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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who fears being extradited to the U.S. to face charges of violating the Espionage Act for his role in leaking U.S. diplomatic cables, has asked Ecuador for political asylum.

Will you join me in signing the petition to Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa urging him to grant Julian Assange's request for political asylum?

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/assange-asylum

Thanks!

I just asked Ecuador to grant asylum to the founder of WikiLeaks. Please join me. http://bit.ly/N87wQ4

Michael Love has just read and signed the petition: Stop US Contractors from Using Slave Labor in Iraq and Afghanistan

You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/106/225/058/

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Hi, I signed the petition "Stop US Contractors from Using Slave Labor in Iraq and Afghanistan". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 20,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.

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I just signed Pesticide Action Network’s petition urging EPA to take immediate action to protect bees from clothianidin, a pesticide known to be particularly harmful.

Join me in taking action >> http://action.panna.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10826

The next week is critically important for those of us who want to avoid an unnecessary and costly war with Iran.

Iran has come to the table for negotiations about the future of its nuclear program, with the next round of multilateral negotiations taking place in Moscow right now.

But the Obama administration is under tremendous pressure to abandon diplomacy with Iran, and follow a path that would make war inevitable. And much of the pressure is coming from warmongers like Mitt Romney adviser John Bolton (an ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush), who want the talks to fail.

We need to speak out now to ensure that President Obama knows the American people support diplomacy, not war.

Tell President Obama: We support your calls for diplomacy with Iran, not an unnecessary and costly war.

Many in power seem to have learned nothing from the catastrophic mistake and tremendous moral failure that was the war in Iraq.

There is already dangerous momentum to begin a war of choice with Iran. And should the Moscow negotiations break down or bear no fruit, the drumbeat for war will only grow more intense.

Tell President Obama: We support your calls for diplomacy with Iran, not an unnecessary and costly war.

To his credit, President Obama is clearly not rushing to start another war. But many members of Congress, including many Democrats, are pushing him to offer nothing meaningful to Iran until Iran gives the United States and its allies everything we want.

President Obama must know that there is full-throated support for diplomacy that can prevent an unnecessary war.

Tell President Obama: We support your calls for diplomacy with Iran, not an unnecessary and costly war.

Thank you for speaking out for diplomacy.

http://act.truemajorityaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=405...

It's the 21st century, and our tax dollars are still subsidizing major polluters -- to the tune of billions every year. Meanwhile, Big Oil is reporting record-breaking profits while our climate is reporting record-breaking warming.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) debuted new legislation last week to repeal $113 billion of those tax breaks, handouts and subsidies for the fossil fuel industry over the next 10 years.

Big polluters are not going give up these handouts without a fight, so we're asking you to join forces with the Center for Biological Diversity, 350.org and a coalition of other groups to fight back hard.

Join this common-sense effort by adding your name to this simple message: Stop subsidizing big polluters.

Take action by using this Web address: http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10518