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Global Exchange Community, Look What You’ve Done!

Posted by in Building Positive Alternatives, Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 19th December, 2012 | No Comments

DebMedeaStarbucksWe’re going to raise $25,000 by midnight on Dec. 31st. Here’s how and why.
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VIDEO: Global Exchange’s 2012 Year in Pictures

Posted by in Building Positive Alternatives, Featured, For Our Members, Generation for Justice, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, Reality Tours, World News & Events on 19th December, 2012 | 2 Comments

Mexico CaravanAs we close out the remaining weeks of 2012, we take a moment to look back at some of the highlights of our work in 2012.
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Oh, What a Year for the Elect Democracy Campaign

Posted by in Elect Democracy, Featured, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 18th December, 2012 | No Comments

Hillary at RNC2012 certainly hasn’t been boring! Thanks to you and the hundreds of other people who are part of the Elect Democracy campaign, we’ve taken action to free our democracy from the moneyed grip of corporate interests… Thank you. Here’s what we’ve done:
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Why Stick It To Super PACs?

Posted by in Elect Democracy, Featured, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 22nd October, 2012 | 6 Comments

Stick It Banner 2Stick it to Super-PACs! “If the Supreme Court won’t protect democracy, we will.” Join us this Thursday, October 25th to “Stick It to Super-PACs” and fight back against the Super-PAC spending blitz that is auctioning off our democracy. Be a proverbial wrench in the gears of super-PAC propaganda flooding the country with a critical mass of action-takers that flood super-PAC phone lines, email accounts, Facebook, Twitter, and mailboxes of the five largest Super-PACs manipulating the U.S. election. Our message to these Super-PACs: “Stop buying off our elections!”
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The Power of We: 5 Ways to Elect Democracy in 2012

Posted by in Elect Democracy, Featured, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 15th October, 2012 | No Comments

GX-ED-Sticker-300x300Here are five fresh ideas for reclaiming democracy by and for the people, from joining our Stick It To Super PACs day of action to organizing local documentary screenings.
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Want to Avoid the Post-Election Blues?

Posted by in Elect Democracy, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 14th October, 2012 | No Comments

HeistStay off the bleachers post-election: Sign up today with Global Exchange to host a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary “Heist: Who Stole the American Dream- and How We Can Get It Back.”
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2012 Global Exchange Open House in Pictures

Posted by in Building Positive Alternatives, Community Rights, Donor Profiles, Economic Activism for Palestine, Elect Democracy, Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Uncategorized on 10th October, 2012 | No Comments

GX-Open-House-72Last Thursday Global Exchange opened its doors to our San Francisco office for our annual Open House. The fun-filled evening included a diverse group of social justice activists, a few surprises, and lots of laughs. Here’s what went down.
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Don’t Burn Democracy BBQ’s Launch This Week

Posted by in Elect Democracy, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 3rd October, 2012 | No Comments

DemocracyQuoteBillMoyersActivists around the country will be hosting gatherings this week that incorporate Global Exchange’s Elect Democracy campaign research and materials and host discussions that support and promote local community organizing.
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Hot Hot Heat in Tampa and Charlotte

Posted by in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 5th September, 2012 | No Comments

LuisFlameDNCWhile protestors demand an end to money in politics, lavish lobbyist-sponsored parties abound aimed at strengthening Wall Street’s ties to both major parties.
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Protestors at the RNC: “Just Say No to Business As Usual”

Posted by in Elect Democracy, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 31st August, 2012 | No Comments

Elect Democracy's Hillary Lehr in TampaTropical Storm Isaac had the impact of forcing the 1% and those that do their bidding to adopt a more humble/realistic position of adjusting their own behavior due to the circumstances beyond purely themselves and their own interests… isn’t that almost exactly what all of us gathered to protest here in Tampa have been demanding? Thanks Mother Nature. Now, let’s make sure we take care of each other wherever the hurricane lands.
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