{news} GP National Press Release- Greens endorse Voters for Peace Pledge

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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Friday, July 7, 2006

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty at greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
starlene at greens.org
For VotersForPeace.US: Linda Schade, Executive
Director, 301-270-2355 (office), 202-422-5780


The Green Party endorses the VotersForPeace.us
pledge

• Greens urge voters who favor withdrawal of U.S.
troops from Iraq to sign the pledge and help
elect the Green Party's 'Peace Slate'


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party's National
Committee has endorsed the VotersForPeace pledge
<http://www.votersforpeace.us>, a national effort
to organize the emerging 'Peace Vote' as a voting
block with the power to determine the outcome of
elections.

The pledge reads "I will not vote for or support
any candidate for Congress or President who does
not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and
preventing any future war of aggression, a public
position in his or her campaign."

"We encourage all voters who agree that U.S.
troops must be withdrawn from Iraq to sign the
VotersForPeace pledge," said Rae Vogeler,
Wisconsin Green candidate for the U.S. Senate
<http://www.voterae.org>.  "The only way to stop
the war is to get Democratic and Republican
warhawks out of office."

"The Green Party and the 'Peace Slate' of Green
candidates have consistently opposed the invasion
and occupation since the beginning, and have
criticized President Bush's threats of a military
assault against Iran.  In many elections, the
Green is the only candidate running who calls for
immediate troop withdrawal," Ms. Vogeler added.

Greens have expressed dismay at Congress's
refusal, in recent House and Senate votes, to set
even a tentative deadline for the withdrawal of
American troops, and blamed Democrats and
Republicans who voted to defeat the proposals.

When VotersForPeace.US was launched on March 17,
2006, the first signer was Michael Berg, whose
son Nick was taken hostage in Iraq and killed in
May, 2004.  Mr. Berg is currently running as the
Delaware Green candidate for the U.S. House of
Representatives <http://www.bergforcongress.us>.

Kevin Zeese, candidate on the Green ticket for
U.S. Senator from Maryland
<http://www.kevinzeese.com> and director of
DemocracyRising.US
<http://www.democracyrising.us>, is co-founder of
VotersForPeace.  VotersForPeace itself is
nonprofit and nonpartisan, and does not endorse
candidates.

Green Party members joined various antiwar events
during the July 4th holiday.  Greens support the
'Troops Home Fast' organized by CodePink, which
is taking place in front of the White House until
August 14.  On August 14, the fast will move to
Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas, where it will
continue. Party members also support U.S. Army
First Lieutenant Ehren K. Watada, who recently
refused orders to fly to Iraq, on the grounds
that the war and occupation in Iraq are illegal.

For Green campaign listings, news, photos, and
web sites, visit the Green Party's candidate
spotlight page <http://www.gp.org/2006elections>
and the Green elections database
<http://www.greens.org/elections>, which lists
all 2006 candidates.

The Green Party will hold its 2006 national
meeting, titled "El Futuro es Verde / The Future
is Green," in Tucson, Arizona, from July 27 to 30
<http://www.gp.org/meeting2006>.  For media
credentialing, visit
<http://www.gp.org/forms/media>.


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

"Democrats Versus the Peace Movement?"
By Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy In Focus, July
6, 2006
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3346

"El Futuro es Verde / The Future is Green"
National Meeting of the Green Party of the United
States in Tucson, Arizona, July 27-30, 2006
http://www.gp.org/meeting2006/ 
http://www.pimagreens.org/gpusanm/index.html
Media credentialing page:
http://www.gp.org/forms/media


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