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The PEN is an acronym for The People's Email Network, a resource founded in 2004 with the mission of making sending policy advocacy messages as facile and easy as possible. With this goal in mind The PEN pioneered one click action pages in the political realm, now imitated by virtually all other action sites on the internet.
The premise behind the resource has always been twofold. If people are speaking out to their members of Congress in sufficient numbers one of two things MUST happen. 1) Either our representatives will heed the voices of their constituents and we will have the policy change we want, or 2) People will personally experience being ignored by their members of Congress, and then we have a base of people motivated to seek their replacement.
Last year The PEN also added to its resource options fax sending capability, so that messages can be sent by fax to recipients who might not be reachable by web input form or regular email.
Besides The PEN's own action alerts and pages, many other activist groups have been set up with their own action page creators, including building this capability into the writer article submission interface for OpEdNews.com itself, to empower them in their own policy missions. And all of these services are provided for absolutely no charge to anyone, supported only by whatever kind donations individuals choose to make from time to time.
The PEN has also been involved in video and audio production of activist works of theater, including a stage production in San Francisco of a play on the impeachment of "George Bush and Richard Cheney", released on DVD in 2008, and a radio play for peace entitled, "It's Up To Us Alone", which debuted on two 100,000 watt stations (KPFK, Los Angeles and KKFI, Kansas City) last October, and is also in preparation for release as a short animated film.
The latest project is full length feature film, "The Last War Crime", about indicting Cheney for torture . . . and isn't that something billions of people want to see? Featuring 100 cast members with speaking parts, the film is remarkable for its extensive use of cutting edge green compositing to put the characters in actual historical environments and photo-realistic recreations of others.
Though in official release quite yet, the "The Last War Crime" is already experiencing major censorship hurdles, including the banning of its preview waterboarding scene from YouTube (reversed after massive popular outcry), and the still unresolved refusal of MTV (Viacom Inc.) to accept a paid ad for the movie.
If you would like to find out more about our work, and how you can be empowered by our tools to drive your own progressive policy activism, please click on any of the action links included in any of our articles on OpEdNews.com, and you will find easy paths to get a message to us, and we'd love to hear from you.
45 Comments
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:09:59 PM
Article : "YouTube and MTV Try to Shut Down New Cheney Indictment Film"
Thank you for your kind affirmation
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 11:57:50 PM
Article : "YouTube Censors the Waterboarding Scene from The Last War Cr"
Locked out of YouTube's inbox?
Monday, August 1, 2011 at 12:44:03 AM
Article : "The President Can And Must Invoke 31 USC 3102 To Pay Our Nat"
Impeachment for Following the Law???
Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 3:24:18 PM
Article : "The President Can And Must Invoke 31 USC 3102 To Pay Our Nat"
Won't Isn't The Same As Can't
Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 5:08:39 PM
Article : "The President Can And Must Invoke 31 USC 3102 To Pay Our Nat"
The President's 31 USC 3102 Authority
Friday, April 23, 2010 at 1:13:36 PM
Article : "Anybody But Kagan, The Worst Choice To Replace Justice Steve"
Not So Much Partisan As INEPT
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 11:24:12 AM
Article : "Is Elena Kagan the Best Legal Mind in the United States for "
Kagan is the WORST
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 9:38:24 PM
Article : "Part 8 of Supreme Court Analysis: First Amendment Absolutism"
Corporations as Property insight
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 4:50:45 PM
Article : "The Great American Stupid Test"
How do we "collect" our independent ire?
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 10:41:23 AM
Article : "Pollcrap, Castor Oil and Where do Progressives Go Next?"
It's not castor oil, it's HEMLOCK
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 2:27:12 AM
Article : "Will Supreme Court Kill the Obama Health Care Reform Plan?"
They haven't ruled against a corporation yet
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 4:40:39 AM
Article : "End The Civil War Among Progressives"
Progressives In Congress? Do You Mean That As A Joke??
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 12:59:33 AM
Article : "The Medicare Public Option Is On The Table!!!"
Nothing matters now but constituent pressure
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 9:23:18 PM
Article : "The Medicare Public Option Is On The Table!!!"
Kucinich Was Not Taking An Absolutist Single Payer Position
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 3:43:58 PM
Article : "Grayson's Medicare Option - YES! Public Option - NO!"
Did Ya Think A Contemptuous Attitude Was The Path To Victory
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 3:04:33 PM
Article : "Grayson's Medicare Option - YES! Public Option - NO!"
Kucinich Is An ORIGINAL Sponsor Of HR4789
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 8:36:35 PM
Article : "Medicare Option or Civil Unrest"
A crystal ball made of mud
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 7:26:22 PM
Article : "Medicare Option or Civil Unrest"
You Say You Wanna Revolution?
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 7:09:52 PM
Article : "Grayson's Medicare Option - YES! Public Option - NO!"
Grayson Action Page Domain Is NOT The DCCC
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 1:59:57 AM
Article : ""The Medicare Option": Let People Under 65 Buy Into Medicare"
Lots of conclusory statements, few factual sources
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 3:24:25 PM
Article : ""The Medicare Option": Let People Under 65 Buy Into Medicare"
An important issue to address
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 11:10:50 AM
Article : ""The Medicare Option": Let People Under 65 Buy Into Medicare"
Does this mean you favor a forced mandate??
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 8:53:48 PM
Article : "The Democratic Party's Plan To THROW The Next Couple Electio"
Then How Is It They Have The Majorities They Have Now?
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 6:46:38 PM
Article : "The Democratic Party's Plan To THROW The Next Couple Electio"
Lobbyist Jobs Await Them All
Monday, March 1, 2010 at 3:21:07 PM
Article : "The False Health Debate: Shall We Be Forced To Buy Corporate"
What A Wonderful Movement Recruiter You Are
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 9:04:42 PM
Article : "The False Health Debate: Shall We Be Forced To Buy Corporate"
The Very Definition Of Defeatism
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 2:28:51 PM
Article : "The False Health Debate: Shall We Be Forced To Buy Corporate"
No People Speaking Out, No Movement
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 12:10:36 PM
Article : "The False Health Debate: Shall We Be Forced To Buy Corporate"
Wrong Reaction
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 3:56:44 AM
Article : "Why political action is not working and what to do about it"
Stop putting down email and phone activism
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 2:08:04 PM
Article : "Five Supreme Court Judges Do Da Corporate Takeover Hustle, A"
Cry indeed, when corporate stormtroopers arrive at your door
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 9:49:49 PM
Article : "A Supreme Act Of Judicial Treason Against The People Of The"
Interesting Idea Disbarment
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 11:00:27 PM
Poll : "Poll: Is the current Healthcare bill just passed by the Sena"
It it is WORSE than nothing
Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 2:37:39 PM
Article : "The Senate LAUGHS About How Many Police It Takes To Silence"
Over 6,000 submissions already and still live
Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 1:53:08 PM
Article : "The Senate LAUGHS About How Many Police It Takes To Silence"
The open running sewer of whiny defeatists
Monday, August 6, 2007 at 12:30:44 PM
Article : "Can We IMPEACH With Facebook® Alone?"
Ah, the bliss of total ignorance
Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 11:39:12 PM
Article : "Can We IMPEACH With Facebook Alone?"
of course you won't
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at 2:16:01 AM
Article : "The True THREAT Of Ann Coulter And Her Ilk"
like we said, we need to check ourselves
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 11:05:49 PM
Article : "Harry, Nancy, SAY It Ain't So!"
The people have no card to play in the game?
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 9:37:42 PM
Article : "Poll: 39% of Public Already Support Impeachment"
Cheney first
Friday, April 27, 2007 at 6:35:35 AM
Article : "The 1st Debate: Meet Former Sen. Mike Gravel"
Temper it down?!?!
Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 5:04:41 PM
Article : "On HATE Speech And Freedom Of Speech"
Limbaugh next?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 10:14:12 PM
Article : "Who Has The COURAGE To Press For An End To The Iraq Occupati"
Fill in the blank
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 2:15:07 PM
Article : "Tell Congress To Put Ending The War BACK On The Table"
What part of participatory democracy don't you get?
Friday, March 16, 2007 at 2:07:04 PM
Article : "Tell Congress To Support The Kucinich IMPERATIVE For Impeach"
The wrong constituents perhaps
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 5:34:51 PM
Article : "Make John Murtha Majority LEADER"
Why don't you post your own article?