{news} Please forward to all list serves; JOIN A DRAFT NADER CONFERENCE CALL

[Tim McKee]

JOIN A PRO NADER CONFERENCE CALL

FROM: Peter Camejo, Nader's 2004 Vice Presidential Candidate


The 2008 elections are just 13 months away. If Ralph Nader decides to
 run
again
should we support him? I think we should. Below I explain why. If you
 are a
Green and a Nader supporter or are considering supporting Nader please
 join
the
conference call at 8PM New York time that is 5 PM California time
 Monday
October 29th.

The conference call number is:? 1-712-432-2000? code 58485.

If you receive this email please send it out to all your friends and
 lists
in
the Green Party.

WHY NADER?

Ralph Nader understands the issues confronting us. He has gotten more
legislation passed defending our people than any other person in the
 last 50
years if not throughout our nation s history.? He is an historic figure
 in
his
own life time and has the respect of people all over the world.

Ralph Nader was attacked for daring to run and tell the truth unlike
 any
person
ever in our nation s history.? Ralph Nader s running is itself a
 statement
in
defense of democracy and the right of those who dissent from the pro
Corporate
two party dictatorship to speak out.

No one has helped build the Green Party and defended the right of our
people to
hear other points of view more than Ralph Nader. He has held more fund
raisers,
gotten more media and won new supporters for our party than any other
person in
our history.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO

Some Greens have already begun working in support of Nader even though
 he
has
not yet announced.

We have a web site,
 <www.DraftNader.org" target=_blank>http://www.draftnader.org/>www.DraftNader.org,
 where
you
can sign up as a supporter. Two leading Greens, Howie Hawkins from New
 York
and
Danene Provencher from Minnesota have been proposed as co-chairs of a
national
draft Nader committee.

Pro Nader Greens have already begun organizing to set up a national
committee
and to make sure all Greens hear Why Nader. In doing this we do not
 want to
show any disrespect for the other candidates running for our national
nomination. Quite the contrary we need to show respect for and try to
 help
all
candidates views get heard.? Truth can only be ascertained through the
conflict
of ideas. All our candidates are our friends and working to help build
 our
party. Having debates, discussion, and differences on issues is all
 part of
building a democratic party. Showing respect for all candidates is also
part of
maintaining internal democracy.

I will be proposing on the conference call that we set up a national
committee
of State coordinators. Each States Draft Nader Committee should elect
 one or
two people to represent their state. We need to make sure that at every
nominating State convention pro Nader Greens have representation and
 can
present Why Nader. We should consider expanding the co-chairs to
 possibly
six
people to get racial and geographic representation and maintain a 50/50
gender
composition

?

CALIFORNIA INCLUDES NADER

At our most recent State conference in California 82% of our delegates
voted to
place Nader???s name?on the State primary ballot. This was an important
victory
for democracy in our party and to let all points of view be heard. Let
 us
build
on this important victory to make sure that unlike 2004 Nader gets a
 genuine
hearing at all levels in the nomination process. In 2004 we failed to
organize
to get our views before our State conferences. Let s not let that
 happen
again.
Let s win the primary in California and all states, let s win each
 State
convention. That will send a message to the Democrats that we will
 fight for
democracy and free elections in our nation. That we will not let their
spoiler
system be used to silence those who favor peace, social justice and the
saving
of our planet. We need to send a message to all the progressives who
capitulated in 2004 and supported a pro war, pro corporate,
anti-environmental
candidate that this is the time to return to the values they claim to
support.

In 2008 it is almost certain the Democrats will be back in power. Once
 again
everyone will see their true nature. The pro corporate party that voted
 just
a
few years ago for Unequivocal support for George Bush???s conduct of
 the
war in
Iraq , that gave Bush 39 standing ovations at the State of the Union
 speech
in
2005, and that supported the Patriot Act.? A new potential for the
 growth of
our party, the struggle for free elections and social justice will
 develop
as
people realize the Democrats are not the answer.

Let us continue the heritage of the abolitionist Liberty Party, the
Greenback
Labor Party, the great populist rebellion of the Populist Party, the
 Debsian
socialists and the heroic Women's Party whose leaders were imprisoned
 and
tortured as they fought for the right to vote. Let s fight for building
 a
party
that truly represents the interest of our people. 

Peter Miguel Camejo

PS Please email either Howie Hawkins at
<mailto:hhawkins at IGC.org>hhawkins at igc.org or Danene Provencher
<mailto:pro826 at aol.com>pro826 at aol.com as I will be out of the
 country
 until
just
prior to the conference call.

?

Feel free to forward to any Green Party listservs and individual Greens
 who
are
interested in supporting the Draft Nader for 2008 campaign, 

?

For Peace, Justice, Ecology and Democracy, 

Danene Provencher, MN

Howie Hawkins, NY





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