National Day of Out(r)age

[Progressive4Life]

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http://saveaccess.org/m24materials

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* NEW YORK CITY € SAN FRANCISCO € BOSTON € CHICAGO
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NATIONAL DAY OF OUT(R)AGE


organized by saveaccess.org with Chicago Media Action, Boston ACME, Media Alliance, FAIR, Paper Tiger, and many others . . .

Join thousands of people in cities across the country to protest AT&T, Bell South, Qwest and Verizon. These companies are spending $1 million a week to buy votes in Congress for their deregulatory legislation COPE HR.5252 and S.2686. Local cities have expressed their opposition to this legislation—now it’s time for the public to stop this phone company backed legislation—and demand accountability to local communities and the public interest.

*We are protesting:
*1) Telco Driven Congressional legislation that: endangers PEG access centers and channels, threatens to red-line communities, and endangers an open internet by not protecting net neutrality (HR 5252 and S.2686). Stop these legislative bills in their current form – we need more protections!

2) Telco collusion with the NSA to illegally violate the privacy of tens of millions of Americans. We demand an investigation and enforcement of the law!

3) The Telco campaign of buying off statehouse and congress people around the country to push their legislation through. We need real campaign finance reform and political transparency!

4) The Telco policy of using ‘astroturf’ groups to push their deceptions on the public. Expose these campaigns for what they are –corporate propaganda!

5) The mergers and takeovers within in the Telco industry that has resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. Stop the AT&T – Bell South merger until there is accountability and thorough anti-trust reviews!
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**more info at: _http://saveaccess.org/protest
_including details for Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and NYC protests