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Your mayor could save Net Neutrality

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Late last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) caved to corporate interests and voted to eliminate Net Neutrality; That’s the basic concept that your internet provider cannot slow down your browsing on certain pages, block websites, or charge apps and sites extra fees to reach an audience. All legal content is treated the same. It’s been crucial to new movements around the world because it ensures activists can share news and ideas at the same speed as corporations and governments. If you streamed a video from Standing Rock, shared a photo of that Greenpeace RESIST banner over the white house, or just shared one of our online petitions with a friend – you’ve relied on Net Neutrality. The FCC’s massively unpopular decision has sparked a national movement to demand the return of real Net Neutrality. Thousands of us have already spoken out, but there’s a new way to help by asking your Mayor to defend Net Neutrality. Click here to email your mayor and ask them to sign the Cities Open Internet Pledge. Mayors like Bill de Blasio of New York, …

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No Hard Feelings

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Here at 198 methods, we’re all about action, not emails. But still, we need a way to keep in touch with people and let them know what we’re doing, how to help, and where we can get together. We’ve seen time and time again that digitally connected protest movements – especially ones that take direct action in order to create democratic, peaceful power – can be incredibly powerful. So I hope you’ll take a second and just read this email. In the last few weeks we’ve helped organize hundreds of thousands of people to send a message to the big banks to stop destroying the climate and respect indigenous rights; We helped deliver those messages to banks around the world; We fought back against FERC and all the parts of Trump’s administration that threaten the climate, and more! We also want to hear more from you – if you know of a protest we can help plan, or a frontline community that could use support, let us know. Even just reading this email will give us a sign that you’re still …

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Hey, we all get too much email

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Here at 198 methods, we’re all about action, not emails. But still, we need a way to keep in touch with people and let them know what we’re doing, how to help, and where we can get together. We’ve seen time and time again that digitally connected protest movements – especially ones that take direct action in order to create democratic, peaceful power – can be incredibly powerful. So I hope you’ll take a second and just read this email. In the last few weeks we’ve helped organize hundreds of thousands of people to send a message to the big banks to stop destroying the climate and respect indigenous rights; We helped deliver those messages to banks around the world; We fought back against FERC and all the parts of Trump’s administration that threaten the climate, and more! We also want to hear more from you – if you know of a protest we can help plan, or a frontline community that could use support, let us know. Even just reading this email will give us a sign that you’re still …

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