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Google, say it ain't so!

Google and Verizon have proposed a deal that, according to the New York Times, would allow "Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege."

We need to keep the Internet free, open and neutral for everyone. This concept, sometimes referred to as net neutrality or Internet freedom, is vital to ensuring that everyone can connect and share information, free from discrimination or interference.

Please tell the FCC to block the Google/Verizon framework.

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Dear FCC Commissioners,

The Internet should be free, open, and neutral for everyone, no matter who they are or what website content they are posting or viewing. It doesn't matter how we get online, the information superhighway shouldn't have corporate toll booths.

Please block the Google/Verizon deal and create strong rules for net neutrality.

Sincerely,

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Wall Street Banks: Pay Us Back

Just six banks are giving out enough in bonuses to nearly cover every state's estimated budget shortfall this year.

How can the banks reward themselves like it was some sort of banner year? The least they can do is pay us back before they lavish all that money on themselves.

If they won't pay it back, we need to take it back. Sign our letter to your members of Congress, calling for a fee on the banks to recoup our bailout money.

 

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Dear Members of Congress:

We are outraged that the banks who received billions of bailout dollars directly from the TARP program, then even more from the taxpayer bailout of AIG (which used much of it to pay them) and then more from the Federal Reserve, have now declared billions of dollars in bonuses without fully paying back taxpayers.

It's time to put Main Street first. Support President Obama's new fee on the big banks who took taxpayer funds and used them to make massive profits and declare massive bonuses without getting the economy moving again.
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Stop the Ticketmaster merger

Ticketmaster wants to merge with Live Nation (Ticketmaster's leading competitor), meaning that most of the tickets we could buy would be coming from the new mega-ticket conglomerate.

Ticketmaster already adds around 30% to the cost of a ticket in junk fees. And from past experience we know that the less competition, the worse these guys get with their handling, processing and other nonsense fees.

Help us stand up to the merger.  Please use the form below to send a message to Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney, head of the anti-trust division of the Department of Justice.  If you can, please add any personal experience you have had with over-priced tickets, or an inability to purchase tickets from alternative vendors.

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Free activist workshop

COPIRG  in conjunction with the Public Interest Network is organizing a Free Activist Workshop on Saturday, January 23rd in Denver. Show-up ready for action. We will spend the day moving between large group overviews and small groups to give people an opportunity to learn and internalize skills.
 

The skills we are focused on are skills passionate activists need to know how-to-do.

Here's the agenda:

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome/Introductions
10:15 – 10:30 Overview of Working with the Media
10:30 – 11:15 Small Groups: Planning a News Conference
11:15 – 11:30 Overview of Pitching Reports
11:30 – 12:45 Small Groups: Pitching Reports
12:45 – 1:00 Break, Meet fellow area activists
1:00 – 1:15 Overview of Volunteer Recruitment
1:15 – 1:55 Small Groups: Volunteer Outreach
1:55 – 2:00 Wrap-up
 
The trainers will be experienced staff from CoPIRG and the Public Interest Network. It's a chance to meet some of the people behind the email addresses. This event is open to the public, feel free to spread the word to other activists.

The training will be held at Colorado University Denver, Aurora campus.

Please RSVP here if you are interested in attending: After you RSVP, Naomi Roth, the training facilitator, will be in touch with directions and more details about the training.

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Protect the kids on your shopping list from unsafe toys

This season when you are out shopping for toys for your children, your nephews, nieces or grandchildren, make sure they are safe.

Download our 24th annual Toy Safety report, Trouble in Toyland, to find out which dangerous toys to avoid.

Make smart toy purchases by visiting www.ToySafety.mobi from your smart phone or home computer to check on toy hazards and report dangerous toys while you shop.

Please use the form below to help us spread the word. The biggest shopping day of the year is right around the corner, and no one wants to buy a toy that could harm a loved one.

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Tell Me Your Story

I want to hear about your high health care costs or lack of coverage, about how you get stuck in traffic or sacrifice your wallet to skyrocketing energy costs, about instances of identity theft or other rip-offs. I've only been in the state capital for a couple of weeks but I'm seeing that these powerful interests will make sure their voices are heard. CoPIRG provides an alternative voice -- your voice -- and it helps to come armed with real stories from members like you.

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Protect kids, not chemical companies Protect kids, not chemical companies

Protect the kids on your shopping list from unsafe toys

This season when you are out shopping for toys for your children, your nephews, nieces or grandchildren, make sure they are safe.

Download our 24th annual Toy Safety report, Trouble in Toyland, to find out which dangerous toys to avoid.

Make smart toy purchases by visiting www.ToySafety.mobi from your smart phone or home computer to check on toy hazards and report dangerous toys while you shop.

Please use the form below to help us spread the word. No one wants to buy a toy that could harm a loved one.

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Free activist workshop

COPIRG  in conjunction with the Public Interest Network is organizing a Free Activist Workshop on Saturday, January 23rd in Denver. Show-up ready for action. We will spend the day moving between large group overviews and small groups to give people an opportunity to learn and internalize skills.
 

The skills we are focused on are skills passionate activists need to know how-to-do.

Here's the agenda:

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome/Introductions
10:15 – 10:30 Overview of Working with the Media
10:30 – 11:15 Small Groups: Planning a News Conference
11:15 – 11:30 Overview of Pitching Reports
11:30 – 12:45 Small Groups: Pitching Reports
12:45 – 1:00 Break, Meet fellow area activists
1:00 – 1:15 Overview of Volunteer Recruitment
1:15 – 1:55 Small Groups: Volunteer Outreach
1:55 – 2:00 Wrap-up
 
The trainers will be experienced staff from CoPIRG and the Public Interest Network. It's a chance to meet some of the people behind the email addresses. This event is open to the public, feel free to spread the word to other activists.

The training will be held at Colorado University Denver, Aurora campus.

Please RSVP here if you are interested in attending: After you RSVP, Naomi Roth, the training facilitator, will be in touch with directions and more details about the training.

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