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<p style="padding: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Oct. 8th - National Teach-In on Syria & US Policy in the Region - 6:30 to 7:30 pm EST</b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="padding: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Live Streaming at </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2yTM0WfVzTZB6cwwW1IDEGgYJ63uwYri" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">http://www.busboysandpoets.com/videos/live-streaming</span></span></a></span></p>
<p style="padding: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The civil war continues in Syria.<br>
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Thanks to action by hundreds of thousands of people like you, a threat of a U.S. missile attack against Syria was averted. The massive outpouring of anti-war sentiment from the people in every corner of the country and around the world prevented a US military strike. </span></span></p>
<p style="padding: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">But the raging civil war continues and the scope of the humanitarian crisis grows. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br>
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Our victory was clear, but our work is far from over.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How did the peace movement in the U.S. and world-wide stop Washington from proceeding with military action in Syria?</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How can we build on our success to change U.S. policy in the region?<br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What's happening now, on the ground in Syria and on the diplomatic front? </span><br>
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<p style="padding: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">A dynamic panel will address these questions and our next steps to change US policy in the region.<br>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Watch the teach-in online, gather for potluck dinners, show the broadcast to begin a discussion on what we can do now, share the info with your family and co-workers. Just click on </i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9dcvV5oDkFcIPQcckgsv%2B2gYJ63uwYri" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">this link</span></span></a></i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i> </i><i>between 6:15-6:30pm EST and wait for the broadcast to begin</i>.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Oct 8 Tuesday - National Teach-In on Syria and U.S. Policy in the Region - 6:30 to 7:30 pm EST Live Streaming at </span></span></b><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JB1pvvoM1L5%2BaL6Zns0Bjx1gifPlRHhA" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.busboysandpoets.com/videos/live-streaming</span></span></b></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
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<b>Panel:</b></span></span></p>
<p style="padding: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Phyllis Bennis - Director, New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies<br>
Stephen Miles - Coordinator, Win Without War<br>
Nick Berning - Communications Director, MoveOn.org<br>
Rep. Barbara Lee (invited) - 13th Cong. District, CA<br>
moderated by Judith Le Blanc - Field Director, Peace Action</span></span></p>
<p style="padding: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>This teach-in is sponsored by groups that have been working together on Syria:</b></span></span></p>
<p style="padding: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Peace Action<br>
Pax Christi<br>
Sisters of Mercy<br>
Win Without War<br>
Institute for Policy Studies<br>
CodePink<br>
Just Foreign Policy<br>
Progressive Democrats of America<br>
American Friends Service Committee<br>
Peace and Justice Resource Center<br>
U.S. Labor Against the War<br>
United for Peace and Justice<br>
Friends Committee on National Legislation<br>
Women's Action for New Directions<br>
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The link will be available for viewing at </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1CB%2Bsg9BEg19cv8NIDbaGR1gifPlRHhA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.busboysandpoets.com/videos</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> after the event.</span></span></p>
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<b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Dear Cong</b><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">ress: What Happened to Our Democratic Process?</b><BR>
<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Congress is broken, and it's time to demand a change. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=INPiC9IvT%2BQYUIVJxWZAEx1gifPlRHhA" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">National Priorities Project</span></a> got together with two national partners, Sunlight Foundation and Center for Effective Government, to </span></span><a style="color: rgb(10, 116, 219); font-weight: bold;" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q15GXp9Y8UDQcJoIXXlIcB1gifPlRHhA" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">send a letter to Congress</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> urging lawmakers to fulfill their constitutional responsibility to the budget appropriations process. You can <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uaDWPaaDLggTv0T/KvkQOh1gifPlRHhA" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">send their letter</span></b></a> or write your own.</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Make Your Voice Heard</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The logjam in Washington likely has you frustrated with some lawmakers. But we have the power to change this. Members of Congress will be back in their districts this weekend. </span></span><a style="color: rgb(10, 116, 219); font-weight: bold;" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bv522ibW/7lmdlFoi2kBrGgYJ63uwYri" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Contact your members of Congress</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and tell them that we need to end the shutdown immediately -- long in advance of the forthcoming debt ceiling. </span></span></p>
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