{"article":{"id":100954,"heading":"Greensweek - A national Green bulletin - Tuesday, January 20, 2004","author":"Green Party of the United States Media Team","created":"2004-01-21 23:04:31","modified":"2013-11-11 00:28:28","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:28:28","article":"

GREENSWEEK

A national Green bulletin

Vol. 2, No. 3

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

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Contents:

- Green news

- Upcoming events

- Green Action: call Congress; write a letter

- Good reads



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G R E E N

N E W S



CALIFORNIA: (1) Terry Baum is running for

Congress in the 8th District (San Francisco) as a

write-in candidate. She will need about 1,600

write-ins to get on the ballot in November. Baum

cites Nancy Pelosi's support for the invasion of

Iraq and the USA Patriot Act as motivations for

her campaign. More:

http:\/\/www.greencampaigns.org\/articles\/Baum_01_16_04.htm<\/a>

(2) Also running for Congress on a strong

antiwar platform is Sacramento software

consultant Pat Driscoll, who is attempting to

unseat 13-term Democrat Robert Matsui

(D-Sacramento) in the 5th Congressional District.

More: http:\/\/www.driscollforcongress.org<\/a>

http:\/\/www.greencampaigns.org\/articles\/Driscoll_01_16_04.htm<\/a>

(3) Tom Hutchings, 33rd Assembly District Green

Party candidate and Democratic write-in candidate

on the March Primary Ballot, has received the

endorsement of the Central Coast Chapter of the

Mexican-American Political Association (MAPA).

Hutchings delivered a bilingual speech at the

monthly chapter meeting on January 18.

Afterwards, the vote was unanimous to endorse

Hutchings for the primary election on March 2.

More: http:\/\/www.votetom.org<\/a>



DELAWARE: The Delaware Green Party denounced

plans by DuPont to process the highly toxic nerve

gas agent, VX hydrolysate, at its Chambers Works,

New Jersey facility, calling it the result of

programs to create weapons of mass destruction.

Delaware Greens endorsed a resolution prepared by

the Delaware Clean Air Council against DuPont's

project and urged Delaware citizens to oppose it

strenuously. More: http:\/\/www.gpde.org<\/a>



DELAWARE: The Green Party of Delaware's

leadership endorsed the Global Day of Action

peace demonstrations, set for March 20 to mark

the one-year anniversary of the US invasion of

Iraq. Working closely with the national group

United for Peace and Justice, Greens plan to join

protests set for New York, San Francisco, and

Chicago among other worldwide cites. Delaware

Greens, including UofD Campus Greens, expect to

join other concerned Delaware citizens by

supporting local peace demonstrations in unity

with worldwide peace actions. (More about the

March 20 protest below under Schedule.) More:

http:\/\/www.gpde.org<\/a> amc@UDel.Edu<\/a> (University of

Delaware Campus Greens contact)



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: DC Statehood Greens

participated in DC's 'First in the Nation'

presidential primary on January 13, with David

Cobb winning with 37% of the votes cast. The

only other candidate on the ballot was Sheila

Bilyeu, about whom little is known. Write-ins

(not specified in the published DC Board of

Elections and Ethics count) also captured a large

percentage. More:

http:\/\/www.dcstatehoodgreen.org<\/a>



GEORGIA: Launching its 2004 Ballot Access

campaign under the theme, 'Democracy Starts

Here!', the Georgia Green Party today announced

plans to hold a monthly 'Orientation for Greens

Committeed to Ballot Access.' The meetings will

take place starting at 10 am, the third Saturday

of each month at the new state Party office, on

the Third Floor of the Little Five Points

Community Center, 1083 Austin Avenue NE Ste

203-A, in Atlanta. More:

http:\/\/www.greens.org\/georgia\/<\/a>



GEORGIA & SOUTH CAROLINA: Greens were invited to

meet Ralph Nader in Clemson, South Carolina, as

2000 Georgians signed on to a Draft Nader effort

for 2004. Nader will attend two events in

Clemson (two hours from Athens and Atlanta,

Georgia) on Wednesday, January 21. At 7 pm, he

will speak at Clemson University, and then meet

with supporters at the Joint, a Clemson night

club, at 9 pm. More:

gpga-nader04draft@greens.org<\/a>

http:\/\/www.greens.org\/georgia\/<\/a>

http:\/\/www.scgreenparty.org<\/a>

http:\/\/www.thejointlive.com\/directions.html<\/a>



INDIANA The St. Joe Valley Greens in South Bend

have endorsed the Near Northwest Neighborhood

Association's petition urging legislators to find

more equitable ways to allocate the costs of city

services among all the county's residents.

Greens charge that the current tax assessment

system places the burden of supporting

institutions that serve the entire County on the

backs of City residents while allowing those who

use the Cities and their institutions to avoid

paying their fair share, and noted that many

individuals and small business owners have found

their property taxes going up as much as 300%.

More: http:\/\/www.sjvgreens.org\/<\/a>



MAINE: The Biddeford Green Independent Committee

has nominated local celebrity Dorothy Lafortune

to be the Green Independent candidate in the

February 3rd special election for House District

18. Lafortune, in November 2003, received 43% of

the vote when she ran for a Biddeford City

Council seat. Lafortune also ran for State

Senate in 2002. A special election was set by

Governor Baldacci last week for House District 18

after State Representative Marie

Laverriere-Boucher resigned. The winner of the

February 3rd election will represent District 18

through the end of this year. More:

http:\/\/www.mainegreens.org<\/a>



NEBRASKA: Steve Larrick of Lincoln, a member of

the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District

board and the first Green to be elected to office

in Nebraska, has announced his candidacy for the

open House seat as a member of the Green Party.

Larrick said he chose Martin Luther King Jr.'s

birthday to announce his candidacy to emphasize

the need to \"reduce the scale of violence being

projected by the Bush administration in the

Middle East, in the environment and throughout

the world.\" Larrick has more than 20 years of

experience working with communities and

neighborhoods in Nebraska, including five years

with the Nebraska Department of Economic

Development, 13 years at the University of

Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture and

one-year stints with the Lincoln Action Program

and the federal Farmers Home Administration.

More:

http:\/\/journalstar.com\/local.php?story_id=114884<\/a>

http:\/\/www.nebraska.greens.org<\/a>



RHODE ISLAND: The Green party of Rhode Island

will host a live Green Presidential Candidates

debate to benefit Rhode Island's first Green

Party Presidential Primary ballot. The debate

will take place on Wednesday evening, January 28

at the Synod Hall at 271 N Main Street in

Providence. The debate will be the first in a

series of such debates across the northeastern US

between candidates David Cobb and Kent Mesplay,

with a Massachusetts debate set for January 29

and weekend appearances in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

More: http:\/\/www.greens.org\/ri<\/a> 401-490-7602



WISCONSIN: The Wisconsin Green Party denounced

the 'Jobs Creation Bill', recently passed in the

Assembly (84-14) by Democrats and Republicans,

saying that it erodes the state's ability to

ensure that waterways and air quality will be

adequately protected and that its intent is to

attract businesses looking for shortcuts to set

up shop in Wisconsin. The bill, which still

needs to pass in the Wisconsin Senate, would

diminish the opportunity for the public and

Wisconsin regulatory agencies to examine and

prohibit detrimental activities. Wisconsin

Greens called the bill an example of the dangers

of the bipartisan corporate agenda and compared

it to the loss of jobs and labor and

environmental protections caused by NAFTA, WTO,

and other trade agreements. More:

http:\/\/www.wisconsingreenparty.org<\/a>



NATIONAL: Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney,

long the subject of a draft effort among Green

Party activists, ended speculation on her Green

presidential ambitions for 2004. McKinney

informed the co-chairs of the Presidential

Exploratory Committee and co-chairs of the

Georgia Green Party that \"a national campaign is

not in the cards for me at this time.\" According

to news reports, McKinney intends to run for her

old House seat in 2004. More:

http:\/\/www.greens.org\/georgia\/<\/a>

http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/dekalb\/0104\/12mckinney.html<\/a>



CHESAPEAKE REGION: The national Coordinated

Campaign Committee and Greens in Maryland, DC,

Delaware, and Pennsylvania are organizing a

two-day Campaign School in Baltimore, at the

University of Baltimore on January 31 and

February 1, 2004. See the listing under Upcoming

Events below.



NATIONAL: A reminder for all Greens running for

public office.... Make sure you're in the

database at <http:\/\/www.greens.org\/elections<\/a>>.

You can e-mail your information and corrections

using the form on the web or by sending it to

<juscha@greens.org<\/a>>.



NATIONAL: In a letter dated January 15, 2004,

Peter Camejo authorized Greens to place his name

before nominating conventions or primaries where

possible across the US as a candidate for

president, saying he wants delegates to go to the

convention with full freedom to vote according to

their best judgment. Camejo added, \"I will not

bind any delegate who votes for me but will make

it clear at the convention that they should vote

their conscience. A new web site has been set up

for Camejo supporters: http:\/\/www.DraftCamejo.org<\/a>



NATIONAL: Essential information about the Green

Party's 2004 National Nominating Convention, in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin from June 23 to 28, 2004,

and presidential candidates:

- Convention information:

http:\/\/www.gp.org\/convention\/process.html<\/a>

- Registration

https:\/\/secure.gpus.org\/convention\/<\/a>

- Presidential candidates, nomination process

http:\/\/www.gp.org\/convention\/process.html<\/a>

- David Cobb for President

http:\/\/www.votecobb.org<\/a> (may be under

construction)

http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Cobb4President<\/a>

- Lorna Salzman for President

http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Lorna4President\/<\/a>

- Redraft Nader

http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/RalphNader2004\/<\/a>

- Draft Camejo http:\/\/www.DraftCamejo.org<\/a>

http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/camejoforpresident\/<\/a>

- Carol Miller: contact carolmiller@newmexico.com<\/a>



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U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S



THURSDAY, JANUARY 29: Norman Solomon and and

Peter Camejo will debate what direction the Green

Party and progressives should take in the 2004

election season. Camejo supports Nader, even as

an independent, and hopes Ralph Nader can be

persuaded to run with the Greens. Were Nader not

to run, Camejo would like the Greens to run a

candidate. Solomon says Nader should not run,

and that the Greens should work to defeat Bush.

The debate is a benefit for listener-sponsored

KVMR radio. If any Greens can help at a table,

contact <jbarton@greens.org<\/a>>. 7:30 pm at the

Crest Theatre, On the K Street mall (at 10th

Street) in downtown Sacramento. $12 general, $10

KVMR members, $6 low income. More:

http:\/www.thecrest.com http:\/\/www.kvmr.org<\/a>



JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 1, 2004: The national

Coordinated Campaign Committee and Greens in

Maryland, DC, Delaware, and Pennsylvania are

organizing a 2-day Campaign School at the

University of Baltimore, with intensive

workshops, classes, and training exercises. Who

should attend: Greens (from anywhere) planning to

run for office or serve as a campaign manager,

press secretary, fundraiser, volunteer

coordinator or other campaign principal in 2004.

Speakers: CCC members Masada Disenhouse, Dan

Kinney, Mike Livingston, Gray Newman; national

Media Committee members Stacy Malkan, Scott

McLarty, Linda Schade, Kevin Zeese; national

Green organizers Dean Myerson, Jason Ravin, Lynne

Serpe. Workshops will be held from 12:30-5 pm

Saturday and 9:45 am-4:30 pm Sunday. To

register, contact Ann Forno <annforno@jhu.edu<\/a>>.

Registration is $15 (but no Greens will be turned

away).



MARCH 19-21: Prairie Region Campaign School, at

Concepcion Abbey, Concepcion, Missouri (near

Kansas City). For Greens interested in running

for public office, working on a campaign, or

building electioneering skills is encouraged to

attend. Cost to be determined, probably around

$80 for the weekend, including room, board and

tuition; some scholarships will also be

available, based on need and availability of

funds. Preregistration: Dee Berry at

816-942-3081 or <deeberry@kc.rr.com<\/a>>. Questions:

Phil Huckelberry at 309-268-9974 or

<huckelberry@softhome.net<\/a>>.



SATURDAY, MARCH 20: Global Day of Action: The

World Still Says No to War. On the one-year

anniversary of the U.S. bombing and invasion of

Iraq. Millions around the globe will take to the

streets to say YES to peace and NO to pre-emptive

war and occupation. Joining with growing numbers

of military families and soldiers, United For

Peace and Justice and other groups will call for

an end to the occupation of Iraq and Bush’s

militaristic foreign policies. To endorse,

e-mail m20endorse@unitedforpeace.org<\/a> or call UFPJ

at 212-868-5545 to let UFPJ know your group is on

board. More:

http:\/\/www.unitedforpeace.org\/article.php?id=2136<\/a>



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G R E E N

A C T I O N



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\/<\/a>

US Senate: http:\/\/www.senate.gov<\/a>

* Write a letter to the editor, a guest op-ed

column, essay, or article



==> Contact your Congress members about the

police treatment of protestors at the FTAA

Ministerial in Miami in November and call for

charges to be dropped. On November 20 and 21,

during the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Ministerial in Miami, the Miami police, known for

brutalizing poor and immigrant communities in

Miami for years, brutally attacked and arrested

over 250 people and used excessive force to

squash the demonstrations. Dozens of charges

have already been dropped, but the City of Miami

continues to harass people in the legal system.

They recently announced that they would not seek

jail time, thereby making it impossible for

defendants to access public defenders. Lawyers

in the Miami are working to insure that everyone

is represented, but a nationwide demand has been

launched to urge the city to drop all charges.

To send an e-mail to any Representative, enter

the state and zip code at

<http:\/\/www.house.gov\/writerep\/<\/a>>. More contacts,

sample letters, information:

http:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/<\/a>

http:\/\/www.saveourcivilliberties.org\/en\/static\/packet.shtml<\/a>

http:\/\/www.saveourcivilliberties.org\/misc\/sample_letter.html<\/a>



Repeated from earlier Greensweeks but still

current....

==> Tell your Senators to vote NO on the Senate's

version of HR 1904, the Healthy Forests

Restoration Act of 2003 and instead to support

efforts that protect communities from forest

fires without weakening environmental

protections. More:

http:\/\/wildforests.com\/wildforests.asp?id=181&id3=wildforests&id4=ES&<\/a>

==> House Republican leaders are trying to block

a resolution overturning the FCC's media

deregulation plan from reach the floor for a

vote. Urge Reps to force the vote and pass the

resolution. More: http:\/\/www.mediareform.net<\/a>

http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views03\/1010-13.htm<\/a>

==> Tell Congress to support a $215 million

increase for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program

(ADAP). More: The Save ADAP Committee, a working

group of the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition

(ATAC) http:\/\/www.atac-usa.org<\/a>

==> Tell Senators to keep student information

private! Under a little known provision of the

'No Child Left Behind' Act, schools are required

to turn over their entire student rolls,

including confidential contact information, to

military recruiters. The only way to prevent

military recruiters from getting this student

information is if a parent 'opts-out' -- but the

unfunded No Child Left Behind Act has no

allocated budget to tell parents about this

option.

==> Tell Senators and Reps to respect Indian

claims: The House has put into serious jeopardy

billions of dollars in American Indian Trust

Funds, when members of the House Appropriations

Subcommittee on the Interior put last minute

language into the HR 2691 conference report on

Interior appropriations. More:

http:\/\/capwiz.com\/fconl\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=3937026&type=CO<\/a>

==> Tell Reprepresentatives to support Rush

Holt's bill HR 2239, which would require paper

records for all votes cast on electronic voting

machines. More: http:\/\/www.verifiedvoting.com<\/a>

http:\/\/www.verifiedvoting.com\/fair_elections.asp<\/a>

http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/12\/02\/opinion\/02KRUG.html?pagewanted=print&pos<\/a>

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==> Tell Senators to use their influence to see

that the US Fish and Wildlife Service calls off

proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act of

1973 that would make it easier for circuses, pet

importers, and leather importers to capture,

exploit, and kill certain endangered species.

More:

http:\/\/www.capitolconnect.com\/audubon\/summary.asp?subject=269<\/a>

==> Tell Senators to vote NO on Bush's plan to

take overtime pay away from millions of American

working people by reclassifying their jobs. The

bill already passed in the House and faces a

Senate vote on January 20. More:

http:\/\/www.saveovertimepay.org\/bushproposal.htm<\/a>

==> Tell Senators to order the Justice Department

to stop spying on innocent Americans now! On

November 23, the New York Times disclosed a

confidential FBI memorandum detailing FBI efforts

to engage in coordinated, nationwide surveillance

of United for Peace and Justice and other

organizations in the peace movement. Sign a

petition:

http:\/\/www.unitedforpeace.org\/petition\/index.php?id=5<\/a>



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GOOD READS

Recommended articles, books, web sites



\"New Report: The State of the Dream. Black-White

Gaps Still Wide — Some Even Widening — Since Dr.

King's Death.\" Press Release from United for a

Fair Economy. \"There is nothing new about

poverty. What is new is that we now have the

techniques and the resources to get rid of

poverty. The real question is whether we have

the will.\" -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

http:\/\/www.faireconomy.org\/press\/2004\/StateoftheDream2004_pr.html<\/a>

Text of the report:

http:\/\/www.faireconomy.org\/press\/2004\/StateoftheDream2004.pdf<\/a>



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