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*You'd think the world's leading seller of weapons, giver of free weapons, and wager of wars -- all in the name of "democracy" -- would consider fully banning slavery a bare minimum standard at home.* You'd be wrong, but we're working on changing that.
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RootsAction is advancing bans on slavery -- eliminating the exception for punishment of crime -- at the *national* [ [link removed] ] and *state* [ [link removed] ] levels. _________________________________________
*At the same time, we're organizing dozens of events around the country this week aimed at reducing the risk of nuclear war:*
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* October 14 Everywhere: *Picket Lines to Defuse Nuclear War* [ [link removed] ].
* October 16 Everywhere: *Actions to Defuse Nuclear War* [ [link removed] ].
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We're also building pressure on the upcoming UN climate conference in Egypt (COP27) to *include military pollution in climate agreements* [ [link removed] ]. _________________________________________
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We're also working to *establish ranked choice voting in states* [ [link removed] ], including *in Nevada* [ [link removed] ] where it's on the ballot next month. _________________________________________
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*We've just delivered our petition pushing back against the defamations [ [link removed] ] coming out of the Anti-Defamation League!* _________________________________________
In North Carolina, we're trying to keep *a particularly awful candidate* [ [link removed] ] out of the U.S. Senate.*
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We're sending more *messages of solidarity* [ [link removed] ] to Russian war protesters.
We're publishing news we need for action at Progressive Hub, including:
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* *Don't Just Worry About Nuclear War -- Do Something to Help Prevent It
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