Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Eve Ensler & V-Day RISE for Workers in Bangladesh
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Tell Fox News: Dump Hatemonger Erik Rush who wants to kill ALL Muslims
Tell Fox News: Dump Hatemonger Erik Rush
Frequent Fox News contributor Erik Rush got into a Twitter exchange shortly after yesterday's apparent bombing to declare of Muslims: "Yes, they're evil. Let's kill them all."
Rush is only one of many right-wing commentators to jump to the immediate conclusion that the tragic explosions at the Boston Marathon were the result of Islamic terrorism, but his "Kill them all" comment is so far over the line that Fox must distance itself from Rush's violent bigotry.
Demand that Fox News have no more contributions on "news programs" from extreme bigot Erik Rush.
Our thoughts and prayers remain with the victims of yesterday's violence and their families. It's a shame that we need to respond to such hate the very next day, but we do -- Rush's brand of bigotry must be called out and answered.
Take action now by telling Fox News to keep Erik Rush off the air.
Erik Rush is a WorldNetDaily columnist and, frankly, this is the kind of thing one would expect from a prominent voice on that site, which is a festering cesspool of right-wing bigotry and fringe conspiracy theories. But Fox News, albeit known for its right-wing bent, is a major news outlet and when it gives a podium to a hatemonger like Rush it legitimizes him and his views.
While the First Amendment protects Rush's right to spout whatever venomous hate speech he wants, it doesn't guarantee him a spot on a major news network. Rush has a right to say what he wants, but the public has the right to be outraged and demand action from one of his outlets.
Fox News must be held accountable for any further association with Erik Rush.
Tell Fox News: No more contributions, on TV or online, from hatemonger Erik Rush.
After PFAW's Right Wing Watch called much attention to Rush's tweet yesterday, Rush responded with a non-apology on Twitter saying that liberals' "precious Islamists say the same ['kill them all'] about us EVERY DAY," and tried to play off his original comment as a type of "sarcasm."
Speak up! No one should, especially in the immediate aftermath, be exploiting a tragedy like yesterday's to advance a hateful agenda of bigotry and fear.
Thank you for all you do.
-- Ben Betz, Online Strategy Manager
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
National Organization for Women Supports Robin Hood Tax
Contact: Press Office 202-628-8669, ext. 123
NOW Supports Robin Hood Tax
April 17, 2013
The National Organization for Women is proud to announce its support of The Inclusive Prosperity Act, a financial transaction tax introduced today by Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. The Ellison bill would create a Wall Street sales tax, providing hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue every year for such critical needs as jobs, health care, education, housing assistance for low-income individuals, and expanding and improving the social safety net.
"It's about time Wall Street started paying its fair share," said NOW President Terry O'Neill. "The people of this country are still struggling to get by, six years after the economic downturn began. Women are disproportionately represented amongst the poor and those working for minimum wage with little to no benefits. We need a strong safety net, and who better to pay for it than the financial institutions that caused the economic crisis in the first place?"
The bill would allow the U.S. to join the rest of the world in a growing system of financial transaction taxes. The recent adoption of a similar tax by 11 European countries -- a tax that will apply to U.S. traders whose payments will fund European priorities -- shows the proposal has momentum and substantial international support.
NOW activists will join the Robin Hood Tax Campaign on Saturday, April 20, for a rally outside the International Monetary Fund and World Bank offices, and then a march to the White House and U.S. Treasury Department.
What: Robin Hood Tax Campaign Rally and March
When: Saturday, April 20, beginning at 12 noon
Where: Rally at Murrow Park (Pennsylvania Ave. between 18th and 19th Streets) adjacent to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. March follows to the White House and U.S. Treasury Department
In addition to NOW, more than 140 organizations representing millions of members have endorsed passage of the Wall Street sales tax.
"The growing wealth and income gap in this nation is syphoning money away from the U.S. government and the programs it funds," said O'Neill. "The Robin Hood Tax is an important step in returning this money to the people."
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Our very own Talia Weiserg honored: The Jewish Week's 36 Under 36
From NOW founder and award-winning feminist Sonia Fuentes
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Thu, Apr 25: “IT WAS RAPE” A Screening and Discussion with JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER, Filmmaker & Activist
April 18 & 24: Sexual Assault Awareness Events at Hunter College
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Femen's Islam-Bashing Disregards Muslim Feminism
http://womensenews.org/story/religion/130409/femens-islam-bashing-disregards-muslim-feminism
Femen's Islam-Bashing Disregards Muslim Feminism
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Sat, April 13: FREE Young Women's Forum
NOW Calls on Congress to Reject President Obama's Betrayal of Women, as Chained CPI Compounds Harm Caused by Gender Pay Gap
Contact: Press Office 202-628-8669, ext. 123
Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill
April 9, 2013
On Equal Pay Day, the National Organization for Women has a message for Congress: Do not follow President Obama in cheating the women of this country. After facing years of wage discrimination, women cannot afford to be swindled yet again when it comes to their Social Security. Keep the chained CPI out of the federal budget!
The president and the Democratic leadership in Congress may think most voters aren't bright enough to figure out what's going on, but they're flat-out wrong. Voters who helped elect these leaders are now feeling betrayed, as they see supposedly progressive politicians turn their backs on the most vulnerable among us. Recent reports indicate that when President Obama introduces his 2014 budget proposal tomorrow, it will include the chained Consumer Price Index (CPI), in what is either a highly cynical move to bargain with right-wing legislators or a willfully misguided move to undermine our Social Security system.
The chained CPI is a benefit cut for current as well as future Social Security beneficiaries -- in other words, all of us -- and the ill effects would grow worse over time. Women, particularly women of color, would suffer disproportionate harm. The reason for this is illustrated every year at this time, when fair pay activists call attention to the gender wage gap. Equal Pay Day highlights the fact that it takes women in the United States more than three additional months to catch up with what U.S. men were paid during the previous 12 months. On average, women are paid 77 cents on the dollar compared to men. Women of color, who experience a racial wage gap as well, fare far worse. African American women are paid just 70 cents compared to all men, while Latinas are paid 60 cents.
Because of the wage gap, and time taken out of the paid workforce for caregiving, hardworking women retire with less money than men -- often with no savings or investments to sustain them other than Social Security. Those who say the chained CPI won't make much of an impact are either hopelessly dense or just plain deceitful. Also, the idea that we can somehow shield the oldest and poorest Social Security recipients from these cuts is demonstrably unworkable.
Let's face it: Instituting the chained CPI is like tripping someone at the end of a race after forcing them to run on the outside lane the whole way. Can this be the same president who proudly signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act back in January of 2009? NOW activists will be protesting in front of the White House today and registering their disapproval in the coming days and weeks -- until President Obama and Congress reject any cuts to Social Security benefits.