What is your activist passion?

[graywarrior]

Like, what thing really gets you motivated to do something?

Election fraud, peak oil, impeachment, 2006, 2008, etc.?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Peace. Justice. Equality. Bringing down the establishment.

I'm an Anarchist - AKA Libertarian Socialist. Power wielded by the few is the problem.

[Blue-Jay]

2. kitten juggling.

[sojourner]

3. constitutional rights, legitimate elections, criminal (in)justice system

[jsamuel]

4. the truth

[acmejack]

5. Getting the corporations and their money out of politics!!

Lobbyists and the big money gives everyone an advocate but the people. Coupled with cleaning up the revolving door between the Government and lobbyist firms has to be the biggest challenge and first step. Then we make the campaign process sane again, instead of the billion dollar business it now is.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Whaddya want? A Democracy??

Instead of the oligarchy that has been running the country for decades?

Don't be silly. What would happen if the people actually ran things?!!?

Why, they'd have to face reality! They'd have to be responsible! They'd be unhappy!!! They'd be angry!! They'd demand change!!

Fortunately, the politicians are all on the payroll so it'll never happen.

[sui generis]

6. everything liberal

Legislators, city officials, company presidents, everybody needs to hear your well-stated and concise opinions if you feel anything at all about it. They don't get input most of the time except from people who have rabies about their pet topic. Try giving them input from rational minds - they generally do weigh the mail, count the pieces, etc., rather than evaluate each and every well turned phrase.

However some days I am amazed they still let me fly -

The upside is that if you write to everybody all the time, you get quite a collection of pen pals going above and beyond the standard form letter responses, and that's from both sides of the aisle.

You really do have an opportunity to influence if you are a voice of reason and if you are consistent and frequent. You also have to follow up one in five letters with a request for a personal visit if a councilman or state legislator - a lot of times a cordial, brief simple social call lends significant weight to your written activism, but you have to try, and try a lot, and not just regarding topics that you are angry about.

[Lecky]

7. This war in Iraq and our horrible foreign policy with the Middle East

That's my #1 at the moment...

(Not to mention the horrible torture that is going on in all of our names)

[EnfantTerrible]

9. Torture.

and illegal wars, mostly. then there's civil liberties. oh hell... all of it gets me going!

[RandomKoolzip]

10. The lack of a living wage for the poor.

That, and the deaths of liberal leaders under suspicious circumstances (JFK, RFK, Wellstone, MLK, etc.)

[MuseRider]

11. Thrown myself entirely

into GLBT rights and justice in my state, Kansas. Keeps me focused and very busy.

[graywarrior]

12. This is good. I often wonder what motivates DU'rs into action

and where we put our energies, besides posting here.

[graywarrior]

13. kick

[true_notes]

14. Enviromental Injustice

Our surroundings determine our behavior.