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GPMI State Membership Meeting - Nov 2-3 - Traverse City
The next State Membership Meeting will be held in Traverse City, Michigan on
November 2-3. It will be held at the Cambria Suites. We have reserved some
rooms under the Green Party of Michigan event.
[ http://www.cambriasuites.com/hotel-traverse_city-michigan-MI325 ]
This is an important SMM for the GPMI as it is about a year out from the
2014 elections which include the governor, US senator and the Michigan House,
among others. There are also the upcoming GPMI officer elections set for early
The agenda includes officer reports, local folks on struggles taking place
including those around fracking and mining, and the 2014 elections.
We will have a public meeting Saturday afternoon on the Emergency Managers
-- the fight against the banks and the Green perspective.
Directions to the Hotel:
from the North take I-75 South to M-72 West to US-31 South, continue 6 miles
to hotel on right. From the south take I-75 North to M-72 West to US-31 South,
continue 6 miles to hotel on right.
[ map: http://goo.gl/maps/RnSnJ ]
Registration will start at 9am on Saturday with the meeting beginning at 10am.
GPMI State Membership Meeting - Saturday, July 20th - Ferndale
Green Party of Michigan
State Membership Meeting
Saturday, July 20, 2013
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Kulick Community Center
1201 Livernois
(several blocks south of Nine Mile Road)
Ferndale, MI
Proposed SMM Agenda --
9am -- Register and socialize
9:30 -- Introductions and Adoption of Agenda
10am -- Officer Reports -- Treasurer, Elections Coordinator, SCC work, other officer reports and discussion
11am -- Strategy for Green Party -- 2013 -- 2014 -- Local -- Statewide -- National
Noon -- Lunch
1pm -- continue Strategy work
2pm -- Panel on the Crisis in Education with Elena Herrada, elected member of Detroit Public Schools Board District 2 and Marianne McGuire, former member of the State Board of Education and others
3:30 -- Break
3:45 -- Motions, Nominations, Unfinished Business
4:30 -- Announcements & Adjourn
5pm -- Adjourn
Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Cheri Honkala to visit Detroit, Sunday Oct 28
On Constitution Day, La Pietra Calls for Respect for Rights of Registered Voters
Urges Opponent to Join Him in Opposing "Unnecessary, Unauthorized, and Arguably Illegal" Checkbox on Ballot Applications
In honor of Constitution Day, John Anthony La Pietra, the Green Party candidate for Calhoun County Clerk and Register of Deeds, is taking a public stand for respecting the fundamental rights of registered voters in Michigan by opposing the so-called "citizenship checkbox".
Poll-workers in at least some areas were instructed to deny primary ballots to voters unless they re-declared their citizenship on the ballot application form. And an authoritative report on Michigan's August 7 primary identified Battle Creek as one of the areas where voters reported just that problem.
John calls on his opponent and all local clerks to join him in rejecting the checkbox, which he points out is "unnecessary, unauthorized, and arguably illegal."
"As the Michigan Election Reform Alliance and others have pointed out, deterring or interrupting registered citizens from voting with a device like that could put election officials at risk of felony charges."
Earlier today, MERA and other members of a statewide election-rights coalition sued the Secretary of State's office to stop use of the checkbox. And the clerks of Ingham, Macomb, and Washtenaw Counties declared that they would leave the checkbox off their counties' ballot applications.
"Calhoun County should do the same," John says simply. "We already have better ways to prevent more plausible forms of election fraud -- right down to providing pens instead of pencils for voters to fill out those applications."
The ACLU of Michigan, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, has posted on its Website the Coalition's preliminary report on the August 7 primary:
John's own report on Calhoun County voting conditions August 7 is posted on his campaign Website at:
For more details, or to volunteer to help watch voting conditions in November, contact John via phone, e-mail, or Facebook:
John Anthony La Pietra For the People
386 Boyer Court
Marshall, MI 49068
e-mail: email@example.com
phone: 269-781-9478
Facebook: jalp4thePeople
LABOR DAY MESSAGE: Winning labor's battles requires independent politics
Opinion article issued for Labor Day, 2012, by Jill Stein. A PDF version of this statement is available by clicking here. Photo at right is of Philly labor leader Jim Moran speaking with Cheri Honkala and Jill Stein.
I welcome and endorse the AFL-CIO's campaign to finally fulfill President Roosevelt's 1944 call for a second, Economic Bill of Rights, including the rights to jobs, living wages, labor unions, voting rights, health care, education, and retirement security. As the Green Party candidate for President, my Green New Deal platform already has specific proposals to secure these rights.
Jobs: Employ the unemployed in public works projects and federally-supported community-controlled cooperatives and other enterprises; create 25 million green and public service jobs.
Living Wages: Raise the federal minimum wage to a living wage.
Labor Law Reforms: Repeal the anti-labor Taft-Hartley Act, outlaw permanent striker replacements, and authorize majority card check union recognition.
Voting Rights: Pass the Right To Vote Amendment to establish an affirmative constitutional right to vote and accurate vote counting.
Corporate Power: Pass a constitutional amendment to repeal the corrupting court-ordered doctrines that corporations are people and money is speech and establish that corporations and election campaign finance can be regulated
Health Care: Enact single-payer Medicare for All.
Education: Forgive student debt and provide tuition-free public education from pre-school through graduate school.
Retirement Security: Eliminate the cap on Social Security taxes for high incomes in order to secure Social Security's indefinite fiscal sustainability.
The AFL-CIO leadership are demanding that the two corporate-financed parties, the Democrats and Republicans, adopt the Economic Bill of Rights in their platforms at their conventions this year. They must know this a lost cause with the openly anti-union Republicans. They should know that a real commitment to an Economic Bill of Rights is as much a lost cause with the Democrats, who have taken labor's political support for granted for many decades with no significant pro-labor reforms to show for it.
Read more here
Green Party VP Candidate Cheri Honkala Joins "Romneyville" Encampment to Give Voice to the Poor
Wayne County Nominating Caucus to be held in Detroit on Saturday, August 4
There will be a meeting of the Wayne County Caucus of the Green Party of Michigan on Saturday, August 4, from 2-5 pm at the American Room, International Institute, 111 E. Kirby, Detroit. (map: http://goo.gl/maps/TuLr)
The purpose of the meeting will be to hear from and nominate candidates for all offices wholly within Wayne County. Candidates selected will be on the November 6 ballot as Green Party candidates. All Green Party of Michigan members residing in Wayne County have voice and voting rights.
In addition, it will be an opportunity for people to learn about the Green Party and the Jill Stein-Cheri Honkala campaign for President and Vice-president of the United States. They were nominated at the GPUS Convention July 14 in Baltimore. They are fighting for a New Green Deal. The campaign has met the criteria for matching federal funds - a first ever for a Green Party US presidential candidate. They appeared on Amy Goodman as she broadcast live from the Convention. The nomination also received coverage in the NY Times, Washington Post, USA Today and other major media. As they did in Chicago in 2008, C-SPAN broadcasted and archived the nomination proceedings at: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/VoteSpe
Join us for the nomination of candidates, hear about the GPUS Convention and the Stein-Honkala campaign. Light refreshments served.
If you are interested in running for county or state office in Wayne County, please contact Fred Vitale at firstname.lastname@example.com 313-580-4905 or Lou Novak at firstname.lastname@example.com 313-623-4709
Green Party of Michigan Nominates Candidates At All Levels of Government
(Mt. Pleasant) - The Green Party of Michigan held its nominating convention this past weekend in Mt. Pleasant on the Central Michigan University campus. While the focus of the convention was on the presidential election, nominees were also chosen for state and local offices and support was offered for some ballot initiative petition drives as well.
The convention began on Saturday with informational sessions surrounding those seeking office in Michigan. Potential nominees spoke briefly on their dedication to Green values, what they had to offer their constituency as well as responding to questions from the assembly. Across the board, those who spoke offered support for reproductive rights as well as the institution of gay marriage, questions offered up to all candidates. Nominees continued to offer themselves for consideration on Sunday as well because not all were able to attend the Saturday session. Local caucuses may also be held up to the day of the primary, August 7th , if no one from that county was nominated during the state convention. Support for state and local candidates who announced their desire to run during the convention was unanimous. Michigan nominees are as follows:
Harley Mikkelson: US Senator
Ellis Boal: US Representative/Congressional District 01
William J. Opalicky: US Representative/Congressional District 02
Pat Timmons: US Representative/Congressional District 04
Richard E. Wunsch: US Representative/Congressional District 07
Julia Williams: US Representative/Congressional District 09
Steven Paul Duke: US Representative/Congressional District 11
Douglas Campbell: US Representative/Congressional District 14
David McMahon: State Representative/District 055 (Washtenaw County)
John Longhurst: State Representative/District 106
Candace R. Caveny: statewide/State Board of Education
Dwain Reynolds III: statewide/State Board of Education
Eric Borregard: statewide/University of Michigan Board of Regents
Lloyd Clarke: statewide/Michigan State University Board of Trustees
Margaret Guttshall: statewide/Wayne State University Board of Governors
Latham Redding: statewide/Wayne State University Board of Governors
J. Matthew de Heus: County Commissioner / Bay County - District 7
John Anthony La Pietra: County Clerk & Register of Deeds / Calhoun County
Jennifer La Pietra: County Commissioner / Calhoun County - District 6
Korine Bachleda: Clerk / Newberg Township (Cass County)
Josef Connolly: County Commissioner / Grand Traverse County - District 3
Tom Mair: County Commissioner / Grand Traverse County - District 2
The highlight of the day was a series of three back-to-back SKYPE sessions with Green Party Presidential hopefuls: comedienne Roseanne Barr of California, Dr. Jill Stein of Massachusetts and Dr. Kent Mesplay also of California. Unlike Presidential candidates from other parties, the three Greens who spoke Saturday offered support and kind words for their competitors.
Roseanne Barr spoke first and focused on the fact that banks and other big business interests seem to own the politicians - and through them, the people. She said she was attracted to the Greens because the party's Ten Key Values put it on the side of defending the people from the class warfare being waged against them. She called for a debt jubilee to forgive student loans and home mortgages.
Jill Stein noted that the Green Party has survived when other people's movements have not, and stressed maintaining and building the Green Party as both a grassroots movement and a political party. She said Greens were ahead of the curve not only on the environment but also on opposing wars, protecting civil rights, women's rights, and many other issues. While winning the Presidency and turning the White House into a Green House would be one kind of win, she added that a real win would be forcing the people's issues into the public discussion.
Kent Mesplay billed himself as the "organically grown" Green Party candidate as he has been a member of the party since 1995. And, having run for the nomination during the last cycle as well, he was the hopeful with the most experience running in what he describes as the near-Orwellian environment of current US politics. He advocated for the concerns of native Americans and community-based approaches to national issues, pointing out that environmental independence could lead to more overall independence.
The Presidential candidates agreed on several issues vital to attendees. The banking industry is corrupt and should be broken down into smaller, community-based institutions. Also a theme was the political system itself, which also revolves around financial gain rather than representing and implementing the will of the people. Responses by all candidates were well-received by the assembly of Michigan Greens.In the party's straw poll, run using Instant Runoff Voting-style ballots, 56% of Michigan Greens made Stein their first preference. 17% listed Barr as their top choice, while 13% preferred favorite-son candidate Harley Mikkelson and 11% chose Mesplay first. A few preferences for other choices were also expressed.
While the vote is not absolutely binding, GPMI co-chair Fred Vitale noted that Michigan Greens have generally given their votes to candidates proportionally in the first round of national-convention balloting. This would translate to 9 of Michigan's 16 delegates voting for Stein, 3 for Barr, and 2 each for Mesplay and Mikkelson.
For more information, please contact:
Michigan Green Party Election Coordinator John A La Pietra at firstname.lastname@example.com or (269)781-9478
Green Party of Michigan Nominates Candidates At All Levels of Government
Green Party of Michigan State Nominating Convention June 2-3 Mt Pleasant
Saturday, June 2 -- 8am to 10:30pm
Sunday, June 3 -- 8am to 5pm
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1400 South Washington Street
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
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Jill Stein Brings Campaign for Green Party Nomination to Michigan on Monday March 5
Ann Arbor:
Monday Mar 5 4pm to 6pm
Amer's Deli on S. State Street.
(map: http://g.co/maps/2u2bg)
Monday Mar 5 7:30pm to 10:30pm
AJ's cafe on 9 Mile Rd
(map: http://g.co/maps/xjqt2)
The public is invited to attend one of two meetings with Dr. Jill Stein
of Massachusetts who is vying for the Green Party's nomination for president
of the United States on Monday, March 5th. Come hear her speak about the
Green New Deal and what it would mean for Michigan.
Dr. Jill Stein is a mother, housewife, physician, longtime teacher of
internal medicine, and pioneering environmental-health advocate. Presenting
herself as a positive option to the main two political parties, Dr. Stein's
campaign has centered around the Green New Deal which was created to help
America regain its prosperity in four ways: securing jobs with living wages
for all Americans able to work, adopting green technologies and production
practices, revamping the financial sector and strengthening our democracy
so that the people's voice will be heard in Washington.
Dr. Stein will make two stops in Michigan as she makes her way through the
Great Lakes region. First, she will be in Ann Arbor from 4pm to 6pm at
Amer's Deli on S. State Street. (map: http://g.co/maps/2u2bg)
After Ann Arbor, she will move on to Ferndale where she will be at
AJ's cafe on 9 Mile Rd from 7:30pm to 10:30pm. (map: http://g.co/maps/xjqt2)
Dr. Stein will be available to answer questions, talk about her candidacy
and what the Green Party can do to make America thrive. To learn more about
Jill Stein, visit her website at
or look for her on Facebook.
Other candidates seeking the Green Party's nomination include comedienne
Roseanne Barr, Kent Mesplay of California and Michigan's own Harley Mikkelson.
The Green Party blasts Obama, NRC on approval of new nuclear reactors in Georgia
US taxpayers to subsidize the high cost and high liability for the new units, while Southern Co. reaps the profits
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party candidates and leaders strongly criticized a Feb. 9 decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue the final license for two new reactors located at the currently operating Vogtle nuclear power plant near Augusta, Georgia.
Greens said that the 2011 Fukushima disaster, with radioactive water and waste continuing to spill into the local environment, proves the need to put nuclear power on permanent hold. Green Party leaders noted that residents near Plant Vogtle claim that some cancers increased after 1987, when the Atlanta-based Southern Company opened the first of the two existing reactors.
"The energy companies know that nuclear energy is extremely expensive and a high risk for security, public health, and the environment. They saw what happened in Fukushima, as well as Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Rather than gamble with their own money, energy companies have convinced President Obama to pass the cost and liability on to US taxpayers," said Denice Traina, Coordinating Council member and former co-chair of the Georgia Green Party (http://www.greens.org/georgia).
more at: http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=479
GPMI State Membership Meeting, Bay City, Feb 11-12
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 9:30am and Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 10:00am
1205 Washington Ave, Bay City, Michigan 48708
The State Membership Meeting of the Green Party of Michigan will be held on February 11 & 12 in Bay City.
On Saturday, when we will cover party business, registration will begin at 9:30 AM and the meeting will run until 4:00 PM. Continental breakfast and buffet lunch provided.
On Sunday the meeting will begin at 10:00 AM, with a continental breakfast. On this day we will hold a Town Hall style meeting, open to the public, discussing
GPMI's Cary Neuville-Justice in State Rep 51 District Special Election
GENESEE COUNTY-Cary Neuville-Justice was selected by the state central committee of the Green Party of Michigan to be their nominee in the special election to fill the seat of recalled Republican state representative Paul Scott.Neuville-Justice, an MBA and tax professional from Linden, was appointed by the Linden City Council to the Board of Review in 2004 and is still serving today. She is a third generation resident of Linden.
The winner of the Feb 28th election will serve a ten month term ending Dec. 31st, 2012. The 51st State House District boundaries will be redrawn next year.
Contributions can be sent to: Friends of Cary Neuville-Justice P.O. Box 125 Linden, MI 48451
Phone: 313-815-2025
Detroit Greens and MWRO Celebrate Occupy Wall Street Dec 9
Green Party calls for a nationwide moratorium on home foreclosures
Greens urge Obama, Congress to halt further bank foreclosures: Wall Street firms should suffer 'austerity' for the economic crisis they caused, not the American people
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States called for an immediate nationwide moratorium on foreclosures and urged President Obama and Congress to take steps to halt further actions by banks to foreclose on the homes of Americans in the continuing economic recession.
"An order barring lenders from evicting people from their homes would be a powerful first step towards restoring financial stability and easing the fears of middle- and low-income working Americans," said John Eder, Green candidate for Mayor of Portland, Maine (http://www.johneder.org) and former State Representative in Maine. "The economy might be thriving again for the one percent, but for most Americans, the Subprime Mortgage Crisis and 2008 recession are not over. Millions of families face the loss of their homes, millions are without a job or only semi-employed, millions have no health coverage or inadequate coverage."
Green Party candidate Cheri Honkala, running for Sheriff of Philadelphia in the 2011 election, has pledged not to cooperate with banks attempting to evict residents from their homes (http://www.cherihonkala.com). Ms. Honkala is a long-time housing activist and founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union.
Green Light Winter 2011
Full Issue (PDF file)GPMI State Membership Meeting - St. Ignace Sat-Sun Oct 15-16
Green Party of Michigan State Membership Meeting
St. Ignace, October 15-16, 2011
St. Ignace Public Library
110 W. Spruce Street
St. Ignace, Michigan 49781
Saturday Oct 15 10am - 5pm
Sun Oct 16 9am - 11am
Agenda includes:
Officer Reports
National, Regional and Local Reports including Fracking, and Occupy Wall St
Planning for the Election Year
Green Party of the US endorses, joins 'October 2011' protest against the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and 2012 austerity budget
Greens call for an end to the Bush-Obama post-9/11 decade of wars without end, bloated military budgets, skyrocketing hate crimes against Muslims in the US, torture and other abuses of power
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States has endorsed the "October 2011" protests and other events marking the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of the 2012 federal austerity budget.
On October 6, 2011, thousands will gather on Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC to "occupy the plaza and hold a People's Assembly where we come up with just and sustainable solutions to the crises we face and demand that these solutions be presented and that the people's needs be addressed. We will plan and engage in creative acts of civil resistance and demand that our inherent rights and freedoms be protected, and that our children have a chance to live in peace, to breathe clean air, and to grow edible natural food," according to the October 2011 web site (http://october2011.org).
Participants hope that the event will spark a US equivalent to the pro-democracy 'Arab Spring' of early 2011. Green leaders said that, after the changes in the Middle East, the demise of Osama bin Laden, and the severe damage to the nation's economy and rule of law that resulted from the wars, it's time to restore peace and sanity in America.
"In making this endorsement, we're challenging the dangerous political direction of the US. We also challenge others who support 'October 2011' to recognize the Green Party's leadership on the issues these events will address, such as endless wars, the demand for Medicare For All universal health care and millions of new jobs, and the need to end the control of top corporations over our political system," said Sanda Everette, member of the Coordinating Committee of the Green Party of California and former co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. Ms. Everette will participate in the October 6 event.
more at http://www.detroitgreens.org/node/439Green Party, responding to President Obama's Sept. 8 address, calls 'Green New Deal' the key to job creation
Greens urge public works programs to provide millions of jobs and help convert America to a secure green economy
WASHINGTON, DC -- Responding to President Obama's speech Thursday night, the Green Party today called for a 'Green New Deal' to put Americans back to work while helping the US transition to a carbon-free green economy.
"We need a Green New Deal that will put all of the unemployed to work rebuilding America on the basis of an economically and ecologically sustainable prosperity. The green in the Green New Deal means we must go beyond the old New Deal and bring an environmental focus to our public investments, including clean manufacturing processes, to not only address the crisis of climate change but to build the foundation of a sustainable green economy," said Jill Stein, co-chair of the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts (http://www.massgreens.org) and author of "Jobs for All with a Green New Deal" (Green Papers, September 5, 2011, http://www.greenpapers.net/?p=164).
"Other countries are already making major investments to position themselves for this future carbon-free economy. America needs to catch up. A Green New Deal offers the opportunity to revive and reinvent American manufacturing, so we can have good jobs by making the solar panels and wind towers and transit cars right here in America," added Dr. Stein.
More on the Green New Deal: http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/08/11/62-green-candidates-endorse-gr...
Green Party leaders said that President Obama's new jobs proposal will fall far short of finding enough jobs for the 25 million Americans who need employment. They sharply criticized the president for failing to call for revenue measures needed to finance a robust jobs creation program, including taxes on Wall Street speculation, off-shore tax havens, millionaires and multimillion dollar estates, as well as a 30% reduction in the trillion-dollar bloated military-industrial-security complex budget.
"President Obama refused to address the massive problem of income inequality, a major cause of the economic recession. The wealthiest 1% of Americans now take home 24% of the national income, up from 9% in 1976. The last time the US had such massive income inequality was in 1927, which pushed the country into the Great Depression because of the loss of consumer spending," said Laura Wells, Green candidate for the 2010 governor's race in California.
Green leaders said that a payroll tax cut for working Americans will at best provide a modest economic stimulus, but agreed with President Obama's support for extended unemployment benefits.
Greens have long advocated the establishment of an infrastructure bank, noting that North Dakota's successful public banks have granted cheaper and easier access to credit to small businesses, nonprofits, and local governments.
"The path to full employment in America lies in building a green economy, not in caving to polluters as the Obama administration has done recently. The New York Times reports that the recent surge of the Green Party in many European countries was due to the recognition that building a green economy is the key to job creation (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/world/europe/02greens.html). Politicians in the US love to campaign on a green jobs agenda, but once elected, its back to pushing more tax cuts and handouts for large corporations," said Starlene Rankin, co-chair of the Green Party's national Lavender Green Caucus.
"A Green New Deal will establish government's responsibility to guarantee the right to a job for every American willing and able to work. Let's turn the unemployment office into the employment office. If the private sector fails to provide you a job, you go down to the employment office to get work. We need to build ecologically sustainable energy and transportation infrastructure and production systems -- clean renewable energy generation, retrofitting buildings and homes and other projects for energy efficiency, intra-city mass transit and inter-city railroads, 'complete streets' that encourage bikes and pedestrians, regional food systems based on sustainable organic agriculture, and clean manufacturing of the goods needed to support a sustainable economy," said Howie Hawkins, co-chair of the Green Party of New York State and Green candidate for Common Councilor in Syracuse, New York.
Green leaders noted that the White House launched several successful public works programs since the 1930s. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in the 1970s employed millions to provide necessary public infrastructure and public services like education, health, child care, elder care, youth programs, and arts and cultural projects.
The net cost of a WPA-style jobs program to create 25 million new jobs would be $666 billion, only about 50% more than the $447 billion President Obama proposes and less than the $825 billion in the 2009 stimulus -- and miniscule compared to the trillions in Wall Street bailouts in 2008 and 2009. (See "Learning from the New Deal" (draft) by Philip Harvey, Professor of Law and Economics at Rutgers School of Law, http://www.njfac.org/HarveyLearningND.pdf). Assuming that a public jobs program would stimulate about one private job for every two public jobs created, we would need about 17.5 million public jobs the first year. With pay between $14 to $17 per hour, plus benefits, the net cost per job would be only $28,600, compared to $228,055 per job cost of Obama's initial 2009 stimulus, which mainly consisted of tax incentives.
Greens warned that Obama's proposals also fail to provide enough relief from housing foreclosures. A July 2010 report from the International Monetary Fund shows that the foreclosure crisis account for more than 10% of the unemployment rate (http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2010/cr10248.pdf). Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-run mortgage companies, must aggressively reduce the principal balances on underwater loans and make refinancing easier for underwater borrowers.
The cost of a Green New Deal jobs program would be covered through a combination of carbon taxes to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increased taxes on the wealthy and Wall Street, and major cuts in the military budget. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the top four contributors to the federal deficit are (in order of importance) the Bush tax cuts, reduced revenues in the wake of the 2008 economic meltdown, bank bailouts, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Defending America doesn't require a globally deployed military, with bases in over 100 countries and full-scale occupations and wars on several fronts. The military budget has doubled over the last decade. The US spends over $1 trillion a year on the military-industrial complex. If we cut military spending by two-thirds to fully fund an Employment Assurance program in the depths of the current Great Recession, we would still spend three times more than China, the world's next biggest military spender, China," said Mark Dunlea, New York Green and chair of the Green Educational Legal Fund, Inc.
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"Critics Still Wrong on What's Driving Deficits in Coming Years: Economic Downturn, Financial Rescues, and Bush-Era Policies Drive the Numbers"
By Kathy Ruffing and James R. Horney, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 28, 2010
Press conferences, forums, and other events at the Green Party's 2011 Annual National Meeting in Alfred, NY, broadcast and archived on the Green Party's Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus
2011 Annual National Meeting http://nygreenfest.org
Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States (Summer 2011 issue now online)
The Green Party urges US/NATO to withdraw from Libya and support African Union efforts to broker a resolution
Former US Congresswoman and 2008 Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney reports on her fact-finding mission to Libya in Detroit on Saturday, Aug 27. More info at http://www.detroitgreens.org/node/428.Green Party leaders urged an immediate US/NATO withdrawal from Libya after the advance of rebel forces into Tripoli, and called on President Obama to support a political solution to the crisis in Libya through diplomacy, with the involvement of the African Union, Arab League, and United Nations.
"The African Union's mediation committee offered a positive outline for an immediate ceasefire, followed by negotiation without preconditions and democratic elections in Libya. This is the perfect moment for President Obama, NATO, and the UN to support the efforts of the African Union to broker a resolution. All elements of Libyan society must be invited to the table to determine the country's new direction. The Libyan people must be allowed to decide their own future," said Romi Elnagar, member of the Green Party of Louisiana and the Green Party's International Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl).
"If US and NATO forces prolong military action and attempt an occupation to stabilize Libya, the result will be more civilian lives lost and a disaster similar to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the evaporation of hopes for freedom and democratic self-determination for the Libyan people," Ms. Elnagar added.
See "African Union Statement on the NATO Invasion of Libya: It's Time to End the Bombing and Find a Political Solution in Libya" by Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, Uganda's Permanent Representative to the UN, New Vision (Uganda), June 17, 2011 (http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/757904). According to the statement, "Gadaffi accepted dialogue when the AU mediation Committee visited Tripoli on April 10, 2011. Any war activities after that have been provocation for Africa. It is an unnecessary war."
The Green Party opposed the US/NATO assault on Libya from the beginning (http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=399) and Greens have strongly criticized President Obama for public statements, after the beginning of the attack, in which he changed the goal from "humanitarian intervention" for the protection of Libyan civilians to ousting Gaddafi. Attacking a country to remove its leadership is a violation of international law. The Libyan war was also conducted without congressional approval, even after the US House in June voted against authorizing continued military operations in Libya for one year.
The Green Party supports nonviolent resistance to oppression, as most Palestinians have practiced for decades and Egyptians more recently, and deplores the killing of unarmed civilians.
"The severity of bombing raids over the past few months suggests that Gaddafi himself has been and may still be the target. The bombing inevitably turned indiscriminate and led to widespread civilian death and injury. NATO's claim of protecting civilian lives has become increasingly implausible. Unfortunately, Secretary of State Clinton's refusal to grant the Libyan UN ambassador a visa has censored Libya's own collected statistics on civilian casualties resulting from the raids," said Farheen Hakeem, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.
Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party's 2008 presidential nominee, recently conducted a fact-finding tour of Libya and reported on NATO's bombing of civilians at Al Fateh University, Campus B, in Tripoli on June 9 in her blog at Black Agenda Report (http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/more-nato-humanitarian-interven...).
Green Party leaders noted that, while attacking Libya in the name of democracy and liberation, the US has withheld criticism of violent repression of popular movements for democracy in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel, which are US allies.
Greens have agreed with the call by the United National Antiwar Committee "for an immediate halt to US intervention in regions and countries where mass mobilizations are challenging oppressive regimes" (Statement on Libya, http://nepajac.org/libya.htm) and warned against US efforts to co-opt movements for democracy in African countries and force them to accept Africom (United States Africa Command), a program to impose US military presence and strategic objectives in African countries.
"The unprovoked assault on Libya has constituted a third war, with US troops still occupying Iraq and Afghanistan/Pakistan, against the government of a majority Muslim nation. It has opened a dangerous new front in a wider unending US war that is at least in part motivated by a desire to control the planet's largest oil reserves in the coming decades. These policies, unless reversed, may eventually ignite a global conflict in this century of dwindling oil resources and advancing climate change. Already, the US has spent $3.7 trillion on wars during the past decade, draining sorely needed funds from public services and other domestic necessities and aggravating the current fiscal crisis. It's time to retire the Bush-Cheney-Obama policy of military aggression," said Muhammed Malik, co-chair of the Miami-Dade Green Party (http://www.miamidadegreenparty.org) and a member of the Green Party's International Committee.
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"Libyan Deaths, Media Silence: Were Dozens Killed in Majer NATO Airstrikes?"
FAIR media advisory, August 18, 2011
Press conferences, forums, and other events at the Green Party's 2011 Annual National Meeting in Alfred, NY, broadcast and archived on the Green Party's Livestream Channel
2011 Annual National Meeting http://nygreenfest.org
Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States (Summer 2011 issue now online)
Green Party leaders, candidates, and state party delegates head to Alfred, New York, for the party's 2011 Annual National Meeting, August 5-7
Theme of the meeting: "Building a Green Economy -- No War. No Coal. No Gas. No Nukes."
Forums and other events will be broadcast via the Green Party's Livestream Channel (http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus); Elizabeth May, Canadian Green member of Parliament, and economist David C. Korten will speak via Skype
The meeting will take place at Green Fest (http://nygreenfest.org) in Alfred, western New York; Greens will begin planning for the 2012 elections, including the presidential race
Media events will feature Green candidates and officeholders (see below); Media credentialing page: http://www.gp.org/forms/media (also linked here: http://www.gp.org/committees/media/kit.shtml)
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders, candidates, officeholders, and state party delegates are heading to Alfred, in western New York State, this week for the party's 2011 Annual National Meeting at Alfred University from Friday, August 5 to Sunday, August 7.
This year's meeting site was chosen in part to recognize the Green Party's achievement of major party status in New York, a result of Howie Hawkins' gubernatorial candidacy in the 2010 election.
The meeting will take place at the fourth biennial New York Green Fest, "a gathering of folks interested in exploring the politics and practices that will help enable us to live in a sustainable world, and sharing a weekend of good discussions, good food, and good music" (http://nygreenfest.org). Greens will discuss this year's elections and prepare for Election Year 2012, including the presidential race.
more at http://www.detroitgreens.org/node/420
Greens: Obama has joined the GOP war against working people with his announced intention to roll back Social Security and Medicare
Greens urge national protest & voters' revolt over deal by Obama & GOP to cut Social Security & MedicareAgreement with Republicans would gut key protections for Americans, push retirement savings in the Wall Street casino, and will mean "work till you die" for many working people; it's time for the 'Green New Deal' and a voters' revolt against both parties, say Green Party leaders
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders warned that President Obama and Democratic leaders will betray the American people if they agree with Republicans to cut Social Security and Medicare, and demanded that such cuts be taken off the table.
The Green Party has challenged bipartisan claims that the deficit, rather than the recession and job crisis, is the major economic problem facing the US. Green candidates and leaders have promoted a 'Green New Deal' with an array of positive solutions for the economy and employment (http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/08/11/62-green-candidates-endorse-green-new-deal).
Holly Hart, secretary of the Green Party of the United States: "There are ways other than cutting Social Security and Medicare to end the federal deficit -- ending the three wars, sharply reducing the military budget, raising taxes on the wealthy. A modest raise in the contribution cap for the highest income brackets would keep Social Security solvent. Social Security and Medicare are accounts separate from the federal budget -- they play no part in the deficit crisis. But President Obama, compromising with congressional Republicans and fulfilling his own ambition to 'restructure entitlements', has signaled his willingness to roll back the protections that his party passed in the 1930s and 1960s to give working Americans their financial security and prosperity since the mid 20th century, saving millions of people from financial destitution. The President's deal, which we can count on Democratic leaders in Congress to support, may compel people to gamble their retirement savings in the Wall Street casino. And pushing back the eligibility age will be a 'work till you die' sentence for many Americans, including Black people, the poor, and others with statistically shorter life spans."
Jason Nabewaniec, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States: "It's time for a voters' revolt against both Democrats and Republicans. President Obama's compromise shows he has joined the GOP war against working people. There is no longer any reason to make excuses for Mr. Obama and his fellow Democrats. There is no reason to vote for 'the lesser of two evils' if the lesser evil is so willing to cooperate with the greater evil against the rest of us. Two-party politics is more than a flaw in our democracy. It's a disaster that can only be solved by removing Democrats and Republicans from office and replacing them with Green candidates. Greens accept no corporate money and are committed to maintaining and strengthening Social Security, and to expanding Medicare to cover everyone. Mr. Obama's likely Social-Security/Medicare deal with the GOP is proof that the Green Party is an imperative for the 21st century. If the deal is accepted, it will be time for people to gather in protest in Washington, DC, and throughout the US just as people protested in Wisconsin when Gov. Walker threatened public sector workers and union organizing rights."
Farheen Hakeem, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States: "It's no longer accurate to say we have two parties running the country. We have a single party with an extremist wing called the Republican Party and a slightly less extremist wing called the Democratic Party, both of which have made service to Wall Street and other powerful corporate elites their top priority. Most Americans don't want to see Social Security or Medicare reduced -- but most Americans don't contribute huge campaign checks. Unlike corporations, thanks to the Supreme Court's 'Citizens' United' decision, most Americans don't run endless campaign ads."
Howie Hawkins, Green candidate for Common Councillor of Syracuse, New York and 2010 Green candidate for Governor of New York: "If MoveOn.org and environmental activist Van Jones believe that America's future should be in the hands of Democrats, they're as deluded as Tea Partiers who want a Republican future. President Obama's planned raid on Social Security and Medicare tops off the list of capitulations and betrayals since taking office: escalation of the Afghanistan War and air assaults on Pakistan; a third war, on Libya, in violation of the War Powers Act; continued warrantless wiretapping of US citizens, harassment of whistleblowers, and other legal abuses; plans to build more nuclear power plants, with taxpayers' money, even in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan; plans for more offshore oil drilling despite the BP disaster; a health care reform bill designed mainly to enrich insurance companies, with mandates to purchase private coverage and no reductions in medical costs; embrace of the myth of 'clean coal' and no interference in destructive, poisonous mountaintop removal mining... The list goes on and on, even surpassing President Clinton's fulfillment of GOP agenda."
George Carlin, nonpartisan comedian and social critic (1937-2008): "The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out."
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"Trumka: Social Security Cuts Should Not Be on the Table" AFL-CIO Blog, July 7, 2011 http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/07/07/trumka-social-security-cuts-should-not-be-on-the-table/
"Breaking Point: Obama and the Death of the Democratic Party" By Jane Hamsher, FireDogLake, July 8, 2011 http://firedoglake.com/2011/07/07/the-breaking-point/ http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/08-3
GreenStream Live: News and discussion on the Green Party's Livestream channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus
Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States (Fall 2010 issue now online) http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
Green Party to hold its 2011 Annual National Meeting August 5-7 at Green Fest in Alfred, NY
Greens begin planning for the 2012 elections, including the presidential raceTheme of the meeting: "Building a Green Economy -- No War. No Coal. No Gas. No Nukes."
The Green Party of the United States will hold its 2011 Annual National Meeting at Alfred University in Alfred in western New York, from Friday, August 5 to Sunday, August 7.
The meeting will take place at the fourth bienniel New York Green Fest, "a gathering of folks interested in exploring the politics and practices that will help enable us to live in a sustainable world, and sharing a weekend of good discussions, good food, and good music" (http://nygreenfest.org).
"We look forward to meeting in New York, where the Green Party of New York State regained ballot status in 2010 with Howie Hawkin's Green campaign for governor," said Jason Nabewaniec, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States and a New York Green.
Green Party leaders will begin organizing for the 2012 election season, including the presidential race. The party will nominate a candidate for the White House at its 2012 national convention. The 2011 meeting in Alfred will also feature Green Party panels, workshops, meetings of the Green National Committee, and other events.
The meeting is open to the media and public. Press conferences will feature Green candidates for public office from across the US, with a special press conference on Friday, August 6, for women candidates hosted by the party's Women Caucus (http://www.gp.org/caucuses/women/index.php).
Alfred is about 80 miles from Rochester and 90 miles from Buffalo. For directions to Alfred University and Green Fest, see this web page: http://nygreenfest.org/directions.html
More information about the Green Party's 2011 Annual National Meeting will be announced in the coming weeks.
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- Green candidate database and campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml
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- Video Page http://www.gp.org/video/index.php
- Green Party's 2011 Annual National Meeting / New York Green Fest http://nygreenfest.org
- Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-Green-Fest/71141014224
- Alfred University http://www.alfred.edu
- Green Party of New York State http://www.web.gpnys.com
- Directions http://nygreenfest.org/directions.html
- Green Party Annual National Meeting Committee http://www.gp.org/committees/anmc/index.php
Greens oppose 'Via Verde' gas pipeline in Puerto Rico
Green Party supports protesters opposing massive 'Via Verde' gas pipeline through Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's colonial status must be replaced with self-determination and independence, say Greens
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party has joined Puerto Ricans protesting a proposal by Gov. Luis Fortuno to construct a huge natural gas pipeline that would endanger Puerto Rico's communities and ecosystems. Green Party leaders said that the problem of Puerto Rico's high electric bills and dirty air from burning oil must be resolved through alternative energy instead of burning another fossil fuel.
"Everything about the project is wrong, beginning with Gov. Fortuno's Orwellian name for the pipeline -- the 'Green Way' [Via Verde]. A pipeline that threatens people living nearby and damages green mountains is not green, by any stretch. The top contract for the $450 million pipeline has been awarded to a company with no experience constructing pipelines. It's a corrupt deal to benefit a favored corporation," said Rosa Clemente, the Green Party's 2008 nominee for Vice President. Ms. Clemente is Puerto Rican.
The contractor, Gas Natural de Puerto Rico, is also seeking tax exemption, while the bill for the pipeline will be covered by Puerto Rican taxpayers ("Pide exencion contributiva al Gobierno," Perla del Sur http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2585:pide-exencion-contributiva-futuro-usuario-del-gasoducto-del-norte&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198).
For more information on the serious risks of the pipeline, see "Casa Pueblo: scientific paper on the pipeline," RedBetances.com (in Spanish) (http://www.redbetances.com/component/content/article/51-en-portada/390-casa-pueblo-html).
more at: http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=426
Detroit Green Party Public Forum - Green Jobs! What are they? Why don't we have them?
Green Jobs! What are they? Why don't we have them?
Green Party Public Forum
- Derek Grigsby, Co-Chair, Green Party of Michigan
- Frank Hammer, retired UAW activist, Green Jobs advocate
- Michelle Martinez, Sierra Club organizer working on Green Jobs
- Ecological Wisdom
- Social Justice
- Grassroots Democracy
- Non-violence
- Decentralization
- Community-Based Economics
- Feminism
- Respect for Diversity
- Personal & Global Responsibility
- Future Focus/Sustainability
Saturday, May 14, 6-8 pm, Social Hour, 5:30 pm
International Institute, 111 E. Kirby, Detroit
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For more information, Call Detroit Greens at 313-580-4905
The US and other western nations must honor the Libyan rebels' requests for no military intervention, say Greens
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders today warned that western military intervention, now unfolding with air strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's forces allegedly to create a no-fly zone, could escalate into a new US/NATO war on a Muslim nation rather than the stated goal of humanitarian protection for Libyan civilians and aid for rebels.
"Libyan rebel leaders have compared their cause to the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt and expressed their wish for no military involvement from other countries. The resolution of the conflict in Libya should not be led by foreign powers that have an interest in controlling Libya's oil -- the largest reserves in Africa. The military intervention by the US, UK, and France could easily turn into a situation like Iraq and Afghanistan, in which US bombs cause widespread civilian death and destruction," said Romi Elnagar, a member of the Louisiana Green Party and a member of the party's International Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl).
The new Libyan Interim National Transitional Council in Benghazi issued a decree on March 5 stating "we request from the international community to fulfil its obligations to protect the Libyan people from any further genocide and crimes against humanity without any direct military intervention on Libyan soil." (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-08/libyan-rebels-appeal-to-un-for-protection-formal-recognition.html)
Human rights lawyer Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga, spokesman for the National Transitional Council, said, "We are against any foreign intervention or military intervention in our internal affairs... This revolution will be completed by our people with the liberation of the rest of Libyan territory."
Greens said that the intervention could quickly backfire and incite regional outrage against the US. According to the Washington Post, "The Arab League secretary general, Amr Moussa, deplored the broad scope of the US-European bombing campaign in Libya on Sunday and said he would call a new league meeting to reconsider Arab approval of the Western military intervention.... 'What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone,' he said in a statement on the official Middle East News Agency. 'And what we want is the protection of civilians and not the shelling of more civilians.'" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/arab-league-condemns-broad-bombing-campaign-in-libya/2011/03/20/AB1pSg1_story.html).
more at http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=404
Green Party of Michigan State Membership Meeting, Detroit, March 12-13
Green Party of Michigan State Membership Meeting
Saturday - Sunday, March 12 - 13, 2011
International Institute, American Room
111 E. Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202
Sign in, coffee and catch-up at 8:30 am. Meeting starts promptly at 9:00 am. All Green Party members, supporters and candidates are encouraged to attend.
Agenda includes: Reports from and Elections of all Green Party of Michigan officers. Also, Saturday afternoon will be a Grassroots Tour of Detroit.
On Sunday, we will discuss growing the Green Party in 2010-2011.
For more information on the convention, please contact Lynn Meadows (email@example.com ) or Fred Vitale at 313-580-4905 or call the GPMI office at 734-633-3555.
US Greens declare support for pro-democracy protesters in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Algeria, and other nations
Greens condemn US aid to dictators like Mubarak -- some of it used to suppress nonviolent protesters
Green Party 'Egypt in Revolt' page with news feeds http://www.gp.org/egypt.html
"Tunisia: African Greens Federation calls for Peace and Non-Violence" http://africangreens.org/spip.php?article53
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders in the US announced the party's support and encouragement for nonviolent protesters in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, and other nations in the region who have taken to the streets in demand for an end to corrupt and oppressive regimes.
"The Green Party of the United States supports democracy, here and throughout the world. We hope that the protesters in Egypt succeed in deposing President Mubarak, and we're thrilled to see so many young people stand up against dictators. The best outcome would be for Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia to improve economic conditions for their populations and embrace democracy, equal rights and protections for women and for ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities, and freedom of the press. We condemn the brutal responses to the protests, including police violence and the shutdown of the Internet," said Dr. Anthony Gronowicz, 2010 Green candidate for Congress in New York's 7th District and a member of the party's International Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl)
Greens noted that the threatened regimes, especially Egyptian President Mubarak's administration, were propped up by the US for the purpose of serving US interests such as access to oil and other resources, the maintenance of military bases on foreign soil, and unequivocal support for Israel's brutal occupation and apartheid system.
"While the Obama Administration has offered some restrained rhetorical support for the demonstrations, the US continues to send the Egyptian government billions of dollars in military aid, some of it now being used by security forces to beat and teargas protesters," said David Doonan, Mayor of Greenwich, New York, and a member of the Green Party. "For true stability in the region, North African and Middle Eastern governments must serve the interests of their own people instead of the demands of the US State Department and western business."
Egypt is the second largest recipient of US military and economic aid ($1.55 billion in 2010), after Israel ($3.175 billion).
"The young people marching for democracy and freedom in these nations are a model for people in the US. We need a mass opposition movement in the US against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the gross violations of our Constitution in the name of 'homeland security,' and the reckless greed of Wall Street, the insurance industry, oil companies, and other corporations. Let's learn something from the Tunisian protesters: our outrage should not be directed at Wikileaks but at our own government's secret policies and actions that were exposed by the Wikileaks cables, such as the US bombing of Yemen and the attempts to undermine the Copenhagen talks on global warming," said Farheen Hakeem, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.
Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Green candidate database and campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml
Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/ballotstatus
Green Party Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus
"President Obama, Say the 'D-Word'" By Mark LeVine, Al Jazeera, January 29, 2011 http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/29-4
Egyptian Greens (in Arabic) http://www.egyptiangreens.com/docs/firstpage/index.php
Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States (Fall 2010 issue now online) http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
Detroit Greens are teaming up with Greens in the tri-county area for Metro Detroit Greens Meetings. These meetings give us an opportunity to build on the networking, connections and solidarity we developed in the 2010 elections.
WHAT: Detroit Metro Greens Meeting
WHO: Open to all Greens and friends
WHEN: Third Thursday of each month - January 20, February 17 & March 17, 6-8pm
WHERE: Phoenix Cafe. 24918 John R. Hazel Park, Mi 48030. 248-667-8817
Agendas will include discussions of the developing political situation and plans for actions. More detailed agendas will be sent out to the same lists before the meetings.
Please invite anyone you think should be there.
Obama's compromise tax package will blow up the deficit, undermine Social Security, say Greens urging House Democrats to vote nay
Tax-cut deal with GOP seals Obama's betrayal of working Americans who elected him, say Greens
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders urged House Democrats to stand firm and do what they can to block President Obama's tax package, calling it a capitulation to the Republican Party that will expand the deficit and undermine Social Security.
"The tax cut is evidence that President Obama isn't compromising with Republicans, he's adopting their agenda," said Howie Hawkins, 2010 Green candidate for Governor of New York and co-chair of the Green Party of New York State. "Greens warned that should the President's tax package pass, Democrats will be the ones initiating the half-century GOP plan to dismantle Social Security. Since the plan extends unemployment benefits by diverting some payroll taxes away from Social Security, it weakens the safety-net for working Americans and defers the financial hit a little bit longer."
more at http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=374
How We Won With 1.4% of the Vote
It was a small victory, but one that begs to be duplicated across the country. Last week Howie Hawkins, the Green Party of New York State's candidate for Governor, polled over 58,000 votes for just under 1.5% of the total for that office. Howie won't be going to Albany with those numbers, but those fifty thousand votes translate into ballot access for Green Party candidates in New York for the next four years.
Now, instead of having to petition their way onto ballots for each election between now and 2014, New York candidates from city councils on up to our 2012 Presidential ticket can spend their time and resources promoting their campaigns. The same thing can happen in Texas, thanks to the Green Party's Ed Lindsay. When he polled 6% for Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Green Party of Texas won continued access to the ballot for the next four years.
Can you help us build similar campaigns across the country?
Last week, just under 55% of American voters saw a Green Party candidate somewhere on their ballot. With the victories of last Tuesday, Green Party candidates in the four most populous states in the U.S. will have access to the ballot simultaneously for the first time in over a decade. Can you help us expand this list, and work toward the day when every Green Party candidate in the country has the same right to the ballot as Democrats and Republicans?
Green Parties from California to Michigan to Massachusetts also won continuing access to ballots in their states. The road to guaranteed access to ballots in 2012 begin today.
Green Party of Michigan Co-Chair
Fred Vitale
Margaret Guttshall for Wayne State University Board of Governors
My name is Margaret Guttshall. I was born in West Virginia in 1950 and grew up in Pennsylvania. I have worked as a waitress, machine operator, clerk, typesetter, and librarian. I went to the University of Chicago, Roosevelt University, and Wayne State University.
I have a lot of experience at Wayne State. I worked as a clerk in the law library in the 1970s and helped organize the first union of employees affiliated with the UAW. I returned to Wayne State to go to library school and got a Masters in Library Science. While I was working on this degree, I worked in the law library as a reference assistant.
I have been an independent political activist for the working class and oppressed people since 1968, participating in meetings, demonstrations, strikes, and independent working class and popular elections campaigns.
Unfortunately, while I was campaigning for Ralph Nader for U.S. president in October, 2004, I was hit by an 18-wheel truck. I spent two months in a coma. When I woke up, I started working really hard - from a bed to wheelchair, from a wheelchair to a walker. Now, very often, I can walk all by myself.
I have become much more sensitive to the needs of disabled people. But I like to call myself 'differently-abled' because I like to look at the positive side of things.
I hope you like the platform and that you will vote for me and the Green Party!
Julia Williams for US Congress, District 12
I stand for the citizens of this district. I aim to improve the economic, physical, and political health of the people who live here. I will fight for the well-being of our families, not banking profits. I support HR 676, 'Medicare for All', rather than mandated profits to insurance companies. And I will demand an end to our 'endless wars., and the suffering they cause.
My name is Julia Williams, and I am the Green Party candidate for US Congress, MI District 12. My district is a large and varied one, with small to large cities, townships, and the 3rd largest city in Michigan. What they all have in common are the distressful situations found nationwide: unemployment, lack of medical insurance/care, loss of homes, cutbacks on essential services, pollution of the environment (water, air, land, food), and a political system that allows these things to happen. My strongest opponent, Rep. Sander Levin, although nominally a liberal, has not supported 'Medicare-for-All', and has recently voted for continued war funding, and against a troop removal deadline.
more at http://juliawilliamsforcongress.com/?page_id=2
Candace Caveny for U.S. Congress Michigan's 10th District
In 2000 I became part of the Green Party because democracy requires that voters have a real choice on the ballot, and not just two choices! Like most voters, I didn't realize the hurdles to ballot access that have been crafted in most states to deny more than two party "choices." The Green Party collected more than 30,000 valid voter signatures to achieve a listing on the Michigan ballot, and must continue to show voter support to maintain this status. I am proud to offer myself as the first local Green to seek the Tenth Congressional District seat, currently held by Candice Miller (R) - this is an historical opportunity at a crossroads point in national history.
read moreWayne County Board of Elections leaves Green Party candidates off ballot; Voters denied opportunity to hear Green program for jobs
Detroit October 22 -- Wayne County Board of Elections did not place Green Party candidates Dianne Feeley for County Commissioner, 5th district and Louis Novak, County Commissioner 6th district on ballots already distributed to absentee voters.
The Green Party will hold a press conference, Monday, 11 am, in front of the City-County Building, to discuss further steps and to offer our Green program for jobs and economic recovery.
On August 2, per state law, the Green Party submitted the names of five candidates wholly within Wayne County for the November 2 election ballot. They were George Corsetti, US Congress 13th district, Fred Vitale, State Representative, 3rd district, Derek Grigsby, State Representative 7th district, and County Commissioner candidates Feeley and Novak.
It is likely a clerical error, but it is still costly for the county. According to a supervisor at the Board, ballots for both districts will be reprinted and all absentee voters will receive another, corrected ballot for revoting. It is not clear how the office will ensure that all absentee voters have time to mark a corrected ballot. The number of absentee voters in these districts numbers in the thousands and it is 12 days to the elections.
The error has political consequences too. Candidates were not offered the opportunity to participate in the various public forums for their races because they were not on the ballot, reducing further the limited opportunities available to candidates who do not take corporate money.
More importantly, many voters have not been given the opportunity to hear about Green candidates, who offer a popular alternative to the major parties and the "tea party's" bleatings for the past. Green Party candidates have a vision of economic justice -- stop the sheriff's office foreclosures; tax the richest 1% who have benefited from the crisis and use the money to put our people back to work.
Greens are fighting for social justice -- radically revise jail procedures to help young men find jobs and a place for themselves in the community; stop giving away our water resources and develop a county-wide response to global-warming, including energy audits, bicycle lanes and alternative forms of energy. Greens propose to use county resources to discover, along with out communities, the truth about our county's economic situation and ways to address them, to counter the lies of the corporate mainstream media, and, by doing so, help us all work together.
For more information, please contact, Fred Vitale, Green Party of Michigan Co-chair at 313-580-4905 or Derek Grigsby, chair of the Detroit Greens, at 313-706-2985. Or visit www.detroitgreens.org or www.migreens.org
John Anthony La Pietra - GPMI candidate for Secretary of State
Harley Mikkelson for Governor
Michigan's government is not broken, but it is in need of repair. Years of budget cutting have left Michigan's government understaffed. We need more state employees in order to provide improved services to the people of Michigan. In order to improve services, all of us need to be prepared to make sacrifices. We need to revise our tax system so that we all share in rebuilding Michigan. We need to change our tax system to one where we are taxed fairly on our ability to pay. We should switch to a more progressive Income, Property, and Energy Tax System.THE GREEN PARTY IS THE PEACE, JOBS, AND, JUSTICE PARTY
Peace,Harley Mikkelson
US Greens congratulate Australian Greens on election 'greenslide' in Parliament
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States congratulates Australian Greens (http://greens.org.au) on their 'greenslide' in Australia's parliamentary elections on Saturday, August 21. Preliminary results show the Greens will take ten seats in the Australian House of Representatives and Senate.
"The Australian Greens' impressive totals follow on the election of Caroline Lucas, the first Green to Parliament in the UK, in May," said Julia Willebrand, candidate for New York State Comptroller (http://www.juliaforcomptroller.com) and member of the Green Party's International Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl). "It's only a matter of time before the first Green is elected to the US Congress. We need a shock to the two-party status quo in America, the kind of shock we're seeing now in Australia."
"When we get some Greens in Congress in the US, we'll see an enormous change in the direction of America -- a change for the better, since Democrats and Republicans will no longer take their exclusive control over US politics and government for granted. Like Australia and the UK, Americans will have legislators from a party dedicated to human needs, human rights, and the health of our planet," Ms. Willebrand added.
US Greens noted that the Green wins in Australia were a result of Proportional Representation (PR), a democratic reform "whose major goal is to ensure that parties and political groups are allocated seats in legislative bodies in proportion to their share of the vote. For example, a party receiving 30% of the national vote should receive approximately 30% of the seats in the national legislature." (http://www.fairvote.org)
Green Parties in the US, Australia, and other countries support PR and contrast such reforms with the winner-take-all/plurality voting system prevalent in the US, in which a party with a plurality or a 51% majority can sweep an election with a disproportionate number of wins and shut out other parties and the voters who vote for them.
Greens in the US have argued that America is too diverse to be represented by only two parties -- especially two parties with many similar positions and a mutual addiction to corporate contributions and influence. Green leaders also noted that Australians take elections so seriously that voting is compulsory for state and federal elections.
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Harley G. Mikkelson | Governor |
Lynn Meadows | Lieutenant Governor |
John Anthony La Pietra | Secretary of State |
Ellis Boal | US House District 01 |
Lloyd Clarke | US House District 02 |
Charlie Shick | US House District 03 |
J. Matthew de Heus | US House District 05 |
Pat Foster | US House District 06 |
Richard Wunsch | US House District 07 |
Douglas Campbell | US House District 09 |
Candace R. Caveny | US House District 10 |
Julia Williams | US House District 12 |
George Corsetti | US House District 13 |
Aimee Smith | US House District 15 |
Richard Kuszmar | MI State Senate District 09 |
Karen Shelley | MI State Senate District 14 |
Fred Vitale | MI State House District 03 |
Derek Grigsby | MI State House District 07 |
Franklin Harden | MI State House District 35 |
Latham Redding | State Board of Education |
Mary T. Wood | State Board of Education |
Libby Hunter | University of Michigan Board of Regents |
Diana Demers | University of Michigan Board of Regents |
Surjit Singh Dulai | Michigan State University Board of Trustees |
Margaret Guttshall | Wayne State University Board of Governors |
James Arnoldi | Wayne State University Board of Governors |
Jason A. Tyrell | Allegan County Commissioner District 07 |
Neva L. Tice | Allegan County Commissioner District 08 |
Stephen C. Westin | Allegan County Commissioner District 10 |
Tom Mair | Grand Traverse County Commissioner District 07 |
Dianne Feeley | Wayne County Commissioner District 05 |
Louis Novak | Wayne County Commissioner District 06 |
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2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Unveiled: Anja Rubik, Chanel Iman, and Anna Jagodzinska Work It
>> Abbey Lee Kershaw wasn't feeling well backstage, neither was Eniko Mihalik, but they pulled it together to walk in the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which taped today in New York City — on a big, sparkly V-shaped runway — and will air on CBS Dec. 1. Many of the girls chatted about what they had for breakfast — coffee and fruit for many — but Anja Rubik, who was convinced to walk the show for the first time by good friends (and fellow walkers) Mayna Linchuk and Caroline Trentini, admitted: "I've decided this will be my starving day today."
This year's big surprise? Heidi Klum decided to walk for the twelfth show in a row, after all, six weeks after giving birth to her fourth child. Adriana Lima, on the other hand, who gave birth Sunday, sat this one out; Emanuela de Paula and Flavia Oliveira, rumored to walk, were also nowhere to be seen.
The show features five sections of twelve outfits each — this year's themes are Star Trooper, All Aboard, Pink Planet, Enchanted Forest, and Romantic Journey. As show stylist Charlotte Stockdale explains it: "We came up with the idea of this girl who lands from outer space in Paris. She gets on a train that comes to a halt in Pinkland, where pink girls get on and off. Then they go into this fairy-tale forest and little lady bugs and butterflies land on them and vines grow up on their clothes. Then, there's Tick-Tock Time; the wings in this section are based on clocks — there's one modeled after a pocket watch with metallic feathers. And she ends up in this regal realm of princess-ness, where the wings have Swarovski jewels and peacock feathers."
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Chanel Iman, meanwhile, prepared for her first Victoria's Secret catwalk by chatting with mentor Tyra Banks and doing a little research. "This might sound corny, but I went on YouTube and I did my homework by going and seeing the different years that Victoria's Secret has had, the different shows and who did Victoria's Secret, and studied their walks so that I can turn mine different from everyone else's!"
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>> Given that the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is taping tomorrow, lots of tidbits have been rolling in between all the fittings and the models' appearance in Times Square this morning. We've gotten previews of Liu Wen's (two!) outfits, as well as those of VS regulars Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Selita Ebanks, and after this morning's appearance, more clues as to who will be walking — including a few surprises.
Spring 2010 runway newcomer Anastasia Kuznetsova and Dorothea Barth Jorgensen both popped up in the Times Square photos, as did Elyse Taylor, Sessilee Lopez, and Russian model Tatiana Kovylina, who walked for Victoria's Secret in 2005. Anja Rubik and Abbey Lee Kershaw have also been confirmed as show castmembers, but have yet to make an appearance, and although unconfirmed, Anna Maria Jagodzinska's photo was on the show casting board, so she may show up as well.
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Posted 16 January 2008 - 07:58 AM
A couple of months I upgraded my old cart to a new one. When I was looking for a new cart beside all features I was thinking about SEO options such as good SEO module and multilingual support - in order to use non-English search keywords.
This new cart has SEO mod. with rewrite method, it allows to define any SEO name for each category and product (though in one language only) and to have entire control on Title, Meta etc. in all supported languages. The only problem is that language is selected in a drop-down menu so spiders can not reach pages in all languages so pages have an URL like
On other hand the the SEO module of the cart allows to form URLs for each language in a way
So all pages in all languages will be visible for spiders.
Is there any difference in ranking of pages which have URLS
/en/category/product1.html ?
Thank you.
Posted 18 January 2008 - 07:53 PM
/en/category/product1.html ?
Probably not any significant differences.
Posted 06 February 2008 - 08:40 AM
The second variant looks pretty good so you can happily use that
And for the spiders to discover pages in other languages, you can manually add a static page with a language choice - with links to other language homepages or what you have there - in addition to the menu. You can ask some coder to help you if you can't do it yourself.
By the way, what shopping cart engine did you choose?
Posted 06 February 2008 - 12:00 PM
It's doubtful that they would do that. They would most likely just filter out one set of the pages, through their duplicate content filter.
Posted 23 February 2008 - 07:35 PM
Thank you for your advices and, please, excuse me for being out long time.
I am using Cs-Cart - far be it from me to advertise it but after some others carts I stopped with it on some reasons. One of them - SEO ability. For an experiment I made a new site with new domain and in a month I got some sales - I used no ads, only free submissions to some engines.
Returning back to multilingual site I want to say that I use English as main language for product description, though interface is still multilingual, and I tried to make multilingual pages with category descriptions, titles, metas are only for spiders. One my German customer suggested me. I asked her why there were so few German customer and she explained that beside all other reasons there was problem with language - people first search in native language. I am not sure if it may help me and if all troubles with manipulation with 6 languages may be paid off - theoretically it may lead to the site some visitors who make search in French, German etc.
The second variant looks pretty good so you can happily use that
The problem is that this is some months as I used /category/* version way of link writing, other language is selected dynamically but it is invisible for spiders. I am not sure if I should use /en/category/* way (I suppose I could 301 redirect all pages - more than thousand, should I do it manually?) as I am not sure if this my idea may increase somehow search results.
What do you think about it?
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 07:53 PM
If it were me I'd simply exclude one of those via robots.txt and then be very careful how my internal linking was structured. Meaning I'd want all of my internal links pointing at the same version the spiders were being allowed to index. A 301 redirect shouldn't be necessary unless and until there are lots of links pointing at the "wrong" url version.
Posted 23 February 2008 - 08:55 PM
Thank you. Sorry for confusing. No, there are two ways of forming links, only one of each in the same time
1. /category/*.html (in other languages it will look like /category/*.html&sl=FR etc.)
2. /en/category/*
At present my site has links like /category/* and, to be honest, whould not like to have one more directory level like /en/ though, as it was explained here, for spiders it is not a problem.
My task is to go from /category/* to /en/category/* mode.
Posted 24 February 2008 - 03:31 AM
Posted 24 February 2008 - 07:23 AM
It depends. Upon several things.
I'm going to assume since you're asking about a shopping cart that we're talking about tangible goods and not services. So your first things to determine are if what you sell is legal in those countries (you'd be surprised!), if there are any import restrictions (are either you or the customer going to be expected to pay Duty or Import Taxes?) and whether the products are already available in each target country by another distributor. Then you'd got to decide if you can compete on price, because of someone can get it locally often your very real shipping costs may knock you out of the running.
Then once you've figured out if it's legel and you can be competitive in your pricing you'll need to figure out if there's actually a market in the country for what you're selling. There are often all sorts of cultural norms which are not at first apparent.
You have to do all of the above for each country you're thinking about entering. Then once you've decided there's a market for your products in Country X and you can compete you need to decide if it's worth your while to have at least one or two people on staff who Speak The Language. Why? Because first you do not want to use some automatic translation service to convert your web pages into another language. Automatic translation services just don't work well enough. You need someone who speaks and writes the language. You also need one or two people on staff who can answer questions (via email and phone potentially) in the customers native language. This of course could affect whether you can compete on price since your staff costs may well increase.
If all of the above still says you're good to go, then and only then is it time to start figuring out how to set up your site for multiple languages. As you can see, there are lots of steps before you get to the easy part.
Posted 24 February 2008 - 11:10 AM
Thank you for your detailed answer - it does clears not only SEO related points. As a matter of fact my customers at the English site are from different countries though main part from English speaking countries. So I thought that more languages could:
1. Help to make purchase to non-English speaking customers
2. Increase traffic from international search engines
But it turns out that this more complicate than just to translate the site! Qualified staff may cost more than profit from additional customers. Thank you again.
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I love this set! So far we have only used the fork and spoon as my little guy is still mastering self-feeding with utensils. However, I think once he is ready the knife will be great too! They are easy for toddlers to grip and well made.
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We started our daughter with this set (yes, in blue). She liked that she had her very own set of cutlery. The knife and spoon are still geing used two years later. The fork was great for when she started out but is now too dull for most of the foods she likes.
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when my twins wanted utensils like the adults but we were nervous about them using sharp knives and pointy forks, we bought these. They're the perfect size for toddler hands and mouths, have soft handles and stainless steel tops that are the same as real utensils yet easier to hold for little hands. They're easy to clean and with 3 colors available we were able to have different colors in a kosher home. There are also extra spoons or forks available seperately
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