Vol. 1, No. 11
Monday, November 03, 2003
Green news
Upcoming events
Green Action: call Congress; write a letter
Good reads
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GREEN NEWS
CAMPAIGN ALERTS: On Election Day 2003 (Tuesday, November 4), quick results
for Green campaigns will be posted at Greens.org/elections.
178 Green candidates are competing in the November 4, 2003 elections (177
in the regularly scheduled general elections and one in a special
election).
The Green Party's Coordinated Campaign Committee (CCC)
has identified two 'flagship' campaigns that deserve special attention and
support from Greens and friends:
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Matt Ahearn, running for reelection as New
Jersey State Assemblyman, 38th District, received an endorsement from
the The Record (North New Jersey) on October 29. To contribute, send a
check to Matt Ahearn for Assembly, 6 Beekman Place, Fair Lawn, NJ
07410. (Large donations, especially $250 and up, are especially
needed.) http://www.mattahearn.com/
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Matt Gonzalez (current President of the San
Francisco Board of Supervisors) for SF Mayor in the November 4
election. To contribute, write a check payable to Matt Gonzalez for
Mayor and send them to the San Francisco Green Party, Attn: Matt
Gonzalez Campaign, 1028A Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103.
http://www.mattgonzalez.com and http://www.sfgreenparty.org.
Here are four other campaigns targeted by the CCC:
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Brita Butler-Wall, executive director of
Citizens for Commercial-free Schools, for school board president in
Seattle, Washington. Contribute to Brita's campaign at http://www.electbrita.org/get_involved.
http://www.electbrita.org
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Jean de Smet for First Selectman (mayor) of
Windham, Connecticut on the Green ticket. To contribute, make checks
payable to Jean de Smet for First Selectman and send them to Tom
McNally, PO Box 161, Windham, CT 06280. http://www.ctgreens.org/candidates/desmet.html
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Tom Hutt for the 8th District council seat
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, representing the progressive and
racially diverse neighborhoods of Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, and
Germantown. Make checks payable to Hutt for Council, 1229 Chestnut St
RG1, Philadelphia, PA 19107. http://www.tomhutt.org
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Heather Urkuski, candidate for Berks County
Commissioner in Reading, Pennsylvania. Make checks payable to Friends
of Heather Urkuski / Urkuski for County Commissioner, PO Box 12157,
Reading, PA 19612. http://www.heatherurkuski.org
Comprehensive
list of Green candidates and their websites and contact information
Campaign Hotline, now available for all Green
campaigns, candidates, campaign managers, press secretaries, treasurers,
etc. in need of quick advice: leave a message at (202) 319-7194 and the
CCC will respond within 24 hourswith direct advice or a referral to
an appropriate expert. (The CCC cannot advise about state and local
election law.) Available year round; beginning in January, the hotline
will be staffed by a live person at certain times.
CALIFORNIA: Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL-CIO has endorsed Tom Hutchings, Green candidate for 33rd Assembly
District (San Luis Obispo). Hutchings, a past member of the American
Postal Workers Union and several law enforcement agency labor
associations, organized the Hemet Police Department to associate with the
Peace Officers Association of California (PORAC), and is a retired member
of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. More: http://www.votetom.org
and email: tom@votetom.org
CALIFORNIA: On October 22, Ralph Nader sent a fax to
the Green Party of California formally removing his name from the Green
Party primary ballot in California. David Cobb, Kent Mesplay, and Lorna
Salzman will appear on the California primary ballot. Nader and other
candidates can petition for inclusion, but have forfeited the ability to
be placed on the ballot upon request. More: Ballot Access News, November
1, 2003, page 6; http://cagreens.org
FLORIDA: The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), an
international trade authority which will hold a summit in Miami from
November 19 to 21, is aggravating poverty throughout the western
hemisphere, eroding democracy, and strengthening the US-based corporate
agenda of privatization, deregulation, and other 'free market' policies.
The International Committee, the Miami-Dade Green Party, and Campus
Greens, are all helping organize to "Stop the FTAA!" Protests,
workshops, and a Green press conference are planned: see the Schedule of
Events below. *** Help needed! *** Green organizers ask all Greens &
friends who plan to attend and who support the FTAA protests to contribute
at least $5 -- and more if you can -- to the Miami-Dade Greens. Make your
check payable to the 'Green Party of Miami-Dade County,' and mail it
to Miami-Dade Green Party, PO Box 560325, Miami, FL 33256.
More:
http://www.gp.org/ftaa2003.html
http://www.miamidadegreenparty.org/Issues/WTO/wto.html
INDIANA: In the last Greensweek, we reported that the
St. Joe Valley Greens chapter in South Bend is launching its first 'GreenTV'
show on cable access (Comcast), channel 03. The contact for the show is
Victoria Webb, GreenTV Producer, 574315-0531, <vic@furiousdreams.com>.
The show recently covered the Notre Dame, South Bend rally protesting the
FTAA. Airtime for GreenTV will be 4 pm EST Thursdays on Channel 03,
beginning November 6. (Check local cable access listings for the schedule
in your area.) More: http://www.sjvgreens.org/
NEW JERSEY: Two New Jersey Green candidates for the
State Assembly (District 21) are challenging their state's marriage laws.
George DeCarlo and Ryan Reyes, a same-sex couple from Berkeley Heights who
obtained a civil union in Vermont three years ago, are seeking a court
ruling that would allow them to file a joint state income tax return in
New Jersey. A tax court judge in Trenton told George and Ryan that they
would have to pay a filing fee and resubmit their complaint before its
merits could be addressed. More: http://district21greens.org/
WISCONSIN: Wisconsin Greens congratulated the Forest
County Potawatomi and the Mole Lake Band of the Sokaogon Chippewa on their
purchase of the Crandon Mine. The purchase ends two decades of struggle to
protect the headwaters of the Wolf River and area lakes and rice beds from
mining-related water, air, and land pollution. Also, Wisconsin
Greens called for Wisconsin's Dream Act, AB95, to be enacted as law. The
bill, passed in its federal form by the US Senate Judiciary Committee,
would allow illegal immigrant students to gain legal status and to pay
in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities.
More: http://www.wisconsingreenparty.org
http://madison.indymedia.org/feature/display/14706/index.php
NATIONAL: Recent Green Party hires and job openings....
Jason Ravin has been hired as Outreach Director,
African American Affairs, for the Black Caucus of the Green Party of the
United States. Jason is from Texas and currently resides in Washington,
D.C., where he is a member of the steering committee of the D.C. Statehood
Green Party.
Emily Citkowski of the Green Party of Michigan has been
hired as national Operations Director of the Green Party of the United
States. Emily currently works for Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU),
where she serves as Office Manager & Bookkeeper. She replaces Dean
Myerson, who has been hired as head of the Green Institute, a Green think
tank.
The Coordinated Campaign Committee is hiring a
Political Director to support the CCC in its work for Green Party
campaigns. Accepting resumes and letters of interest until November 20 at
<juscha@greens.org>.
More: http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/poldir03.html
The Green Party of the United States is seeking a
Fundraising Director.
More: http://www.gp.org/committees/steering/fundraiser.html
NATIONAL: Various state Green Parties have been holding
open discussion forums for Greens on campaign strategies, especially
national, for 2004, in preparation for the national Nominating Convention
of the Green Party of the United States, which is set for June
24-27, 2004 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Iowa, Wisconsin, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and perhaps others have already held such
events;
Read more at http://www.gp.org/press/pr_10_30_03.html
NATIONAL: The number of voters registered in the Green
Party is approaching 300,000, according to Mike Feinstein, who tracks
Green election information. The current count is 296,919, with updates
expected from some states soon. Mike notes the difficulty of collecting
such data from state election boards; for example, Arizona keeps no state
total, requiring contact with every Arizona county. Furthermore, some
states don't provide for party registration.
More: http://www.greens.org/stats
NATIONAL: The new pre-2003-election issue of Greenpages,
the national Green Party newspaper, is now available. Order a sample copy
for free or bundles of 100 for $25 (includes shipping) at http://www.gp.org/greenpages/index.html.
The issue includes reports on local campaigns around the country, the
groundbreaking campaign of Peter Camejo in the California recall election,
and an update on the 2004 presidential race.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15: Visiting Florida for FTAA
Ministerial Meetings in November? John Howes humanbeing@webtv.net,
chair of the Green Party of Florida's Blue/Green Alliance Building
Committee, invites you to a 'Globalize This!' rally in protest of the
FTAA's antidemocratic and destructive 'free trade' policies, to be held in
Williams Park, Saint Petersburg, from noon to 3 pm on November 15. For
more information, click on this e-flyer:
(front page) http://community-2.webtv.net/humanbeing/flyer0/
(back page) http://community-2.webtv.net/humanbeing/flyer/
NOVEMBER 19-21: Various protests, meetings, workshops,
etc. on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) summit in Miami,
Florida, throughout the week. A Workshop on the Global Greens Charter and
International Politics, will take place WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 at 3 pm in
the Doubletree Key Biscayne Room. At 5:30 pm, the Green Party will hold a
press conference at the Radisson Downtown Miami, across the street from
the Doubletree. National, state, and international Green Party
representatives will appear at the press conference. Also, on TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 18, Marta Benavides from El Salvador will speak on a morning
panel on water privatization, and Chris Doran of PressurePoint.org
will give a workshop on the origins of corporate power. More information
under 'Florida' above; register to join other Greens in Miami, find the
schedule of events, and read the list of state and local Green parties
that have endorsed the national FTAA Call to Action at http://www.gp.org/ftaa2003.html.
More: http://www.miamidadegreenparty.org/Issues/WTO/wto.html
NOVEMBER 22-23 The Santa Fe County Chapter of the New
Mexico Green Party is sponsoring a community forum, "Issues and
Elections: Organizing for a Better New Mexico", at Capshaw Jr. High
School in Santa Fe. Topics: water, living wages (Santa Fe recently passed
a living wage ordinance applicable to any business with 25 or more
employees; the city already has one for its own employees and
contractors.), achieving universal health care for NM, local energy
options, etc. Election workshops will focus on schools for candidates,
campaign managers, treasurers, PR people, etc. More: NMGP national rep
Rick Lass 505-920-0540.
NOVEMBER 22-23: Claim Democracy Conference, sponsored
by the Center for Voting and Democracy, featuring a large coalition of
pro-democracy groups, at the Washington, DC. Securing, Enhancing and
Exercising the Vote is the centerpiece of the Center's new Democracy USA
initiative.
Register at http://www.democracyusa.org/events/registration.html.
More: http://www.fairvote.org/
DECEMBER 5-7: The Green Party of Kenosha/Racine will
host the Great Lakes Campaign School to help progressive candidates and
campaign staff prepare for the 2004 elections. Kenosha/Racine Greens are
planning a weekend of training sessions for folks from Minnesota, Iowa,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. The event will be held
at the DeKoven Center in Racine, on the shores of Lake Michigan. Suggested
fee to attend, including tuition and food, is $50. No one will be turned
away for inability to pay. Carpools are being planned. The Green Party of
the United States is co-sponsoring the Campaign School, to make it more
affordable to aspiring candidates. Speakers, including elected Greens and
those with extensive Green campaign experience, will be announced soon.
Sessions will include how to develop a campaign plan, raise funds, attract
volunteers, develop a 'Green" message, and work with the media.
More: 262-633-7133, petekaras@yahoo.com,
http://www.GreatLakesGreens.org
GREEN ACTION
CALL CONGRESS
* Call, fax, write a letter, or pay a visit
* Contact information: Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121
US House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/
US Senate: http://www.senate.gov
* Write a letter to the editor, a guest op-ed column, essay, or article
Repeated from earlier Greensweeks....
GOOD READS
Recommended articles, books, web sites.
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