http://www.fightthegenocide.org Committed to Getting Michigan Money Out of Terrorism and Genocide Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:27:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fight Genocide! Tell the Senate to pass Sudan Divestment Bill TODAY! Nine months after the Michigan House came together to pass Sudan Divestment legislation 108-2, and one month after the Senate Homeland Security and Emerging Technologies Committee passed it unanimously, the Senate leadership has refused to vote on House Bill 4854! ... http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/one-last-time-tell-lansing-to-pass-sudan-divestment-today/ Hey, The web campaign is live! Check it out at www.divestsudannow.com Make sure to tell your friends too! http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/website-active-tell-lanisng-to-pass-sudan-divestmen/ Hey, The press conference for the new website is go! We will be at the state capitol on Wednesday with at least two, and maybe three, legislators, promoting Sudanese divestment legislation. Please, anyone who wants to attend is welcome. Any questions, talk to Tom. Also, here is the press release: Press Release April 7th, ... http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/press-conference-wednesday-1230pm-room-428-of-the-capitol/ http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/darfur-slide-show/ A reminder on the meeting tonight. We will be going over who we've contacted and who we have left. If you can't make it, at least send me a status update on Facebook or an e-mail. -Tom http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/meeting-monday-march-17th-updates/ Hello, This past week, I had the opportunity to meet with Dan Farrough, the Director of Progress Michigan. This organization works to promote issues that are progressive though lack the big money and large support of bigger issues. They work to protect the environment, fight drug companies, and other great causes. ... http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/progress-michigan-new-campaign-for-sudan-divestment/ Please read the following news articles: China defends Darfur policies Chad declares state of emergency These both underscore the need for immediate passage of MI HB4854/SB555. -Tom Choske President, Spartans For Progressive Divestment http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/more-troubling-news-china-supports-genocide-chad-in-state-of-emergency/ These are links to stories in the past 48 hours from world news services on the growing and intensifying crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan: New wave of Darfur refugees flee into Chad Lawmakers Urge China to Help in Darfur Darfur towns burned in government attacks: U.N. -Tom http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/new-darfur-developments-the-crisis-worsens/ http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/08/sudan.attacks.ap/index.html KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) The Sudanese military said it bombed three towns in West Darfur while striking at rebel forces Friday as senior U.N. officials warned that security was deteriorating dramatically in Sudan's vast western region. Sudan said rebels fled into nearby Chad, an accusation that could escalate tensions. The U.N. officials told the ... http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/cnn-article-sudan-bombs-rebel-forces-in-darfur/ The terror in Darfur shows no signs of ending. Yesterday, countless years of efforts to quell the violence were thrown out the window, when the Sudanese government recklessly attacked three Darfurian towns, displacing thousands more and killing hundreds. Far from hurting the rebels, this strike served to embolden Omar ... http://www.fightthegenocide.org/uncategorized/help-stop-darfur-genocide-help-stop-terrorism-2/