From greenpartyct at yahoo.com Thu Sep 1 15:42:31 2005 From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:42:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: {news} (PRESS RELEASE) GREENS RALLY TO ASSIST HURRICANE VICTIMS/ POINT TO GLOBAL WARMING Message-ID: <20050901194231.16719.qmail@web81402.mail.yahoo.com> Press Release Hurricane Katrina a Predictable Result of Global Warming Thursday, September 1, 2005 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Committee, starlene at greens.org, cell phone 916-995-3805 GREENS RALLY TO ASSIST HURRICANE VICTIMS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party members, rallying to help people hit hard by hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, began to ask hard questions about preparations for the disaster and the link between increased hurricanes and global warming. Greens within traveling distance have offered rooms in their homes for those displace by Katrina, while Greens throughout the U.S. pledged to help keep the Green Party alive in affected states at a time when addressing humanitarian and environmental issues is extremely crucial. Green Party member Bart Everson, who escaped from New Orleans to Bloomington, Indiana, established a clearinghouse of information for Katrina victims and those willing to assist them: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/katrina-refugees/ Green Party Hurricane Katrina Page http://www.gp.org/katrina2005/ "Louisiana has a special place in Greens' hearts, since the Green Party of Louisiana became the most recent state party to achieve official ballot status, in the face of difficult requirements," said Marc Sanson, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. On August 8, 2005, the Green Party of Louisiana became the first qualified progressive party on the ballot since 1916. Green Party leaders asserted that the Katrina disaster raises some urgent questions about the environmental, safety, and public health priorities of the Bush Administration, as well as state and local governments in the region affected by Katrina: Will the Bush Administration and other skeptics recognize Katrina -- the sixth hurricane to hit Florida in the space of a year -- as a symptom of the human-influenced global warming? Will they acknowledge that the growing number of destructive hurricanes are a result of rising surface water temperatures, consistent with other manifestations of global warming around the world? What steps will be taken to conserve fossil fuel consumption, in the wake of disabled drilling operations in the Gulf and the role of greenhouse gases in the generation of storms like Katrina? Does President Bush understand that relaxing environmental standards to provide more gasoline during the current shortage and price surge will aggravate the conditions that create killer storms? In the face of growing evidence that a hurricane like Katrina was likely (especially after hurricane Ivan in September, 2004), why did the Bush Administration cut funding for the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project and other aid for environmental emergencies? Given the likelihood of more killer storms along the eastern seaboard in coming years, possibly as far north as New York and New England, what steps are being taken to ensure public health and safety in population centers? What steps will be taken to reverse overdevelopment along flood plains, which eliminated flood-buffering wetlands and vegetation, and to end reliance on levees, which cut off natural water channels and increase water velocity? Will chemical firms and public officials be held responsible for the notoriously haphazard storage of toxic products near population centers -- disproportionately located near African American and poor white neighborhoods in states like Louisiana -- which pose a public health threat because of Katrina's devastation? What prevented the National Guard of the Gulf Coast states from helping with evacuations of the poor and elderly as Katrina approached? Why is the National Guard limited in its ability to assist after the hurricane? To what extent was such assistance limited by the deployment of the National Guard and equipment in the war on Iraq? Why did the White House and Congress consider and invasion of Iraq (which was never a credible threat to the U.S., despite the Bush Administration's fraudulent claims) more urgent than an impending and predictable hurricane disaster in the southeast U.S.? MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20009. 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 Green Party Hurricane Katrina Page http://www.gp.org/katrina2005/ "Stormy Weather: Can We Link it to Global Warming?" By Jim Motavalli, EMagazine.com http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2865 "Katrina's real name" By Ross Gelbspan, The Boston Globe, August 30, 2005 http://www.boston.com/ "Washing Away: Special report from The Times-Picayune" Originally published in June 2002 http://www.nola.com/hurricane/?/washingaway/ search: evpol, ecpol, irq Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 Email: office at gp.org 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN =========================================================== THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political party in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US, with 220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. 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We look inside their respective candidacies. by Ryan Kearney - September 1, 2005 Mayoral candidate Gary Jenkins is standing outside his Dixwell Ave. campaign headquarters, about to make what his wife and campaign manager, Marcella, calls a "major announcement." First, though, he coaxes friends and family members to pack in behind him, thereby filling the frame of the Channel 8 camera. But when Jenkins, a registered Democrat, proclaims that he has gathered enough signatures to land on the ballot as an independent in the Nov. 8 general election, there's no one in front of him to applaud. The panning Channel 8 camera captures a couple of reporters, a still photographer and a campaign videographer. Jenkins is the first to admit that the time and day--11 a.m. on a recent Saturday--aren't ideal for assembling a crowd of supporters. But maybe it was intentional. Jenkins, 54, was a Channel 8 news anchor for three years in the 1980s and in recent years was a public information officer for various city departments. He did one year in the office of the man he wants to unseat: Mayor John DeStefano. Jenkins, in other words, is comfortable at the intersection of politics and the press. He knows exactly what he's doing. A paltry pack of sign-holders, perhaps more than no crowd at all, would have highlighted his slim chance against DeStefano. Instead, the "major announcement" can be billed, in retrospect, as a press conference. As such, it was uneventful--until the end. Speaking over the roar of city buses, tricked-out Hondas and wheelie-ing motorcycles, Jenkins laid out his plan to cap property and motor vehicle taxes, allow full anonymity for those who report crimes, provide teachers with more books and materials, create more jobs and affordable housing, collect taxes "more humanely," and repeal the rental inspections ordinance amendment. At least that's more or less how the Register tells it. But Jenkins, founding pastor of the Sword and the Spirit Ministries on East Street, couldn't stop himself. Several times the rookie candidate seemed ready to wrap up his speech, only to have another idea occur to him. Then he'd continue enunciating in his commanding voice and, when particularly excited, push himself up on the balls of his feet. It was during one of these "Oh yeah, I forgot!" moments that he called for the resignation of every department head in the city. The way he nonchalantly threw it out there, like it was just another initiative, it's understandable that the Register missed it. So was he serious? The resignation of every department head? Sort of. Several days later, Jenkins said, "I'm going to ask every department head to turn in a letter of resignation. Then I will go over every one of those and decide who should stay and who should be replaced." And then he added, "I'm not going to fire anybody." Hmm. Firing vs. replacing. Jenkins, the veteran PIO, knows as well as anyone that the difference between those two is merely semantic. Jenkins claims he never wanted to be a politician. This may be true, but there's no question he would be comfortable as one. The same can't be said for Eric Brown, Jr., the Green Party's nominee. When he insists, "I'm very surprised I'm doing this, because I'm not a politician," you believe him. Unlike Jenkins, he is neither animated nor particularly gregarious. Rather, he's a contemplative man who, by his own admission, speaks "not a lot of words." Having accumulated the necessary signatures for the November election, Brown attended last week's Green Party nominating "convention"--a gathering of a dozen local Greens in the living room of co-chair Charlie Pillsbury's elegant home--hoping to secure their endorsement. Which he did, though not unanimously. Wearing a dark, pinstriped suit and narrow glasses, Brown, who is black, was surrounded by an entirely white audience, some in Teva sandals and tie-dyed T-shirts. Needless to say, the towering 47-year-old--he's six-foot-six--didn't exactly blend in. But that may be part of his appeal. In a pre-vote discussion, with Brown in another room, longtime Green David Eliscu said, "This is an African-American. The Green Party has often been accused of being a white party." While Brown could help lessen that image, which is not entirely inaccurate, Eliscu also thinks Brown "stands a chance of registering voters and getting people to vote who otherwise wouldn't"--minorities, in other words. A couple of other Greens, however, expressed concern about Brown's inexperience--a customer service manager at Stop & Shop in Hamden, he's never run for office before--and even said, in Robin Schafer's words, "I think we should nominate someone who is from our party." Pillsbury took issue with that thought. "'He's not one of us'--that's what I'm hearing from you," he said. "This is not a club. This is a political party." That said, Brown's platform is indeed shaky. He talks about transparency, honesty, doing "the right thing," but doesn't offer much in the way of specifics. When he does offer details, he's not always accurate--like when he said, "Violence is at an all-time high." And when asked about maintaining economic stability in the face of skyrocketing oil prices, he talked about manufacturing more... but then lapsed: "What do they call these electric battery cars?" he asked. "Hybrids," answered his campaign manager, Ralph Ferrucci. Okay, so maybe Brown's not the most polished candidate, but he deserves credit for admitting it. "I may not have the brightest mind," he said, "but I know some of the brightest people." Hey, worked for George W. Bush. From riverbend2 at earthlink.net Fri Sep 2 16:55:45 2005 From: riverbend2 at earthlink.net (John Battista) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:55:45 -0400 Subject: {news} Green Asks for Help In New Orleans Message-ID: <001101c5b000$b266d760$1102a8c0@newm2.ct.charter.com> > 'This is criminal': Malik Rahim reports from New Orleans > > by Malik Rahim > > Malik Rahim, a veteran of the Black Panther Party in New Orleans, for decades an organizer of public housing tenants both there and in San Francisco and a recent Green Party candidate for New Orleans City Council, lives in the Algiers neighborhood, the only part of New Orleans that is not flooded. They have no power, but the water is still good and the phones work. Their neighborhood could be sheltering and feeding at least 40,000 refugees, he says, but they are allowed to help no one. What he describes is nothing less than deliberate genocide against Black and poor people. - Ed. > > New Orleans, Sept. 1, 2005 - It's criminal. From what you're hearing, the people trapped in New Orleans are nothing but looters. We're told we should be more "neighborly." But nobody talked about being neighborly until after the people who could afford to leave ?G?? left. > > If you ain't got no money in America, you're on your own. People were told to go to the Superdome, but they have no food, no water there. And before they could get in, people had to stand in line for 4-5 hours in the rain because everybody was being searched one by one at the entrance. > > I can understand the chaos that happened after the tsunami, because they had no warning, but here there was plenty of warning. In the three days before the hurricane hit, we knew it was coming and everyone could have been evacuated. > > We have Amtrak here that could have carried everybody out of town. There were enough school buses that could have evacuated 20,000 people easily, but they just let them be flooded. My son watched 40 buses go underwater - they just wouldn't move them, afraid they'd be stolen. > > People who could afford to leave were so afraid someone would steal what they own that they just let it all be flooded. They could have let a family without a vehicle borrow their extra car, but instead they left it behind to be destroyed. > > There are gangs of white vigilantes near here riding around in pickup trucks, all of them armed, and any young Black they see who they figure doesn't belong in their community, they shoot him. I tell them, "Stop! You're going to start a riot." > > When you see all the poor people with no place to go, feeling alone and helpless and angry, I say this is a consequence of HOPE VI. New Orleans took all the HUD money it could get to tear down public housing, and families and neighbors who'd relied on each other for generations were uprooted and torn apart. > > Most of the people who are going through this now had already lost touch with the only community they'd ever known. Their community was torn down and they were scattered. They'd already lost their real homes, the only place where they knew everybody, and now the places they've been staying are destroyed. > > But nobody cares. They're just lawless looters ... dangerous. > > The hurricane hit at the end of the month, the time when poor people are most vulnerable. Food stamps don't buy enough but for about three weeks of the month, and by the end of the month everyone runs out. Now they have no way to get their food stamps or any money, so they just have to take what they can to survive. > > Many people are getting sick and very weak. From the toxic water that people are walking through, little scratches and sores are turning into major wounds. > > People whose homes and families were not destroyed went into the city right away with boats to bring the survivors out, but law enforcement told them they weren't needed. They are willing and able to rescue thousands, but they're not allowed to. > > Every day countless volunteers are trying to help, but they're turned back. Almost all the rescue that's been done has been done by volunteers anyway. > > My son and his family - his wife and kids, ages 1, 5 and 8 - were flooded out of their home when the levee broke. They had to swim out until they found an abandoned building with two rooms above water level. > > There were 21 people in those two rooms for a day and a half. A guy in a boat who just said "I'm going to help regardless" rescued them and took them to Highway I-10 and dropped them there. > > They sat on the freeway for about three hours, because someone said they'd be rescued and taken to the Superdome. Finally they just started walking, had to walk six and a half miles. > > When they got to the Superdome, my son wasn't allowed in - I don't know why - so his wife and kids wouldn't go in. They kept walking, and they happened to run across a guy with a tow truck that they knew, and he gave them his own personal truck. > > When they got here, they had no gas, so I had to punch a hole in my gas tank to give them some gas, and now I'm trapped. I'm getting around by bicycle. > > People from Placquemine Parish were rescued on a ferry and dropped off on a dock near here. All day they were sitting on the dock in the hot sun with no food, no water. Many were in a daze; they've lost everything. > > They were all sitting there surrounded by armed guards. We asked the guards could we bring them water and food. My mother and all the other church ladies were cooking for them, and we have plenty of good water. > > But the guards said, "No. If you don't have enough water and food for everybody, you can't give anything." Finally the people were hauled off on school buses from other parishes. > > You know Robert King Wilkerson (the only one of the Angola 3 political prisoners who's been released). He's been back in New Orleans working hard, organizing, helping people. Now nobody knows where he is. His house was destroyed. Knowing him, I think he's out trying to save lives, but I'm worried. > > The people who could help are being shipped out. People who want to stay, who have the skills to save lives and rebuild are being forced to go to Houston. > > It's not like New Orleans was caught off guard. This could have been prevented. > > There's military right here in New Orleans, but for three days they weren't even mobilized. You'd think this was a Third World country. > > I'm in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, the only part that isn't flooded. The water is good. Our parks and schools could easily hold 40,000 people, and they're not using any of it. > > This is criminal. These people are dying for no other reason than the lack of organization. > > Everything is needed, but we're still too disorganized. I'm asking people to go ahead and gather donations and relief supplies but to hold on to them for a few days until we have a way to put them to good use. > > I'm challenging my party, the Green Party, to come down here and help us just as soon as things are a little more organized. The Republicans and Democrats didn't do anything to prevent this or plan for it and don't seem to care if everyone dies. > > Malik's phone is working. He welcomes calls from old friends and anyone with questions or ideas for saving lives. To reach him, call the Bay View at (415) 671-0789. > _______________________________________________ > From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Mon Sep 5 16:28:42 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 16:28:42 -0400 Subject: {news} United States warships turn towards Venezuela as US military takes control of Hurricane devastated regions; Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Frias vows '100-year war' Message-ID: <05de01c5b258$686f06a0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=45817 Breaking News Published: Monday, September 05, 2005 Bylined to: Sorcha Faal United States warships turn towards Venezuela as US military takes control of Hurricane devastated regions; Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Frias vows '100-year war' Russian journalist Sorcha Faal writes: Russian Military Analysts are reporting today that a 'significant' portion of the US Navy Armada that had been heading towards their country's devastated southern regions have turned towards South America. Reports state a planned Invasion of Venezuela to overthrow its President and reassert 'control' over Venezuela's vast oil reserves. The Venezuelan President having been notified of this most troubling development has ordered his military forces to be on top alert and has 'vowed' a 100-year war against the military leaders of the United States.. As reported by the Miami Herald News Service in an article entitled "Chavez: US, NATO planning an attack": "Venezuela has uncovered plans for a NATO US-led invasion and is preparing to defend the country against invading forces if necessary, President Hugo Chavez said ''we discovered, through intelligence work, a military exercise that NATO has for an invasion against Venezuela ... and we are preparing ourselves for that invasion.'' Chavez was quoted as saying late Friday night that the military exercise known as ''Plan Balboa',' includes rehearsing simultaneous assaults by air, sea and land at a military base in Spain, involving troops from the United States and NATO countries. US officials in the past have said such training is meant to prepare troops for general scenarios but not for a specific military action. ''If it occurs to the United States to invade our country ... Fidel Castro said it and I agree ... a war will start here to last 100 years,'' Chavez added. "Not only this country would be burned up, but a good part of this continent; they shouldn't make any mistake about it; we are preparing to repel an invasion.'' Prior to the cataclysmic Hurricane Katrina that hit the southern regions of the United States last week, US military leaders had been preparing for the invasion by the stationing one of their feared Carrier Strike Forces off the shores of Venezuela. As reported by China's Xinhua News Service "US aircraft carrier docked nearby poses no threat: Venezuela" it says "a US aircraft carrier with 1,500 marines on board which docked last Friday in the island of Curacao, north of Venezuela, did not pose a threat to the country, Defense Minister Orlando Maniglia said Monday. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez termed the presence in March of a US aircraft carrier in Curacao as an "act of provocation" but United StatesAmbassador to Venezuela William Brownfield later said the tension only was generated by a "lack of communication." Reports further state that the magnitude of the devastation in the United States is 'unprecedented' with over 10 million of their citizens lives directly affected by the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. United Press International News Service in an article "Some 10 million felt Hurricane Katrina" says, "almost 10 million people living in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi experienced hurricane force winds as Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast this week. The US Census Bureau reported that in the three states hardest hit by the storm, about 4.9 million people ... or about 41% of the population ... live in coastal areas. About 3.2 million people lived within the imminent or occurring flood area ... with 1.7 million in southeast Louisiana; 940,000 in southern Mississippi; and 420,000 in southwest Alabama." Russian Intelligence analysts further report that the foreign mercenary troops under the command of NORTHCOM have been sent into those areas most affected and that the American citizens and refugees can expect 'nothing short of brutal' treatment as these soldiers do not know .... nor do they care ... for the rights or freedoms of these people. To the many warnings of these events many around the world have tried to warn Americans, but they still do not comprehend the monstrous totality of what lies in store for them. As we previously tried to warn in our August 22 report titled "United States Positions Tens of Thousands of Foreign Troops Throughout America, Cancels All Military Leaves and Ousts Another Top General," our August 25 report titled "United States Warns Foreign Governments of 'Impending' Internal Crises While Massive American Troop Movements Continue" and our August 26 report titled "The Camps of ICE, Americas Road to Fascist Rule Nears Completion as US Government Accelerates Building of Concentration Camps." Like the German people living under the brutal Nazi regime of last century, it is incomprehensible for these American people to believe that their government is capable of the barbarity they are currently unleashing upon the entire World, but also like the German people they cannot deny that their once great country has been turned into a Police State, and with the events currently occurring in their country, a Police State under military leadership. To the expansion of the Americans Global War for oil today marks yet another milestone in how far these once mighty people have fallen. Even sadder is that as they continue their descent into 'hell' there remains no good citizens left among them able to see through the hypocrisy and lies of their Military Leaders and the propaganda media organs that support them. Today, the Torch of Liberty ... which once shown bright for the entire world to see ... is now all but extinguished. Today the darkness of fascist military rule rolls across the once great land of America, which had never been a nation alone, but had instead been a 'vision' of its founders dedicated to the proposition that all men should be free. Today that vision today lies broken and shattered upon the streets of New Orleans. Sorcha Faal _______________________________________________ Peace mailing list Peace at lists.gp-us.org http://lists.gp-us.org/mailman/listinfo/peace From chapillsbury at igc.org Mon Sep 5 22:23:36 2005 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 22:23:36 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: Benefit performance for Iraq relief, New Haven, 9/11 Message-ID: <003401c5b289$fcfb79d0$6500a8c0@S0031616584> Benefit performance for Iraq relief, New Haven, 9/11 ----- Original Message ----- From: skobasa at snet.net To: NetworkResponse: Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 10:14 PM Subject: Benefit performance for Iraq relief, New Haven, 9/11 What I Heard About Iraq by Eliot Weinberger Adapted by Stephen Vincent Kobasa Directed by Christopher Arnott By permission of Simon Levy and the Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Performed by Marlene Buchanan, William Dyson, Rachel Kobasa, Barry McMurtrey, Kim Mikenis, Jose Monteiro, Daniel Smith, Aleta Staton, and John Watson. A benefit for medical relief to the people of Iraq through the Near East Catholic Welfare Association and Code Pink Ten dollar suggested donation Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:30 p.m. The Little Theatre 1 Lincoln Place, New Haven, CT For further information or reservations, telephone 203-777-3849 Co-sponsored by Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice and CT Peace Coalition/New Haven If you cannot attend the performance, but still would like to contribute, you may make a check out to CNEWA (the Catholic Near East Welfare Association provides medical aid to two hospitals in Baghdad, both of which serve those in greatest need, regardless of creed), and send it to What I Heard, c/o Kobasa, 46 Hobart Street, New Haven, CT 06511 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chapillsbury at igc.org Mon Sep 5 22:25:15 2005 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 22:25:15 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: Saturday, September 17, 2005 Message-ID: <004101c5b28a$377a7390$6500a8c0@S0031616584> BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary -- http://www.btlonline.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ANNOUNCEMENTS: Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter: Saturday, September 17, 2005 - New Haven, CT "Parallel Deceptions: The Bush Agenda for War in Iraq and Iran," talk and Q&A session at United Church on the Green, 270 Temple St., New Haven, CT 2-4 p.m. Suggested donation $10, students $5. Advance reservations available until Sept. 15. Reception at Rev. Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury's home, 6-8 p.m. Tickets, $50. RSVP by Sept. 10. Call (203) 268-8446 or visit http://www.squeakywheel.net for more information. 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Many thanks to Bob Eaton (GPC immediate past-treasurer) for his help in the compilation of this information. Best to all, Judy Herkimer Treasurer jherkimer at snet.net 860-672-6867 Green Party of Connecticut Instructions for Tag Sales/Garage Sales/Yard Sales September 3, 2005 1) Items donated for a tag sale are reportable, but are not considered a "contribution" or an "in-kind contribution". This means that an accounting of every item received (description and value) that is under $50 must be submitted to the GPC treasurer who then includes each item in the State of Connecticut mandatory quarterly filing. The reportable value of these types of items are not counted towards an individual's maximum allowed contribution for any given: calendar year, candidate, candidate committee, exploratory committee, town committee, state central committee, etc. The GPC member who receives the item is responsible for assigning the value to an item...not the donor. The cumulative value for this category of donated items must not exceed $50 per individual. Obtaining the name, address and employer of the donor is suggested, but not required; you are urged to obtain this information. For items received that are valued over $50 (individual or cumulative), these are considered "contributions", are reportable and every item's accounting (description and value) is required along with the donor's name, address and employer. This amount counts towards an individual's maximum allowed contribution for any given: calendar year, candidate, candidate committee, exploratory committee, town committee, state central committee, etc. No individual who is less than sixteen years of age shall make a donation of items in aggregate excess of thirty dollars. 2) Amounts received by a GPC member at tag sales that are under $50 are reportable, but are not considered a "contribution". An accounting of every item purchased (description and value) that is under $50 must be submitted to the GPC treasurer who then includes each item in the State of Connecticut mandatory quarterly filing. The cumulative value for this category of purchased items must not exceed $50 per individual. Obtaining the name, address and employer of the donor/purchaser is suggested, but not required; you are urged to obtain this information. For items purchased that are valued over $50 (individual or cumulative), these are considered "contributions" and are reportable. Every item's accounting (description and value) is required along with the donor/purchaser name, address and employer. This amount counts towards an individual's maximum allowed contribution for any given: calendar year, candidate, candidate committee, exploratory committee, town committee, state central committee, etc. No individual who is less than sixteen years of age shall make a donation/purchase of items in aggregate excess of thirty dollars. No individual shall make a contribution in excess of one hundred dollars except by personal check or credit card of that individual. The actual monetary proceeds (cash and checks) must be submitted to the GPC treasurer for deposit into the checking account. Any percentage owed to the chapter or committee will be computed by the treasurer and entered into their internal GPC balance. 3) For business entities who donate items or purchase items, change the limits in the above #1 and #2 to $100. Donated items are reportable but are not considered a "contribution" or an "in-kind contribution". 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URL: From jherkimer at snet.net Thu Sep 8 08:56:38 2005 From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 08:56:38 -0400 Subject: {news} Campaign Support Available for Green Candidates Message-ID: <02b801c5b474$c2b6e7e0$bcd73ccc@k8h9a3> Message: 2 From: "Walling, Jennifer" To: "'natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org '" , "'natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org '" Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 20:58:35 -0500 Subject: [Womens-caucus] Campaign Support Available for Green Candidates Reply-To: womens-caucus at lists.gp-us.org PLEASE FORWARD TO: all Green candidates and campaigns FROM: Coordinated Campaign Committee, Green Party of the United States RE: support from the national party - Targeted Resources & Matching Funds program The Coordinated Campaign Committee's job is to help you win. As an elected committee of the Green Party of the United States, we assess the viability and strategic context of state and local campaigns nationwide -- especially small campaigns with a budget under $20,000 -- and we direct the national party's limited resources toward the campaigns where they will have the greatest impact. We look forward to working with you and your campaign manager, staff and volunteers. Resources available from the national party include: - Website Templates - Media support - Use of National Donor Lists for district or selected zip codes - Use of volunteer lists - Advice regarding the campaign's ballot access plan, fundraising plan, field plan, and media plan - Matching funds (Funds are limited. The CCC currently only considers requests of less than $500) Please use the campaign questionnaire on the CCC web site (http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/campaigntarget.shtml) to tell us what kinds of help would be most useful to you and why your campaign should be considered one of the most viable, most critical or most interesting Green campaigns in the nation right now. Contact us early and often if you have questions. We want to help, and we need to hear from you -- as early as possible -- in order to be helpful. The revised (and, we hope, simplified) questionnaire is online NOW for the late grant making cycle. Completed questionnaires must be received by September 15 for the Late 2005 cycle/ early 2006 cycle. Decisions about matching funds and other specific resources will be made within 30 days of the deadline. If you have any questions or need any help with the questionnaires, please contact Brent McMillan, political director of the Green Party, at (202)319-7194 or brent at gp.org. We look forward to hearing from you -- and thank you for carrying the Green banner this year! Resources Subcommittee Coordinated Campaign Committee Green Party of the United States Jen Walling (IL) jwalling at law.uiuc.edu 217-493-9455 Sally Kim (NY) green_sallyk at yahoo.com 518.364.2968 Greg Gerrit (RI) gerritt at mindspring.com 401-331-0529 Alternates Robb Tufts (MD) rtufts812 at yahoo.com From chapillsbury at igc.org Fri Sep 9 12:35:29 2005 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:35:29 -0400 Subject: {news} Reception for Scott Ritter Sat., Sept. 17 6-8 p.m. at the home of Rev. Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury Message-ID: <00c201c5b55c$7f088290$6901a8c0@EXDIR04> "Parallel Deceptions: The Bush Agenda for War in Iraq and Iran" with former U.N. chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter Saturday, Sept. 17 2-4 p.m. United Church on the Green, 270 Temple St., New Haven "Ladies and gentlemen, the war with Iran has already begun." So says former United Nations chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who is one of the few officials with a working knowledge of Saddam Hussein's weapons systems to publicly oppose the Bush administration's war on Iraq before the invasion. The Bush administration is now shaping public opinion with regard to justifying a possible future U.S. military confrontation with the nation of Iran. Although soon after the September 11th attacks President Bush characterized Iran as part of the "axis of evil," Vice President Dick Cheney has stated that diplomacy is the right way to handle the nuclear issue. But his warning that if diplomacy fails, "all options are on the table," has led observers to believe that the U.S. or Israel may be considering air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. Come listen to Scott Ritter discuss the Bush administration's parallels in misleading the American public prior to the Iraq war and what's happening with the United States' pre-conflict preparations against Iran. You're invited to the discussion at the United Church on the Green, 270 Temple Street (corner of Temple and Elm streets) New Haven. (Directions forthcoming.) Suggested contribution is $10. students $5. Proceeds benefit Squeaky Wheel Productions, distributor of the syndicated, nonprofit radio newsmagazine, Between The Lines, on WPKN Radio 89.5 FM. Advance reservations for Scott Ritter's talk available until Sept. 15. To reserve tickets, please leave your name, phone number and number in your party at (203) 268-8446. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Front row seats will be reserved for advance tickets, please note there will be a special line for advance tickets at the door. Checks may be made payable to "The Global Center." Parking: Free parking is available on Temple Street, Yale Lot 51, across the street from the New Haven Public Library, corner of Temple of Elm Streets. *** UPDATE! RECEPTION RSVP EXTENDED *** Reception for Scott Ritter at the home of Rev. Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury, 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $50. Please RSVP by Sept. 13 by sending your check payable to The Global Center (our fiscal sponsor) and mail to: Squeaky Wheel Productions, P.O. Box 110176, Trumbull, CT 06611. Please indicate the check is for the Scott Ritter Reception, and include the number in your party, as well as your telephone number. We will send you reception tickets and directions to Rev. Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury's home. 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Connecticut Area Community Calendar Hope Out Loud Peace and Music Festival Sunday, September 11, 2005 1 PM-7PM HOPE OUT LOUD IV Peace and Music Festival A rally, a concert, a festival,a playground, a celebration, a remembrance, a day providing inspiration for renewal and recommitment. Now in its 4th year, Hope Out Loud began as a response to 9/11: a shared call for peaceful, sustainable resolution of conflict in our towns and in our world through equity and social justice. Over Fifty organizations from the advocacy, service, activist and arts communities will be present at this year's Hope Out Loud festival. This is an opportunity for organizations, members, constituents, friends and family to network with other people doing work for peace and social justice. Hope Out Loud is a time for all of us to meet with each other and reflect on the impact of September 11, 2001 - how our lives have changes as we confront so many challenges to a peaceful future. The day is intended to provide inspiration for renewal and recommitment - we will all hope out loud that a peaceful world is possible. Most importantly, Hope Out Loud is a day of relaxation and enjoyment for the whole family. The gathering features live music, speakers, children's activities, information tables and great people to just sit down and talk with. On September 11th we will all Hope Out Loud that a peaceful world is possible. Celebrate PEACE & JUSTICE with music, speakers, kids activities & more The Hope Out Loud Peace and Music Festival is sponsored by: The Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice, the American Friends Service Committee, the Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition, People of Faith for Gay Civil Rights, Granny Creating Change-Ghana, No Nukes-No War, Hartford Bring the Troops Home Now, CT Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, Love Makes a Family, True Colors, CT United for Peace, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, CT Coalition to End Homelessness, West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice, PFLAG Hartford, People's Action for Clean Energy, Pax Educare, Connecticut Campaign for Burma and the City of Hartford Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Commission . For more information contact Kasha Ho at the American Friends Service Committee, 860.523.1534 Cindy Sheehan in Connecticut Sept. 18 Friends - we have just gotten confirmation that Cindy WILL be on the bus tour stop in Connecticut... spread the word. Sunday, September 18th Bring Them Home Now Bus Tour with Cindy Sheehan 4-6pm New Haven Green Anti-war Rally with Cindy Sheehan and members of Gold Star Families for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace. From George Bush's door step to Communities along the way, We Demand That: Elected Representatives Decide Now to Bring the Troops Home We Take Care of Them When They Get Here We Never Again Send Our Loved Ones to War Based on Lies! "We are currently at a significant turning point in how the American public views the war in Iraq. As the death toll in Iraq rises, Cindy Sheehan's vigil near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, has captured the hearts and minds of thousands of Americans. Bush's approval rating is falling. The voice of military families, who have lost loved ones and those with loved ones in harm's way or about to deploy, can activate the American people. The voice of veterans, both of this war and of previous wars will also build the movement to end the war. Together these critical voices can demand that President Bush make the decision now to bring the troops home." Bring Them Home Now Tour For more information visit http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org/ Connecticut Area Community Calendar Wednesday, September 7 Ct Gay and Lesbian Film Festival presents TransGeneration... 7:30 p.m. Cinestudio 300 Summit Street, Trinity College in Hartford, CT Affirmative action and gay and lesbian rights have historically made headlines oncampuses across the country. Now, for the first time, thanks to a small group of individuals who are playing a key role in changing the way we define gender, transgender students are embracing their unique identities as undergraduates and pushing their universities to change the way they deal with gender, discrimination, and policy. The film follows the students at four different colleges, capturing their setbacks and triumphs as they balance the challenges of academia, campus life, and family with their commitment to gender reassignment. "TransGeneration" highlights a growing phenomenon: that gender identity is being confronted by a younger generation. General Admission of $10 and $8 for Students or Seniors. For more Information and Photo's contact the Ct Gay and Lesbian film festival at (860) 586-1136 or visit their website at www.ctglff.org or visit the Cinestudio website at www.cinestudio.org or by calling (860) 297-2463. View Flyer. ---------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 8 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. United Auto Workers 111 South Road, Farmington Every Day is Labor Day Barbecue and Fundraiser for Citizens for Economic Opportunity. ---------------------------------------------------- Thursday, Sept. 8, 7:30 pm Nathanael Greene Community Center 32 Church Street, Guilford JOHN BROWN: Trumpet of Freedom One-man drama featuring veteran stage and screen actor Norman Thomas Marshall. Written by Mr. Marshall and Director George Wolf Reily. Mr. Marshall portrays the legendary Abolitionist and 30 other Civil War period characters. Along with general audiences, this performance is appropriate for students seventh grade and above. Free and open to the Public. To read more about the play visit www.wbworks.com/johnbrown. For information call Anita-453-6360 or email Luzshosie22 at yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 8 Perspectives and Opinions on the Death Penalty Ridgefield Library-Dayton Room 472 Main St. 7:00-9:00 pm, 6:30 for coffee and informal conversation with panelists Ridgefield Democrats are bringing together an award winning journalist, author and death penalty opponent and a panel of local leaders to share with our community their knowledge, perspectives and opinions about the death penalty. Our keynote speaker is Antoinette Bosco, syndicated columnist for the Catholic News Service and author of numerous books, including Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty. Ms. Bosco's son and daughter-in-law were brutally murdered in 1993, yet she argues convincingly against the death penalty both on moral and practical grounds. Following Ms. Bosco's presentation, we will hear from a panel consisting of (1) State Representative John Frey, who voted against a bill to abolish the death penalty last April (2) Rabbi Jon Haddon, who favors the death penalty for some crimes, (3) Ridgefield Police Commissioner and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice (WestConn) George Kain, who says there is "no credible evidence to support the most often used claims" in defense of the death penalty, and (4) James Diamond, criminal defense attorney and former Assistant State's Attorney with 17 years experience inside criminal courtrooms. ---------------------------------------------------- Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:30 p.m. The Little Theatre Lincoln Place, New Haven, CT "What I Heard About Iraq" by Eliot Weinberger Adapted for performance by Stephen Vincent Kobasa, directed by Christopher Arnott A collection of quotations from both those who made this war and those who suffer the consequences of it, Weinberger's piece* includes no commentary. Instead, it lets the words of those responsible reveal the extraordinary hypocrisy and indifference to human dignity which have created the ongoing violence in Iraq. A benefit for medical relief to the people of Iraq Ten dollar suggested donation. For further information, telephone 203-777-3849 ---------------------------------------------------- Monday, September 12: Earth Prayers! First Baptist Church Chapel 90 North Main Street in West Hartford 7:30 pm It is time againfor our annual gathering devoted to peace on Earth! This year, we are delighted that Rabbi Andrea Cohen Kiener will offer us a workshop on Compassionate Listening. Andrea has led delegations to Israel/Palestine, giving people opportunities to listen to the stories on both sides of the conflict.She has alsotaught many people in the U.S. the skill of listening deeply. Come join us for a communal experience of song, prayer learning and education with a spiritual base. Center for Serenity, Inc. A nonprofit organization providing counseling Lynn Johnson, Director Tel: 860-561-2343 WORLD PEACE BEGINS WITHIN! www.centerforserenity.org Iraq Perspectives at Eastern CT State Univ. ---------------------------------------------------- Sept 13 - 15. Willimantic, CT Tuesday, September 13 7 p.m. Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium Eastern Connecticut State University "A Debate on the War": David Corn, Washington, D.C. editor of The Nation and Richard Lowry, editor of the National Review. Admittance is free, but seating is limited. To reserve your seat, e-mail rsvp at easternct.edu or call 860-465-0680. ---------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 14 3 p.m. Shafer Auditorium Eastern Connecticut State University Student Panel: Eastern students who have served in the U.S. military in Iraq will describe their experiences. - Voluntary class time: Eastern faculty will include discussion of the war in Iraq in their classes on a voluntary basis throughout the day. Open Discussion: Students and faculty are invited for informal discussions throughout the afternoon; films, information tables, and discussion. Tent outside Webb Hall; 1-5 p.m. ---------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 14: Israel, Palestine & the Anti-War Movement Unitarian Universalist Society-East 153 Vernon St. West, Manchester, CT Potluck-6pm Panel-7:30 pm Speakers to Include: Dr. Mazin Qumisyeh, author of Sharing the Land of Canaan Stanley Heller, founder of the Middle East Crisis Committee Chris Towne, student activist returned from Israel and the West Bank Haidar Abushaara, of the Palestine American Congress Additional panelist will be announced ---------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 15: The status of immigrants in New Haven Public Forum Fair Haven Middle School Grand Avenue New Haven, CT 6 PM The Board of Aldermen passed the Resolution submitted by the City of New Haven Peace Commission to hold a public hearing on THE STATUS OF IMMIGRANTS IN NEW HAVEN. ---------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 17th United Church on the Green 270 Temple St., New Haven 2 pm Opponent Former U.N. Weapons Inspector and Early Iraq War Opponent Scott Ritter's talk: "Parallel Deceptions: The Bush Agenda for War in Iraq and Iran" Ritter is a former Marine Intelligence officer who served as a chief U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991-98. Ritter's talk will focus on the lies and distortions about "weapons of mass destruction" used by the Bush administration to rally public support for its war against Iraq.. Music will be performed by New Haven based Mikata and is hosted by Scott Harris, Denise Manzari and Melinda Tuhus, producers of the syndicated Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine. Area residents are invited to attend a reception in Scott Ritter's honor following the forum 6-8 p.m. with refreshments. For tickets, advance reservations and directions, call (203) 268-8446 or visit www.squeakywheel.net. Suggested contribution for the Ritter talk is $10; tickets for the reception are $50. For further information, call Anna Manzo or Scott Harris at (203) 268-8446 ext. 3 or via e-mail at: betweenthelines at snet.net. ---------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 17: Nonviolent Preparation for Mass Mobilization to End the War in Iraq 9am - 1pm ArtSpace 555 Asylum Ave Hartford, CT 06105 This workshop will focus on the philosophy and tools of nonviolent resistance and offer hands-on participation in the methods of nonviolent demonstration. Facilitated by Joanne Sheehan, War Resisters League, and Steve Thornton, SEIU 1199. Please RSVP to American Friends Service Committee 860.523.1534 or kho at afsc.org Nonviolence Handbooks and other resources will be available for a suggested donation. For more information about the Sept. 24 March on Washington and the Three Massive Days of Action September 24-26 visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ There will also be decentralized nonviolent direct actions in Washington, DC, organized by affinity groups working through a spokescouncil. For more information visit http://www.septemberaction.org/cs/ To reserve tickets on the Peace Bus from Connecticut to Washington D.C visit http://www.ctunitedforpeace.org/ ---------------------------------------------------- Sunday, September 18th Bring Them Home Now Bus Tour with Cindy Sheehan 4-6pm New Haven Green Anti-war Rally with Cindy Sheehan and members of Gold Star Families for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace. From George Bush's door step to Communities along the way, We Demand That: Elected Representatives Decide Now to Bring the Troops Home We Take Care of Them When They Get Here We Never Again Send Our Loved Ones to War Based on Lies! "We are currently at a significant turning point in how the American public views the war in Iraq. As the death toll in Iraq rises, Cindy Sheehan's vigil near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, has captured the hearts and minds of thousands of Americans. Bush's approval rating is falling. The voice of military families, who have lost loved ones and those with loved ones in harm's way or about to deploy, can activate the American people. The voice of veterans, both of this war and of previous wars will also build the movement to end the war. Together these critical voices can demand that President Bush make the decision now to bring the troops home." Bring Them Home Now Tour For more information visit http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org/ ---------------------------------------------------- Sunday, September 18th CT SOFFA Picnic 2-4pm Elizabeth Park, Hartford Sunday, September 18th 2-4pm Picnic: We want to meet everyone and give everyone a chance to meet us! This picnic is for SOFFAs, our significant others, and anyone else in the trans community who want to come for nice afternoon picnic! We will meet by the rose garden at Elizabeth Park. We ask that everyone bring either a covered dish or munchies. This is a support group for Significant Others, Family, Friends and Allies of Transgendered, Transsexual and Gender Variant people (SOFFAs) that is based in Hartford, CT. The meetings are held on a monthly basis and are facilitated by Kristal Barnes and Kasha Ho. Anyone interested in attending should contact Kristal - u2kristal at yahoo.com 860.573.6917 or Kasha - kho at afsc.org 860.523.1534 for more information. The group provides a safe space for SOFFAs to give each other social support, share resources and develop community and friendships. These meetings are specifically for Significant Others, Family, Friends, and Allies of Transgendered, Transsexual and Gender Variant people (SOFFAs). Trans people who are SOFFAs are welcome. ---------------------------------------------------- September 21st, 2005 Culture of Peace Potluck and discussion with Dr. David Adams Potluck at 6 p.m. Talk at 7 p.m. Real Art Ways Cinema and Gallery 56 Arbor Street in Hartford Pot luck, talk and discussion: hearing messages of inspiring peacebuilding activities from around the globe and celebrating the international day of peace. Pax Educare, Inc. and Co-Sponsors-the CT Program Office of The American Friends Service Committee and the Hartford Chapter of the UNA-USA invite you to participate in a talk and discussion with Dr. David Adams, UNESCO's first Director for the unit of the Year for a Culture of Peace (2000) ---------------------------------------------------- September 24th-26th END THE WAR ON IRAQ - BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW! Sat., 9/24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training Mon., 9/26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience Get your ticket on the bus from CT to Washington DC : visit http://stepfour.com/peacebus/ to purchase tickets. For more information call 860.523.1534 http://www.unitedforpeace.org/fallmobe ---------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 24, 2005 11AM till 6 PM Bushnell Park Hartford 2005 Hartford PRIDE Rally and Festival Connecticut PRIDE is pleased to announce its 2005 Hartford PRIDE Rally and Festival with entertainers Amber, EVERYday GREEN, Girlz Like That and the Hitman, The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut, OpenMinded, Shaded Soul, Sister Funk, Mark Weigel, Josh Zukerman, Hartford Harlettes and a number of Rally Speakers. This year Ct TransAdvocacy, Love Makes a Family and Project 100 are Honorary Sponsors of CT PRIDE 2005. For more details visit the Connecticut PRIDE website. ---------------------------------------------------- October 1st-8th KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK International Week of Protest To Stop The Militarization of Space For more information, visit the website of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space at www.space4peace.org or call 207-729-0517. ---------------------------------------------------- Saturday, October 1 8 p.m. to Midnight Four Points Sheraton Hotel 275 Research Parkway, Meriden "Celebrate the Love: Civil Union Today.Marriage Tomorrow!" Party with Love Makes A Family as we commemorate a step towards full equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people across Connecticut. On the day that the Civil Union law is enacted, we'll celebrate the love and commitment of same-sex couples, and shine a spotlight on our ultimate goal-MARRIAGE EQUALITY! Join us in the ballroom of the Sheraton for dancing, cash bar, and mouth-watering hors d'oeuvres and desserts. Dance the night away to benefit Love Makes A Family's continued campaign for full marriage equality for same-sex couples! This fabulously festive occasion is not to be missed! Individual tickets are $35. Visit http://www.lmfct.org/site/PageServer?pagename=celebratethelove for more information. ---------------------------------------------------- Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2005 Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts Northeast Anti-Sweatshop Conference for High School Students Calling high school students across the Northeast U.S.! During the weekend, we will learn about the sweatshop economy and how student power can make a difference. We'll learn skills in media, fundraising, leadership development, coalition building, and more. Join us in building and strengthening a network of high school anti-sweatshop leaders! Register online now! ---------------------------------------------------- October 8-10th "Not Your Soldier" Youth Counter-Recruitment Action Camp Voluntown, CT Not Your Soldier activist training camp will give youth the tools we need to stop the military invasion of our schools and our communities. The camps will help develop political and grassroots organizing skills and create real-life strategies to fight military recruitment, the poverty draft, and the corporations that profit off of war. More info, visit www.notyoursoldier.org Contact AFSC 860.523.1534 for information about the New England Camp ---------------------------------------------------- Friday, October 14, 2005 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location TBA Downtown Hartford Walking Tour of Hartford's History of Struggle Steve Thornton will lead us to some important sites of labor, abolition, women's suffrage, and civil rights struggles. Cost: $25 donation to the Connecticut Center for a New Economy (CCNE). For more information, (except the exact rendezvous location, which we will announce soon) call Renae Reese at CCNE Hartford at 860-524-9341. Rain Date: Sunday, October 16, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ---------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, October 25 Dahr Jamail - Independant Journalist Speaking Tour Central Connecticut State University Time TBA Speaking tour hosted by American Friends Service Commitee. Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist from Anchorage, Alaska who has spent 8 months reporting from inside occupied Iraq. He writes regularly for the Inter Press Service and the Sunday Herald in Scotland, and has also contributed to The Nation, Asia Times and The Guardian, among others. He is the Flashpoints Pacifica special correspondent in Iraq, as well as reporting for other radio outlets such as Democracy Now!, BBC, Air America, Radio Hong Kong, and many others. He maintains a website at: www.dahrjamailiraq.com ---------------------------------------------------- Thursday, October 27 7:30 p.m. Connecticut Repertory Theater 2132 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT Tara's Crossing ... The Rainbow Center at UCONN Storr's presents the Connecticut premiere of the acclaimed New York Production about political asylum for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Refugees; Since 1994, LGBT refugees have been eligible for asylum in the United States. The play recounts one such remarkable journey. From the confines of US Immigration detention, Tara, a transgender asylum seeker from Guyana, struggles to tell the story that could set her free. $5 for non-UCONN students and $10 for the general public. ---------------------------------------------------- November 4th-6th Transcending Boundaries Conference Sheraton Hartford Hotel East Hartford Transcending Boundaries will hold its fourth conference for bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, and intersex people and our allies. We are pleased to announce that this year's conference will be held in conjunction with America's Conference on Bisexuality, a biennial conference for bisexuals and those interested in bisexuality from all over North, South, and Central America. The conference begins with a reception Friday evening and includes workshops all day Saturday and Sunday, entertainment, and a keynote luncheon with nationally known speakers. Registration materials are available on-line at www.transcendingboundaries.org/registration/ For more information, contact us at: E-mail: transcendingboundaries at gmail.com Phone: Call Sharon at (860) 559-6150 Web: www.transcendingboundaries.org ---------------------------------------------------- Saturday, November 12, 2005: "SONGS FOR AFRICA" benefit concert University of Hartford Time TBA "DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS" -DARFUR relief and health providers "BYEA & NTOMA PRIMARY SCHOOLS" TANZANIA (a local grassroots organization started and run by a woman in Tolland who has been travelling to Tanzania to bring food, health care, water, and education to an impoverished community). Please SAVE THE DATE AND VOLUNTEER TO TAKE ACTION WITH US TO DEVELOP THIS FUNDRAISER FOR THESE HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: * REPLY: mim.k at excite.com or margedavepeace at yahoo.com * CALL: Marge and Dave Schneider at (860) 872-6899 * E-MAIL: SongsforAfrica.org * SEE: www.savedarfur.org www.doctorswithoutborders.org ---------------------------------------------------- Friday, November 18, 7:00pm CEO Hosts Robert Greenwald's film: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of the Low Price. The place is to be announced. For more information, please contact Beverley Brakeman at 860-674-0143 at CEO - Citizens for Economic Opportunity. AFSC Connecticut 56 Arbor Street Hartford, CT 06106 tel: 860.523.1534 fax: 860.523.1705 kho at afsc.org Visit AFSC CT Online Update Profile | Unsubscribe | Confirm | Forward -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sharris at snet.net Sat Sep 10 13:53:22 2005 From: sharris at snet.net (Scott Harris) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:53:22 -0400 Subject: {news} Reception for Scott Ritter Sat., Sept. 17 6-8 p.m. at the home of Rev. Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury Message-ID: <43231D8D.96E5A570@snet.net> PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter speaks at a benefit next Saturday (Sept. 17) on why he believes we are already at war with Iran. A very important talk for the weekend before the massive antiwar march in Washington, D.C. Come hear former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter talk titled: "Parallel Deceptions: The Bush Agenda for War in Iraq and Iran," Saturday- September, 17th at 2 p.m. at New Haven?s United Church on the Green, 270 Temple St, New Haven, CT. Following the talk a reception for Scott Ritter is being held at the home of the Rev. Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury in New Haven, Saturday Sept. 17 6-8 p.m. The deadline to reserve tickets for Scott Ritter reception ($50) is this Tuesday Sept. 13. Seats are limited. Please call (203) 268-8446 or visit our website at http://www.squeakywheel.net. Both events are a benefit Squeaky Wheel productions the group that distributes Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine. Looking forward to seeing you there! From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Sat Sep 10 22:25:17 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 02:25:17 +0000 Subject: {news} Miguel Nieves in the New Britain Herald In-Reply-To: Message-ID: http://www.newbritainherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15182674 09/09/2005 Mayoral candidates share their vision By SCOTT WHIPPLE , Staff Writer NEW BRITAIN -- All three mayoral candidates got seven minutes each to share their vision for the city. They met with approximately 60 seniors Thursday at the senior center. After reviewing their credentials for the position, the candidates listed their accomplishments and outlined their plans for New Britain. Moderator Charlie Slate reminded the mayoral hopefuls that the event was not a debate. Mayor Timothy Stewart said his administration is working hard to bring back the thriving, bustling economy of previous years. "Over $20 million in private investments has happened in the city in the last year," he said. "We haven?t seen numbers like that ever in the history of this town." About the Dial-a-Ride program: "We?re expanding it," Stewart said. "We?ve added an additional driver to help people get to grocery stores or their doctor; by the end of October we should have another full-time driver." The mayor said he has been trying to get curbside leaf-pickup reinstated in the city, "much to the chagrin of some of our council folks who continue not to deal with the issue." He added that the purchase of new equipment would allow the city to return to a leaf-pickup program. It was suspended, he said, because of increased overtime and personnel cost. Stewart stressed that public safety is not only about police protection, but also fire and medical protection, and emergency response. "This has been covered extremely well under the auspices of our fire department," he said. "Now when you call an ambulance, you get afire truck and people who will help you immediately. That?s a system that works well throughout this country. It has saved eight to ten lives here in the last eight months." Calling himself "the most successful mayor you?ve ever seen in the City of New Britain," Stewart said his open-door policy is working, and issues are being addressed. "You?re a more informed public, because you can watch (on public access TV) what?s going on in common council meetings," he told assembled seniors. "And you can bring your problems directly to our website and ?city hall express.?" Stewart added that various "non-performing properties" are now back on the tax rolls. Other "successes:" The Guida-Dattco expansion, the soon-to-open Holiday Inn with Famous Dave?s destination restaurant, Papa Dodge?s $5 million project, Price Rite Grocery store on the East Side and the Pinnacle Heights property with 60 more acres for the city. Stewart?s Democratic challenger Jason Jakubowski said his three major differences with the mayor are services, safety and Social Security. Jakubowski said New Britain has the third highest tax rate in the state. "Other towns are receiving a lot more for the taxes than we are," he said. He added that his administration would never touch the Dial-A-Ride service. Jakubowski quoted (former Speaker of the House) Tip O?Neill, " ?All politics are local.? I am absolutely opposed to President Bush?s idea to privatize Social Security. It will only put more money in the hands of rich corporate business owners and mean higher property taxes for you." John Magnesi questioned where the money would come from to pay for the changes Jakubowski proposed. "We have a property tax system no other state in the union utilizes," Jakubowksi replied. "We need to change the system so that the state is funding education as opposed to local governments. If we increase taxes on millionaires, we can take the extra revenue and redistribute it to the cities and town." Miguel Nieves of the Green Party, said as manager of a Family Dollar store he knows the needs of the community. "If you want to make a change in the ghetto, you need to know what the ghetto is all about," he said. "My dream is to see seniors walk safely in the streets, to see more affordable housing in the city and to create more and better jobs." Grace Baldino asked Stewart if the city had an emergency disaster plan. The mayor answered that the fire chief was its master coordinator. "There are plans in place," the mayor assured her. "We won?t have another New Orleans." Scott Whipple can be reached atswhipple at newbritainherald.com or by calling (860)225-4601, ext.224. ?The Herald 2005 From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Sat Sep 10 22:56:05 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 02:56:05 +0000 Subject: {news} Green mayor candidate in Hamden? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hamden Daily News (cyberpaper) interviewed Aaron Gustafson about a Green endorsement of Carl Amento if he loses the Democratic primary. Aaron or Kelly, can you explain your strategy? Did the Green Party petition for a ballot line in the mayoral race? Otherwise, you can't get him on the ballot, can you? In theory, I support this idea of using our minor party status as a backup plan for progressive Democrats. We were going to do this for a progressive candidate in Fairfield, but he won his town's primary in July. http://www.hamdendailynews.com/town_gov.htm August 14, 2005 Going Green? Who knows? By Sharon Bass If Democratic Mayor Carl Amento loses the Sept. 13 primary against Craig Henrici, voters might still see his name on the November ballot. Might. But there wouldn't be a D after Amento's name. There would be a G. As in Green. As in the Green Party of Connecticut. He could be the first Green mayor in the state. (Darek Shapiro is running this year as a Green mayoral candidate in Stamford.) However, there doesn't seem to be much loyalty toward the mayor coming from the Greens. "It's really not fair that nobody aside from Democrats can vote in the next primary. Carl is the candidate we're choosing to run, but it could have been anyone," said co-chair of the state Green Party and Hamden rezzie Aaron Gustafson. His wife, Kelly McCarthy, is running for the 5th District council seat as a Green. If Amento wins a fourth term as a G, Gustafson said he might run a Green against him in 2007. And Amento sees it more as an endorsement than a petition to run on the Green line. He said if he bombs out on Sept. 13, he might hang up his hat altogether. "At this point it's an option. I consider it an endorsement by a good group of people who respect my environmental record," the mayor said. "I'm not that partisan. And I don't think I should be as a mayor. I should be mayor for all the people." Amento has appointed Republicans and Greens to town commissions, some as chairs. He said if he does run as a Green in the general election, he wouldn't change his party affiliation, although there would be that G after his name on the ballot. Asked why he petitioned Amento and not Henrici, Gustafson said, "Henrici's general tone seems to be wholly negative. All he talks about over and over again are the dire financial problems in the town. While I agree, I haven't heard any solutions from him. All he does is complain. He just seems like a real downer frankly. "Given the choice between Henrici and (Republican mayoral candidate Dick) Reilly, I'd probably vote for Reilly," he continued. "I haven't seen anything positive about Henrici. I'd like to. All they're trying to do is get a candidate to get Carl out." Henrici responded. "I don't know the gentleman (Gustafson). I don't know how long he's lived in Hamden. (Gustafson moved to town four years ago.) I served 15 years on the council, 10 as the president. You know, anybody who knows me, has watched my career in politics, knows I'm not a negative person," he said. "If he thinks I'm a downer there's nothing I can do about it." The Green Party has a progressive agenda. According to its Connecticut Web site, the party "is committed to grassroots democracy, social justice, non-violence and ecological wisdom." Gustafson said Amento's political and social views somewhat mirror the Greens'. "Carl is a pragmatist. We're very into fiscal responsibility," said Gustafson. "We take holistic views, instead of short-term thinking. I think he does take the long view. Our whole thought on this is we want to open up the democratic process to the entire electorate. And we happen to think Carl has been a solid mayor." On the other hand. "We certainly haven't agreed with everything Carl has done," Gustafson said, like the mayor's decision to close the middle school on Newhall Street and build a new one on the former Meadowbrook golf course "We feel it will ruin our neighborhood. It's taking a school out of a neighborhood and leaving a contaminated area." Still, the Greens find Amento's political behavior attractive enough to bring him on their line. "He's not always playing party politics. He's not just doing favors for his friends. He seems very open to people from different parties," said Gustafson. Amento has appointed three Greens to the town's Energy Use and Climate Change Commission, of which Gustafson is chair. His wife serves on the Clean and Green Commission. Amento feels the political process needs to be open to all, especially in Hamden where the largest group of voters are unaffiliated. "I try not to label myself. I'm kind of a populist," he said. "I like to involve people. That's what democracy is all about." Amento said he's been a Democrat since he was 18, because of the party's stand on civil rights and other social justice issues. "I think it bodes well for the Henrici campaign," Henrici said of Amento potentially going Green. "I don't want to say it's desperation, but it looks like he's anticipating a bad result (at the primary)." "I'm actually confident with hard work we will win the primary, so the option of going on the Green line will become moot," said the mayor. From chapillsbury at igc.org Sun Sep 11 10:34:07 2005 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:34:07 -0400 Subject: {news} Sample Statement of Endorsement to be filed with City/Town Clerk by 9/14 Message-ID: <003d01c5b6dd$ddddb790$6901a8c0@EXDIR04> As you all should know by now, this form must be filed by local Green Party chapters in the relevant City or Town Clerk's Office by Wed. 9/14 to be sure that Green candidates for municipal office are on their respective municipal ballot on 11/8/05. September 12, 2005 Ron Smith, City Clerk 200 Orange Street New Haven CT 06510 Subject: NEW HAVEN GREEN PARTY STATEMENT OF ENDORSEMENT FOR ITS CANDIDATES FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE ON NOV. 8, 2005 Dear Mr. Smith: On behalf of the New Haven Green Party, I submit the following minor party nominations and certification of candidates to stand for election for municipal office on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, pursuant to Conn. Gen. Statutes Sec. 9-452. On Thursday, August 25, 2005, the New Haven Green Party held its nominating meeting for municipal office for the 11/08/05 election cycle. At that meeting the New Haven Green Party duly nominated: 1. Eric Brown as its candidate for Mayor of the City of New Haven; and 2. Charles Pillsbury as its candidate for Alder in Ward 19. Mr. Brown filed his Committee Registration form with your office on Monday, August 29, 2005, and Mr. Pillsbury filed his Exemption from Committee Registration form with your office on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. 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State Cochairs do not have to sign, and nothing has to be submitted to the SotS. David ----Original Message Follows---- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:34:07 -0400 From: "Charlie Pillsbury" Subject: {news} Sample Statement of Endorsement to be filed with City/Town Clerk by 9/14 To: Cc: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org September 12, 2005 Ron Smith, City Clerk 200 Orange Street New Haven CT 06510 Subject: NEW HAVEN GREEN PARTY STATEMENT OF ENDORSEMENT FOR ITS CANDIDATES FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE ON NOV. 8, 2005 Dear Mr. Smith: On behalf of the New Haven Green Party, I submit the following minor party nominations and certification of candidates to stand for election for municipal office on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, pursuant to Conn. Gen. Statutes Sec. 9-452. On Thursday, August 25, 2005, the New Haven Green Party held its nominating meeting for municipal office for the 11/08/05 election cycle. At that meeting the New Haven Green Party duly nominated: 1. Eric Brown as its candidate for Mayor of the City of New Haven; and 2. Charles Pillsbury as its candidate for Alder in Ward 19. Mr. Brown filed his Committee Registration form with your office on Monday, August 29, 2005, and Mr. Pillsbury filed his Exemption from Committee Registration form with your office on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. Thank you for your help with and attention to this important matter. Sincerely yours, Allan Brison, Co-Chair, New Haven Green Party From smderosa at cox.net Mon Sep 12 13:29:17 2005 From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:29:17 -0400 Subject: {news} Progressive Movie Night-This FRI 9/16/05 7:30PM: 911 In Plane Site Message-ID: <20050912172931.WRFQ15319.eastrmmtao04.cox.net@userb649154f63> WHAT REALLY HAPPEN ON SEPT. 11, 2001?? COME SEE THE DOCUMENTARY: 911 IN PLANE SITE WHAT: THE PROGRESSIVE MOVIE NIGHT RETURNS WITH: 911 IN PLANE SITE (THE DIRECTORS CUT, 97 MINUTES USA). WHEN: THIS FRIDAY, SEPT 16, 2005, 7:30PM WHERE: GREATER HARTFORD GREEN PARTY OFFICE, 418A NEW BRITAIN AVE. HARTFORD, CT. (www.mapquest.com) WHY: BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND MYSTERIES THAT OUR GOVERNMENT AND A BOGUS 911 COMMISSION REFUSE TO ANSWER OR INVESTIGATE. Why were America and the world never shown the video and photographs of the Pentagon, BEFORE the outer wall had collapsed showing only one 16 ft. hole. Many people do not realize that the outer wall did not collapse until a full 20 minutes after the initial impact. See these astonishing photographs and video footage for the first time. Given that the outer wall of the Pentagon had not yet collapsed and the only hole is approximately 16 ft. in diameter - how does a plane over 44 feet tall and 125 ft. wide fit into that hole as shown in the crystal-clear and close-up photographic evidence from the Pentagon? Furthermore, can physics explain why there is no damage to the Pentagon's upper floors where the tail section would have hit? "I heard a very loud, quick whooshing sound. I was convinced it was a missile. It came in so fast - it sounded nothing like an airplane." Lon Rains - editor for Space News (Pentagon eyewitness) In the aftermath, it was reported by media sources that a giant 100 ft. crater was plowed into the front lawn of the Pentagon as the result of a powerful airliner crash? Why does photographic evidence overwhelmingly show that this was absolutely not the case? Why no crater? Why no skid marks? Why no burn marks? Why was the entire world deliberately mislead? Examine the video and photographic evidence for yourself. How does a Boeing 757, constructed from lightweight aluminum, penetrate over 9 ft. of steel reinforced concrete? Photographs and recently discovered computer animations help shed light on this unexplained feat of physics. Contrary to the pictures shown to the American public, after the fact, why does photographic evidence taken only a few moments after the Pentagon event show no wreckage on the lawn of the Pentagon? Where is the plane? Where is the tail, the wings, the luggage, the seats, the landing gear; the engines? What happened to the passengers? Examine the photos that you were never meant to see. At the World Trade Center, why did firefighters, reporters and other on the scene eyewitnesses describe a demolition-like, pancake collapse of buildings One, Two & Seven? Hear the outrageous admissions made by the building lease owner recorded on video, plus shocking new video evidence helps to answer some of these important questions. What is the bright flash on the right side of the Boeing 767, seen just before impact on both the North Tower & the South Tower, captured on video by 5 separate cameramen including CNN and ABC? Slow motion analysis reveals startling verification of this extraordinary event and begs the question, "What is it?" Find out what former military personnel think this could be. Why were there numerous reports of bombs & explosions going off in and around the WTC before any buildings had collapsed? Hear & see the testimony of the reporters, rescue teams and eyewitnesses who tell a different story of potential demolition charges, unexplained explosions, and vehicles loaded with explosives as reported on live television the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Why did a FOX News employee, who witnessed the second tower attack, report seeing no windows on "Flight 175" a commercial United Airlines jetliner? Why did another eyewitness report that United Airlines Flight 175 was not a commercial airliner? What kind of plane hit the second tower? Any Donation of $20 (includes S&H) (Prices May Vary In Other Countries) CALL 0470-97-1011 WEBSITE: CLICK HERE New York Magazine Sept. 24th (2001) Issue Photo by Rob Howard Enlargement of photo showing abnormal protrusion on bottom of the plane just before impact with South Tower U.S. Air Force militarized version of the Boeing 767 USAF LINK Operation Northwoods W Here Click Here "I ick The Idaho Observer "WELL DONE" ...Dave vonKleist wove several key moments of live, unretouched film footage regarding the events of Sept. 11 into a crystal clear picture of official deception. The entire well-produced documentary is brought into sharp focus with Dave's impeccably delivered narrative. In Plane Site is hot and should be seen by everyone who has an opinion about what happened Sept. 11, 2001... 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Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now! producer and correspondent. - Read: "Overkill: Feared Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSH TRANSCRIPT This transcript is available free of charge. However, donations help us provide closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing on our TV broadcast. Thank you for your generous contribution. Donate - $25, $50, $100, more... AMY GOODMAN: Meanwhile, in New Orleans it is a militarized zone. When we came into the French Quarter on Saturday, we met some, well, interesting people. AMY GOODMAN: Did you just get here? BLACKWATER MERCENARY 1: We have been here a couple days. AMY GOODMAN: Yeah? Who are you working for? BLACKWATER MERCENARY 1: Blackwater. AMY GOODMAN: And who are they working for? BLACKWATER MERCENARY 1: Really don't -- don't have any way to tell you that. You know, we just do our assignments, and we go from there. AMY GOODMAN: What's your assignment today? BLACKWATER MERCENARY 1: I'm not at liberty to discuss. I'm sorry. AMY GOODMAN: Have any of your guys just come back from Iraq, by any chance? BLACKWATER MERCENARY 1: Last year. AMY GOODMAN: Have you? BLACKWATER MERCENARY 2: Last year. Who are you guys with? AMY GOODMAN: Blackwater. Today we're going to talk about that with Democracy Now! correspondent, Jeremy Scahill. We have been traveling through New Orleans together. Jeremy, you wrote a piece this weekend called "Overkill: Feared Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans." JEREMY SCAHILL: That's right, Amy. And the Blackwater mercenaries became very well known internationally a few years back when four of their men were killed in Fallujah, Iraq. Two of them had their bodied burned and then hung from a bridge. And that resulted in the massive retaliatory onslaught against Fallujah that resulted in tens of thousands of people having to flee the city and scores of people being killed, and now Fallujah has become an international symbol of resistance, and that goes back to those killings of the four Blackwater workers. Well, as I was walking with Daniela Crespo through the streets of the French Quarter, we were talking to two New York City police officers when an unmarked vehicle pulled up, and there were three heavily armed men inside dressed in khaki outfits, and they asked the New York police officers, "Do you know where the Blackwaters guys are?" And my ears immediately perked up, because, of course, having covered Iraq for a long time, I know well who the Blackwater mercenaries are. And the New York police officer said, "Well, they're down the street that way. There are lots of them around here." And then I said to the New York police officer, "Blackwater? You mean, like the guys in Iraq?" And he said, "Yeah. They're all over the place." And so, we tracked them down, found them down the street, and just approached the Blackwater mercenaries and began talking to them. Two of the guys that we talked to had served on the personal security details of L. Paul Bremer, the American pro-counsel in Iraq originally, the head of the occupation, as well as the U.S. ambassador -- former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte. One of the guys had just gotten back from Iraq two weeks ago. These are some of the most highly trained killers, professional killers in the world. And they had served in Iraq in a number of cities and in a number of capacities. And one of them was wearing a golden badge, that identified itself as being Louisiana law enforcement, and in fact, one of the Blackwater mercenaries told us that he had been deputized by the governor of Louisiana, and what's interesting is that the federal government and the Department of Homeland Security have denied that they have hired any private security firms, saying that they have enough with government forces. Well, these Blackwater men that we spoke to said that they are actually on contract with the Department of Homeland Security and indeed with the governor of Louisiana. And they said that they're sleeping in camps organized by the Department of Homeland Security. One of the Blackwater guys said that when he heard New Orleans, he asked, "What country is that in?" And he was bragging to me about how he drives around Iraq in what he called a State Department issued level five explosion-proof BMW. This, as U.S. soldiers don't even have proper armor on their Humvees and other vehicles. And so, we also overheard one of the Blackwater guys talking to, we presume, a colleague, complaining that he was only being paid $350 a day plus his per diem, and that other firms were paying much more. And we're seeing many of these Blackwater mercenaries and other private security agents roaming the streets of New Orleans. And what's significant is that the way it's being reported and the way the company is presenting it is that they are here to help with the hurricane relief efforts, but they told us clearly that they are engaged in quote, "stopping criminals" and that they're actually patrolling the streets. In fact, we saw them take over a building on Bourbon Street when we were walking around with them. And now they have set up shop there on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. So this is very, very disturbing, I think, for anyone who knows the record of Blackwater. Of course, they do not ask questions first. They shoot first, and that is their reputation in Iraq. And so, Americans should be asking right now what these kinds of trained killers are doing on the streets of New Orleans, apparently on contract from the Department of Homeland Security. AMY GOODMAN: And Jeremy, as we went around, saw other figures, we didn't know who they worked for, like those in front of Hibernia Bank, as we were driving by and John Hamilton was filming. They flagged down our car. They said, "Stop the filming." And we said, "Why?" And they said, "We just said 'stop the filming.'" They said, "These are our streets," and made clear next to their sports shirt, you could see clearly that they were carrying guns. JEREMY SCAHILL: Yes, that's right. And they also alleged that they had been deputized. And another key point is that these Blackwater guys said that they were given the authority to use lethal force, as well as the power to make arrests. And when we asked them about this use of them in the United States, they said that they believe that we're going to see a lot more of this and that this is a trend. So, I think that this is a very, very disturbing development that we are seeing here on the streets of New Orleans, Amy. AMY GOODMAN: Well, if you want to read "Overkill" by Jeremy Scahill and Daniela Crespo, go to our website at DemocracyNow.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chapillsbury at igc.org Mon Sep 12 16:45:29 2005 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:45:29 -0400 Subject: {news} updated notice:New Haven Sat. Sept. 17-Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter Message-ID: <00a801c5b7da$e984b870$6901a8c0@EXDIR04> Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter speaks at a benefit next Saturday (Sept. 17) 2-4 p.m. on why he believes we are already at war with Iran. A very important talk for the weekend before the massive antiwar march in Washington, D.C. Sept. 24. Dear Friend, You're invited to join us for a talk and/or reception (see below) with former chief UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter who will discuss why he believes we are already at war with Iran, and why the peace movement has a decadeslong fight ahead. Please note: The deadline to reserve tickets for Scott Ritter reception ($50) is this Tuesday, Sept. 13. Seats are limited. Please call (203) 268-8446 or visit our website at http://www.squeakywheel.net. Scott Ritter's reception is being held at the home of the Rev. Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury in New Haven, Saturday Sept. 17 6-8 p.m. Looking forward to seeing you there! Charlie Pillsbury, Allie Perry, Scott Harris, Denise Manzari, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Hank Hoffman, Indu Anand, Bill Cosentino and Ruben Abreu The Between The Lines Crew and friends For more info, read the press release below: "Parallel Deceptions: The Bush Agenda for War in Iraq and Iran" Former U.N. Weapons Inspector and Early Iraq War Opponent Scott Ritter Speaks in New Haven Saturday Sept. 17, 2-4 p.m. "Ladies and gentlemen, the war with Iran has already begun," says Scott Ritter... Listen to the promo in RealAudio: http://www.squeakywheel.net/scottritterpromo.ram Listen to the promo in MP3: http://www.squeakywheel.net/scottritterpromo.MP3 Help spread the word! http://www.squeakywheel.net/Ritter2005.pdf Squeaky Wheel Productions, distributors of the syndicated Between The Lines Radio Magazine, will present a talk by former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter Saturday- September, 17th at 2 p.m. at New Haven's United Church on the Green, 270 Temple St. (corner of Temple and Elm streets). Free parking on Temple Street at Yale Lot 51, across from the New Haven Public Library. Ritter is a former Marine Intelligence officer who served as a chief U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991-98. He is one of the few officials with a working knowledge of Saddam Hussein's weapons systems to have publicly opposed the Bush administration's war on Iraq before the invasion. Ritter's talk, titled "Parallel Deceptions: The Bush Agenda for War in Iraq and Iran," will focus on the lies and distortions about "weapons of mass destruction" used by the Bush administration to rally public support for its war against Iraq. Ritter warns that a similar propaganda campaign is now underway to justify a future military confrontation with Iran over its nuclear capability. The public forum will feature music by the New Haven based-band Mikata and is hosted by Scott Harris, Denise Manzari and Melinda Tuhus, producers of the syndicated Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine. Area residents are invited to attend a reception in Scott Ritter's honor following the forum 6-8 p.m. with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments at the home of the Rev. Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury. For tickets, advance reservations and directions, call (203) 268-8446 or visit http://www.squeakywheel.net. Suggested contribution for the Ritter talk is $10; tickets for the reception with hors d'oeuvres, drinks are $50. Please RSVP for the reception by Sept. 10 by mailing your check made payable to "The Global Center", and send to Squeaky Wheel Productions, P.O. Box 110176, Trumbull, CT 06611. We will send tickets and directions to the reception. All proceeds benefit Squeaky Wheel Productions, a Connecticut-based nonprofit organization that distributes Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine to 35 radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and is produced locally at WPKN Radio 89.5 in Bridgeport, CT. Squeaky Wheel Productions' tax-exempt fiscal sponsor is The International Center for Global Communications Foundation Inc. (dba "The Global Center") based in New York City. For further information, call Anna Manzo or Scott Harris at (203) 268-8446 ext. 3 or via e-mail at: betweenthelines at snet.net. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We're going to need a ton of leafletting, money for sound equipment, a back up auditorium, etc. Attached is a word document of a half page leaflet. Modify it to add your group as a sponsor Preliminary Sponsors: CT United for Peace, Al-Awda-CT, American Friends Service Committee Connecticut Peace Coalition(New Haven), Green Party (New Haven), ISO, Greater New Haven Peace Council, Middle East Crisis Committee, Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Straight from Camp Casey in Crawford, TX Bring them Home Now Bus Tour Hear Cindy Sheehan Bus sponsors: Gold Star Families for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace Sunday, September 18 3 p.m. New Haven Green Local Sponsors: CT United for Peace, Al-Awda-CT, American Friends Service Committee Connecticut Peace Coalition(New Haven), Green Party (New Haven), ISO, Greater New Haven Peace Council, Middle East Crisis Committee, Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice For more info: 203-934-2761 or www.TheStruggle.org Get on the Bus to the Massive Sept. 24 DC protest www.CTUnitedforPeace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders called on the Bush Administration to welcome Cuba's offer to send 1500 fully-equipped and experienced doctors into the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region. "It is unconscionable that the federal government would refuse this offer of assistance to thousands of victims of Katrina, many of whom are still suffering from lack of medical attention," said Tony Gronowicz, Green candidate for mayor of New York City and member of the Green Party's International Committee. "Before he was removed, FEMA chief Michael Brown claimed that he would not turn down any offer of assistance. Why is the White House denying entry visas to hundreds of trained doctors, all packed and ready to save lives in Louisiana and Mississippi?" The Green Party has strongly opposed the U.S. government's Cold War policy against Cuba and has called for an end to the embargo and hostilities against the Castro government. Green leaders called the Katrina emergency an ideal opportunity to overhaul Cuba policy, normalize diplomatic relations, and repeal the ban on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens. "The anti-Cuba policy is absurd and hypocritical," said Michael Canney, Florida Green and member of Cuba Vive of Florida and the Gainesville Cuba Friendship Network. "While blocking the Cuban doctors, Bush's Homeland Security Department is coddling known terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. Furthermore, five young Cubans, whose only crime was to gather information about terrorists in Miami, remain confined in federal prisons even after their wrongful convictions were overturned by the 11th District Court of Appeals." Greens, in accord with the Organization of American States (OAS), have demanded Luis Posada Carriles' deportation or extradition to Venezuela to stand trial for his involvement in the 1976 mid-air bombing of a Cuban passenger plane that killed all 73 people aboard, and have called for the immediate release of the Cuban Five from federal prisons pending a new trial. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20009. 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 "Castro: U.S. hasn't responded to Katrina offer" CNN.com, September 5, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/05/katrina.cuba/index.html National Committee to Free the Cuban Five http://www.freethefive.org/ Message to the American People from Cuban prisoners http://www.granma.cu/miami5/ingles/042.htm Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 Email: office at gp.org 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN =========================================================== THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political party in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US, with 220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. Over 80 countries in world have Green Parties. 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The Department of Peace will research, articulate and facilitate nonviolent solutions to domestic and international conflict, while also employing proven and effective strategies for reducing violence both domestically and internationally. It is an important piece of legislation that will, if enacted, go a long way towards changing how our government approaches conflict internally and externally. However, we need your support to help make the Department of Peace a reality. We only have two days before this bill is reintroduced. It's urgent that you contact your representative in the House and urge her or him to support of this bill today! TAKE ACTION NOW! To write your Representative, click here. What the Department of Peace will do: -- Teach violence prevention and mediation to America's school children -- Support our military with complementary approaches to ending violence -- Create and administer a U.S. Peace Academy. We need your help to show our elected officials that there is a broad and growing movement to support the creation of a Dept. of Peace. We must make it clear that we the people want our government to invest in the structures and systems necessary to promote a culture of nonviolence. Support the Department of Peace by contacting your representative today! Kevin Martin Executive Director Peace Action TAKE ACTION NOW! TellYour Representatives to Support Creating a Department of Peace! Click here to get your WAR ISN'T WORKING bumper sticker -- Karin Lee Norton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karinlee1 at mindspring.com Thu Sep 15 00:28:59 2005 From: karinlee1 at mindspring.com (Karin Lee Norton) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:28:59 -0400 Subject: {news} Fwd: Green Buildings Open House...20 sites in Connecticut!!!!!! Message-ID: >Delivered-To: klnorton at greens.org >From: JFriedeco at aol.com >Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:45:35 EDT >Subject: Green Buildings Open House...20 sites in Connecticut!!!!!! >To: > >PACE hopes that you can attend the Green Buildings Open House on >Saturday, October 1st. Twenty buildings will be showcased >throughout the state. > >See clean renewable energy systems and participate in the American >Solar Energy Society's National Solar Tour. For information, contact >www.nesea.org -- Karin Lee Norton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greenpartyct at yahoo.com Thu Sep 15 15:53:35 2005 From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:53:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: {news} NEWS_No Leveler Voting Machines in 06 in CT Message-ID: <20050915195335.2421.qmail@web81407.mail.yahoo.com> WTIC's Clin McEnroe had the Sec of State on today and she said the fed's have ruled that CT can not have lever voting machines.. so all new lap top voting higher taxes for local governments to pay for new machines or long, long lines? Stayed tuned for more info Tim McKee GP CT =========================================================== THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political party in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US, with 220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. Over 80 countries in world have Green Parties. 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URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Thu Sep 15 18:31:00 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:31:00 +0000 Subject: {news} Tim's letter about Eric Brown in the New Haven Advocate In-Reply-To: Message-ID: http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:125762 Let His True Colors Shine Through Give a Green candidate a break, one reader urges. by Advocate Readers - September 15, 2005 Letters to the Editor I think both new candidates for New Haven mayor who oppose the political machine of John DeStefano deserve more respect than the label "Also Rans," the label the Advocate slapped on them in the September 1, 2005, issue. As an outsider, who sees DeStefano more interested in raising millions for his race for governor and getting his face on state media, anyone who challenges the party bosses should get a fair chance as they start the race, not a "they cannot win" label, especially from an "alternative" or "cutting-edge" paper from which the public expects a non-establishment view. Eric Brown, the Green Party candidate for mayor, is not a slick, longtime politician who claims to have all the answers, but shouldn't the New Haven Advocate give him a serious look? As a working-class person, a black man and someone who is not shuttled from soiree to soiree as the current white, rich mayor is, his views on the needs of the city are probably more in line with the majority of the hard-working people than someone who has eyes on the Hartford capitol and higher office. Tim McKee Manchester From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Thu Sep 15 18:32:26 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:32:26 +0000 Subject: {news} Eric Brown's tax troubles In-Reply-To: Message-ID: http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:125755 Debt and Taxes Two mayoral candidates haven't paid their due. by Ryan Kearney - September 15, 2005 Last month, shortly before he was nominated by the Greens, New Haven mayoral candidate Eric Brown Jr. spoke to party members about the "tax burden" and how it's "strangling the people who are supporting the city." At the time, he seemed to be speaking generally about folks who have difficulty paying their tax bills on time. Little did his small audience know, Brown was also speaking about himself: He owes the city nearly $7,500 in back taxes. The bulk of that debt relates to his Russo Terrace home. According to C.J. Cuticello, the city's head of tax collection, Brown has racked up $6,333 in unpaid property taxes. Brown doesn't deny he's overdue on tax bills from January and July, though he insists the figure is closer to $4,200. On Sept. 9, a couple of days after the Advocate first spoke with Brown about his unpaid taxes, he issued a statement to the press in which he pledged to pay all taxes by the Nov. 8 general election. But shouldn't a budding politician act as an example by paying his taxes on time? "I'm not a politicianthat's one of the things I'm saying," he pleads. Fair enough. What about simply being a responsible, tax-paying citizen? "I pay my mortgage, my state taxes, and then you got to pay your property taxes. You got to pay a lot of taxes," he complains, noting that he has six kids to take care of. "What am I going to say, 'Sorry, girl, you can't eat 'cause I got to pay taxes'?" Plus, Brown says, it's not like he's running from his debts. "I have always paid my taxes. I might be a little late, but they always get paid." Yeah, but 15 years late? That's how much time has passed since Brown was billed $844 in motor vehicle taxes on a Cadillac Fleetwood he once owned, according to Cuticello. "Somebody stole that car," says Brown, by way of explanation. Told that theft doesn't wipe out unpaid taxes, he changes his tune. "I don't owe them anything on that because that tax bill's been paid." Plus, he adds, "It's my understanding that after 15 years they can't do nothing about it." And what about the other car, a Cadillac Seville on which Brown owes $279 from the 2003 and 2004 tax years combined? "My car burnt up," he says. "That happened almost a month ago now." As in, it broke down? Nope. "Caught fire and burnt up," he says. "I owed taxes on that car and it burnt up, so I wasn't in no rush to pay." Campaign manager Ralph Ferrucci, a driver for Pepperidge Farm, met Brown, a customer service manager at Stop & Shop in Hamden, while on the job five years ago. One day earlier this year, Brown was telling Ferrucci about problems in the community and Ferrucci suggested he run for mayor. Told that Brown owes the city money, Ferrucci was surprised, noting how long they've known each other. Ferrucci says he asked Brown about any personal issues that might surface during the campaign "and he never mentioned [back taxes]." But isn't the campaign manager partly responsible for researching his candidate's background? "We just don't have the resources to look into it," he says. All it takes is a call to Cuticello. "Right," he says, "and it's not something I thought of." Eric Brown isn't the only mayoral candidate who, as of last week, hadn't paid his taxes in full. Independent Gary Jenkins, who has pushed for a "more humane" city tax collection program, owed $247 on his Stevenson Road homebut promptly paid the bill after speaking with the Advocate . At first, Jenkins furiously denied he owed that, or any, amount. He said he pays property taxes through his mortgage, "so the bank usually takes care of that." After checking with his bank, he assured the Advocate that all of his taxes had been paid. But on Sept. 9 he went down to the tax collector's office and learned that he did indeed owe $247 in personal property taxes from the 2003 tax year. In a fax to the Advocate , he wrote, "So it turns out I did owe the taxes, but I never received a bill or even knew about this until you brought it to my attention." The city sends as many as six notices to tax scofflaws, including a delinquency notice, a demand notice, a request to visit the tax collector's office and an offer to set up a payment plan, according to Cuticello. "During some period of that delinquency, [Brown and Jenkins] have received numerous communications," he says. While Jenkins seems eager to downplay the issue, Brown and Ferrucci are putting a political spin on Brown's tax delinquency. "You know how many people owe back taxes?" Ferrucci asks rhetorically. "A lot of people fall on hard times." And Brown says he can't always pay his taxes on time while also meeting his family's needsa bind that many New Haven voters can relate to. "That's the whole purpose I got into this [race] in the first place," says Brown. "I'm trying to live. I can't even live." From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Sat Sep 17 16:21:12 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:21:12 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT New Zealand Elections Message-ID: <12c201c5bbc5$59a51670$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> >From Lynne Serpe, David Cobb's presidential campaign manager. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 7:40 AM Subject: Re: USGP-INT Election > New Zealand elections results in (11:35 pm their time): Greens at just > over 5% - which gets them 6 Members of Parliament (out of 120). Special > votes (overseas, etc) still to be counted. In the past, that has netted > them an extra MP...may or not do this time as well. Thanks again to all > those who helped send postcards to enrolled New Zealanders living in > the US. > > Some of you might have met Sam Byrne (Australian candidate in > Marrickville) when he visited me in NYC or at the Global Greens > Conference in 2001. He's a great guy, an excellent council member. > Fingers crossed! > > LYNNE > > -----Original Message----- > From: vivek ananthan > To: usgp-int at gp-us.org > Sent: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:25:09 -0400 > Subject: USGP-INT Election > > > Election in Australia; Polls a Green test for Labor > > 17sep05 VOTERS in three Sydney electorates are going to the polls > today, with Labor expected to retain all three seats. > > The seats being contested are Maroubra, Marrickville and Macquarie > Fields. The three state by-elections will choose replacements for > former premier Bob Carr, his deputy Andrew Refshauge and planning > minister Craig Knowles. > > The Greens are hoping to score an upset victory in the inner-western > Sydney seat of Marrickville, which is being contested for Labor by > Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt. > > Greens candidate Sam Byrne today urged voters to use the by-election > to tell the NSW Labor government what they think of its performance. > "After 10 years of government, Labor has failed to deliver the basic > services that residents need," Mr Byrne said in a statement. > > "Public transport has become demonstrably worse, public schools are > robbed of funds and our environment lacks a passionate advocate." > > Mr Byrnes acknowledged the Greens faced a big task to garner the 11 > per cent swing away from Labor needed to win the seat, but he said the > time was right for a change. > > Meanwhile, the western Sydney electorate of Macquarie Fields, formerly > held by Mr Knowles, is the only seat being contested by the Liberals. > > Liberal candidate Nola Fraser would need a massive 22.5 per cent swing > to win the seat and Opposition Leader Peter Debnam said he would be > happy with any extra votes she picked up for the opposition. > > Michael Daley is expected to easily retain Mr Carr's former seat of > Maroubra for Labor. > > > > > > > > > > --- > | Sent via usgp-int > | To unsubscribe, please send a message to usgp-int-request at gp-us.org > | with ONLY unsubscribe in the message > --- > From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Sat Sep 17 17:41:18 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:41:18 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: Katrina; relocation or ethnic cleansing? Message-ID: <130501c5bbd0$89b688c0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Canney To: USGP-PAX Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 12:41 PM Subject: [GPUS-PAX] Katrina; relocation or ethnic cleansing? Katrina; relocation or ethnic cleansing? http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=WHI20050910&articleId=914 by Mike Whitney September 10, 2005 uruknet.info Email this article to a friend Print this article FEMA has been entirely reshaped under the Bush Administration. It's no longer designed to meet the needs of a natural disaster but, rather, to advance the political agenda of the current regime. This is clear by the way that FEMA employees did everything in their power to undermine relief operations for the people stranded by Hurricane Katrina. Their orders simply corresponded with Washington's intention to put the city under federal control and to forcefully-evacuate the victims to locations around the Southwest. Most of us have already heard the damning accusations of Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parrish, LA, who said on Meet the Press that FEMA had cut off supplies of water, food and fuel to hurricane victims, as well as, cutting "all of our emergency communications lines." Since, Broussard's nationally broadcast testimonial, there's been a torrent of charges leveled at FEMA. The National Guard was prevented from attending to the sick and wounded, desperately needed busses were unexplainably returned to Baton Rouge, assistance was rejected from Chicago and other cities, helicopter rescue teams were reprimanded for rescuing people trapped on there roofs, and checkpoints were set up to prevent poor, black people from leaving the city. Information clearinghouse has put together an impressive list of articles that detail the FEMA obstructions. FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations http://news.ft.com/cms/s/84aa35cc-1da8-11da-b40b-00000e FEMA turns away experienced firefighters http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/5/105538/7048 FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspec FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspec FEMA won't let Red Cross deliver food http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05246/565143.stm FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15147862&BRD= FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/3/171718/0826\ FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0509 FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050902dale FEMA turns away generators http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.htm These articles will help to convince the reader that blocking of aid to hurricane victims was not a "failure of leadership" or "bureaucratic bungling" as the media has suggested, but was the intentional policy of the Bush administration. The administration was executing a strategy to annex local police and National Guard and put them under direct federal authority. The plan was temporarily subverted when both the Mayor and the Governor refused to relinquish their power. The White House then threatened to take-over regardless; invoking little-known presidential orders that allow sweeping executive powers in a national emergency. Currently there are executive orders on the books that permit the president to seize all modes of transportation, control the media, take over all energy sources, control all aircraft and airports, relocate entire communities and operate penal and correctional facilities in the event of a national emergency. Under the provisions of Executive Order 11921 "It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for 6 months...General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's Civil Security Division said in 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as 'a new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and from civil and military installations from sabotage and attack, AS WELL AS PREVENTION OF DISSIDENT GROUPS FROM GAINING ACCESS TO US OPINION OR A GLOBAL AUDIENCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS.' "(Friends of Liberty.com) FEMA's role has changed from one of public assistance in a natural catastrophe to defense of the political establishment and its economic-military power base. New Orleans represents a fundamental transformation in the way the administration plans to conduct domestic affairs. The democratic model has been abandoned for a top-down managerial-style with all the familiar trappings of a dictatorship. The results are plain to see; the city is now under martial law with armored vehicles and 70,000 military personnel on 24 hour patrol. At present, the last occupants of the poorer areas are being forcefully-removed from their homes and evacuated while legally-registered firearms are being confiscated by police. The city remains under strict "shoot to kill" orders aimed at anyone either looting or out-of-doors beyond the 6 o'clock curfew. Although white, middle-class Americans seem to be in denial over what has taken place in New Orleans; many black Americans seem to fully grasp its meaning. Glen Ford of "Black Commentator" notes that "Displacement based on race is a form of genocide, as recognized under the Geneva Conventions. Destruction of a people's culture, by official action, or depraved inaction, is an offense against humanity, under international law." Ford recognizes that what transpired in New Orleans is just the latest manifestation of ethnic cleansing papered-over by the diversionary braying of the media. There was no "bureaucratic bungling" or "failure of leadership" in New Orleans. It was a perfectly choreographed strategy to purge the city of poor blacks and to pave the way for lavish reconstruction projects for the wealthy constituents of the Bush administration. Now, as Glenn Ford says, "the right to return" for the people of New Orleans will be blocked by "facts on the ground" that will preclude any future homecoming. It's likely that the measly $2000 stipend that Bush has offered the relocated residents will be the only reparation they see from Washington. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre for Research on Globalization. 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URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Sun Sep 18 02:55:05 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 06:55:05 +0000 Subject: {news} Lessons from Bernie Sanders In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The August 15/22 issue of The Nation had an article on independent Congressman Bernie Sanders of Vermont, which may hold some useful tips for Green candidates. Being Like Bernie Socialist Bernie Sanders seems set to win one of the few US Senate seats next year where no incumbent is running. Read full article here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050815/nichols From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Sun Sep 18 09:07:56 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:07:56 -0400 Subject: {news} REMINDER: Cindy Sheehan in New Haven Today 9/18 Message-ID: <009501c5bc51$fd1127e0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 8:09 AM Subject: [for_rachel] Cindy Sheehan in New Haven Today 9/18 > For info on parking, directions, speakers, what to bring go to > > www.TheStruggle.org > > The weather report is for a sunny day with a high of 80 degrees. > Perfect!!!! > > Bring Them Home Bus Tour > > Cindy Sheehan to Speak in New Haven Today > > > Sunday, Sept. 18 > > > New Haven Green > > > Local groups will host the Bring them Home Now Bus Tour launched by Cindy > Sheehan at the close of her encampment near the Bush ranch in Crawford > Texas. . The tour is sponsored by Sheehan's Gold Star Families for > Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Vets Against the War and Veterans > for Peace. > > > Where: New Haven Green, on the Stage on the Elm St. side between Temple > St. and Church St. ( in case of rain the event will be held in the United > Church on the Green on the corner of Elm and Temple Sts.) > > Program starts at 3 p.m. > > > Bus arrival time is uncertain, hoping for 3:30 > > The Program: > > 3 p.m Brief remarks will be made by a number of peace activists and > prominent CT leaders. Among them are Jorge Perez, the President of the > New Haven Board of Alderman, John Olsen, President of the CT AFL-CIO, > Roger Vann, Executive Director of the Connecticut branch of the American > Civil Liberties Union, Kathleen Sloan, Executive Director of the > Connecticut National Organization for Women, Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh member of > the steering committee the US Campaign to End the Occupation, Father Jim > Richardson of Sacred Heart Church in New Haven, Dawood Yasin, Imam of the > Masjid al-Islam, Minister Cornell Lewis, Men of Color Initiative, Marela > Zacarias, Latinos Contra La Guerra. > > > > Approximately 4 p.m. speakers from the bus including Cindy Sheehan will > make their remarks. > > > > The bus that will stop in New Haven is part of a group of 3 buses that > left Camp Casey in Crawford Texas on August 31. The buses planned to > cover 28 states spreading the message that military families and vets were > urging the troops be immediately recalled from Iraq and urging massive > attendance at the September 24 anti-war rally in Washington DC. > > > > Local endorsing groups in CT at this time are: CT United for Peace, > Al-Awda-CT, American Friends Service Committee Connecticut Peace > Coalition(New Haven), Green Party (New Haven), ISO, Greater New Haven > Peace Council, Middle East Crisis Committee, Reclaiming the Prophetic > Voice > > > > More information about the tour can be found at the website > > www.BringThemHomeNowTour.org > > > > For more information contact: Stanley Heller, 203-934-2761 (voice mail > #1, Middle East Crisis Committee) or the site www.TheStruggle.org > > > > > From edubrule at sbcglobal.net Sun Sep 18 12:44:49 2005 From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:44:49 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: Civil Union Law About to Take Effect;[couples wanted] Message-ID: <000001c5bc9f$2d7cc220$ec33f704@edgn2b574u14bi> ----- Original Message ----- From: Chelsea Turner Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:03 PM Subject: Civil Union Law About to Take Effect Friends and Family, Mark your calendars! Sen. Andrew McDonald and Rep. Mike Lawlor are planning to hold a press conference on September 28th at 2:00 at the Capitol to celebrate the civil union law going into effect on Sat. Oct. 1. We hope you will attend this historic occasion and be part of history. This is an incredibly exciting time. I will email out additional details later once everything has been finalized (i.e. list of speakers, directions, etc.) Their focus will be two-fold: 1.) on what a tremendous victory this is for same-sex families in Connecticut, and 2.) on how Connecticut has made history by becoming the first state in the nation to extend all of the rights and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex couples without the threat of a court order. [See "addendum" e-mail below**] There will be many opportunities in the future to talk about marriage as the ultimate goal. But at this event, we will focus on the civil union victory. In addition, we are hoping you might be able to help. We are trying to find a male couple and a female couple who are planning on getting a civil union in Connecticut and would be willing to be a part of this press conference. We would especially like to find older couples who have been together for many years. If you know any couples who fit this description, please let us know. And, we just got a call from the Hartford Courant. They are obviously planning on covering this. One thing they are planning is a large article on October 2nd, the day after the law goes into effect. They are looking for a couple with children, who would allow them to visit a few times between now and Oct. 1st. They would like to be able to take photos of the whole family, including children, and would also like to take photos of the ceremony. If you know of any couple who fits this description, please let us know. Hope you're all doing well. Please don't hesitate to email / call with any questions. - Chelsea Chelsea Turner Lobbyist Betty Gallo & Co. 860-247-4322 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addendum e-mail (second e-mail sent shortly after the above) Just wanted to clarify: I meant to say all the STATE rights and responsibilities. This is why it is so important to continue to fight for full marriage equality, in order to have access to the over 1000 federal rights and responsibilities. I must be a little rusty. I just got back from vacation. - Chels -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Mon Sep 19 14:24:27 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:24:27 -0400 Subject: {news} GREEN RELEASE Greens at Sept. 24 antiwar rallies to urge immediate withdrawal Message-ID: <04bd01c5bd47$5f20f410$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Monday, September 19, 2005 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at greens.org Rebecca Rotzler, Peace Action Committee Co-chair, 845-255-3122, rebelrot at yahoo.com GREENS JOIN THE SEPTEMBER 24 ANTIWAR PROTESTS, CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ Green Party events highlighted in schedule of rallies planned for Washington, D.C. "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." (Theodore Roosevelt, remarks in 1918 on President Woodrow Wilson's suppression of dissent against U.S. involvement in World War I) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party members will join united peace coalitions United For Peace & Justice and A.N.S.W.E.R. and tens of thousands of other angry Americans at the September 24 rallies in Washington, D.C. against the war on Iraq. "President Bush and the Republicans and Democrats who have supported his war have betrayed the American people," said Henry Duke, Alabama Green and member of the Green Peace Action Committee (GPAX). "They lied to us. They set the stage for terrorist attacks against civilians in London, Madrid, Bali, and within Iraq, and placed all Americans at risk. They bear responsibility for the deaths of nearly 2,000 American troops and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians. Protest is our moral duty, as Americans and as citizens of the world." The Green Party will have a strong media presence on September 24, with GPAX organizers and other party leaders available for interview. Green events on September 24 GPAX is sponsoring a rally at the Iraqi Embassy at 9 a.m. and will present a solidarity letter to the people of Iraq, calling for full and equal rights and a representative government. "President Bush said the war was necessary to liberate the Iraqi people, but the invasion turned Iraqis into the enemy, especially in places like Abu Ghraib and Fallujah," said Jody Grage Haug, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. Greens will then march south on 18th Street, pausing briefly in front of the D.C. offices of Halliburton/KBR (18th and M Street, NW), and head to McPherson Square at 14th and K Street, NW, for a GPAX rally from 10 to 11 a.m. Speakers include Kevin Zeese, Maryland Green candidate for the U.S. Senate; Rebecca Rotzler, Deputy Mayor of New Paltz, N.Y.; Elena Everett, co-chair of GPAX; Michele Tingling-Clemmons, co-chair of the Green Party's Black Caucus; Kevin McCarron, member of of the D.C. Statehood Green Party and Veterans for Peace; and others. Greens will then join the main rally on the Ellipse. Among the featured speakers will be Malik Rahim, recent Green candidate for New Orleans City Council . The Operation Ceasefire Concert , 2:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. under the Washington Monument, will be hosted by Jello Biafra (a member of the Green Party) and will feature a line-up of music stars, including hip-hop artist and Green Party member Head-Roc, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Thievery Corporation, and country star Steve Earle. Ms. Rotzler, who is also co-chair of GPAX, will speak. The concert is being organized by a team that includes Adam Eidinger and other Greens. Greens stress immediate withdrawal, weak response from Dems, impeachment of Bush The Green Party of the United States has led the political opposition to the war from the beginning. Greens sharply criticized Republicans and Democrats who voted in October, 2002 to transfer war power from Congress to the White House, calling it a violation of the U.S. Constitution and an invitation for the White House's abuse of power . "As predicted, the U.S. invasion of Iraq motivated greater support for al-Qaeda in the region and greater support among many Iraqis for clerics who intend to establish a theocratic government in Baghdad," said Marc Sanson, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. "President Bush has turned Iraq into 'terrorism central', enabling al-Qaeda to set up operations in Iraq, where its presence was negligible before the invasion." The Green Party has called for the Bush Administration to begin military withdrawal from Iraq immediately, arguing that any continued presence will result in more dead and injured American troops and Iraqi civilians, increased likelihood of civil war in Iraq, and growing animosity against the U.S. from Iraqis and people in other Muslim nations. Greens thus oppose the position of mainstream Democrats like Senators Joe Biden (Del.) and Hillary Clinton (N.Y.), who call for new strategy and more troops in order to achieve victory in Iraq, and the position of many liberal and progressive Democrats, including Sen. Russell Feingold (Wis.), Progressive Democrats of America, and MoveOn.org, who prefer a plan to remove U.S. troops by the end of 2006. "Every day we remain in Iraq, more American soldiers and Iraqi civilians will get killed," said Nan Garrett, spokesperson for the National Women's Caucus of the Green Party and co-chair of the Georgia Green Party. "As the clerics gain power and leverage over the new constitution, U.S. troops are dying not for democracy but for theocracy, religious law, and suppression of women's rights. They're dying so that U.S. corporations can plunder Iraqi oil and other resources." The Green Party has also called for: . Impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, based on the administration's numerous fraudulent claims about the presence of WMDs and conspiracy between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, and violation of numerous international laws and the U.S. Constitution (which limits use of the armed forces to defense of U.S. borders and requires adherence to international treaties to which the U.S. is signatory) . . Rejection of the Bush Administration's revised draft of nuclear weapons policy, which would allow military personnel to use nuclear weapons for preemptive purposes. . U.S. pressure on Israel to comply with international law, including scores of U.N. Security Council resolutions demanding its withdrawal from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and honoring the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes. Greens have emphasized the link between U.S. policies in Iraq and continued U.S. political and financial support for Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. . Massive redirection of money now spent on defense contracts, military programs, and the occupation of Iraq to be spent instead on human needs, especially technology to enable conversion away from fossil fuels and nuclear energy, establishment of a national health insurance plan, and aid for survivors of hurricane Katrina. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20009. 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX) http://www.gp.org/committees/peace/ United For Peace & Justice http://www.unitedforpeace.org A.N.S.W.E.R. 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He is acknowledged as originator of the use of the terms bioregion and reinhabitation to describe land areas in terms of their interdependent plant, animal and human life. He believes that the relationships between humans and the rest of nature point to the importance of supporting cultural diversity as a component of biodiversity. Where: Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington St., New Haven. When: Saturday, October 15 Schedule: 10:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee 10:30 a.m. Talk and Discussion 12:30 p.m. Lunch 2:00-4:00 p.m. Workshop What: Peter's talk in the morning will concern "The Bioregional Basis of Urban Sustainability." The afternoon workshop will enhance participants' awareness of their own life-place through map making and discussion. In addition there will be a dance/movement/speech presentation by Judy Goldhaft called Water Web. Costs: A lovely and wholesome lunch will be available at a cost of $10. The fee for the workshop will be $20. Package Deal: Lunch and workshop together: $25. There will be no charge for the morning lecture, but contributions will be appreciated. PRE-REGISTRATION: Please pre-register by calling 203-389-7711 or by email: fred.cervin at sbcglobal.net. Leave a message including your name, whether you are registering for the lunch, the workshop, or both; and the number of people in your party. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Mon Sep 19 17:42:13 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:42:13 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: BREAKING: Cindy Sheehan arrested in Manhattan Message-ID: <054801c5bd62$ffd7e1f0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> BREAKING: Cindy Sheehan arrested in Manhattan by Five of Diamonds Mon Sep 19th, 2005 at 12:42:39 PDT I witnessed this with my own eyes. Here is my account. Cindy Sheehan was arrested moments ago in Union Square, Manhattan for allegedly speaking in the square without the proper permit. A small group of police began to congregate around 2:00 on the south east corner of Union Square. Cindy and her peace entourage were slightly late to the event, contending with public transportation. Upon her arrival, applause and cheers filled the crowd awaiting her speech. A few other members of the tour movement spoke. Afterward, about 2:50, Cindy began her speech. It was friendly and empowering. She was grateful for the support and urged everyone to go to Washington DC on the 24th of September for a march on Washington. At the conclusion of her speech, from my perspective, a few loud and impassioned boos erupted, then I saw a hand come from behind Cindy and grab her shoulder-strap on her backpack. The arm jerked her backwards, with such force as to snap her head forward, and she fell from my view. The crowd erupted in booing and jeering. The crowd rushed the elevated park where she once stood, not to fight but to witness what was happening. People crowded the police, who had formed a semi-circle around what was happening to Cindy (which I could not witness from my vantage point). "Nazis," "Gestapo," "free speech," "burn the constitution," "traitors," "you can't have her," could be heard from all sides of the angry crowd. The police stood shoulder-to-shoulder with emotionless looks on their faces. One woman from the tour, I did not see who, urged everyone to that it is a waste of energy to yell at the police, we can't stop it from happening, but what we can do is trumpet this event to the rest of the United States. Many media cameras were there. One New York Times reporter was also there (at least), and she was moving around the crowd asking questions. Upon the arrest, she inserted herself into the middle of the screaming, recording it all with her mini-recorder. I'm not sure the details of the permit situation. The announcer said they sought a permit for weeks with no response from the city government. Spread the word Kossaks! More as it unfolds. UPDATE: Details prompted by comments There was no violence, no violent rhetoric, and the spirit of the event was positive and strong. She was only there for about 10 minutes before she spoke, and spoke for about 5 minutes. The crowd was respectful and peaceful. Cindy and the other speakers were using a microphone and speakers, which may have caused the problem with the permits. The announcer told the crowd that they had been officially warned before Cindy got there. I'm trying to find out the permit stuff right now. She was speaking at "Camp Casey NYC" in Union Square. It was a planned event, advertised in the newspaper. And from what I heard (Union Square is a noisy place), they tried to get a permit but did not get a response from city government after many messages were left. My view was not the best, so I did not see if it was a cop behind her that jerked her away. The immediate booing and rushing of the "stage" (a large part of the park raised by about 3 steps) made me believe it was the police. I could not see if she resisted or not. Sorry for the bad view...I wish I had more. Watch the wires, this will be out soon. http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/2913402.html More at: CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWSWIRE - September 19th, 2005 http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/2913402.html MARC PARENT CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Tue Sep 20 15:35:25 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:35:25 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: CANADA/US GREEN RELEASE Arctic Green Parties call on leaders to oppose drilling Message-ID: <06c701c5be1a$734fbd80$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> GREEN PARTY OF CANADA http://green.ca/ GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Contacts Green Party of Canada: Van Ferrier, Media Relations, 514-804-3684, van.ferrier at greenparty.ca Green Party of the United States: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at greens.org ARCTIC GREEN PARTIES CALL ON LEADERS TO OPPOSE DRILLING MONTREAL (20 September 2005) -- Green Parties of Arctic Council member countries are calling upon country leaders to stand against oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), said Green Party of Canada leader Jim Harris in a joint statement with the Green Parties of Denmark, Finland, and the U.S. today. Harris made the comments on Arctic Refuge Action Day as thousands of concerned citizens gather at the U.S. Capitol to voice their opposition to drilling in the ANWR. The statements come just over two weeks before the U.S. Senate is expected to finalize a budget bill that could allow companies to begin leasing exploration tracts. "In order to reverse global climate change, Arctic countries must immediately reduce their uneven share of greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels," said Harris who noted the U.S. contributes nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions with only 5 percent of the world's population. The Arctic Council has reported that temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast as the rest of the world. Global climate change is causing habitats to melt away, wildlife to go extinct and new migration patterns that have eroded the livelihoods of Northern peoples. The Bush Administration is also turning a blind eye to economic forecasters who warn that spikes in global oil prices will harm the world economy if renewable energy sources are not made more available. The price of crude oil skyrocketed beyond $US70 per barrel after Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf coast last month. "Extracting the 11 billion barrels of oil thought to exist in the ANWR will do next to nothing to cushion spikes in oil prices due to supply interruptions on the U.S. Gulf coast, in Africa, the Middle East or Latin America," said Harris. "There is no good reason for the U.S. to jeopardize the world economy and the environment for only 17 months of oil -- ten years down the road." The Green Party of Canada calls upon the leaders of Arctic Council member countries to follow through on their commitment to protecting Arctic ecosystems and communities by pressuring the U.S. to abandon oil and gas exploration in the ANWR and ratify the Kyoto Protocol. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20009. 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 Green Party of Canada http://green.ca/ De Gr?nne (Green Party of Denmark) http://www.groenne.dk/ Vihre? Litto (Green League of Finland) http://www.vihrealiitto.fi/ ~ END ~ From roseberry3 at cox.net Tue Sep 20 19:09:45 2005 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:09:45 -0400 Subject: {news} 9-27-05 SCC Meeting at Middletown Public Library Message-ID: <20050920230948.DXVV8829.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@BarbaraBarry> 9-27-05 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT Time: 7 to 8:30pm, 9-27-05, Tuesday Location: Middletown Public Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown, CT Reading Room # 3 Phone: 860-347-2528 Facilitator: To Be Determined A. Preliminaries: 1. (2 minutes): Introductions/identify chapters, recruit timekeeper and stacker. 2. (1 minute): Identify people present who are NOT voting representatives. 3. (1 minute): Adopt ground rules. 4. (2 minutes): Approval of tonight's proposed agenda, additions and deletions. 5. (10 minutes):Presentation of Treasurer's monthly report. B. Reports: 1. (2 minutes each): Chapter reports. 2. (10 minutes): U.S. Green Party representatives' reports by Tim McKee and Thomas Sevigny. 3. (5 minutes): Women's Caucus report. 4. (5 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike DeRosa on possible Pro-Se case against State of CT. 5. (5 minutes): 6-13-05 and 7-11-05 EC meetings from Barbara Barry. 6. (2 minutes): Strategy Committee. 7. (5 minutes): Election Committee: Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) for our candidates in NOV. C: PROPOSALS: PRESENTER Shoreline Chapter CONTACT SHORELINE CHAPTER Lindsay Mathews, CO-CHAIR, 256 Shore Drive, Branford, CT 06405 (203) 488-3044 SUBJECT Request for funding for mailing to Shoreline constituents. BACKGROUND and PURPOSE As a result of the information provided to us by the speaker from CCAG at our June, SCC meeting, we would like to do a mailing and fundraising letter to our constituents to update them on the struggle for publicly financed elections in CT and to also use this mailing as a fundraiser. PROPOSAL We propose that the CT GP support this effort by funding this mailing. The mailing to 250 people would include: Copies: $44.73 (includes tax) a double sided flyer of facts/info given to us by CCAG a cover letter from our Chair Envelopes: $23.90 250, #10 envelopes $7.36 250, #6/3/4" envelopes 7.58 Tax @ 6% 8.96 Labels: $17.57 250, 2" x 4" $10.98 Tax @ 6.59 Postage: $150.60 250 at 60 cents each $150.60 Total Cost of Mailing: $236.77 Draft #1 CTGP Proposal Form September 1, 2005 PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals) Hamden Chapter, Northwest Chapter CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email) Judy Herkimer? SUBJECT (10 words or less) Storage, cataloging and access to tape recordings of SCC meetings. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee) We have established the ability for the Secretary to tape record SCC meetings to assist in accurate record keeping and transparency, but we have no procedure for storing, cataloging and accessing said tape recordings. PROPOSAL (200 words or less) 1.Tape recordings will be made at all regular SCC meetings, and will be announced at the start of each meeting. 2.These tapes will then be used by the Secretary to compose the meeting's minutes. 3.The Secretary will be responsible for copying the tapes to digital format and posting them to the archived minutes on the ctgreens.org website (when this feature becomes available) within 1 month of the meeting. 4.The Secretary will then label, catalog and store the original tape in the Hartford Chapter's office, or another designated location, so that they may be checked out to individual party members. This should occur within one month of the meeting. 5.The physical tapes and the dated catalog will be kept available for a period of two years, at which time they may be recycled or reused. 6.The digital files will be maintained on the GPCT server for a minimum period of 5 years, or until server space is needed, which ever comes first. Proposal Draft #2 CTGP Proposal Form September 1, 2005 PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals) Hamden Chapter, OTHER Chapters ???? CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email) Aaron Gustafson, 83 Treadwell St. Hamden, 230.9726, aaron at easy-designs.net SUBJECT (10 words or less) Adopting new organization structure and goals for the GP of CT BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee) After holding several state-wide planning sessions, we feel the proposed changes in our orginizatonal structure and the inclusion of specific goals as outlined below and as further decided upon in Committees will benefit the GP of CT. PROPOSAL (200 words or less) The GP of CT should adopt a formal organizational structure (including goals, and allowing for occasional Committees that will not function as "standing," but will convene as the need arises) as follows: MEDIA COMMITTEE (MC): Aaron Gustafson, Co-chair Implement press release dissemination system Explore alternative media outlets Letters to the editor/op-ed team Develop & maintain newsletter, email lists, listservs, websites and blogs Work w/ ELC on candidate/campaign support Work w/ LC on legislation support LEGISLATION COMMITTEE (LC): Mike DeRosa, Co-chair Research three issues for candidates @ each level: local/state/federal Develop CTGP platform & position papers for candidates Educational campaign for 2005/06: IRV Research & support referendums Work w/ MC on current legislation activity Work w/ ELC on platform development ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (ELC): Kelly McCarthy, Co-chair Identify good races & groom candidates to achieve electoral goals Electoral Goals 2005: 10 Local candidates Electoral Goals 2006: 1 Statewide candidate; 5 State candidates (State Senate or Rep.); 2 U.S. Rep candidates; Candidate for Secretary of the State Keep track of deadlines for petitions and paperwork Develop sliding scale funding formula for endorsed candidates Research endorsements Organize candidate workshops Publish a state-wide resource directory for candidates by 2006 Work w/ LC on platform development Work w/ MC on candidate/campaign activities FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE (FC): Judy Herkimer, Treasurer Implement fund raising plan Research & produce merchandising (according to budget) Provide tabling kits for all chapters Implement endorsement funding for all candidates on sliding scale Work w/ ELC, LC, MC on fund raising activities & monitor goals INTERNAL COMMITTEE (IC): Barbara Barry DeRosa, Secretary Overhaul & maintain bylaws Develop & implement budget (w/ Treasurer & FC) Organize yearly internal elections Create & maintain approved proposal reference book for EC (include proposal & date, divided into procedural, endorsements, financial & other) Maintain SCC Reps' voting record Monitor registration goals w/ FC, ELC, LC, MC (increase Greens by 10%=250 people by end of 2006) Guidelines for Member Involvement Each individual should: 1. Assess personal strengths & interests 2. Estimate your weekly availability & time commitments 3. Choose the one Committee (Media/Legislation/Elections/ Fund raising/Internal) that suites you best 4. Commit to focusing on that Committee's tasks & goals 5. If your availability changes, inform your Committee as soon as possible, so that your duties may be reassigned Directions: www.mapquest.com _____ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Wed Sep 21 11:06:19 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:06:19 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT A report from an IC member at a shelter in Baton Rouge Message-ID: <085701c5bebe$05c83e00$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> USGP-INT A report from an IC member/former GP VP candidate Pat Lamrche at a shelter in Baton Rouge > http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/ > 0DE64C25835773C40525708200589966?Opendocument > > > Disaster volunteers respond to a region in shambles > > news at TimesRecord.Com > > 09/20/2005 > > Katrina Relief - By Pat Lamarche, Times Record Contributor > > BATON ROUGE, La. - Tension is building in the shelter. The news that a new > hurricane may strike New Orleans and the Louisiana coast has the Red Cross > disaster services leadership here at the Riverside shelter bracing for the > worst. > > More evacuees, more flooding, more chaos, will cause this Baton Rouge > Stadium, which is already Louisiana's largest hurricane shelter, to bulge > with displaced residents. > > > Editor's Note: Lamarche of Yarmouth [ME] left for Louisiana on Saturday as > part of an American Red Cross volunteer hurricane relief crew. Her reports > on that effort will be published daily in The Times Record. > While the volunteers worry about the situation overwhelming the structure, > the residents agonize about not going home. No matter how harsh the > reality, > the people of New Orleans just want to go home. > > To those of us who have moved around, gone to school or the military, this > allegiance to a place might not make sense, especially with the threat of > another disaster looming. > > Maybe you have to live in Louisiana to understand. > > According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 80 percent of Louisiana residents > have > never left the state, the highest percentage in the nation. More than half > the people in this state are at least a fourth-generation Louisianan. They > eat red beans and rice and turkey necks and gravy. > > Volunteer cooks tried preparing eggplant parmesan Monday; thinking it > would > be a nice change from the normal, ordinary cuisine. > > But normal is exactly what these folks miss. The residents instantly > nicknamed it succotash parmesan - and lightheartedly requested that it not > be made again. > > One affluent New Orleans resident, who stopped by the shelter to see if > anyone she knew was there, stared blankly at me when I asked her if they > rebuilt New Orleans, would she go back? > > She responded, wide-eyed, "Who wouldn't want to go home?" > > Because of this, our shelter seems filled with exact opposites. The > residents, the new citizens of the Riverside sub-city of New Orleans, > remain > physically tied to their families, their neighborhoods, their customs and > their churches. It's almost like they have invisible tendons that stretch > from their arms and legs binding them to their surroundings. > > Whole extended families - moms, dads, cousins, grandparents, best -friends > all lived in the same small quarter of the city and the flood has ripped > them apart. Their euphemistic tendons are stretched too far and the pain > of > them breaking is palpable. > > At the other extreme are the Red Cross Disaster Services Volunteers. While > they, too, love their families, they jump at a moment's notice and travel > wherever the Red Cross sends them. They thrive in stressful situations, in > unfamiliar settings, with only strangers for support. They are > adventurers. > The pleasure they feel while helping those less fortunate is palpable as > well. > > Without the help of any scientific studies, although I looked for > statistics > and could not find them, I have compiled my own anecdotal profile of the > Red > Cross "disaster volunteer." They are young, middle aged and old. Many are > retired, many still work. Some own their own businesses with family > members > and partners holding down the fort while they're gone. > > A surprising number of the folks I have met are unemployed. Many have > traveled here with the blessing of their employer and continue getting > paid > while they're gone. > > Allow me introduce you to a few of those folks. > > The Riverside shelter makes 27,000 meals twice a day. They feed all the > folks in the nearby shelters as well as everyone here at Riverside. When > the > Louisianans in the shelter eat their lunch, they can't imagine the folks > that cooked it for them. How could they? > > After all, only 20 percent of them have been out of state, and far fewer > have ever been to Lancaster, Pa. Today, in that small city nestled in > Amish > country, all the high school students will sit eating bagged lunches > because > their principal sent the school cooking staff to rescue the hungry. > > They arrived in Baton Rouge two days ago. They aren't just the Lancaster > lunch ladies any more; they are now American Red Cross volunteers helping > to > cook. > > Imagine, 11 women in a travel trailer driving more than 20 hours to cook > 12 > hours a day for total strangers. That's the American Red Cross. > > But next time, hold the succotash parmesan please. > > More information about volunteering as a Red Cross Disaster Relief Worker > is > available at www.redcross.org. > > > Julia Willebrand > USGP International Committee Co-chair > FPVA Co-president > > 212 877-5088-- From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Wed Sep 21 11:08:02 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:08:02 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: Starting today on "The Struggle" TV Message-ID: <086201c5bebe$42fd08f0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: Stan H To: New Haven Greens ; ctpeace ctpeace ; awda awda Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:07 AM Subject: [CTpeace-activists] Starting today on "The Struggle" TV Reminder you can see Cindy Sheehan's speech on the New Haven Green on 9/18 on our website right now. Go to the video page at www.TheStruggle.org Cable TV days and times listed below Depending where you live you'll see: Show #86 "The Speaker of the Palestinian Authority" Exclusive interview at Yale with Salim al-Zaanoun, the Speaker of the Palestinian National Council, [the equivalent of the Speaker of the House in the US]. We talk about his role in the founding of al-Fatah, the slow investigation into the mysterious death of Yasser Arafat and the reasons why PA leaders are not leading the non-violent resistance to the Wall. Also demo at Southern CT State University by food service workers who are unhappy with contract violations by the company. Stanley Heller talks about the brutal ethnic cleansing going on now in the city of Hebron on the occupied West Bank. Show #85 "Sheehan Bus Tour is Coming" Announcements about Sheehan and Ritter, Heller blasts Bush for turning down Cuban aid. Demo in New Haven denouncing US failure on Katrina, interview with the director of the Al-Rowwad Palestinian Children's Theater. Heller talks about Powell's non-apology for his pack of lies to the UN. Show #84 "Vietnam Vet Joe Urgo" Joe Urgo one of the leaders of Vietnam Vets Against the War explodes the myth that war protestors were anti-soldier and talks about the brave protests of VVAW. Also drumming and Afro/Brazilian martial dance. Stanley Heller reads Paul Craig Roberts piece which begins "Chalk up the city of New Orleans as another cost of Bush's Iraq war." Show #83 "Cindy Sheehan Interview" Zuhair Ashqar talks about how checkpoints and wall are dividing Palestinians as never before, Dave Ionno's speech at the July 30 Manchester anti-war rally, interview with Cindy Sheehan. Her views on the war, how recruiters went after her son, the Downing St. memos. Stanley Heller talks about NYT article that predicts war will cost $1 trillion. 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URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Wed Sep 21 14:56:37 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:56:37 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Report on Greens and the German Election, by Phil Hill Message-ID: <006c01c5bede$32280d70$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Feinstein" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:08 PM Subject: USGP-INT Report on Greens and the German Election, by Phil Hill Dear all Here is a post-election report on the Greens and the German Election, by Phil Hill. Phil is a long-time Green who was born and raised in the U.S., but who has been living in German for much of the last 15 years. Phil was active in the early years of the U.S. Greens, and since he has been living in Germany, he has been also very active with the German Greens. A condensed version of this article will appear in the upcoming issue of Green Pages, the national newsletter of the Green Party of the United States. --------------------------------------------------------- Do Elections Spell the End of Germany?s ?Green Era?? Phil Hill, Berlin, Sept. 20, 2005 September 18th, Hanger 2 of Berlin?s legendary Tempelhof Airport ? the sign still reads ?Aviation Detachment, US Army Berlin Brigade,? but it?s long been a concert hall. Tonight, it?s been rented by the Greens, for their election-night party. How much beer crosses the bar will depend on the returns: Will the ?Red-Green? government ? the Greens? coalition with Chancellor Schr?der?s Social Democrats (SPD) ? still be running Germany after tonight, as they have for seven years? At 6 p.m., as the polls close and the TV station is free to reveal exit-poll information, the beamer puts the answer on the screen: a clear ?no.? And yet the hall erupts in frenetic cheering. Across town on Berlin?s embassy row, the conservative CDU?s reaction is something akin to shell-shock, in spite of the hated leftist government?s defeat, in spite of the fact that they are the country?s biggest party again. For much worse ? or, from the CDU?s point of view, better ? had been expected. The SPD?s 34% was about what the latest polls had predicted, after a last-minute spurt. But the CDU, led by Angela Merkel, did only 1 point better; three months earlier, the gap had been 20%. Some of that had been lost to her Liberal would-be junior partners, the FDP, but Schr?der had picked up enough to create a deadlock between the two ?camps.? Holding the balance was the Left Party (see box). Thus, for the third time in a row, Germany had voted left ? but will not, apparently have a left-green coalition. For Schr?der has pledged not to have anything to do with the heirs to the tyrannical eastern regime. The Greens got a respectable 8.1% ? a slight drop. That was heartening, for the party?s steady long-term growth had partially offset the defection of leftists who were angry over social cutbacks imposed by the Schr?der government. In the 600-seat parliament, the Greens will have 51 seats, a drop of five, and will be the smallest of the five caucuses. The deadlock meant that patching together a coalition (see box) will be difficult. For the Greens, that probably means no participation in government, since no one will cooperate with the Left Party, and the only other possibilities involve cooperation with the liberal FDP, which is so militantly anti-ecological that such a deal is hard to imagine. Two days after the election, the Greens? most prominent leader, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, announced that if that if the party dropped out of the government, he?d withdraw from the leadership and ?pass the baton? on to the next generation. He and his party have plenty of accomplishments, but also plenty of headaches to show for their seven years in government. The most lasting, pushed through by Green Environment Minister J?rgen Trittin, is the establishment of alternative energy as a central economic factor in one of the world?s most economically important countries. The marriage of German engineering with German environmental consciousness has produced a wind-and-solar powerhouse that has transformed the country?s energy picture, and is now exporting alternative technology all over the world. Nuclear power is being phased out, recycling has been brought back, and conservation strengthened. Germany now has a reformed citizenship law which improves the lot of millions of immigrant workers, including many Turks, and of refugees. Recently, money has, belatedly, been pumped into the educational system and into support for poor and working-class children. Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Minister Renate K?nast has pushed organic agriculture and healthy school lunches, while establishing consumer protection at the cabinet level for the first time. And under Fischer, Germany?s foreign policy has been oriented toward peace in the Middle East ? including, of course, opposition to the Iraq War, and integration of eastern Europe into the European Union. Together, Fischer and Trittin have made Germany the world leader in fighting global warming under the Kyoto Protocol. If George W. Bush represents a vision of endless war ?against terror? and ignoring the world?s real problems, Germany, under Green co-rule, has been the most important force working for an opposite vision. The down side has been the stagnant economy, and the crisis of the social system. The last three years were spent in cut-back mode, stage one of a restructuring of Germany?s multifaceted social-support system, which has been suffering, too, from demographic change: Designed in imperial times for a growing population that worked in big factories and died a few years after retiring (or before that, in some war), it needs restructuring to deal with a graying society moving toward gender equality and patchwork careers with outsourcing, part-time and computerization. Stage two, coming up, will have to involve ensuring that those whose needs have fallen behind in the old system, or else been unjustly neglected in the transition, are met. That?s what this election was about: The ?red-green? government ran on a platform of fine-tuning the transformation, correcting the mistakes they?d made, and building a socially just and ecological society; the conservative-liberal opposition envisioned ever more cut-backs, privatization of the social systems, and more tax-cuts for the rich ? to ?create jobs,? of course. Neither side won; the Left Party, claiming both camps were bleeding the poor, won enough seats to block either grouping. The result is a battle of nerves, since the ?grand coalition? ? a marriage of the two big parties, the solution most observers expected ? is stymied by the fact that both Schr?der and Angela Merkel want to be chancellor. After pulling his party back from the brink of a historic catastrophe, Schr?der is claiming to have won the election, and points out that he is far more popular than Merkel, so that only he would be able to unite the country. The CDU rejects that out of hand, claiming that, with more seats, they have a right to pick the chancellor. So other solutions are being floated: ? A ?traffic-light? coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the Liberals (yellow); no way, says Liberal boss Guido Westerwelle, I?m not bailing out this failed leftist gang. ? A ?Jamaican coalition? (CDU-FDP-Greens; so-called because only the land of reggae has a black ? the CDU color ? yellow and green flag): The Green attitude is, we?ll talk to anybody, but don?t bet on it ? and Fischer will have no part of it. ? And failing all of them, there?s the possibility of some kind of red-green minority government, which would still have to depend on some level of support from the Left Party. Such a situation would be unstable, and could only be a transitional government until new elections are held. Schr?der is banking on winning a deadlock in the coming weeks because his party is united behind him, while Merkel is widely seen as having snatched defeat from the jaws of victory through a singularly inept campaign. A physicist from East Germany who only entered politics with the overthrow of the regime, Angela Merkel was swept to the top of the party by a corruption scandal which tainted many west German state party bosses, and by the defeat of Bavarian Premier Edmund Stoiber in the 2002 election. Many of those bosses of the thoroughly west German, and still heavily Catholic, CDU (see box) are now hoping that this childless career woman, a product of the communist East and from a state ? Mecklenburg ? almost devoid of Catholics, will not last long as their leader. The knives, rumor has it, are already being sharpened. But they are holding back, for tactical reasons. Soon after the election, they gave her a ?vote of confidence? by re-electing her as head of their Bundestag caucus. But the almost unanimous vote may actually have been the first step toward dumping her, for the party?s floor leader is, of course, never also the chancellor. At a local chapter meeting in Pankow, the Greens? East Berlin stronghold overlooking the government district, the mood was resigned two days after the vote ? but there was satisfaction at having done well, both during the past seven years and during the campaign. The Greens will discuss coalitions with the other parties, outgoing Bundestag member Werner Schulz reported, on the basis of a list of concrete demands that are still being worked out. But there?s not much hope that they?ll be accepted by the Liberals and Conservatives. The likeliest result, most agreed, is a coalition of the two big parties ? without either Schr?der or Merkel, who have both been discredited ? followed by new elections in two years or so. Or a continued deadlock, and new elections next spring. Box: Germany?s electoral system is fundamentally different from that of the U.S.: ? It is a parliamentary system, which means that the legislature, the Bundestag, elects the head of government, the chancellor (equivalent to the British or Canadian prime minister), at the suggestion of the largely powerless president (equivalent of the British queen or Canadian governor-general). That suggestion reflects the results of the Bundestag election, which is what was held on Sept. 18th. In Germany, no party has ever won an absolute majority in a free election, so that a would-be chancellor has to patch together a coalition of parties which together have a majority. After the 1998 and 2002 elections, the SPD and the Greens were able to form a majority under the leadership of Schr?der and Fischer. Under this system, the legislature can be dissolved before its term is up, and early elections can be called. This happened this year; this election was a year early. ? The election is by proportional representation, which means that voters vote for parties, which then have seats assigned to them in proportion to the votes they receive in each of the country?s 16 states. However, a party has to receive 5% nationwide to get any seats at all. The country is also divided into 300 districts, where representatives are elected as in the US, but the seats won in the districts are then subtracted from the number of seats won through the proportional lists. There is only one district (in Berlin) which the Greens win via the district vote; all the rest are won via the proportional lists. ? Germany has five major political parties: o The Christian Democrats (CDU): Originally the party of moderate Catholics, it became the main conservative force after World War II, and ruled the country between 1949 and 1969, and again from 1982 until 1998, as the voice both of business and the conservative middle classes, usually in coalition with the FDP. In Bavaria, the local ?CSU? is formally a separate party; both together usually win 35 to 40%; this time, it was 35%. o The Social Democrats (SPD) have a long and heroic history of fighting for democracy and workers? rights; the SPD is tied to the unions, but has become somewhat crusty and stogy. It ruled the country during the ?20s and the ?70s in coalition with the Liberals and, sometimes, the CDU; since 1998, it has ruled with the Greens. It has usually won around the same as the CDU, or a little less; this time, it scored 34% o The Free Democrats (FDP), Germany?s liberal party. With no working-class base, its social liberalism is paired with a fervent ideological capitalism that has become more strident in recent years. Once, it could play ?king-maker? between the two bigger parties, but those days ended with the appearance of ? o The Greens, founded in 1980, and expanded in the early ?90s by a merger with the dissidents who had led the overthrow of the East German regime; since then, it is officially known as ?Alliance ?90/The Greens.? Both these parties have tended to poll between 5 and 10% of the vote; this time, the Greens got 8% and the FDP almost 10%. o The Left Party was originally the East German Communist Party, which changed its name to the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 1989, and has become the voice of both the East German loyalists and of many ?losers of reunification.? Its new name is a step in the process of merger with a group of dissident SPDers under the leadership of former SPD chair Oskar Lafontaine. That expansion has thus for the first time won it significant support in West Germany, boosting it to 8_%, as opposed to its traditional 5% or so. o The only other groups of any size are the various right-wing nationalists and neo-Nazis, the largest of which, the NPD, seems to be consolidating the others behind itself. It slightly increased its vote to almost 2% in this election. From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Wed Sep 21 20:50:19 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:50:19 +0000 Subject: {news} Andy Derr quoted in New London Day In-Reply-To: <1127298696.720878.c804677cba2c9848.e9d4abf@persist.google.com> Message-ID: (See last paragraph) http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=BD91A803-3909-4B33-8379-AAC3E9552E0E NLDC Told Top Officials Must Be Fired Otherwise agency will be dissolved, City Council says By DAN PEARSON Day Staff Writer, Education Reporter & TED MANN Published on 9/21/2005 New London ? Citing an overwhelming lack of trust and confidence in the New London Development Corp., the City Council said Tuesday night that it will dissolve the agency within a week unless it dismisses its president and chief operating officer. In strongly worded statements, the council also said residents should be aware that the NLDC can take no action on behalf of the city unless the council approves it. ?Time and time again the leaders of the NLDC, despite assurances to be honest, have failed to live up to their promises,? Councilor Beth Sabilia said. ?Boy, were we mistaken.We were bamboozled. I don't believe the city can achieve any peace and progress with the current leadership of the NLDC.? Members of groups that have opposed the NLDC's use of eminent domain to take homes in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood said they took some comfort from the council's action. But some said the council's action was ?hot air and window dressing? because it did not rescind the power of eminent domain. ?They have begun a step in the right direction. But they didn't mention eminent domain once, after sitting there for hours listening to people tell them to take that off the table,? said Neild Oldham, chairman of the Coalition to Save Fort Trumbull. ?The action the councilors took tonight shows that they have made such a mess they have no idea themselves how to get it right.? After years of frustration with the NLDC's performance, councilors unanimously passed a vote of no confidence Tuesday in the NLDC, the city's implementing agency for the $73 million Fort Trumbull redevelopment project. The council said the NLDC board must remove President Michael Joplin and Chief Operating Officer David Goebel and replace them with a leadership team ?to the council's satisfaction? or the council will dissolve the NLDC. The action comes after the NLDC failed to meet contract deadlines and to include city officials in its operations, particularly a decision this month to send eviction notices to property owners without informing state officials or councilors of their intent. Councilor Rob Pero said this ?was when the bomb kind of blows up? in his mind, because the evictions occurred only two weeks after the NLDC assured councilors in writing that it would not undertake any forced removals of residents. Sabilia told a crowd of more than 100 people who attended Tuesday's meeting at New London High School that no councilor or city employee had prior knowledge that evictions would be sent. She again said Goebel and Joplin were ?cowboys? acting ?recklessly and dangerously.? After the eviction notices were delivered this month, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she, too, had lost confidence in the NLDC's handling of the redevelopment project and called on the NLDC to rescind the notices, which it did. But the NLDC Board of Directors did not remove Joplin and Goebel from their positions, as some councilors had hoped. ?My faith in the NLDC is non-existent,? Mayor Jane Glover said Tuesday. Reached Tuesday night after the council vote, Joplin said it is ?unfortunate that cooler and more rational heads are not prevailing.? ?This seems to be an impassioned decision,? he said, ?and those kinds of decisions are never healthy for the long-term interests of the city.? Joplin said that, notwithstanding the comments of some members of Rell's administration that she has lost confidence in the agency, he has been assured multiple times by state officials that they want him to remain in control of the NLDC. And he added an emphatic defense of Goebel, whom he called ?an outstanding administrator.? ?If Dave Goebel goes, I'm going with him,? Joplin said. ?Because no one takes a fall for me. ... The city has made a passionate but an unfortunate mistake.? Rell, who did not send a representative to Tuesday's meeting, has not called specifically for Goebel's or Joplin's dismissal. Asked about the dismissals earlier Tuesday, she said, ?(The council) may want to look at individuals within the NLDC,? but ?that will be the City Council's decision.? ?In all candor, this has been handled poorly and people are tired of it. Let's have a vote of either confidence or no confidence ... and let's get past this,? Rell said. The meeting originally was scheduled for Monday evening at City Hall, but was recessed after the fire marshal blocked entrance to the meeting because the crowd would have exceeded the room's capacity, which was lowered to 49 after the city failed to repair a fire escape. City police were called in to control the crowd, which prior to the meeting staged a protest of the NLDC and its use of eminent domain. Before Tuesday's council vote, dozens of speakers implored the council to take back power from the NLDC and rescind its eminent domain authority. ?Please end the fiasco that has swamped this city and made us an object of derision around the country and around the world,? said Andy Derr, a Green Party candidate for the council. ?We have become the city that takes its residents' homes. Let's be the city that refused to do that.? ? The Day Publishing Co., 2005 From chapillsbury at igc.org Thu Sep 22 13:31:55 2005 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:31:55 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: Video: 2006 GPCA Strategy Session Debate between Camejo & Feinstein Message-ID: <006b01c5bf9b$87762470$6901a8c0@EXDIR04> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Feinstein" Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:19 PM Subject: Video: 2006 GPCA Strategy Session Debate between Camejo & Feinstein > Dear all > > Here is a link to the video of the 2006 Green Party Strategy Session > Debate between Peter Camejo and Mike > Feinstein , that took place on Sunday, August > 18th at Laney College in Oakland, California: > > http://www.feinstein.org/movies/oakland_strategy_session.mov > > The debate was moderated by Matt Gonzalez , > and hosted by the Alameda County Greens, as part of a weekend long State > Gathering of the Green Party of California. > > The video runs about 97 minutes. 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Live and archived coverage of Sept. 24 events accessible at http://www.gp.org and http://www.wryr.org . Green leaders and candidates available for on-site interview on Sept. 24 at rallies in D.C., Los Angeles, and San Francisco: list below WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party's Peace Action Committee (GPAX) will sponsor a rally at McPherson Square in downtown Washington, D.C. on September 24, one of many events Greens plan to attend as part of the day's protests against the war on Iraq. The McPherson Square rally will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. Speakers include Kevin Zeese, Maryland Green candidate for the U.S. Senate; Rebecca Rotzler, Deputy Mayor of New Paltz, N.Y. and co-chair of GPAX; Elena Everett, co-chair of GPAX; Michele Tingling-Clemmons, co-chair of the Green Party's Black Caucus; Kevin McCarron, member of the D.C. Statehood Green Party and Veterans for Peace; Mazin Qumsiyeh, Connecticut Green, author of Sharing the Land of Canaan, and steering committee member of the U.S. End the Occupation Campaign; and others. McPherson Square is located at 14th and K Street, NW. "Greens intend to stress the connections between President Bush's disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq and the blatant misappropriation of funds for human services to pay for the war. We'll demand an immediate end to the war, the safe withdrawal and return of U.S. troops, and the redirection of federal money to help the survivors of the Katrina disaster, recovery in New Orleans and other devastated areas, and other social and environmental needs," said Steve Kramer, Maryland Green and co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. "Our National Guard signed up to protect us in these tragic times, not fight wars on foreign soil, we insist that they be allowed to come home immediately!", added Mr. Kramer. Greens will participate in other events on Saturday and throughout the weekend along with the united peace coalitions United For Peace & Justice and A.N.S.W.E.R. For more details, visit . Among the featured speakers at Saturday's main rally on the Ellipse will be Malik Rahim, recent Green candidate for New Orleans City Council . The Green Party itself will offer live and archived coverage of the September 24 events, accessible online at the party's home page . WRYR-LP 97.5 FM will broadcast live and on-line coverage, featuring interviews with Greens and other participants, beginning at noon and will feed other community radio stations around the U.S. Green Party leaders and candidates will be available for interview on September 24. Reporters are encouraged to contact them directly. In Washington, D.C: . Elena Everett, co-chair of GPAX, cell phone 919-413-1276 . Rebecca Rotzler, co-chair of GPAX, 845-255-3122 . Adam Eidinger, organizer of the Operation Ceasefire Concert under the Washington Monument, 2:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. , cell phone 202-744-2671 . Justine McCabe, Connecticut Green, organizer of a policy forum on occupations in Iraq and Palestine at the Green Party's 2004 National Convention, cell phone 203-300-1492 . Brent McMillan, Political/Fundraising Director of the Green Party, cell phone 206-714-3541 . Sarah "Echo" Steiner, co-chair of the Green Party of Florida and organizer of a haven for Katrina evacuees in Florida, cell phone 561-389-2844 . Michele Tingling-Clemmons, co-chair of the Green Party's Black Caucus, 202-397-2277 . Ann Wilcox, GPAX secretary, cell phone 202-441-3265 . Kevin Zeese, Maryland candidate for the U.S. Senate , cell phone 301-257-3847 . Paul Zulkowicz ('Zool'), Camp Casey organizer, cell phone 646-549-1615 In California: . LOS ANGELES RALLY: Sara Amir, Green Party of California spokesperson, former candidate for Lt. Governor (1998), native of Iran, cell phone 310.270-7106, saraamir at earthlink.net . SAN FRANCISCO RALLY: Susan King, Green Party of California spokesperson, former candidate for San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2004), cell phone 415-823-5524, funking at mindspring.com CORRECTION: A Green Party press release issued on September 19, 2005, incorrectly claimed that Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) favors a delayed U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. PDA, in agreement with the Green Party, supports a quick withdrawal of U.S. troops. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20009. 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX) http://www.gp.org/committees/peace/ Greens on the Air http://www.gp.org/onair/ United For Peace & Justice http://www.unitedforpeace.org A.N.S.W.E.R. 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Here is the link to that opinion:http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/mainlinks/tabindex7.htm Below is an Associated Press article about this opinion: AP STATE WIRE Blumenthal: Out-of-state civil unions to be recognized September 20, 2005 Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut will recognize civil unions and domestic partnerships from other states but not same-sex marriages from neighboring Massachusetts when a new law allowing civil unions takes effect here Oct. 1. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday that Connecticut will not recognize same-sex marriages because the legislature has defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. "Civil unions performed in other states are entitled to full faith and credit in Connecticut, and cannot be repeated here. Out-of-state same-sex marriages have no legal force and effect here," Blumenthal wrote in a legal opinion requested by the state's Department of Public Health, which administers marriage licenses. Those married, same-sex couples, however, will be able to enter into civil unions in Connecticut. Currently, Vermont is the only state outside Connecticut that allows civil unions. Massachusetts is the only state that allows same-sex marriages. Several states, including California, New Jersey and Maine, allow some form of same-sex domestic partnership. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edubrule at sbcglobal.net Fri Sep 23 01:02:52 2005 From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:02:52 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: CT Mobilization Update for Washington DC [from American Friends Service Committee] Message-ID: <007801c5bffd$64b546c0$a2a4f504@edgn2b574u14bi> 6-Story Newsletter Template + Images ----- Original Message ----- From: AFSC Connecticut To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:55 PM Subject: CT Mobilization Update for Washington DC American Friends Service Committee Connecticut In This Issue: Mass Mobilization In Washington DC Sept. 24-26 . Connecticut Goes to Washington . Connecticut Convergence Point In Washington . Mobilization Overview Connecticut Goes to Washington 6 FULL Buses are headed to Washington from Connecticut Many more are carpooling and traveling by train and plane - see below to meet up with the Connecticut Contingent in D.C. If you are still looking for a ride call Naveen (203) 464-5377 to join the car caravan from New Haven. Connecticut Convergence Point In Washington CONNECTICUT CONTINGENT CONVERGANCE POINT WASHINGTON DC, SEPT. 24TH 10:45am Washington Monument Visitor's Center 14th St. NW & Constitution Ave. Meet up with Connecticut activists to join the Rally/March starting at the Ellipse. We will have a large "Connecticut" sign. Call Meg Scata's cell phone for help: 860.833.2938 Mobilization Overview Saturday, 9/24 10:00AM All-Day Peace & Justice Festival begins, Washington Monument Grounds 11:30AM Rally at Ellipse 12:30PM March steps off from Ellipse 3:00PM Free "Operation Ceasefire" Concert & Rally, Washington Monument Grounds Sunday, 9/25 Interfaith Service Training for Grassroots Lobby Day Training for Nonviolent Civil Resistance National Meeting for Counter Recruitment Other Activities Monday, 9/26 Grassroots Lobby Day Mass Nonviolent Civil Resistance Find out more details at UFPJ's website American Friends Service Committee Connecticut Area Office 56 Arbor Street, Suite 213 Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: 860.523.1534 Fax: 860.523.1705 Email: connecticut at afsc.org Visit AFSC CT Online Update Profile | Unsubscribe | Confirm | Forward -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Fri Sep 23 03:28:38 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:28:38 +0000 Subject: {news} 9-27-05 SCC Meeting at Middletown Public Library In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Regarding the Proposal Draft #2, Adopting new organization structure and goals for the GP of CT, I think these are good goals, but I'm not sure if it's the best committee structure. In general, I would favor dividing tasks among more focused task forces or subcommittees; otherwise I'm afraid each committee will be overwhelmed and not be able to meet all the expectations. Following is how our current committees (in most cases just listservs) correspond to the proposed committees: MEDIA COMMITTEE (MC): Aaron Gustafson, Co-chair Implement press release dissemination system Explore alternative media outlets Letters to the editor/op-ed team (These duties correspond to the current Media Committee, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-media - 22 members) Develop & maintain newsletter, email lists, listservs, websites and blogs (This would fall to the current Internal Communications Committee, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-communications - 20) Work w/ ELC on candidate/campaign support Work w/ LC on legislation support LEGISLATION COMMITTEE (LC): Mike DeRosa, Co-chair Research three issues for candidates @ each level: local/state/federal Develop CTGP platform & position papers for candidates Educational campaign for 2005/06: IRV Research & support referendums Work w/ MC on current legislation activity Work w/ ELC on platform development (Corresponds to current Legislative Commitee, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-legislation - 7 - not active) ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (ELC): Kelly McCarthy, Co-chair Identify good races & groom candidates to achieve electoral goals Electoral Goals 2005: 10 Local candidates Electoral Goals 2006: 1 Statewide candidate; 5 State candidates (State Senate or Rep.); 2 U.S. Rep candidates; Candidate for Secretary of the State Keep track of deadlines for petitions and paperwork Develop sliding scale funding formula for endorsed candidates Research endorsements Organize candidate workshops Publish a state-wide resource directory for candidates by 2006 Work w/ LC on platform development Work w/ MC on candidate/campaign activities (corresponds to current Elections Committee, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-elections - 14 - and probably the Presidential Election Committee, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-presidential -16) FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE (FC): Judy Herkimer, Treasurer Implement fund raising plan Research & produce merchandising (according to budget) Provide tabling kits for all chapters Implement endorsement funding for all candidates on sliding scale Work w/ ELC, LC, MC on fund raising activities & monitor goals (Current fundraising committee at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-fundraising - 12 - not very active) INTERNAL COMMITTEE (IC): Barbara Barry DeRosa, Secretary Overhaul & maintain bylaws Develop & implement budget (w/ Treasurer & FC) Organize yearly internal elections Create & maintain approved proposal reference book for EC (include proposal & date, divided into procedural, endorsements, financial & other) Maintain SCC Reps' voting record Monitor registration goals w/ FC, ELC, LC, MC (increase Greens by 10%=250 people by end of 2006) (Corresponds to current Internal Process Committee, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-BRPP - 12 - Budget Committee, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-budget - 7 - and Internal Elections Committee, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CTGP-internal-elections - 12. That's a lot of work for one committee. Also, I don't think a committee can "overhaul" the bylaws. It can study the bylaws and recommend amendments to be voted on by the SCC.) From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Fri Sep 23 09:39:25 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:39:25 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Green/SPD minority government supported by the Left Party? Message-ID: <038201c5c044$36eba850$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Feinstein" To: Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:06 AM Subject: USGP-INT Green/SPD minority government supported by the Left Party? > http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1718667,00.html > > Left Party Not Yet Out of the Power Game Deutsche Welle, September 23rd, > 2005 > The Left Party was the only contender in the German polls who could claim > a full victory, winning 8.7 percent of votes in their first bid for power. > They may yet end up being the king-makers. > > Going from zero to 54 parliamentarians in the Bundestag or the lower house > of parliament following Sunday's general elections, Germany's Left Party > should be on cloud nine this week. > The newly formed party of disgruntled Social Democrats and former > communists became the fourth-largest group in parliament after Sunday's > election. > > Neither the Christian Union (CDU) and their preferred coalition partners, > the Free Democrats, nor the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green party, > the current government coalition, won a majority of votes in the election. > > But despite their glowing results, the Left Party hasn't ended up playing > king-maker. > > Though the Left Party could make up the difference between a majority or > minority coalition for either constellation, all four parties have > rejected working with them. For its part, the leftists have said they > would not tolerate an SPD-Green minority government -- the only parties > with ideas that connect with their own. > > But parliamentary opposition may not be the Left Party's fate, after all. > > Several Left Party parliamentarians said on Wednesday that they would > tolerate continuation of the current coalition if the Social Democrats > would make changes to their agenda, despite the SPD's insistence that > Gerhard Schr?der remain chancellor. > Conditions for toleration > > Left Party parliamentarian H?seyin-Kenan Aydin said labor and tax policies > would have to be adjusted. "If the SPD says we want Schr?der and we accept > the conditions, then we'll also vote Schr?der," he said. Aydin added that > his opinions did not differ from those of the party's leaders, Gregor Gysi > and Oscar Lafontaine. > > But the leftists' campaign manager, Bodo Ramelow, rejected the option, > saying that not one Left Party parliamentarian would back Schr?der's > policies. > > Several further Left Party parliamentarians said they too, could imagine > their party tolerating an SPD-Green coalition. > > "A minority government is an option," Sabine Zimmermann told news Web site > Spiegel Online. She said that in light of Germany's high unemployment, > something had to be done quickly and that she couldn't comprehend that the > SPD ruled out any cooperation with her party. Parliamentarian Alexander > Ulrich said toleration depended on the SPD and Greens ruling out > deployment of the German army abroad. > > On Tuesday, Oskar Lafontaine, the Left Party's designated parliamentary > group leader, praised the SPD and Green party agendas and also implied > that his party could possibly work with them. > > "I could sign the Green's election manifesto as it is. It's not far from > the party that I currently represent," he said on German public > broadcaster ARD. "The SPD's revised agenda before the election had less to > do with the actions of the past seven years," he commented. "If one were > to orient oneself on the issues, there would now certainly be an exciting > situation." > > Slight shift > > Though neither the SPD nor the Greens have made any overtures to suggest > they would work with the Left Party, their seemingly determined stance > seems to be weakening. > > SPD deputy parliamentary group leader Gernot Erler (photo) stressed on > Thursday on InfoRadio Berlin-Brandenburg that there would not be a > coalition between the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Left Party, but > that didn't mean that the 54 parliamentarians from the left were "air." > > And the Green's Christian Str?bele, deputy leader of his party's > parliamentary group, said that the leftists' rejection of a coalition with > the SPD and Greens was a "big mistake." > > > --- > | Sent via usgp-int > | To unsubscribe, please send a message to usgp-int-request at gp-us.org > | with ONLY unsubscribe in the message > --- > From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Fri Sep 23 10:07:37 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:07:37 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: Not going to DC? September 24th in Westport Message-ID: <03b301c5c048$27697c50$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> Not going to DC? September 24th in Westport ----- Original Message ----- From: Henry Lowendorf To: Recipient List Suppressed: Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:49 AM Subject: Not going to DC? September 24th in Westport Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:54:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Meg Scata CAN'T MAKE IT TO WASHINGTON? THEN COME TO WESTPORT! You are Invited to a Local Rally On Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 10 AM - noon Scheduled to Coincide with the March in Washington D.C. To End the War and Devote Resources to America At the BRIDGE in downtown Westport Sponsored by a coalition of Peace and Justice Organizations Every Person Counts: Come Alone or with Others And Join a Caravan, if you wish, leaving from three locations at 9:00 a.m. Greenwich: Shopping Center Parking Lot near Thruway Exit 5 Stamford: A&P Parking Lot on High Ridge Road at the Merritt Parkway Norwalk: Barnes & Noble Parking Lot on the Post Road Suggestions Bring American flags Wear red white and blue Carry or put streamers on your car Travel using local streets to maximize visibility Put your lights on and display flags & signs* [Park a flew blocks away and walk to the bridge] *Possible Signs Support Our Troops - End the War Support America - Bring Our Resources Home Fund Families, Not Iraq Resources for America Resources for Katrina, Not Iraq Resources for Children, the Environment, Education, etc. Please Distribute this to All Interested Parties. Thank you. For More Information Contact Ann Galloway at 203.322.4294 Gilda Simpkin 203.329.0695 Fairfield County Citizens for Fair Government -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Sun Sep 25 13:44:56 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:44:56 -0400 Subject: {news} The Greens and the German Elections Message-ID: <05be01c5c1f8$d874a360$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> Submitted to Portside September 21, 2005 The Greens and the German Elections By Victor Grossman BERLIN "Not with me," said Joschka Fischer, head of the Greens Party, who remains Foreign Minister until a new government is formed. His refusal meant he would not join a government headed by Angela Merkel, the leader of the right-wing Christian Democratic Union, which won a very thin, unexpectedly thin victory in last Sunday's election - nudging out Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats by nine tenths of a percentage point which meant three seats in the Bundestag. Fischer's seemingly steadfast, principled position was actually surprising because it was his first such stand in most people's recollection. Unfriendly voices suggested that it was based less principle than on hopes of coming back stronger another day or year. Such cynicism reflected the situation in his party (called officially "Alliance 90/ The Greens"). It is no longer the party it once was, nor is it the party some American Green supporters may think it to be. Not any more! During the 1980's it was a new, vigorous leftist party in West Germany - definitely not "communistic" but deeply committed, not only on environmental issues. It was feminist, anti-war and in some ways even anti- capitalist. The delegates it got elected to state legislatures and later to the national Bundestag captured attention with their casual clothing (often knitted sweaters) and manners, with some men and women knitting during congresses and taking the kids along. Their emblems, a sunflower and a little hedgehog, and rules like demanding a constant rotation of their office holders, symbolized a fresh wind in the stuffy chambers of West German politics. But then a fissure developed and gradually led to a split - between the so-called "fundis" for fundamentalists, who largely rejected the political and economic system ruling the country, and the "realos", or realists, which meant pragmatists. As the party grew in strength it was the realos who proved stronger. The first Green minister in a state government was sworn in wearing sneakers and no tie; it was Joschka (pronounced Yushka) Fischer. When the Social Democrats beat the Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl in 1998 but needed a partner to gain a majority in the Bundestag, the Greens seemed a natural ally, and Fischer became Deputy Chancellor and Foreign Minister. Two other ministerial posts were also given them, Environment and Agriculture/Consumer Welfare. But once in the government their radical positions were filed smoother by contact with the tough Social Democrats. The latter two ministers continued pushing on ecology, gas consumption, and a cut in reliance on atomic energy, but their muscles tired with each year in the government. Ecology Minister Trittin, once a radical, made one compromise after another on shutting down atomic energy plants (two of the oldest have been shut down, many others have long leases), energetic agriculture minister Kynast gradually softened her opposition to gene manipulation. Most clearly, however, Fischer broke with Green pacifism and joined Gerhard Schroeder in supporting the war in Yugoslavia, including the bombing of Serbia with German assistance, approving the sending of German soldiers and sailors to hot spots around the world, and re-establishing the old assumed right of German empire to move its troops and weapons wherever it wanted, in its own interests - most recently to Afghanistan. Weapons of war were sold to all and sundry. And though the German government won applause by peace-lovers around the world for refusing support for the invasion of Iraq, which helped win the election in 2002 by a hair, Germany still permitted the USA to use bases in Germany as a relay point for soldiers and materiel moving to or from Iraq, while German soldiers guarded the bases, permitting US soldiers to be sent to Iraq. In all this, Fischer concurred. To make things worse, Fischer and the Greens supported Schroeder in all his neo-liberal attacks on social welfare, allegedly to get the sluggish economy moving. This meant cutting jobless pay, increasing the costs of medical treatment and medicines, freezing the usual increase in pensions (to match inflation), and quietly approving increases in work hours and cuts in vacation or Christmas pay - benefits which had cost working people years of struggle. At the same time they went along with, indeed approved cuts in taxes on the wealthy. On some issues the Greens did maintain a decent policy, in words at least, as in the treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers. But they were often overruled by tough Social Democratic ministers. They were more or less successful in permitting homosexual marriages. But that was not enough. What had happened was that radical young intellectuals of the 1980's had often become well-to-do professionals, with certain principles but fewer and weaker ties to the poor and exploited and far less interest in their welfare. On the grass roots level there was opposition to this change of direction, but party leaders made sure it remained under control and that Bundestag representatives toed the Schroeder-Fischer line, which was becoming increasingly anti-social while unemployment stayed stubbornly near the five million level, and over 20 percent in parts of Eastern Germany which were largely ignored by the Greens, who had little support there. One exception was Hans-Christian Str?bele, who maintained ties with the peace movement and his interest in social welfare issues, although he usually buckled to party discipline during close votes in the Bundestag. He fought and won, with little support from his party, his race for reelection from a key inner city borough of Berlin, and will be the only Green representative from the capital city. But he was and remains a colorful and occasionally courageous exception. With the present confusing situation in the party landscape, requiring unusual realignments or, in the last analysis, new elections which no one wants, the Greens could either join their old partners, the Social Democrats, or their traditional foes, the Christian Democrats. But neither of these possibilities would have a majority, meaning that in both cases the reactionary Free Democrats would also be required. Thus far they have refused to join with the Greens, although some Green voices have been heard whispering, more or less; "Hey, fellows, we are not really so radical as you have always painted us. Except for atomic energy plants and a few other issues we are not so far apart after all!" It is this possibility which Fischer has rejected - but only for himself. If no such three party coalition proves possible then a "grand coalition" of the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats may be the solution, leaving the Greens out in the cold opposition. The really new factor in this weird equation, which makes the jockeying necessary, is the new alliance between the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), strong in East Germany, and the newly- formed Election Alternative for Jobs and Social Justice, stronger in the West and led by a former Social Democratic leader, Oskar Lafontaine. This joint endeavor, quickly named the "Left", which hopes to unite fully as a regular party within a year or two, won a surprising 8.7 percent of the voters, overtaking the Greens, who dropped slightly to 8.1. This not only reflected a protest by working people and the jobless but also a new unity on the left, which permitted it to break into the states of Western Germany which had never accepted the PDS, seeing it as a progeny of the old, hated GDR. But the new Left got 4.9 percent in the West, a remarkable jump from the past (and up to 20 percent in a few areas), and 25.4 percent in the East. It will be represented by 54 representatives (the Greens will have 51). Every party, including the Greens, has insisted it will never join a coalition with the Left - which doesn't want to join anyway. Its role is opposition; it may be ostracized by the others but it is too large to be ign ored. The others fear it because it will be the only party to oppose sharp cuts in social welfare, tax presents to the wealthy, the military buildup and military adventures abroad. It will fight against neo- Nazis, anti-Semites, anti-foreigners (one of its Berlin representatives is a leader of the Turkish community, one of its two top leaders is Gregor Gysi, who is the son of prominent Jewish anti-fascists. Although its four main leaders as yet are all men, as it ruefully admits, 26 of its 54 delegates are women, many of whom have been leaders at the state level and are moving ahead into top leadership. If it can maintain its unity - no easy task - it will represent a new hope in German politics Its presence, if it remains militant and united, will help the progressive elements still present among the Greens, the Social Democrats and even in the two rightwing parties. At present, anything is possible. _______________________________________________________ portside (the left side in nautical parlance) is a news, discussion and debate service of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. 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URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Tue Sep 27 08:48:22 2005 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:48:22 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Election of Greens in New Zealand Message-ID: <07ec01c5c361$bf365460$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Feinstein" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:42 AM Subject: Re: USGP-INT Election > > > lynneserpe at aol.com wrote: > >> New Zealand elections results in (11:35 pm their time): Greens at just >> over 5% - which gets them 6 Members of Parliament (out of 120). Special >> votes (overseas, etc) still to be counted. In the past, that has netted >> them an extra MP...may or not do this time as well. Thanks again to all >> those who helped send postcards to enrolled New Zealanders living in the >> US. >> >> LYNNE >> > > http://www.greens.org.nz/searchdocs/other9276.html > > > Highlights of what the Green Party hopes to achieve in the next > Parliamentary term > > Jeanette Fitzsimons MP, Green Party Co-Leader > > 16th September 2005 > > > The Green Party, as part of the next Labour led Government, will be > looking to implement a number of its key policies from our comprehensive > policy programme. The highlights below are some of the initiatives we hope > to achieve in the next three years. > > Highlights > > Energy > 1. Soften the impact of rising fuel costs by creating real transport > choices, including: > completing properly funded public transport networks in cities > upgrading rail systems to carry freight and passengers and reduce heavy > trucks on our roads > set energy efficiency standards for all vehicles coming into New Zealand. > > 2. Help people to cut power bills and take real action on climate change > by: > Getting half a million solar panels on kiwi homes > $10 million extra funding for home insulation and efficiency improvements. > > Environment > 3. Invest in the future of our environment by > Working towards environmental education in every school, starting with an > additional $5 million pa to build on Greens previous budget bid > Starting the clean up of the 95% of lowland rivers and streams that are > unfit for swimming > Making producers responsible for the products they produce and ensuring > they are reusable or recyclable. > > 4. Invest in our endangered species with > a $50 million increase to DOC for programmes such as ground based pest > control and mainland island sanctuaries > tough rules to protect albatrosses, dolphins, seals and ancient corals > from bad fishing methods. > > 5. Maintain the GE Free status of NZ?s food production and environment > > Social Justice > 6. Action to end child poverty including: > A commitment to a deadline to end child poverty and a detailed > implementation plan > Extending the child tax credit to all poor children. > > 7. Tackle student debt by moving towards a universal student allowance. > > 8. Give kiwi workers a share in our prosperity by raising the minimum wage > to $12 per hour. > > Strong Self-Reliant Economy > 9. Encourage kiwis to be loyal to NZ businesses and workers with: > a buy kiwi made campaign, and government purchasing policy giving priority > to kiwi businesses. > > Te Tiriti > 10. Maintain a commitment to te Tiriti including: > giving Maori seats the same protection as general seats. > > Health > 11. Refocus health policy on keeping people well including, > A free annual wellness check for all New Zealanders and a Nutrition Fund > in the Ministry of Health to tackle poor diet. > > Agriculture > 12. Progress towards our target of 10% organic by 2010, including: > a pesticide reduction strategy to phase out the most harmful toxic > substances; > funding assistance for organic certification fees. > > > > --- > | Sent via usgp-int > | To unsubscribe, please send a message to usgp-int-request at gp-us.org > | with ONLY unsubscribe in the message > --- > From edubrule at sbcglobal.net Tue Sep 27 22:23:47 2005 From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:23:47 -0400 Subject: {news} Fw: Civil Union Press Conference [Wed Sept 28]; [couples wanted] Message-ID: <006101c5c3d4$d417f4b0$52a4f504@edgn2b574u14bi> ----- Original Message ----- From: Chelsea Turner Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:43 PM Subject: Civil Union Press Conference Friends and Family, Please see the press conference announcement below and PLEASE FORWARD IT to anyone who you think might be interested in attending. Also, if you know couples who are planning on getting a civil union within the next 6 months, and are comfortable talking to the press, please have them contact me as soon as possible: Chelsea at BettyGallo.com or 860-247-4322 (W). We are getting lots of calls from reporters who are interested in talking to couples about this incredibly exciting time. They often want couples from the region of the state that they cover, which means we need couples from all over the state. Thanks in advance for your help and hope to see you next Wednesday! - Chelsea Chelsea Turner Lobbyist Betty Gallo & Co. 860-247-4322 Press conference announcement: PLEASE FORWARD THIS WIDELY! Civil Union Press Conference Wednesday, September 28th 2 o'clock Old Judiciary Room, State Capitol (directions below) Rep. Michael Lawlor and Senator Andrew McDonald are holding a press conference on Wednesday September 28th at 2 pm in the Old Judiciary Room in the State Capitol to celebrate the new civil union law going into effect on Saturday, October 1. Please join them, other policymakers and same-sex couples who are about to be among the first to obtain a civil union license, on this very historic occasion. All couples who are planning to get a civil union are invited to stand with the speakers during the press conference. The press conference will: ? Celebrate the Connecticut Civil Union law going into effect on October 1st ? Celebrate the countless same-sex couples who have waited, in some cases for decades, to have their relationship recognized by the state, ? Discuss the legal issues same-sex couples should consider before entering into a civil union, ? Outline the procedures for civil unions for town clerks and Justices of the Peace, ? And even , touch on why this is good for Connecticut and its businesses Please join these families and policymakers as they talk about this historic event in Connecticut's history! If you have any questions, please contact: Chelsea Turner at Chelsea at bettygallo.com. Directions to the Press Conference at the State Capitol (The Legislative Office Building is located at 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford.) Note: To get to the Capitol, you will want to walk through the underpass (on a moving sidewalk) from the first floor of the Legislative Office Building. After you cross a moving sidewalk, you will go up a short escalator. Take a right. Either take the stairs of the elevator to the 3rd floor, to the Old Judiciary Room. To Get to the Legislative Office Building: Traveling on I-84 East - Take Exit 48, Capitol Avenue, get into the right lane of the exit ramp. At the end of the exit ramp turn right onto Capitol Avenue. Take the first right past the Legislative Office Building, proceed to the back of the garage and take a right to enter the garage using the left hand lane. Traveling on I-84 West - Take Exit 48, towards Asylum Street, go straight onto Spring Street. Turn right onto Asylum Avenue, stay straight onto Farmington Avenue. Turn left at the YWCA (will be diagonally to your left in front of you) onto Broad Street, proceed through two stop lights, immediately after the Armory building take the first left into the driveway and then another left at the end of the driveway. Follow this road around the garage to the back and take a right to enter the garage using the left hand lane. Traveling on I-91 North or South - Take Exit 29A, Capitol Ave., stay over to the far left. You will come to Pulaski Circle, travel halfway around and take a right onto Elm St. Go to the end of Elm St., you are now facing the Capitol Building. Take a left onto Trinity St. At the first traffic light take a right onto Capitol Ave. Go past the Capitol building and the I-84 entrance ramp, all on your right. Take the first right past the Legislative Office Building, proceed to the back of the garage and take a right to enter the garage using the left hand lane. Parking Instructions Limited public parking is available on level one of the Legislative Office Building. This time of year, there should be spots available in the garage. Additional Parking Options - a.) There is also parking available on the street next to the parking garage, beginning at 10:00 am. (to get these spots, park you car here at 9:40, and wait in your car until 9:55 so that you don't get a ticket from the Capitol police). b.) Across the street from the Legislative Office Building, and across Capitol Ave. is Hungerford Street. There is street parking in this entire neighborhood, free of charge. c.) When all else fails, on Oak Street (diagonally across to the left from the Legislative Office Building) off of Capitol Ave., there is a public parking garage in the CT Education Association Building (CEA building - across from CT Supreme Court Library). This garage costs money, but will save you the time and aggravation of having to park. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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"It needs to be done properly," said Steven R. Mullins, a Republican justice from West Haven. "The last thing Connecticut needs are incompetent justices of the peace." Connecticut is the first state to pass a civil union law without court pressure. Vermont is the only other state that allows civil unions and Massachusetts is the only state that allows same-sex marriages. The conference, to be held at Middlesex Community College, will focus on new procedures the justices will follow if they perform civil unions. About 200 of the state's 6,000 to 8,000 justices are expected to attend. They'll go over, for example, how they might announce the new couple at the end of the ceremony. Instead of husband and wife, as in a heterosexual marriage, some are considering announcing them as "partners in life," said Douglas Kovacs, a justice from Milford who isn't affiliated with a political party. Under Connecticut law, the justices can choose whom they want to marry or join in civil unions. Mullins, for example, said he decided not to perform any civil unions for religious reasons. Janice Favreau, a Democratic justice from South Windsor, said she has already heard from three couples who want civil union ceremonies performed in October. She said most who have called her have been in long-term relationships, one couple for 23 years. "They want to take advantage, very early, of the new law," she said, adding that some couples are worried the state legislature might try to revoke the law. Gay and lesbian couples must obtain licenses from their town halls before any ceremonies can take place. Some town clerks will be open Oct. 1, a Saturday. The justices said they have not yet seen the actual civil union licenses they will eventually sign. Mullins said town clerks around the state have met with state Department of Public Health officials about the licenses and other issues. 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Ms. Manion, a substitute teacher and resident of New Canaan since 2003, was recruited by the Green Party and nominated by local Greens on September 13, the day before the filing deadline. Ms. Manion is currently the assistant state co-ordinator for Amnesty International. She organized the Stop Violence Against Women public forum in Stamford last March. Before moving to New Canaan, Ms. Manion lived in Anchorage, Alaska, where she served as area coordinator for Alaska for Amnesty International and was also acting state president of the Alaska chapter of the National Organization for Women. Ms. Manion is a native of Washington, DC, and holds a law degree from the University of San Diego. She said she is particularly concerned about the fairness and accuracy of the election process. In Anchorage, she served as an election worker in election cycles from 1988 to 2002, reaching the level of precinct chairman. As designated troubleshooter for the automated Accu-vote machines, she was responsible for repairing machines, providing instruction and support for precinct workers, and enforcing election regulations. ?The main reason I am running,? said Ms. Manion, ?is to ensure competitiveness in the democratic process, and to make sure the Green Party retains its ballot access.? Two years ago, Green Party candidate John Amarilios petitioned his way onto the ballot in New Canaan and won three percent of the vote. This earned the Green Party local status as a minor party, with the right to nominate a candidate in the next election. However, according to the Green Party, ?this right comes with a curse.? ?It?s a use-it-or-lose-it privilege,? said David Bedell, secretary of the Fairfield County Green Party, ?which is part of doing business as a minor party. While the Republicans and Democrats can opt to sit out an election and then come back into the next election, minor parties cannot do that. If they do not get one percent of the vote in every election, they lose their ballot line and have to petition to get back on.? In the 2003 election, Republican Judy Neville won the race for first selectman with 2,963 votes, followed by Democrat Johnny Potts with 1,556 and Mr. Amarilios with 135. Republican Paul Giusti, running for Board of Selectmen, led all candidates with 3,176 votes. Democrat Robert Petronella, running for selectman, earned 1,430 votes. Mr. Giusti and Mr. Potts won seats on the board. Mr. Bedell also complained that 35 of the state?s 169 towns had no major party challenger for the top office (mayor or first selectman) in the last municipal elections. ?If the two-party system doesn?t offer voters a choice, then it isn?t working,? he said. ?The state should make it easier, not harder, for challengers to run.? ? Copyright by Hersam Acorn newspapers From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Thu Sep 29 19:59:22 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:59:22 +0000 Subject: {news} Shapiro backs beach parking fees Message-ID: The Advocate http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-shapiro5asep29,0,4173800.story Green Party hopeful backs beach parking fees By Doug Dalena Staff Writer September 29, 2005 STAMFORD -- Green Party mayoral candidate Darek Shapiro has endorsed a daily charge for drivers without seasonal beach stickers, but said beaches should remain open to pedestrians and bicyclists. "The other parks are free, and I think the parks should remain free," he said earlier this week in the most detailed beach access proposal put forward by any of the three mayoral candidates. "The people themselves aren't the problem. It's the cars, and the reaction to the cars." The city's beach-access policy has attracted the ire of residents, who complain that drivers, especially those from out of town, drop off passengers, then park on residential streets to avoid paying for seasonal beach parking passes. Shapiro, a North Stamford architect, said only residents with permits should be allowed to park on residential streets near the two main beaches at Cove Island and Cummings parks. The city should open beach parking lots to daily visitors and set up meters or kiosks for those without passes, Shapiro said. Through-streets, such as Cove Road, Seaside Avenue and Weed Avenue, also could have parking meters, he said. "As long as they're not blocking residents and not interfering with traffic, I think it would be a way of raising revenue for the city," Shapiro said. The day passes should cost at least $5 to encourage purchase of season permits, Shapiro said. A season permit for beach parking costs residents $20 and nonresidents $225. Daily permits are available, but only in advance, at the government center on weekdays. People who enter on foot or bicycle pay nothing. All the mayoral candidates have said the city must simplify the way day visitors get parking passes and alleviate the traffic problems. Mayor Dannel Malloy, running for his fourth term, has directed his staff to come up with a proposal to charge those without a permit for daily parking, and perhaps charge people who arrive on foot or bicycle. Officials recommended three alternatives last night in a report to the Parks and Recreation Commission. A legal opinion included in the report discouraged charging pedestrians and bicyclists. Malloy has not said which of the three alternatives he prefers. Republican mayoral candidate Christopher Munger, a retired FBI agent seeking his first political office, also has advocated charging for daily entrance. He said he will study whether to charge beachgoers without cars. "I see the main issue is that the residents in the Cove are put at a disadvantage in getting into their own parking spaces," Shapiro said. If the city can create a policy that gets the cars off the road, residents will be happy, he said. Shapiro, whose campaign includes ideas for increased energy conservation and expanded mass transit, also suggested a "beach bus" service from downtown and installing more bicycle racks at the beaches. Copyright ? 2005, Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Thu Sep 29 20:49:35 2005 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:49:35 +0000 Subject: {news} Governor Rell Calls Special Session for Campaign Finance Reform In-Reply-To: <1128024488.289.83308.m18@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: What do people think of Rell's proposal? What debate I've heard is about the implementation schedule rather than the measures proposed. Some Democrats are saying if PAC money is reduced now but public funding doesn't start till 2008 or 2010, it gives wealthy individuals a headstart. ------------------------------------------------------- From: cfwg@ yahoogroups.com [mailto:cfwg@ yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Zimmerman Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:40 PM To: CFRcoalition; CFWG Listserv Subject: [cfwg] Rell Special Session Statement M. Jodi Rell Governor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2005 Contact: Rich Harris 860-524-7313 rich.harris@ ct.gov Governor Rell Calls Special Session for Campaign Finance Reform 'Immense Opportunity Now Before You,' Governor Says Governor M. Jodi Rell today called the Connecticut General Assembly into special session on October 11 for the purpose of passing into law a campaign finance reform bill, telling lawmakers the time had come to achieve the crucial reforms the people of the state demand. "It is time for real leadership on this issue," Governor Rell said. "We have both an historic opportunity and an extraordinary responsibility. It would be as tragic to miss the former as it would inexcusable to neglect the latter." The Governor said, "The need for campaign finance reform has never been clearer, or the opportunity greater." She noted the recent guilty plea of former state Senator Ernest Newton, the ongoing federal corruption trial of former Illinois Governor George Ryan and the indictment Wednesday of U.S. Representative Tom Delay (R-Texas). "We are presumed to be a government of the people, by the people and for the people," Governor Rell said in a letter to members of a Campaign Finance Reform Working Group that labored over the summer but failed to produce fully drafted legislation. "The very legitimacy of that government is called into question when - rightly or wrongly - the perception exists that a moneyed few play a special role or have a special influence over elections and policy. "There seems to be little disagreement about this concept," the Governor wrote. "Yet after months of discussion and debate, after countless hours of hearings and testimony, after numerous proposals and counter-proposals, after genuine efforts at bipartisanship and pointless exercises in political gamesmanship, nothing has been accomplished. "You will be receiving formal notice of the special session shortly. I urge you and your colleagues in the General Assembly to make the most of the immense opportunity now before you. The people of our state deserve nothing less," Governor Rell wrote. With the call for a special session, the Governor presented a fully drafted campaign finance reform bill, which completes the "framework" produced by the Working Group she created after the regular session ended June 8. "It is time for leadership, not delay, debate or deliberate denial disguised as disagreement," Governor Rell wrote. Governor Rell warned that she would maintain the standards for reform she has insisted upon throughout the debate: Any bill sent to her desk must make substantive changes, not merely tinker with the details; the changes must apply to candidates for both statewide and legislative races; and the changes must take effect upon passage - including immediate bans on campaign contributions from lobbyists and state contractors and their political action committees, and the use of "ad books," which skirt business campaign contribution limits. The Governor's bill would: ********* Immediately ban contributions from lobbyists and state contractors and their PACs ********* Immediately ban contribution solicitations by lobbyists and state contractors and their PACs ********* Immediately ban "ad books" ********* Create a "Citizens Election Fund" - to be funded through unclaimed property receipts - for legislative elections beginning in 2008 and statewide elections beginning in 2010 ********* Restrict legislators to a single PAC each ********* Restrict caucuses to a single PAC each ********* Prohibit contributions from municipal contractors to candidates for municipal office ********* Permit municipalities to adopt public financing at the local level ********* Restrict contributions from political appointees to candidates for the offices in which they work to $100 Governor Rell said in her letter to lawmakers that while she cannot, by law, set the length of the special session, she believes no more than two days should be required to finish work on a reform bill. "After all of the discussion and debate, the hearings and testimony, the proposals and the Working Group, there is no need to spend a great deal of taxpayer money on a lengthy session," the Governor said. "It is time for swift - and bold - action."