{news} USGP-INT FW: 2 proposed actions: for Pres. Evo Morales and against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mon Jan 16 16:50:20 EST 2006

FW: 2 proposed actions: for Pres. Evo Morales and against Gov. Arnold SchwarzeneggerDear all, 
I'm forwarding 2 actions sent to the USGP International Committee (IC) by CA delegate to the IC, Fred Hosea.
Any opposition to these?
Justine McCabe 

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From: juliawillebrand 
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org 
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:04 AM
Subject: USGP-INT FW: 2 proposed actions: for Pres. Evo Morales and against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Julia Willebrand
USGP International Committee Co-chair
FPVA Co-president

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  From: Fred Hosea III <queequeg2650 at yahoo.com>
  Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:54:52 -0800 (PST)
  To: intcomm at gp-us.org
  Cc: CA Delegates <gpus-del at marla.cagreens.org>
  Subject: 2 proposed actions: for Pres. Evo Morales and against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Attn: Time Value

  Dear members of the GPUS International Committee,

  I would like to submit two very different draft resolutions for the GPUS/IC to consider in the coming days.  These drafts have been circulated for review within the GPCA International Protocol committee as well as our other state-level working groups and committees, and there have been no objections to submitting them to the GPUS/IC for your consideration and action.  

  Evo Morales -  In light of the recent election of Sr. Evo Morales to the presidency of Bolivia, I've drafted a Resolution of congratulation and support on behalf of the GPUS. Sr. Morales is the first indigenous person to be elected to the Bolivian presidency, and his election marks a significant cumulative turn in Latin American politics, along with Chavez in Venezuela, to a lesser degree Lula in Brazil and Kirschner in Argentina, and today's election of Socialist Michelle Bachelet as Chile's first woman president.   

  In my new role as a GPCA delegate to the GPUS, I'm hoping to develop an active program for alliance building with indigenous and unrepresented peoples around the world, and I see this triumph of indigenous people in Bolivia as a great place to start.

  Sr. Morales will be inaugurated on Jan. 22nd, and I'm hoping the GPUS Int. Committee can approve this in time to send to him for that date, or as soon thereafter as possible.  I'd like to request that the final document be sent in English, Spanish, Aymara, and Quechua, and copies be sent to a selected list of indigenous coalitions in Latin America.  I'll be glad to assist with finding the translators.

  It's my hope that we can have a standing process by which we can quickly send similar resolutions to other foreign officials who are elected on the basis of programs and principles that are substantially in harmony with those of the Green Party, and where no Green Party candidate has run in opposition.  Today's runoff election in Chile, where Michelle Bachelet is now being declared victorious, is a prime example. I would invite the GPUS/IC to work on a resolution in her honor as well. 

  And on another, less pleasant subject ...

  Arnold Schwarzenegger - Tomorrow might (Jan. 16th) brings yet another dismal vigil for a San Quentin execution in California, at the hands of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - the 3rd of his short career.  This resolution expresses support for the call by Austrian Greens last year to revoke the Austrian citizenship of Arnold Schwarzenegger for his participation in acts that are forbidden to Austrian citizens.  By continuing to focus international attention upon the death penalty in the US, and shaming its practitioners, we will help re-inforce the important message that not all Americans are barbarians, and that the Green Party is the leading political advocate internationally for abolition of the death penalty.

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  The People of the Green Party of the United States salute the People of Bolivia and your newly elected President, His Excellency President Evo Morales.

  The People of the Republic of Bolivia have expressed their strong political will through the revolutionary election of Mr. Evo Morales as President of the Republic, and The Green Party celebrates this election as a powerful demonstration of the growing strength of democratic processes in Bolivia and of the leadership of indigenous peoples, which we see as a promising and construtive force in social political, and economic life.  We celebrate the Bolivian People and President Morales as part of a growing movement in the hemisphere that is demanding a new era of government that will serve all the people, and not just a privileged minority.

  The Green Party of the United States affirms with the Bolivian people your deep community values and your aspirations for peace,  human rights, social justice, and sustainable economic development, and we share with you the imperatives:

  §          To end  the use of armed forces and police violence as instruments of political control and oppression of the poor, of dissidents, of indigenous peoples, of unions, of advocates for environmental protections and protectors of human rights.

  §          To increase controls over multi-national corporations in all affairs impacting the health, safety, and wellbeing of Bolivia's people, your natural resources, your natural environment, and your models for economic development.

  §          To reject the destructive influence of international lending bodies and trade organizations whose neoliberal and imperial agendas have increased poverty, debt, and national vulnerability worldwide.

  §          To end the legacies of colonialism, racism and ethnic discrimination, and expand political processes to involve all citizens in the local and national decisions that affect them.

  §          To establish regional economic alliances that protect the people against the economic vulnerabilities of the globalized economic system, and that serve as a counter-force to fight the destructive economic forces of globalism.

  We extend our strongest congratulations to you all and send our wishes for your brave efforts to create an "Axis of Good" that will be an inspiring example not only for Latin America, but for all peoples of the world.  We extend our hand of friendship and solidarity, and offer our support for the progressive political agenda you have declared. 

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  Resolution

  of the International Protocol Committee

  of the Green Party  California

  December 28thth, 2005

  The International Protocol Committee of the Green Party of California with due consideration hereby approves and issues this Resolution in support of an Austrian Greens proposal  to revoke the Austrian citizenship of the current Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.  We understand that the revocation of citizenship has been formally requested by Green Party members of the Austrian Parliament as a consequence of the California Governor's recent official involvement in permitting the execution of Citizens of the United States and the State of California, actions which are illegal as an activity of either a State or a person in Austria.      

  Whereas Arnold Schwarzenegger has dual citizenship in the United States and Austria, and whereas the death penalty is illegal in Austria, and no Austrian citizen is legally permitted to participate in or order the execution of another human being, and   

  Whereas the Green Party is locally and internationally dedicated to values of human life which oppose the death penalty as a matter of principle and rejects use of the death penalty as a policy of a modern and civilized society, and   

  Whereas Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his current position as duly elected Governor of the State of California did on multiple occasions willfully and knowingly exercise his official executive powers as Governor to permit the execution  of the death penalty against  Donald Beardslee and Stanley Williams, persons incarcerated in California, and   

  Whereas Green Parties around the world have a shared and continuing interest in the collective assertion and exercise of our fundamental values in the protection and advancement of human rights worldwide, in the advancement of high and maturing standards of civilization, and in the advancement of personal accountability for political actions, and  

  Whereas we, as citizens of the State of California have a moral right and obligation to act both locally and globally in the vigorous prosecution of illegal conduct by all government officials, and in the criticism of official policy and conduct which offends the principles for which we stand,  

  We hereby resolve to affirm and express our support, through the International Committee of the Green Party of the United States, for the proposed action in the Parliament of the Republic of Austria to revoke the Austrian Citizenship of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and for other pertinent and appropriate sanctions which the Austrian Parliament may enact in this regard.  

  Affirmed, this 28th day of December, 2005.  

  The Green Party of California, International Protocol Committee 

  Fred Hosea, Ph.D. 

  Green Party of California (Alameda)
  California Delegate to the Green Party of the United States 
  Coordinator: International Protocol Committee

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