Sign petitions urging for world governments to condemn Iranian government's violence

Hello everyone,

Millions of Iranian democracy protesters are facing an imminent violent crackdown. Top regime leaders are split on using violence, and every bit of pressure counts -- we urgently need world governments to withhold recognition of any new government that relies on violence to secure power. Sign the petition and forward this email - let's get to 1 million voices against the crackdown this week!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/iran_stop_the_crackdown/98.php/?CLICK_TF_TRACK

From Amnesty International USA: “Plain clothes Iranian security officials have arrested leading human rights activist Abdolfattah Soltani and have rounded up countless other students, opposition politicians, journalists and rights activists and thrown them in prison.

Soltani has for years stood by individuals who have suffered repression in Iran.”

Sign this petition urging for Soltani’s release from prison:

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&aid=12474&ICID=E0906A02&tr=y&auid=5003670

 

Urge US Congress for equal access to healthcare for all

Email from ColorofChange:

Hello everyone,

President Obama is trying to reform our broken health care system, which has left more than 45 million Americans uninsured^[1] and millions more with insurance that won't provide the treatment they need.^[2]

Some in Congress are with Obama. But the insurance industry, with help from Republicans^[3] and so-called centrist Democrats,^[4] is leading the charge to kill a key part of his plan -- a government-run insurance plan that would increase the number of Americans covered, called the "public option." Industry groups are spending millions -- $35 million in lobbying costs alone^[5] -- to convince people that they won't be able to choose their doctor, that government will be making their medical decisions, that they'd be forced to take the government's plan, and that the plan is part of some socialist plot -- all lies. In reality, the insurance industry is trying to protect its enormous profits on the backs of everyday people.

For Black folks, the stakes couldn't be higher: we are twice as likely as Whites to be uninsured, we have more than double the rate of infant mortality, we face more than twice the rate of diabetes-related deaths than Whites -- and the list goes on.^[6]

While the fight rages in Washington, our voices are simply not at the table. That's why I've joined ColorOfChange.org in telling Congress that every person in this country should have equal access to affordable health care, regardless of race, income, or any other factor. Will you join me? It only takes a moment:

http://www.colorofchange.org/health/?id=2461-805582