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miriam_eOver the last year GetUp has achieved some real wins in battles against Australian politicians. It is a very flat organisation, consisting of just a few staff and 160,000 members. This is our great strength. It doesn't owe anything to any existing political parties or businesses. It simply gives the people a genuine voice.
Join. It doesn't cost you anything and you don't have to go to time-consuming rallies or meetings. You just need to make your voice heard when there is something you feel passionate about. GetUp makes this easy. For too long politicians have got away with doing terrible things because we, the people, have lives to live that make it difficult to be heard. No more. GetUp makes it easy for us to tell the politicians directly what we think.
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/TwoHundredThousandin2007
It is especially important in this, an election year, when the propaganda machine winds up to greatest efficiency.
Make a difference. Make the politicians listen to us, the people... not the people with money or power or lunatic fringe groups.
Join. It doesn't cost you anything and you don't have to go to time-consuming rallies or meetings. You just need to make your voice heard when there is something you feel passionate about. GetUp makes this easy. For too long politicians have got away with doing terrible things because we, the people, have lives to live that make it difficult to be heard. No more. GetUp makes it easy for us to tell the politicians directly what we think.
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/TwoHundredThousandin2007
It is especially important in this, an election year, when the propaganda machine winds up to greatest efficiency.
Make a difference. Make the politicians listen to us, the people... not the people with money or power or lunatic fringe groups.
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Date: 2007-02-05 11:01 am (UTC)I'm not in Aus at the moment and haven't heard of this initiative. Despite the fact that they were influential in the RU abortion pill being taken out of the health ministers christian hands...
Just had a look - and joined.
Will be keeping an eye on the campaigns.
Thanks again.
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Date: 2007-02-06 12:25 pm (UTC)I've been watching (and occasionally interacting no less) with you here on lj for a ages, benifiting from all sorts of interesting things you know (like underground housing for one example)
So I just saw your web site - loved your drawings, dying to find the time to read more of your stories.
Want to ask if you mind if I share you? ie: if I put a link to your site from mine?
if you want to check out mine before you say yes (or no) the link is
http://web.mac.com/eden.smith/iWeb/quis/quis.html
.eden.