Betreff: Moving Ideas: Week of Action on the Death Penalty
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Datum: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:10:01 -0500 (CDT)
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Moving Ideas Alert:  October 7, 2004

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SPECIAL EVENT

Guantanamo Detainees: Human Rights are not Negotiable
From: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA and the MOVING IDEAS NETWORK
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Engage in the conversation about the war on terror and detainees at Guantanamo Bay by participating in the Amnesty International/Moving Ideas online chat. Don’t miss this opportunity to ask questions online of Jumana Musa, Amnesty International’s Advocacy Director for Domestic Human Rights and International Justice. Ms. Musa attended the preliminary hearings in the cases of four Guantanamo Bay detainees facing trial by military commission that occurred this past August.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/askamnesty/live/display.php?topic=24

NEW FROM MOVING IDEAS

The Growing Opposition to the Death Penalty
The history and current status of the the death penalty in America. Includes how to participate in Amnesty International USA’s Weekend of Faith in Action on the Death Penalty, October 22-24.
http://www.movingideas.org/activism/networks/death_penalty.html

Voting in America: How Democratic Is It?
A four part series about voter purges, new technologies, disenfranchisement, and intimidation.
http://www.movingideas.org/activism/networks/voter_protection_series.html

FEATURED ARTICLES

Comprehensive Ballot Measure Election Preview
From: BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER
With their proven ability to draw voters to the polls, ballot measures on issues including medical malpractice reform, gay marriage and the minimum wage have the added effect of highlighting the distinct domestic policy agendas of both Presidential candidates.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=5845  

Going Down with the Dollar: The Cost to Developing Countries of a Declining Dollar
From: CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH
Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker
The authors warn that developing countries can be expected to incur substantial losses from holding dollar reserves.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=5833  

Frequent Filers: Corporate Hypocrisy in Accessing the Courts
From: PUBLIC CITIZEN
This examination of public records finds that American businesses file four times as many lawsuits as do individuals, and they are penalized more often for pursuing frivolous litigation.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=5850

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