Meeting

Assembly Bill 203, the bill to enact legal safeguards to protect
Wisconsin's National Guard from unlawful overseas deployments, has been
*scheduled for a hearing before the Assembly's Veterans and Military
Affairs Committee on Tuesday, March 9, 2010*. Please join us, so that
the hearing room is wall-to-wall with people who care about our Guard
members and families and want to see them protected from misuse by the
federal government.

This hearing will take place in the State Capitol. National Guard
members, other veterans, and military families will be joined by State
Rep. Spencer Black of Madison and State Rep. Michael Fisher of Lincoln,
Vermont.
Please let us know that you will be attending the hearing. We will send
you updates when we know the time and room location of the hearing.
*http://www.BringtheGuardHome.org/events/wi_first_guard_hearing
<http://e2ma.net/go/6597458781/208104809/211411320/29568/goto:http://www.BringtheGuardHome.org/events/wi_first_guard_hearing >*
Assembly Bill 203, a bill to enact legal safeguards to protect
Wisconsin's National Guard from unlawful overseas deployments, has been
scheduled for a hearing before the Assembly's Veterans and Military
Affairs Committee on March 9, 2010. Please join us, so that the hearing
room is wall-to-wall with people who care about our Guard members and
families and want to see them protected from misuse by the federal
government.

There's one remaining public hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs Act, when you can raise concerns about the pro-nuclear language in the current draft.  That's the Assembly hearing on the entire bill (Assembly Bill 649), at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 15 in room 412 East of the state Capitol building in Madison.

Everyone who registers can speak for a few minutes. (Since we're seeking to remove one bad part of an otherwise good and important bill, you can register as "informational" rather than "opposing" or "supporting.") We'll have Carbon Free, Nuclear Free signs that you can hold, to make our presence known.

Join us for our first meeting in February! Our central topic will focus on organizing an antiwar action on Saturday, March 20th. Little time remains before the scheduled date for this rally, and we wish to get feedback from our coalition groups, members, and individuals in the greater Madison community at large.

The antiwar movement has been on its heels since the advent of the Obama Administration despite the fact that it is business as usual in D.C. It is high time that the vast majority of Dane County residents begin to remobilize and create the vision of peace and a diminished Pentagon. There is no longer any justification to wait. Obama has clearly stated that he will 'reduce' the deficit by decreasing public funding by $14 Billion and increasing military spending by $44 Billion. If you have been waiting for Obama to begin a progressive movement in the White House, you must now know that he prefers to perpetuate the totalitarian policies of the Bush Administration.

We must stand together for the long haul and force whoever is in power to command real change. Change for demilitarization worldwide; change back to freedom and liberty; change to single payer health care; change for immigrant rights. MAPC hopes this meeting will work as a catalyst to bringing these issues - and other leftist concerns - to light.