On Dec. 12, international labor leader Gene Bruskin, recently returned from a week in Basra, Iraq as part of a U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) delegation to the International Civil Society Solidarity Initiative conference, described the situation of the … more
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Proposed MoCo Grant to Lockheed Martin Defeated!
A couple of years ago, we organized testimony to the Montgomery County Council in opposition to a law proposed by County Executive Ike Leggett that would have exempted guests staying at Lockheed Martin’s luxury hotel from paying the County hotel … more
Press release: Over 60 Md. groups sponsor TOWN HALL to “Take back the budget debate”
For Immediate Release. Sept. 20, 2011 Fund Our Communities: Bring the War Dollars Home Contact: Jean Athey, 301-570-0923, jeanathey@verizon.net Fran Pollner, 301-585-7493, 240-463-5995 (cell), franpollner@yahoo.com Benjamin Gerdes, 202-674-8576 (cell), benjamin.gerdes@mail.house.gov Photos, Video and updates downloadable at http://ourfunds.org PDF version of this … more
Greenbelt Md. mayor and city council write to Representative Steny Hoyer and other congressional delegates urging reallocation from wars to critical domestic needs
Local officials, feeling the effects of continuing economic stagnation, are expressing deep frustration with the nation’s misplaced priorities. The Greenbelt, Maryland city council is among a group of leading local governments that is speaking with determination and frankness. Mayor Judith … more
New flyer shows where your 2012 income tax money really goes: lots of military spending
40 Md. Legislators ask Congress to move money from Pentagon to communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2011 Fund Our Communities: Bring the War Dollars Home 40 Md. Legislators Ask Congress to Move Money from Pentagon to Communities CONTACT: – Jean Athey, 301-570-0923, 240-688-5481 (cell), jeanathey@verizon.net – Fran Pollner, 301-585-7493, 240-463-5995 (cell), … more