WI Green Party Candidates Arrested at Congressman's Office

Wisconsin Green Party
www.wisconsingreenparty.org

September 25th, 2006

Contact:
Ruth Weill, Co-chair, Wisconsin Green Party,
spokesperson@wisconsingreenparty.org 414 350-2107
George Martin, Peace Action Wisconsin, 414 745-5740

Green Party Candidates Arrested at Congressman's Office

(Brookfield WI) Wisconsin Green Party candidate for Congress Bob Levis and candidate for Lieutenant Governor Leon Todd were arrested today outside the entrance to Congressman Sensenbrenner's office at Bishop's Way and Blue Mound Road. Bob Levis is on the ballot opposing Congressman Sensenbrenner in the upcoming November election. Levis and Todd were participating in a rally organized by Peace Action Wisconsin to protest Congressman Sensenbrenner's support of the war in Iraq as a part of the national activities organized around the Declaration of Peace. They took part in a one-half hour long protest with dozens of others before they were arrested. Three others were also arrested. 

The Wisconsin Green Party has opposed the war since before the invasion of Iraq, and has worked hard to end the war and bring the troops home. The party kicked off the Bring the Troops Home ballot initiative last spring, giving citizens a say on the war in Iraq in 32 towns, cities and villages around the state. 

The Declaration of Peace is a campaign being organized in every part of the United States calling on the U.S. Congress to establish a concrete and rapid timetable for an end to the U.S. war in Iraq and for a peace process designed to create the conditions for security, reconstruction, and reconciliation. This plan must include 

a.. Establishing an Iraqi-led international peace process to create a roadmap to peace and security
b.. Bringing U.S. troops home and closing the U.S. bases
c.. Reconstruction and reconciliation in Iraq, and
d.. Creating a peace dividend by diverting funding for war to meeting human needs at home and abroad.

The Declaration of Peace pledge says "Yes! I join with the majority of US citizens, the people of Iraq, and people around the world in calling for a comprehensive end to the US war in Iraq." Voters can sign the pledge at http://declarationofpeace.org/   

For more about the Wisconsin Green Party, visit www.wisconsingreenparty.org