Demanding Justice for Murdered Immigrant Luis Ramirez Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

By Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. Posted May 19, 2009.

VI -- Stop Starbucks

Starbucks has a history of being anti-barista, anti-union, and thus anti-Employee Free Choice Act. Brave New Films, which took on the giant chain store Wal-Mart, is spilling the beans on Starbucks' atrocious labor practices, and it needs your help. Let Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz know that you demand he stop opposing the Employee Free Choice Act and allow his workers to unionize. Also, if you work at Starbucks, know someone who does, or even just got a coffee there today share your Starbucks story.

VII -- Take On Rich Lobbyists to Save Health Care Reform

Recently, former hospital CEO Rick Scott bought ads for his group Conservatives for Patients’ Rights on CNN and Fox News networks. Scott’s ads contain blatantly false statements and misleading excerpts of interviews with health care professionals.

Call on cable news networks to adhere to their own "truth-in-advertising" policies and pull these ads.

We must keep on Obama to carry out his campaign promises about fixing our broken health care system, and we must not let rich lobbyists like Scott get in the way. Click here to learn more about what you can do to help.

VIII -- Protect American Workers, Help Get the Employee Free Choice Act Passed

The Employee Free Choice Act is the most important labor legislation in almost 40 years, but it is facing huge, well-financed opposition from greedy corporations. Help cut through the corporate propaganda and show that this bill is about helping workers who are the backbone of our economy. Take action now: http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/campaign/efcacampaign/

IX -- Hold Shell Oil Accountable for Its Environmental and Human Rights Crimes

Shell Oil Co. will stand trial on May 26 on charges that it was complicit in the slayings of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Nigerian activists. ShellGuilty.com is a collective of environmental and human rights groups that have formed a global campaign to hold Shell accountable and demand that it stop gas flaring in Nigeria.

Call for Shell to come clean about its corporate irresponsibility, human rights abuses and record of environmental devastation. To learn more about how you can help, go to http://www.shellguilty.com/

X -- Tell Congress to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Gaza

Jewish Voices for Peace is calling on you to urge your congressperson to demand an investigation into whether Israel complied with provisions of the U.S. Arms Export Control Act in its recent Gaza offensive. Numerous human rights organizations have documented direct attacks on civilians in Gaza, attacks that were disproportionate or indiscriminate, and some apparently deliberate.

Make sure the U.S. government knows that your tax dollars come with strings attached: do not allow your money to contribute to more of the violent same. Click here to learn more.

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