E-Actions for Freedom

Join Amnesty's Human Rights Action Center, and earn them $1

I'm a member of Amnesty International, and also part of their Human Rights Action Network, which is basically an e-mail alert service about human rights violations around the world. Why limit your sphere of influence to just your own country? As much as freedom is in danger here in the United States, there are plenty of places where freedom is little more than a myth, barely existing at all. While I'm opposed to governmental military intervention as a means to end such tragedies, I'm strongly in favor of almost every other means there is, including social intervention, and boycott. The Internet greases the gears on this kind of action, big time.

And as you can see, AI has a major donor who will reward them for each new person that signs up for their network. So go to it -- what have you got to lose?

Here's their pitch:

Help Celebrate 30 Years of Action to Free Prisoners of Conscience
For Every New Online Activist Who Signs Up in June, $1 Will Be Donated to Amnesty

Take an easy, simple step to promote human rights! This year marks the 30th Anniversary of Amnesty International's Urgent Action Network (UAN), the global network of concerned citizens who are available 24 hours a day to intercede on behalf of prisoners of conscience everywhere. Tens of thousands of concerned folks have already made an enormous difference in our global fight for human rights - responses to e-mail alerts and Urgent Actions have resulted in hundreds of thousands of faxes, letters and emails and the ultimate release of more than 40,000 prisoners of conscience worldwide.

To mark this important anniversary, an anonymous donor has agreed to donate one dollar to Amnesty International for every new sign-up to Amnesty USA's online Human Rights Action Center (HRAC) - up to $100,000! Help us recruit 100,000 new participants in the HRAC! Launched in 2000, the HRAC grew out of our 30 years of experience with the UAN, utilizing new technologies to mobilize more people, more quickly via email and the Web.

Participation in the Human Rights Action Center is free. Sign up today - and forward this message on to your friends and encourage them to sign up too!

Use this link to join:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=464134&l=5960

Also, read more about the Urgent Action Network and its 30th Anniversary:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=464134&l=5961

If you are already a member of the Action Center, please forward this message on to your friends! Help us reach our goal!