Think that there is little that ONE can do to end global poverty?

[EC]

In the months leading up to last month's G8 summit, hundreds of thousands of individuals like you called on world leaders to end poverty in Africa - and their voices were heard. In fact, world leaders promised $50 billion in aid to Africa to fight poverty and disease. But this alone is not enough to end extreme poverty. Make sure that these commitments are not broken.

While these promises represent real progress, much more still needs to be done. Sadly, most of the U.S. pledge at the G8 represents previous spending commitments, and falls far short of meeting the internationally agreed-upon mark for foreign aid spending.

Take action today to ensure that the commitments made at the G8 are in fact the beginning not the end of the effort to eradicate poverty.

We have another chance now to make a difference. In September, world leaders will gather in New York to review progress on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals - a comprehensive set of education, health, and poverty benchmarks that all members of the UN agreed to reach by 2015. You can make your voice heard today.

With one in six people around the world living on less than a dollar a day it is imperative that we demand that the U.S. seriously fight global poverty.

The power to end poverty really is within our reach. For the cost of the Iraq war, the U.S. could have eradicated global hunger for seven years. Join Oxfam and the ONE campaign in calling on the U.S. to dedicate one percent of today's federal budget - only $25 billion dollars a year - to end extreme poverty.

Thank you for making a difference.

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[cloudythescribbler]

1. I do NOT agree that Live 8 accomplished much BUT ...

I did sign their statement and I strongly believe that we must do something POLITICALLY, to bring an end to absolute poverty. I think that formulating a statement that DUers of the Activist Corps (DUACers)can generally agree with that specifically points to the need for political mobilization to pressure state and other public and corporate entities on the issue of absolute poverty is something that should have much more active support here at DUAC.

I know that Sapphire blue is interested in the politics of this issue, as am I (having been active for over 20 years on it, to differing degrees). For a full statement of my views etc on the subject anyone interested in the issue, or even who just wants to pass time while stoned, can go to:

http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/6/20/123736/665

Anyway, there's three of us at least. If we can rustle up a few others, then Sapphire Blue, myself, and EC can get the DUAC administrators to make absolute poverty POLITICS, in a way that is provocative enough to make news, the subject of one of the next couple of actions. With the Live 8 and G 8 summits recent, and the UN evaluation coming up soon, NOW IS A GOOD TIME FOR AN ACTION.

I also think that this and other issues would be better served if we accelerated the pace of actions, even at this early stage, to TWO ACIONS PER WEEK.

[jwirr]

2. Bread for the World also does much for hunger issues.