{news} Re: [gpcwc] USGP-INT FW: 2 proposed actions: for Pres. Evo Morales and against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Elizabeth M. Brancato
embrancato at netzero.com
Mon Jan 16 18:32:10 EST 2006
Not only do I have no objection, I strongly support both of these
resolutions.
Elizabeth Brancato
Justine McCabe wrote:
> Dear 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
>
>
>
> Original Message -----
> *From:* juliawillebrand <mailto:julia.willebrand at verizon.net>
> *To:* usgp-int at gp-us.org <mailto: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
>
> 212 877-5088--
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>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> *From: *Fred Hosea III <queequeg2650 at yahoo.com
> <mailto:queequeg2650 at yahoo.com>>
> *Date: *Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:54:52 -0800 (PST)
> *To: *intcomm at gp-us.org <mailto:intcomm at gp-us.org>
> *Cc: *CA Delegates <gpus-del at marla.cagreens.org
> <mailto: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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> ============================================
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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
>
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> *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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