy. The local =
alternative is becoming a movement:
Did you know that . . .
* Voters in 40 Vermont towns and 24 Wisconsin municipalities have=
put their communities on record for immediate withdrawal from Iraq? And tha=
t the war and presidential impeachment will be on the ballot nationwide come=
November?
* The people of Humboldt County, California, as well as dozens of=
Pennsylvania townships, have ruled corporate personhood unconstitutional?
* The people of Venezuela have established direct economic aid pr=
ograms for a growing number of major US cities?
* The "Participatory Budgeting" process developed in Brazil is no=
w on the agenda for community organizers across the US?
* Voting rights advocates nationwide have succeeded in implementi=
ng Instant Runoff Voting, public financing of elections, and non-US-citizen =
voting rights in local elections?
* US cities, large and small, have reinvested in public power, co=
mmunity cable, wireless, and cooperative development?
* Local democracy initiatives have taken root across the globe, o=
ffering models for democratization here in the US?
The Local Democracy Convention will feature some of the most cuttin=
g-edge local democracy organizing going on in the US and around the world. C=
onvention participants will have opportunity to attend plenaries, panels, sk=
ills-building workshops, strategy sessions, and a party or two.
Featuring presenters from around the US and the world, including Ur=
uguay, Brazil, Hungary, Philippines, and the mayor of Caracas, Venezuela, Ju=
an Barreto.
--> Read all about the Local Democracy Convention on the Liberty Tree websit=
e, and REGISTER TODAY: http://www.LocalDemocracy.org
* * * LIBERTY TREE T-SHIRT POLL * * *
Vote For Your Favorite Quote!
Liberty Tree is producing our first t-shirt in time for the Local Democracy =
Convention! Please help us choose a quote to grace the back of the shirt. Yo=
u can vote for as many or as few choices as you like; just rank your prefere=
nces!
--> Vote by Sunday, September 10th: http://www.demochoice.org/dcballot.php?p=
oll=3DLTTshirt
Thanks for helping out!
* * * Join Liberty Tree today! Sign up online at
http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org
REMEMBER:
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United States
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<p align=3D"center"><em><font color=3D"#990033">Statewide Meeting to S=
ave Higher
Education in CT. . . Building Democracy in Western MA. . . Local
Democracy Convention. . .T-Shirt Poll.=20
. . </font></em></p>
<p align=3D"center">September 6, 2006</p>
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<p><strong>LIBERTY TREE EVENTS</strong>=20
<p></h3>
<p><strong>I. Calling all students, faculty, and staff at universities
and colleges across Connecticut...Please come to the STATEWIDE MEE=
TING
TO SAVE HIGHER EDUCATION</strong></p>
<p>Tuition is going up↑ / Services are down↓<br>
Class sizes are up↑ / Access
is down↓<br>
War spending is up↑ / Academic freedom is down↓<br>
<strong><em>Isn't it time
to turn our campuses around?!?</em></strong></p>
<blockquote>=20
<p><strong>With:</strong> Guest speaker <a href=3D"http://ent.ground=
spring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=3DURLTracker&cmd=3Dtrack&j=3D94292512&u=
=3D888456" target=3D"_blank"><strong>Ben
Manski</strong></a>, a fellow with the Liberty Tree Foundation
and one of the nation's leading experts on the corporate takeover =
of
higher education</p>
<p><strong>What:</strong> Connect the dots on what is happening to h=
igher education in
Connecticut. Develop a plan of action for reversing the tuition hi=
kes,
union-busting, and other aspects of corporatization.</p>
<p><strong>Why: </strong>Access to a quality education is one of the=
chief pillars of
any democracy. If students don't lead the way in fighting for high=
er
education, who will?</p>
<p><strong>Who:</strong> UConn students are hosting this meeting. We=
've already heard
from other students, faculty, staff, and community members at othe=
r
campuses who plan to attend. We hope you'll join us. </p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> Student Union, Room 320, University of Co=
nnecticut,
Storrs</p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 7:30pm</p=
>
<p><img src=3D"http://www.libertytreefdr.org/images/elmLeafGreen.gif=
" />=20
For more information about our Democratizing Education Program, <a=
href=3D"http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=3DURLTracker&cm=
d=3Dtrack&j=3D94292512&u=3D888457" target=3D"_blank">visit
our website</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>II. Building Democracy Retreat in Western Mass</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>With:</strong> <a href=3D"http://ent.groundspring.org/Ema=
ilNow/pub.php?module=3DURLTracker&cmd=3Dtrack&j=3D94292512&u=3D888458" targe=
t=3D"_blank"><strong>Kaitlin
Sopoci-Belknap</strong></a>, a fellow
with the Liberty Tree Foundation and Campaign Manager for Measure =
T
in Humboldt County, CA and <strong>Ward Morehouse</strong> of the =
Program
on Corporations, Law and Democracy.</p>
<p>Kaitlin is fresh off spearheading a local victory that bans =
=20
corporate campaign donations and asserts citizen authority over c=
orporations.
Ward will share over 12 years of national anti-corporate democracy
work that has help spawn grassroots movements across the country. =
</p>
<p><strong>What:</strong> A participatory weekend strategy retreat o=
n
shifting power<br>
from corporations to citizens in the Pioneer Valley & Berkshires
of Western Mass.</p>
<p><strong>Why:</strong> To explore
together how we can reclaim our rights to democratic self-governan=
ce,
and why democratic self-governance is impossible when corporations
wield so much power. We will examine strategies we can use to figh=
t
corporate power in our Western Mass region; while also addressing =
proven
ways to create a culture of solidarity among local organizers, com=
munities,
and independent businesses. Such connections provide fertile groun=
d
for local empowerment and region-wide efforts to challenge corpora=
te
rule.</p>
<p><strong>Who:</strong> This retreat is hosted by Shays 2 and is op=
en
to organizers, activists, students, teachers and citizens of Weste=
rn
Massachuesetts. </p>
<p> <strong>Where:</strong> <a href=3D"http://ent.groundspring.org/E=
mailNow/pub.php?module=3DURLTracker&cmd=3Dtrack&j=3D94292512&u=3D888459" tar=
get=3D"_blank">Sirius
Community</a> in Shutesbury, MA </p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, Septemb=
er 17 </p>
<p><img src=3D"http://www.libertytreefdr.org/images/elmLeafGreen.gif=
" /> Get
more information or register for this event at the <a href=3D"http=
://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=3DURLTracker&cmd=3Dtrack&j=
=3D94292512&u=3D888460" target=3D"_blank">Shays
2 website</a>. </p>
<p> </p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>III. REGISTER NOW! Local Democracy Convention: The Communit=
y
Power Road to Democracy</strong></p> <blockquote>=20
<p> <strong>Where: </strong>Madison, Wisconsin</p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> September 28-October 1, 2006</p>
<p><strong>What:</strong> The US President says he's the decider. Co=
ngress=20
and the Federal courts seem generally to agree. US military forces=
occupy=20
Iraq and Afghanistan, among other countries. A national police sta=
te=20
keeps watch on tens of millions of Americans. As the Federal gover=
nment=20
consolidates power further and further away from the people of the=
United=20
States, now is a moment that evermore, to borrow from Thomas Paine=
,=20
tries our souls.</p>
<p> Across the United States, and around the world, the verdict is c=
oming=20
in: People are choosing local democracy over global oligarchy. The=
local=20
alternative is becoming a movement:</p>
<p><em>Did you know that . . .</em></p>
<ul>
<li> Voters in 40 Vermont towns and 24 Wisconsin municipalities ha=
ve=20
put their communities on record for immediate withdrawal from Ir=
aq?=20
And that the war and presidential impeachment will be on the bal=
lot=20
nationwide come November?</li>
<li> The people of Humboldt County, California, as well as several
Pennsylvania townships, have ruled corporate personhood unconsti=
tutional?</li>
<li> The people of Venezuela have established direct economic aid =
programs=20
for a growing number of major US cities?</li>
<li> The "Participatory Budgeting" process developed in =
Brazil=20
is now on the agenda for community organizers across the US?</li=
>
<li> Voting rights advocates nationwide have succeeded in implemen=
ting=20
Instant Runoff Voting, public financing of elections, and non-US=
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