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NATIONAL GREEN PARTY MEETING IN TULSA The Annual
Meeting Committee of the Green Party invites party members to fill out a
survey on the approaching national Green Party meeting in Tulsa on July
21-24. The committee is trying to get an idea of attendance and food
preferences and other ideas people may have. Visit the link below to fill
out the survey. (Please note this is not a registration form, it is only a
survey.)
http://gp.org/forms/tulsa/
More on the meeting (further details to be announced soon) http://www.jmbzine.com/okgreens-nationalproposal/
GREEN PARTY VISION SURVEY Please fill out the online National Shared
Vision Survey of Green Party members. The information you provide will be
used to help the Green Party of the United States Strategic Planning
Working Group learn what goals and vision the party might unite around,
and to develop a strategic plan for the party's growth. Allow about 30
minutes to complete the survey. The survey closes June 20. Thank You!
http://www.gp.org/survey/
BLACK CAUCUS On May 21, the Green Party Black Caucus, in a special
meeting, endorsed the special report "The Right to Vote Act! vs. The
Right to Vote Amendment?" prepared by the DC Statehood Green Party
Electoral College Task Force and the Douglass Institute of Government, as
well as a request to the national Green Party that Asa Gordon be invited
to make a plenary address at the party's national meeting in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, July 21-24, on this subject and hold a follow-up workshop.
http://gpblackcaucus.us/
http://www.electors.us/
CALIFORNIA Santa Monica City Council member Kevin McKeown has announced
that while still supporting Green Party principles, he has re-registered
as "Declined to State" in protest over the Greens' failure to
take action against the financial malfeasance of a fellow party member.
http://www.cagreens.org
CONNECTICUT The Green Party of Connecticut has joined other environmental
groups in condemning General Electric's latest attempt to paint itself as
an environmentally friendly company through its 'Ecomagination' ad
campaign. A leading proponent for the clean-up of the entire length of the
Housatonic River, Connecticut Greens have noted the continued PCB
pollution along the river was caused by GE. GE has effectively delayed
efforts to clean up the Housatonic for decades and has spent millions of
dollars more on public relations distorting the facts about PCBs in an
effort to convince the public that no action is necessary.
http://www.ctgreens.org/
CONNECTICUT Miguel Angel Nieves, Green candidate for Mayor of New Britain,
has rescheduled his Taking Back New Britain walk, originally set for June
4. The new date is June 12 at 2:00 pm. Nieves is also organizing a radio
show on Super Max 990 AM, titled 'Contacto Con El Pueblo' ('Contact With
The Town'), to be broadcase Monday to Friday, 1 pm to 4 pm. It will begin
on June 13. 'Contacto Con El Pueblo' will feature music, live interviews,
news, town information, and lots of job postings. Listeners will be
invited to call in, share their problems, and advise other callers. Nieves
is seeking sponsors and offering spots; contact him at 860-832-8141 for
rates and further information.
http://www.nieves.politicalgateway.com
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/nievesformayor
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/nbgreen
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The DC Statehood Green Party has published its 2005
legislative agenda, with a wide-ranging program to strengthen the social
safety net and improve the quality of life for all District residents.
Highlights include a legal holiday to promote DC statehood (October 1);
restoration of DC General Hospital; more power for Advisory Neighborhood
Commissions; and a plan for Greening the District. The agenda project was
chaired by David Schwartzman and Michele Tingling-Clemmons.
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org//testimony/testimony.php?annc_id=6§ion_id=1
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
FLORIDA The Broward County Green Party joined a legal challenge to
ordinances recently enacted in Ft. Lauderdale limiting demonstrators at
the Organization of American States General Assembly meeting, June 4-7.
The OAS meets in Ft. Lauderdale from June 4-7, with participants from 34
nations. While Broward County Greens support international cooperation,
the OAS has been consistently unsuccessful in protecting environmental
degradation and human rights, and has supported trade policies that
undermine labor, local economies, regional environments, and political
self-determination. Religious, environmental, labor, and political groups
are planning peaceful demonstrations during the meeting. In an effort to
limit the size and effectiveness of these demonstrations, Ft. Lauderdale
recently enacted an ordinance that redefines a parade or political rally
as only eight people, bans common objects such as soda bottles and
marbles, and limits the size of signs and banners. Security officials also
plan to restrict the demonstrators to positions that are largely invisible
to the OAS delegates, further undermining our ability to be effective.
Broward County Greens are seeking to have the ordinance stricken as
unconstitutional. A coalition including attorneys from the National
Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee and the ACLU has filed the suit.
http://www.browardgreens.org
http://www.aja.org
GEORGIA Elaine Brown announced her candidacy in the nonpartisan race for
Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia, held a press conference, and officially
opened her campaign headquarters on May 19 (Malcolm X's birthday).
"This is an opportunity to address contradictions that exist
throughout the country with respect to wealth and poverty, black and
white," Brown said. "I think Brunswick presents itself as an
opportunity not only for blacks, but for blacks and whites and other
people to recognize what we might be able to do on a larger scale."
Under the campaign slogan "Empowering the People! Sharing the
Wealth!" Brown says she wants to displace "the Confederate
establishment" (the current mayor is a Lt. Col. in the Sons of
Confederate Veterans) as much as the present administration wants to
remove the black and poor population of Brunswick under an economic plan
to gentrify Brunswick. Brown, the only woman to lead the Black Panther
Party, declared her intention to run for Mayor of Brunswick as a member of
the Green Party during a speech on April 23 at Howard University in
Washington, DC. Send a check made out to "Friends of Elaine Brown for
Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia" to this address: Elaine Brown 129 Altama
Connector #107 Brunswick, GA 31525 (Include a note with your name,
occupation, address, and amount donated along with the check, to comply
with election laws.).
http://www.elainebrown.org
(under construction)
http://www.greens.org/georgia
MAINE The Attorney General's prosecution of Fred Dolgon, the state's
strongest case, ended after a two-day bench trial. Three of the felony
charges were dismissed. Fred was convicted of the misdemeanor of
"pointing" to the place on the absentee ballot where the elderly
voter wanted to make her mark. The judge reluctantly convicted based on
the state statute (the witness and Fred admitted he pointed, but she told
him who she was voting for). The judge sentenced Fred to 200 hours of
community service, much less than the state prosecutor wanted.
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MINNESOTA The Cavlan For Senate has officially invited UK Member of
Parliament George Galloway to visit and hold a mutual press conference in
Minnesota.
http://www.michaelcavlan.org/index.shtml
http://www.mngreens.org/
Galloway's testimony before the Senate: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1616578,00.html
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0517-35.htm
*MINNESOTA Farheen Hakeem, the Green mayoral candidate in Minneapolis,
spoke at the Minnesota Women's Political Conference Breakfast and at the
following candidates' debate between herself, the incumbent Democratic
mayor, and a Democratic county commissioner who will both be in the race
through the primary with Farheen in September, since as the Democrats
failed to endorse a candidate. This gives Farheen an opening as incumbent
Rybak and Democratic challenger McLaughlin will split the Democratic vote
and their is unlikely to be any other candidates in the race for mayor.
Both Greens on Minneapolis City Council, Natalie Johnson Lee and Dean
Zimmermann have been suffered redistricting and gerrymandering, but may
still win reelection. Green candidate Cam Gordon is considered the
frontrunner in a tight race for the city council seat he narrowly lost in
2001, and he is facing a progressive Democrat who is a fairly well known
activist and wife to a state representative whose district partially
overlaps the ward. Annie Young is up for re-election for the at-large
(citywide) park board seat; her popularity is such that the Democrats only
endorsed two candidates for the three seats on the board. Minnesota Greens
say they have an embarrassment of riches in quality candidates, but need
more donations and volunteers.
http://www.mngreens.org
http://www.mplsobserver.com/ballotbox.php
NEW JERSEY Earl Gray, Chair of the Green Party of New Jersey, died on May
20, of pulmonary fibrosis. Earl joined the Greens in 1997; during the next
8 years he served as Monmouth County Coordinator, GPNJ Secretary,
Vice-Chair, acting Chair and Chair, as well as heading the GPNJ Policy
Committee from its formation as well as serving on the national Platform
and International Committees. He worked tirelessly for the Green Party
until the day of his death, reviewing new information on renewable energy
devices from his hospital bed. During his 2003 campaign for NJ Senate, he
gained notice both for his active campaign despite his failing health (he
required constant oxygen and campaigned with a portable oxygen tank in a
rollaround suitcase) and for embodying Green values in his campaign
conduct. Earl held a doctorate in history from Rutgers University and did
post-graduate study with Arnold Toynbee. He was a history professor before
working as a technical writer for a computer company. Following his 1991
retirement, he worked as a school-bus driver and as a manager of a
nonprofit boarding house for the homeless in Red Bank. Earl will be missed
by Green colleagues everywhere.
http://www.gpnj.org/EarlGray.htm
http://www.gpnj.org
NEW YORK NY Greens are calling for support for Mayor Jason West of New
Paltz, who challenged New York law by attempting to marry gay couples last
year and will now face trial, according to a May 27 ruling from the
state's highest court. West, a Green Party member, faces 24 misdemeanor
counts of violating the state's domestic relations law by marrying couples
without licenses in late February 2004. He faces fines and up to a year in
jail if convicted. West has maintained he was upholding the gay couples'
constitutional rights to equal protection, and thus his oath of office, by
allowing them to wed in the Hudson Valley college town in late February
2004. But top state officials, including Gov. Pataki and Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer, claim same-sex ceremonies violate state law.
http://www.gpnys.org
NEW YORK The New York State Green Party has announced its support for the
Worlds AIDS Campaign. This year's Worlds AIDS Day (December 1) campaign is
'Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS''. . This year's World AIDS Campaign explores
how gender inequality fuels the AIDS epidemic, and is conceived to
accelerate the global response to HIV and AIDS by encouraging people to
address female vulnerability to HIV.
http://www.gpnys.org/
NORTH CAROLINA The North Carolina House voted in favor last week of a bill
that would allow some counties to begin using instant-runoff voting (IRV)
in primaries. The IRV bill was introduced by Rep. Paul Luebke of Durham
and was supported by Democracy North Carolina and the North Carolina Green
Party, among others. The bill passed on May 18 by a bipartisan vote of
79-32. "This was such a surprise," said Elena Everett, chair of
the state Green Party. "We didn't expect this bill to come up for a
vote in the House this year. This is such important legislation. It could
save the state millions of dollars in election years and encourage more
democratic participation in government."
http://www.ncvce.org
http://www.ncgreenparty.org
SOUTH CAROLINA Gregg Jocoy's column in YC Magazine can now be read on line
at the South Carolina Green Party web site <http://scgreens.com>.
The first column, published on March 15, is posted at
<http://scgreens.com/gj_march_april.doc>;
the second (April 15) is at
<http://scgreens.com/gj_april_may.doc>.
More Green articles and columns:
http://www.gp.org/articles.html
http://www.YorkGreens.com
http://www.scgreenparty.org
WEST VIRGINIA WV Greens are calling for financial and moral support for
the 16 recently arrested in Sundial for their efforts to keep their
children and the community in Coal River Valley from becoming sick. The 16
recently were arrested for peacefully protesting the Massey Energy
facility near the local school.
http://www.gpwv.org/
http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/W16arrested.htm
WISCONSIN The Wisconsin Green Party announced today that it will work with
citizens across the state to place an advisory referendum on as many local
ballots as possible in next spring's election asking voters the question,
"Should the United States begin an immediate, phased withdrawal of
its troops from Iraq?" Jeff Peterson, the Green Party's candidate for
lieutenant governor in 2004, will coordinate efforts around the state,
most of which will involve convincing county boards to give their
constituents the opportunity to weigh in on the war. "We
intentionally crafted a referendum that is neutral in its language,"
said Peterson. "We're not trying to put local elected officials on
the spot by forcing them to take a stand on the war. We just think that,
after two years, it would be the democratic thing to do to allow average
citizens to weigh in on the Iraq situation."
http://wisconsingreenparty.org/blogs/WIGPnews/archives/000402.shtml
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/index.php?ntid=41528&ntpid=1
WISCONSIN The Wisconsin Green Party has announced its support for Madison
Alderman Austin King's filing of a nine-page complaint with Attorney
General Peggy Lautenschlager, along with a mountain of evidence. The
complaint accuses Assembly Speaker Gard, Senate Majority Leader Schultz,
and Governor Doyle of having a quid pro quo agreement whereby Governor
Doyle would sign a municipal minimum wage preemption bill, AB 49, in
exchange for legislative acceptance of a rule increasing the state minimum
wage. Such backroom dealing is a direct violation of Wisconsin State
Statutes 13.06, which classifies the commission of such an act as a Class
I Felony. The Wisconsin Green Party called for a thorough investigation of
his allegations, along with the effective punishment of any state elected
officials who broke the law. "The deal worked out between Doyle, Gard,
and Schultz isn't just bad for low-wage workers, it's illegal. It's clear
that Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce brokered a deal between the
Governor and the Republican leadership, and it's time for Wisconsin's
Attorney General to clean house," said Jill Busierre, Co-Chair of the
Wisconsin Green Party.
http://www.wisconsingreenparty.org
NATIONAL (May through October) The Green Party Task Force on Haiti
continues to urge Greens and Green Parties to join its campaign to support
Haitian democracy and justice, titled "Season of Solidarity with
Haiti." The Task Force invites Green Party members and friends to
plan solidarity actions and events from May throught October, 2005 (May is
Haitian Heritage Month), and encourages state Green Parties to endorse the
season of Solidarity with Haiti. The Task Force on Haiti is organized by
members of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee, Black Caucus, and
International Committee and is currently seeking members. Individual
Greens are encouraged to sign on to the endorsement list.
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_02_07.html
Contact Logan Martinez, loganmartinez@hotmail.com
NATIONAL Greens accused Democrats are supporting some of the most damaging
and extreme agenda of the Republican Party, citing the unanimous Senate
vote to institute a national identity card for all Americans. "We're
moving towards a one-party system, with Democrats rubberstamping most
Republican legislation," said David Cobb, the Green Party's 2004
presidential candidate.
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_05_16.html
NATIONAL Green Party leaders called on Congress to begin immediate and
far-reaching investigations of major abuses by the Pentagon and urged the
removal of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, citing: (1) Evidence of torture
and abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and abuse at facilities in the U.S., especially at
the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York; (2) Recent
reports that the Pentagon is unable to account for more than a trillion
dollars in financial transactions and missing equpment; $8.8 billion in
Iraqi oil sales unaccounted for in a 2005 audit, according to the Special
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/18/MN251738.DTL
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8888.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/international/middleeast/19iraq.html?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-guards21may21,0,7482975.story?coll=la-home-nation
http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/4.html
HELP WANTED The Green Party of the United States is seeking a part time
meeting coordinator to organize the Annual National Meeting to take place
in Tulsa Oklahoma July 21-24. The Coordinator will be responsible, in
collaboration with the Annual National Meeting Committee (ANMC), Oklahoma
Greens and DC Staff for coordinating the logistics of the meeting
including: Contract, Insurance, Registration, Supplies, Arranging Audio
Visual Set-up, Checking meeting room set ups, Printing and distributing
packets and other materials to attendees (maps, schedules, restaurant
lists, emergency info), Volunteer Coordination before and during the
event. The Coordinator will be the main contact person for venue personnel
and vendors. The Coordinator will give weekly and daily (as time
progresses) status reports to the ANMC. This is a part time position
starting June 27 through July 27 paying $1,800 pending National Committee
voting on the budget. Pay schedule will be negotiated with the
Coordinator. Travel to and from Tulsa, food and accommodations during the
meeting will be provided by the Green Party. The ANMC and Tulsa Greens
will work diligently to find reasonably priced or free housing leading up
and following the meeting. Other expenses will be reimbursed pending
approval of the ANMC Co-chairs and Green Party Treasurer. Qualifications:
Previous Green Party involvement and meeting planning experience
essential. Participation in past national Green meetings preferred.
Applicants should be able to spend a significant amount of time, at least
the last two weeks in Tulsa beforehand to work with venue staff and Tulsa
Greens. Send cover letter and resume to the Annual National Meeting
Committee c/o office@gp.org no later than June 10. Women and people of
color strongly encouraged to apply. Emily Citkowski, Green Party
Operations Director, phone: 202-319-7191, fax: 202-319-7193, email: emily@gp.org
ATTENTION STUDENTS Intern with the Fastest-Growing Party in the US! Are
you a student with a passion for politics and social justice? Do you want
an internship in Washington, DC, where you'll do more than walk a
Senator's dog or take orders for lattes? The Green Party of the United
States is accepting applications for college and high school interns for
the summer and fall. The Green Party is looking for interns to work in our
national headquarters in Washington, DC. Interns will assist with daily
office operations, provide administrative support for campaigns, research,
and help with convention planning and fundraising events. Qualified
applicants should be computer savvy. Activist experience and/or Green
Party membership preferred. Women and people of color are strongly
encouraged to apply. Start date is flexible. We are currently looking for
candidates for the summer and fall of 2005. Hours are flexible, although
three-quarters to full time is preferred. These are unpaid internships,
although many colleges and universities offer college credit for
internships. To apply, please e-mail your resume and cover letter to Emily
Citkowski, Green Party Operations Director, at <emily@gp.org>.
NATIONAL Learn the Art of Running for Office Run for Office as a Green!
221 Green officeholders in 27 states are hard at work, creating public
policy on important issues including civil rights, a healthy environment,
a living wage, alternative voting systems, and peace. The Coordinated
Campaign Committee has helped many individual Green campaigns: Bob
Jacobson, Vice-Chair of the Hawai'i County Council was re-elected last
year, and says he knows that the early contributions from the national
party contributed to his victory. To support the growth of the Green Party
in 2005, 2006, and beyond, the Coordinated Campaign Committee is pursuing
programs to increase the number of Green officeholders nationwide.
Strategies include targeting specific campaigns (based on written
applications) and providing those campaigns with matching funds or other
support; maintaining a campaign manual (available for download from <http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/manual.html>);
helping states recruit candidates; assist with regional campaign training
schools; and much more. Special resources will be available for
congressional campaigns and strong local campaigns. We especially
encourage people who are underrepresented in elective office to consider
running. We are also looking for people to work with these candidates as
campaign coordinators, managers, and other campaign volunteers. If you're
interested in learning the art of running for office, call the CCC's
Campaign Hotline phone number: 202-319-7194, or visit the Coordinated
Campaign Committee's websites for a wealth of campaign info <http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign>.
INTERNATIONAL The New Zealand Green Party releases comprehensive Energy
Policy calling for Peak Oil Awareness
Read the text: http://greens.org.nz/searchdocs/PR8708.html
READ ABOUT and get involved in your state Green Party
http://www.gp.org/
Read about and get involved in a national Green Party caucus
Lavender Greens Caucus (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and
intersex Greens) http://www.lavendergreens.org/
Women's Caucus http://www.gp.org/committees/women/
Black Caucus http://www.gpblackcaucus.us/
Youth Caucus discussion list
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youth-caucus
Latino Caucus (site to be announced)
Disability Caucus http://immuneweb.org/dg/
MORE GREEN PARTY NEWS: http://web.greens.org/news/
SIGN UP FOR GREENLINE.... Stay informed!
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/Greens/signUp.jsp
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JUNE 12-18 Walk for Truth, Justice and Community,
endorsed by the Pacific Green Party of Oregon, in solidarity with the
Rural Organizing Project and other progressive groups. The Walk will
proceed from Turner (near Salem) to Portland, with a stop for a rally at
the State Capitol on Monday, June 13, to be joined by progressive
legislators and other Salem allies.
Contact number: 503-543-8417.
http://www.rop.org
http://www.pacificgreens.org/
JUNE 19 Juneteenth celebration at the African American Civil War Memorial,
11th and U Streets, NW in Washington DC. An afternoon of music, speakers,
remembrance and fellowship hosted by Jared Ball (of Blackademics on WPFW
FM) and featuring Rick Tingling-Clemmons and other speakers. Both Ball and
Tingling-Clemmons are members of the DC Statehood Green Party steering
committee; the party is one of several groups organizing the event.
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
juneteenth@head-roc.com
http://head-roc.com/
http://www.juneteenth.com/
JUNE 24-26: Green Policy Conference 2005 for Green Officeholders and
Staff. Hsted by Green and progressive officeholders of Madison and Dane
County, Wisconsin. Green officeholders and staff will activities, share
and learn from successes and failures, and discuss possible coordination
of efforts across the country for even greater impact. No registration
cost for attendees, thanks to generous supporters.
http://www.greenpolicy.us
JULY 21-24 2005 Annual Green Party National Committee Meeting in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. Details to be announced.
http://www.jmbzine.com/okgreens-nationalproposal/
SEPTEMBER 24-26 United For Peace and Justice: End the war on Iraq; Bring
the troops home now; Leave no bases behind; End the corporate occupation
of Iraq; Stop bankrupting our communities; No military recruitment in our
schools. Various events:
Saturday, September 24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sunday, September 25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Monday, September 26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil
Disobedience
Leaflets and more information will be available soon at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2854
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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
==> Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) seeks to amass 100,000
signatures from US citizens calling on President Bush for more answers
about a 2002 meeting during which a senior British official said
intelligence was "being fixed" to present a case for the Iraq
war. Conyer's office says he hopes to present the letter to the President
in person, in what may be a media event that sparks interest in the steps
taken by the Bush Administration in the run-up to the Iraq war and the
'Downing Street Memo'.
http://rawstory.com/aexternal/conyers_petition_downing_street_527
Sign the letter at Conyers' website: http://www.johnconyers.com
(click on the link "Letter to President Bush Concerning the Downing
Street Memo" at the bottom)
==> Petition to Congress: "Peak Oil Awareness -- Solutions for a
Post Carbon Economy"
http://www.petitiononline.com/EndofOil/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/EndofOil/petition-sign.html
==> Fight Defense Contractor Giveaways: Tell Congress that you oppose
the $5 Billion C-130J fiasco. According to The New York Times, the plane
"costs $66.5 million a copy but cannot airlift troops and equipment
into combat areas, cannot be used in search-and-rescue missions and does
not operate well in bad weather." Defense contractor lobbyists have
been pressing Congress to continue funding the program so that taxpayers
will be stuck with more worthless C-130Js.
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/pogo/action/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=542
==> Urge Congress to pass 'Gold Standard' voting machine paper trail
legislation. The Cobb-LaMarche campaign investigated numerous accounts of
vote manipulation and obstruction in Ohio and New Mexico in the 2004
presidential election <http://www.votecobb.org>;
similar reports also surfaced in other states. Congress has so far failed
to rally behind a bill addressing problems with computerized voting
equipment and requiring auditable paper trails. Send a letter to Congress:
http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=18973
==> Urge Congress to pass The Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act, HR
952. The practice of sending detainees to other countries where they can
be tortured to extract information is abhorrent and un-American. The US
must reflect high standards of morality if it is to be accepted as a world
leader, and high moral standards definitely do not include 'outsourcing'
torture.
http://www.fcnl.org/act_lam_current/lam0310_05.htm
==> Urge Congress to pass HR 983 and S 427, which would create a
renewable electricity standard. The US has so far failed to introduce
serious alternative energy programs, yet American dependence on polluting
fossil fuels becomes daily more precarious. Scientists and
environmentalists, as well as the US Energy Information Administration,
agree that alternative energy is practicable and economic. Both houses
have good bills to set a Renewable Portfolio Standard (HR 983, S 427). The
bills would requires utilities to gradually increase their use of clean
energy to 20% of total power generation, a feasible goal.
http://www.ucsaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=12787
.
==> Encourage US Representatives cosponsor the States' Rights to
Medical Marijuana Bill that will soon be introduced by bipartisan members
of the House. The link below will take you to a website from which you can
send an email through the Marijuana Policy Project containing the details
of the bill to your congressperson.
https://ssl.capwiz.com/mpp/issues/alert/?alertid=7293581&type=CO
==> Write to your Reps and urge them to pass the Employee Free Choice
Act, which would give US workers the unabridged right to form unions to
protect their job conditions and to participate in the democratic process
locally and nationally. When workers in our country try to form unions,
they are often threatened, and are actually fired in 25% of private-sector
union election campaigns. Bipartisan bills -- the Employee Free Choice Act
-- are now pending in Congress to protect the rights of workers to form
unions.
http://afl-cio.org/aboutunions/voiceatwork/ns04192005.cfm
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Arlington Courthouse Greens and Northern Virginia
Greens have announced a TV program, "The Green Hour", with a
half hour pilot program available on VHS free to any group that would like
to show it. The program was produced for, and is being shown on Channel
69, public access TV in Arlington (Arlington Independent Media). The
subject of the pilot is "Challenging Corporate Power", featuring
a discussion led by Paul Hughes of the Northern Viriginia Greens and the
program, and it includes power point slides prepared by the Southern
Region of the Sierra Club. Contact Don Rouse, jdrouse@erols.com
http://arlingtongreens.org
http://novagreens.org
http://www.vagreenparty.org
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How to Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to
Violence and Terrorism. Book by Jodie Evans, Alice Walker, Arundhati Roy,
Medea Benjamin (Introduction) (Inner Ocean Publishing, 2005). From the
fearless and creative women of CodePink.
http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=237
What Went Wrong In Ohio: The Conyers Report On The 2004 Presidential
Election. Book by Anita Miller (Editor), Gore Vidal (Introduction)
(Academy Chicago Publishers, 2005).
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/...
http://www.house.gov/conyers/
KenSain.com: Ken Sain's Web Log, covering "Greens, Gays &
Government." Ken, currently a reporter for The Washington Blade, ran
for Congress in Kentucky as a Green a few years ago and more recently
served as Steering Committee member for the DC Statehood Green Party.
http://www.kensain.com/
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