From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Wed Apr  1 03:30:03 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 03:30:03 -0400
Subject: {news} Elections
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Elections Committee, Please let us know who is running for what offices ASAP. This is in case people want to campaign etc, Thanks, Amy
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Apr  1 08:16:37 2009
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 08:16:37 -0400
Subject: {news} DC ADVISORY Rally & concert for DC STATEHOOD: Wed., April 1,
	6 pm on the Capitol's west steps
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From: "Green News DC" <dcsgpnews at gmail.com>
To: <dcsgpnews2 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:10 AM
Subject: DC ADVISORY Rally & concert for DC STATEHOOD: Wed., April 1, 6 pm 
on the Capitol's west steps


THE DC STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org

For immediate release:
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Contact:
Scott McLarty, DC Statehood Green Party Media Coordinator,
202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty at greens.org


Rally and concert for DC STATEHOOD: Wednesday, April 1, 6 pm on the
Capitol's west steps in Washington, DC


WASHINGTON, DC -- Supporters of DC statehood will hold a rally and
free concert on the west steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, April 1.
Titled 'FREE CONCERT 4 DC STATEHOOD', the event begins at 6 pm and
will continue until 8 pm.

The rally and concert are sponsored by the American Civil Liberties
Union, DC Statehood Green Party, DC Statehood Yes We Can Coalition,
and Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition.  Reporters and
photographers are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Performers:
Tabi Bonney
Rasi Caprice
Head-Roc
Kyonte
Kingpin Slim

Speakers:
Johnny Barnes, Executive Director, ACLU-NCA
Michael Brown, DC Statehood US Senator
Walter E. Fauntroy, Member of Congress, retired
Ann Loikow, DC Statehood Yes We Can Coalition
Anise Jenkins, Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition
Ron Hampton, 25 year DC Police veteran, retired
David Schwartzman, DC Statehood Green Party
Parisa Norouzi, Empower DC
EZ Street, WKYS FM


Background

While Congress has begun to consider 'DC voting rights' legislation in
bills that would grant the District a single voting seat in the US
House, the DC Statehood Green Party and many other District residents
assert that the real problem is DC's lack of democratic
self-determination and self-governance, which can only be solved by
gaining statehood.

Congress and the White House currently hold power over the District's
laws and finances.  When the US Senate voted for the DC voting rights
bill in February, it added an amendment repealing the District's
gun-control regulations -- a reminder that a voting seat in Congress
will not bring DC closer to democracy.

The DC Statehood Green Party, which holds major party status in
Washington, DC, has led the political movement for DC statehood since
the party was founded as the DC Statehood Party in 1970.  On February
5, 2009, the party held a "DC Statehood, Now Is The Time!" panel and
discussion at the University of the District of Columbia.

The DC Statehood Green Party calls the District's lack of
self-government and voting representation part of the unfinished
business of the civil rights struggle, and has challenged President
Obama and the Congress to enact DC statehood.

The DC Statehood Green Party has questioned the DC voting rights
bill's legality, since the Constitution affords voting seats in
Congress solely to states.  Statehood Greens have argued that DC
statehood can be achieved without passage of a constitutional
amendment.  The Green Party (http://www.gp.org) endorses DC statehood
in its national platform; the Democratic and Republican parties do
not.

For further reading:

"Something Rotten in Appleseed"
By Sam Smith, The Progressive Review (DC City Desk, January 29, 2009)
http://prorev.com/2009/01/something-rotten-in-appleseed.htm

"Free DC!  The Obama Inauguration and a New Chance for Democracy in
Our Nation's Capital"
By Scott McLarty, OpEdNews.com, January 17, 2009
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Free-DC--The-Obama-Inaugu-by-Scott-McLarty-090115-146.html

The DC Statehood Papers: Writings on DC Statehood & self-government,
by Sam Smith  http://prorev.com/dcsthdintro.htm

Petition to the United Nations for DC statehood, sponsored by the DC
Statehood Green Party and Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org/statehoodnow

DC Statehood Green Party press releases:

? "Statehood Greens to Congress: DC needs STATEHOOD, not the 'Voting
Rights' bill" (January 27, 2009)
http://www.gp.org/press/pr-state.php?ID=172

? "DC Statehood Greens to Democrats: Use your new power in Congress
and the White House to grant DC statehood" (November 6, 2008)
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org//press/press.php?annc_id=293?ion_id=2

? "Statehood Greens criticize Del. Norton and her fellow Democrats for
omitting DC statehood from the 2008 Democratic platform draft" (August
20, 2008)
http://www.gp.org/press/pr-state.php?ID=93

? "Talking Points, Quotes on DC Voting Rights Bill, DC Statehood, and
Democracy" (March 22, 2007)
http://www.gp.org/press/states/dc/dc_2007_03_22.shtml


MORE INFORMATION

DC Statehood Green Party http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org

DC Statehood Green Party events: http://dcstatehoodgreen.org/events


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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Apr  1 08:24:29 2009
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 08:24:29 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Cynthia McKinney: Report from London;
	remarks at the Forum for Palestine
Message-ID: <96E0A0B13AF04D8BB1BE4E777F0A7920@JUSTINE>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott McLarty" <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>
To: <usgp-media at gp-us.org>; <dcsgp at yahoogroups.com>; <usgp-int at gp-us.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:32 AM
Subject: USGP-INT Cynthia McKinney: Report from London;remarks at the Forum 
for Palestine


>
> From Cynthia McKinney in London, March 31, 2009
> (See Ms. McKinney's commentary page at gp.org: 
> http://www.gp.org/cynthia/index.php)
>
> Hello!
>
> What an impressive Conference put on by the Government of Malaysia and the 
> Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW).  Absolutely 
> incredible.  And the audience was packed with information.  I will 
> definitely make a more detailed report later and include the information 
> learned at this Conference in my next economics report, too, on the state 
> of our economy and common sense solutions as I promised you.
>
> The Malaysian Foreign Minister, Dr. Rais Yatim, spoke passionately this 
> morning about the need for accountability in the face of war crimes.  And 
> so too, did the founder of the KLFCW, Tun Dr. Mahathir.  Dr. Mahathir 
> spoke of the long history of Zionism, starting with the Balfour 
> Declaration, and explained that we were in London because there had been a 
> request from a British citizen in Malaysia attending our Forum for 
> Palestine there, to take this information to the source of the 
> problem--England.  Dr. Mahathir recommended that we remember the Balfour 
> Declaration and all the events leading up to the creation of the state of 
> Israel for a better understanding of the challenges we face on our road to 
> peace.
>
> Dr. Mahathir knows a lot about what's happening in our economy, too. 
> Remember, he faced down George Soros and the currency speculators and was 
> vilified (by them) for keeping Malaysia out of their snares.  Today, 
> Malaysia has a public Central Bank and a national system of public banks. 
> Needless to say, the ringgit is doing just fine.  Malaysia is strong to 
> take a stand today because Dr. Mahathir took the unpopular stand 
> yesterday--unpopular that is, with the monied interests of the world. 
> More on that, later.
>
> After our tea break (of course, we were in London), Lauren Booth, PressTV 
> reporter who was trapped in Gaza for one month, reported on her 
> experiences with individual life stories of how life is made unbearable by 
> the Israelis as they deny health care and education to Palestinian women 
> and children.  Lauren is also a Free Gaza Movement success story as she 
> was on one of the boats that successfully challenged the Israeli seige. 
> Unlike me, she made it into Gaza and received a hero's welcome.  She was 
> also with George Galloway as he successfully entered Gaza City by land in 
> a convoy of over 100 vehicles.
>
> Then I spoke.  My comments are included at the end of this report.
>
> Former M.P. Tony Benn delivered wonderful historical context and gave us 
> hope for the future.  All day, for some reason, speakers kept calling him 
> Tony Blair, instead of Benn.  It was quite funny, since I think Blair is 
> Lauren Booth's brother-in-law and was pretty much reviled roundly by 
> everyone in the audience.  At one point, Benn leaned over to me and asked 
> wryly, "You think I can win the Nobel Peace Prize?"  And at that point, I 
> remembered that I was the sole vote against honoring him for his support 
> of the "Global War on Terror."
>
> And Rabbi Aharon Cohen of Naturei Karta explained to us what their 
> perspective is on Israel.  Paraphrasing, Rabbi Cohen said that Zionism is 
> the root of the problem and until Zionism is addressed, there will 
> continue to be a problem.  Even in the panel discussion, he brought us 
> back to the problem of Zionism, itself.  He made it clear that Zionism is 
> not Judaism.  His remarks were particularly educational since I had never 
> had the opportunity to dialog with member of Naturei Karta before.  He 
> also gave the significance of the name that means, protectors of the city. 
> For when the Zionists came to the land, Jews and non-Jews lived together 
> in harmony.  But the Zionists came to steal the land from the non-Jews and 
> the Jews joined with the non-Jews to protect the City, thus, Naturei 
> Karta--protectors of the City.  I will defintely read more about them.
>
> Finally, Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman basically said that Israel, by its 
> actions, is becoming indefensible.  He said this:  "The Israeli electorate 
> have proven themselves incorrigible," noting that only 3% of Israelis 
> voted for peace in Israel's last election.  He has said as much on the 
> Floor of the House of Commons, and a tape was played at the Conference of 
> him saying it.  He talked about his hate mail.  Well, I think we could go 
> toe-to-toe on the hate mail.  Only, in the mail he receives, they call him 
> a self-hating Jew.
>
> Finally, there was a panel discussion where the audience asked questions 
> of the speakers.  And just before people left the room, I was able to make 
> an announcement.  When the gentleman showed me his blackberry, I was sure 
> he was joking.  That he was playing some kind of cruel joke on me.  That 
> is was a hoax.  Because all the night before and in my remarks, as you 
> will see, I touted the judges of Spain and their courage as one of our 
> hopes for justice in the legal arena.  And when I didn't believe him, he 
> showed his blackberry to me and I could see that it was a real news item: 
> Spain had agreed to investigate Bush and his cronies for war crimes. 
> Hallelujah!!  What a wonderful end to a wonderful Conference.  What a 
> wonderful way to welcome the G20 into town!!!!
>
> For those of you who are new to my messages and are not on my e-list, 
> please send a message authorizing me to add you to my e-list and you can 
> get these messages from me all the time.  Let me hear from you!
>
> Here are my remarks:
>
>
> Cynthia McKinney
> Forum for Palestine
> London/March 31, 2009
>
> Not too long ago, I received an invitation to participate in the Malaysia 
> Peace Organization?s effort to Criminalize War and establish a tribunal to 
> try the heads of state who violated the peace and led their countries into 
> war and occupation.
>
> When I was in Kuala Lumpur, I had the opportunity to meet one of my 
> heroes, Tun Dr. Mahathir, who stood up against the very same individuals 
> who are today wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy in a feeding frenzy on 
> the imperial carcass.  As a result, Malaysia became an outpost of 
> resistance in Asia.  Dr. Mahathir?s bold action was the first time I came 
> to know Malaysia, and that was by way of the news reports.  And when I had 
> the opportunity to travel there for the purpose of fashioning a world 
> without war, I dubbed Kuala Lumpur the world capital of peace.  Thank you, 
> Malaysia, for showing the world, along with Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, 
> Ecuador, Paraguay, and others, that national dignity is possible.
>
> For dignity depends on peace, and peace depends on justice, and justice 
> depends on truth.  So, our charge today is to help the world attain 
> dignity.
>
> At that 2007 Kuala Lumpur peace conference, I met victims of war crimes, 
> torture, and crimes against humanity, all made possible because of U.S. 
> policy and U.S. taxpayers.  It was an emotional Conference for me, because 
> I came face to face with the scars borne by victims of war.
>
> The next year, I spent International Human Rights Day 2008 in Havana, Cuba 
> with family members of victims of U.S. aggression against that fiercely 
> independent island country.  And while I was there, over and over and over 
> again I heard the word ?dignity.?  And how there is dignity in resistance.
>
> I can?t help but remember that it was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who, 
> forty years ago, said that the United States was the greatest purveyor of 
> violence on the planet. Sadly, violence sponsored by the U.S. directly or 
> indirectly has only intensified.
>
> And because I stand in London right now, where tens of thousands of people 
> are about to take to the streets in protest of war and occupation, I must 
> not omit the roles that London and Europe have played in promoting this 
> worldwide violence.
>
> The world is rising up against the lies that we?ve been told.  People are 
> reclaiming their dignity.  Against the greed, corruption, and theft that 
> have been committed in our name, with our tax dollars.  In the streets, 
> you will hear the word dignity.
>
> That?s what the U.S. civil rights movement was all about.  And its spirit 
> of resistance to injustice shaped my childhood experiences.  I saw what is 
> possible when people stand up.
>
> On the night before his murder, Dr. King said that he was proud to be 
> alive at the end of the 20th Century when people were rising up saying, 
> ?We want to be free.?
>
> Today, we are rising up and saying that we want to be free from hatred, 
> division, oppression, and war.
>
> I admire those stood up on the national stage, and I?ve tried to do my 
> part to take a stand, too.
>
> Thus, in 1991, as a Member of the Georgia Legislature, when President 
> George Herbert Walker Bush bombed Baghdad, I asked the Speaker of the 
> House if I could speak on a point of Personal Privilege to explain my 
> opposition to Operation Desert Storm.  My colleagues stood up and walked 
> out on me during my remarks.
>
> And then, when I decided to run for the United States Congress, I knew 
> that the foundation of all U.S. policy?whether domestic or foreign--had to 
> be:  respect for human rights.
>
> So, when the marginalized and dispossessed of the world came to me, I did 
> my best to help them.
>
> There was no room in my view for policies promoting nuclear weapons, NATO 
> expansion, or discrimination against any person, group, or country.  I 
> voted against every Pentagon budget that came before Congress.
>
> I introduced legislation to stop the transfer of U.S. weapons to regimes 
> that did not respect human rights and to eliminate the use of depleted 
> uranium.
>
> I spoke out against President Clinton?s sanctions against Iraq, and 
> President George W. Bush?s war against and occupation of Iraq.
>
> I represented the Congressional Black Caucus at the Durban World 
> Conference Against Racism, despite intense pressure to not attend in order 
> to avoid a discussion of Zionism.
>
> I worked with a team of internationally-respected lawyers to prosecute 
> Sharon, Barak, and Netanyahu for war crimes as well as those responsible 
> for incitement of genocide in Gujurat, India.
>
> I even turned down a politician?s dream: fame, fortune, and re-election if 
> I would just get arrested in front of the Sudan Embassy and let a famous 
> Zionist lawyer bail me out of jail.
>
> Underlying it all was my belief that the Universal Declaration of Human 
> Rights ought to have universal application.  Afterall, it was Dr. King who 
> reminded us that justice is indivisible:  injustice anywhere is a threat 
> to justice everywhere.
>
> But when the subject was justice for Palestine, while I stood my ground, 
> the political resolve underneath me dissolved beneath my feet.
>
> When the pro-Israel Lobby targeted me for defeat, even lifelong family 
> friends abandoned me and those I thought stood for principle, shrank in 
> utter fear.
>
> For all the talk about justice, the principles underlying the Universal 
> Declaration of Human Rights melted away when the topic was Palestine.  Or 
> any other project of the pro-Israel Lobby.  Like Durban, Sudan, Rwanda, 
> Congo, or protecting their interests in Blood Diamonds.  Unfortunately for 
> me, all the issues I had taken on with great enthusiasm pitted me for the 
> people, but against the interests of the powerful pro-Israel Lobby.
>
> And then, they decided in 2002 that I had to go.
>
> That came after I questioned the Bush Administration?s version of what 
> happened on September 11, 2001.  The pro-Israel lobby activated its 
> operatives inside both the Republican and Democratic Parties, and I lost 
> my campaign for re-election to Congress.
>
> Even though, two years later, in 2004, I ran again and regained my seat, I 
> still wore a target on my forehead.  And again, pro-Israel, pro-war 
> Democrats and Republicans joined to oust me from Congress in 2006, when I 
> was the only Democratic Member of Congress to lose reelection.  The 
> significance of the 2006 election was this:
>
> The very first bill to fund the war came up for a vote  and passed with 
> exactly the number of votes required.  Had I been there to cast my no 
> vote, the bill would have failed.  It became clear to me that the ?War 
> Party? inside the United States, that consists of pro-war elements inside 
> both the Democratic and Republican parties, do a darn good job of making 
> sure they control enough Congressional votes to keep our country at war.
>
> So, after leaving Congress in January of 2007, I declared my independence 
> from every bomb dropped, every child killed, and every veteran maimed as a 
> part of the U.S. war machine.
>
> In 2008, the Green Party, the largest of the small parties in the U.S., 
> nominated me to lead their ticket and I ran for President.
>
> And now, I?m trying to launch ?Dignity,? a movement for peace and justice 
> inside the United States as a counter to the war party.
>
> So, the day after Israel began bombing Gaza, the co-founder of the Free 
> Gaza Movement asked me to travel the next day to Gaza with some doctors 
> and deliver 3 tons of medical supplies.  It didn?t take me 5 minutes to 
> say yes.
>
> And so began my voyage aboard the pleasure boat, Dignity, that was rammed 
> in international waters by an Israeli warship and that almost cost me my 
> life.
>
> Onboard the Dignity was Sami El-Hajj?the Al Jazeera reporter from Sudan 
> who, while covering the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan, was 
> captured and became known as prisoner 345 in Guantanamo for six years. 
> Once again, I came face to face with a victim of U.S. war policy, against 
> Afghanistan and also against his home country of Sudan.  I apologized to 
> him.
>
> Dr. David Halpin is here.  Stand up Dr. Halpin.  He was onboard the 
> Dignity with me and is the one who told me to prepare myself mentally to 
> die after the Israelis attacked us.  He also noticed that I had my life 
> jacket on upside down and helped me put it on right side up after we had 
> been rammed.
>
> It is clear that those who favor war use every trick in the book to rob us 
> of our human dignity.  And then, feeling powerless, we allow them to do to 
> us what they want.
>
> But effective resistance requires that perpetrators of crime, especially 
> torture, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against the peace, be brought to 
> justice.
>
> It?s a shame that I have to even say that.  But currently, we have a 
> situation in which the killer of one might go to jail, but the killer of 
> one hundred thousand is invited to peace talks.   It seems that in this 
> upside down world, the more one kills, the more impunity one acquires. 
> But true justice requires the absence of impunity.
>
> And that?s what brings us here today.  We want to criminalize war.  Many 
> people?s tribunals have been initiated precisely because of the lack of 
> justice in the politicized courts of the United States, and increasingly, 
> in the world Courts.  Those with political power have been able to seize 
> these courts and manipulate them to favor injustice.
>
> This includes the conduct of the International Criminal Court, which to 
> date, has not engendered hope.  In his piece entitled ?White Collar War 
> Crimes, Black African Fall Guys,? investigative journalist Keith Snow 
> writes:
>
> ?First note that the ICC can now be viewed as a tool of hegemonic U.S. 
> foreign policy, where the weapons deployed by the U.S. and its allies 
> include the accusations of, and indictments for, human rights violations, 
> war crimes and crimes against humanity.  To understand this, we can ask 
> why no white man has yet been charged with these or other offenses at the 
> ICC, which now holds five black African warlords and seeks to incarcerate 
> and bring to trial another black man, also an Arab, Omar Bashir. Why hasn?t 
> George W. Bush been indicted? Or what about Donald Rumsfeld? Dick Cheney? 
> Henry Kissinger? Ehud Olmert? Tony Blair??
>
> The sad fact is that the International Criminal Court has become terribly 
> politicized, as has the entire international justice apparatus.  The ICC 
> has issued indictments, for the first time in history, against a sitting 
> head of state. Meanwhile, according to Snow, an Israeli weapons dealer, 
> also a reputed Mossad operative, is revealed to be shipping weapons into 
> Sudan with Pentagon support.
>
> And Belgium changed its law rather than prosecute Ariel Sharon for war 
> crimes.  The double standard cries out to us.
>
> One country in the West, however, increasingly stands out as a place where 
> justice can be found?and that is Spain.  With its landmark indictment of 
> Pinochet and its current consideration of Israeli war crimes in Lebanon 
> and U.S. torture in Guantanamo, we increasingly look to the Spanish Courts 
> with hope.  It was the Spanish courts that returned indictments against 
> Rwandan soldiers for genocide even as the world coddles U.S. proxy Rwanda 
> and its leader, Paul Kagame.
>
> Now, why is curbing impunity important?  Just this week Israel and the US 
> admitted that Israel murdered approximately 800 refugees as Israel 
> attacked Sudan in January and February using unmanned killer drones.
>
> Israel unleashed death squads to commit targeted assassinations all over 
> the world.
>
> To save the Palestinians from Israel, is to save the rest of us from 
> Israeli abuse, and of course, saves the Israelis from themselves.  Even 
> Israeli soldiers are telling the sad truth about Gaza.  Doctors tell us 
> that Gaza was a weapons testing laboratory.  The world is rightly outraged 
> about Israeli Operation Cast Lead. And of the Sudan operation, of which we 
> are only just now learning, Olmert is reported to have said:  "There is no 
> place where Israel cannot operate. There is no such place."
>
> Now, I?ve been questioned about my passion because I?m not Arab; I?m not 
> Muslim; why do I care so much about justice in Palestine?
>
> My answer is this:  I struggle every day for the human rights and dignity 
> of blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Muslims, Arabs, the poor and others 
> discriminated against in America.
>
> I learned from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who broke with his friends in 
> the civil rights movement because they did not want to alienate themselves 
> from President Johnson by criticizing the Vietnam War.  Dr. King decided 
> that conscience compelled him to speak out against the war even if it 
> meant losing his friends.  Even if it meant losing his life.  And when 
> asked about it, Dr. King said that he had fought segregation too long to 
> segregate his moral concerns.
>
> The people of the world want war criminals held accountable.  Bolivia 
> wants to hold Israeli leaders accountable for their crimes in Gaza.  The 
> International Criminal Court says it is investigating whether Israel 
> committed war crimes in Gaza.  Now is the time for us to stand firm.
>
> That?s why I support the Malaysia Peace Organization, the Brussels 
> Tribunal, the Hurricane Katrina Tribunal, and other efforts to hold 
> national leadership accountable for their actions.  And I specifically 
> support Malaysia?s efforts to criminalize war.
>
> Because of what happened to our Dignity boat while in international 
> waters, the Free Gaza Movement wants to bring Israel to justice for its 
> war crime against us.
>
> I applaud George Galloway?s success in entering Gaza by land.  The Free 
> Gaza Movement will try again by sea.
>
> I paid the ultimate political price for standing by the idea that the 
> Universal Declaration of Human Rights ought to have universal application. 
> You can rest assured that I will do all I can to promote dignity, a vision 
> of peace that relies on truth and justice for all of us.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Apr  1 13:21:19 2009
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:21:19 -0400
Subject: {news} Voting on Prop 382 on death penalty
Message-ID: <A9C71255CDEB4E2E9ABFA84857E5E492@JUSTINE>

Dear Charlie, Tim and Cliff, 

Following up: Was there an answer to my question on the NC discussion list regarding what the intention is for this resolution on the death penalty?

I see none of you have voted yet. I urge you to vote no on this one based on my comments below.


Thanks, 
Justine McCabe
co-chair, International Committee, GPUS 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Justine McCabe 
To: Charlie Pillsbury ; Tim McKee ; clifford thornton 
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 3:32 PM
Subject: Comment on NC Prop 382


Hi all, 

 

RE: Prop 382 

 

This proposal appears to be redundant on the issue of the death penalty.

The USGP platform is quite clear in our opposition to it, a position which the IC and US delegation to the Federation of the Green Parties of the Americans (FPVA) has reiterated clearly to Mexican Greens, including at the last FPVA meeting in Quebec, which I attended.

 

Given that, what's the purpose of this proposal?

 

For example, I'm concerned about what use might be made of the following statement in it:

"Therefore the Green Party of the United States declares its unequivocal 
support for Section 6:10 of the Global Greens Charter and urges in the 
strongest terms that all member and observer parties of the FPVA and their 
elected officials and other representatives observe its practice in party 
policy and in legislation they advocate and support. "

Specifically, my question is whether there's any intent by CA to use this as a basis for USGP support for future sanctions against the Mexican Greens, actions like withdrawing USGP recognition from them as a GP, as the European Green Party recently have? 
http://www.europeangreens.org/cms/default/dok/269/269932.press_release_egp_withdraws_recognition.htm


If so, I would urge a no vote.  

 

Moreover, Prop 383 is insufficient in terms of articulating how to respond further to the Mexican Green policy.

 

In fact, as the CA authors of 382 know, IC member Tony Affigne, a delegate to the FPVA and facilitator of the FPVA meetings in Quebec has agreed to draft a position paper for USGP-IC action on this.  He and Julia Willebrand (the another US-FPVA delegate and FPVA co-president) wrote to the IC last month saying,



"To help ensure that USGP engagement regarding the Mexican Greens' capital punishment initiative is genuinely forward-looking, diplomatic, and effective, we are drafting a proposal for IC action, which incorporates two central elements: a. the USGP view on how the Global Green Charter is being violated b. the USGP view on the European Greens' censure of the Mexican Green Party."

 

In light of that, and a largely positive history between the US and Mexican Greens, I would urge voting no on this proposal as both unnecessary, given our platform, and insufficient as a plan for how USGP should best relate to the Mexican Greens on this issue in the future.     

 

 

Best regards, 

Justine

 
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From apbrison at hotmail.com  Wed Apr  1 14:16:18 2009
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:16:18 -0400
Subject: {news} FW: Register article on ward 10 campaign
In-Reply-To: <OLIVE-SERVER-281Np70000020f@OLIVE-SERVER-2.21-news.com>
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Hi!

 

Comment: Here is the article that appeard today in the Reg on page 3. I felt it was much better than the Independent article 2 weeks ago.

Please click on the following link to read the item:
 
 http://epaper.nhregister.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TkhSLzIwMDkvMDQvMDEjQXIwMDMwMA==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom 


 
 For AOL users: <a href= "http://epaper.nhregister.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TkhSLzIwMDkvMDQvMDEjQXIwMDMwMA==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom">http://epaper.nhregister.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TkhSLzIwMDkvMDQvMDEjQXIwMDMwMA==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom</a>  

 

Allan

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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Wed Apr  1 22:07:41 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:07:41 -0400
Subject: {news} USGP-INT Voting period begins on IC Proposal: Draft Statement
 on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Call for BDS endorsement
In-Reply-To: <49D3EFFF.4030408@feinstein.org>
References: <49297.76.114.182.45.1238556383.squirrel@www.hvgreens.org>
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> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:51:43 -0700
> From: mfeinstein at feinstein.org
> To: usgp-int at gp-us.org
> Subject: Re: USGP-INT Voting period begins on IC Proposal: Draft Statement on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Call for BDS endorsement
> 
> Putting aside questions about the overall lack of legitimacy of the IC 
> (now that there has been widespread discussion before the NC of the IC's 
> lack of approved rules), as there has not been a clear IC membership 
> confirmed and as the IC Co-chair elections were not held in accordance 
> with the IC's unapproved rules, I do not believe a legitimate 
> decision-making process can follow from those parameters.
> 
> Therefore there is no vote for me to cast, because there is no official 
> process to vote in.
> 
> That being said, I also wish to make it clear that as an NC member, even 
> if the IC had the ability to make such a decision to forward any text 
> about any issue, I do not believe that GPUS Bylaws intend for the SC to 
> approve of a statement of this type.
> 
> Such a statement is under the jurisdiction of the NC, not the SC.
> 
> Mike Feinstein
> GPCA
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Apr  2 02:06:31 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 01:06:31 -0500
Subject: {news} CTGP flyers
Message-ID: <BLU109-DAV2170D033441BF7652D744D6880@phx.gbl>

Thanks again to Jerry, we have two more flyers.  The following are now all
available for download from http://www.ctgreens.org/platform.shtml
    *      The Green Party of Connecticut
    *      Be Counted for the Environment
    *      Ten Key Values
    *      Universal Healthcare: Single Payer Is the Only Answer
    *      Reducing Global Warming Requires Leadership
    *      Nuclear Power: Neither Clean nor Green
    *      Drug Policy: Ending the "War on Drugs" with Real Solutions
    *      Making Your Vote Count: Instant Runoff Voting

If anyone has access to cheap copying, we should print up a bunch of these
flyers for distribution at the April 25 annual meeting.

I've added an announcement of the convention to the homepage
http://www.ctgreens.org

David Bedell



From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Apr  2 18:32:16 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:32:16 -0500
Subject: {news} Remy Chevalier in Norwich Bulletin
Message-ID: <BLU109-DAV12357E271F3FF8B4B6BE5D6880@phx.gbl>

Remy sticks up for nonviolence and the environment:
"Don't burn it down, recycle the lumber."

By the way, you can learn more about the environmental library in Norwalk at
http://www.the-aquarium.org

David Bedell

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x1098980458/Connecticut-member-says-Earth-First-an-education-group

Connecticut member says Earth First an education group

By Norwich Bulletin
Posted Mar 31, 2009 @ 11:26 PM

A Connecticut member of Earth First called the environmental group a
"coalition of loose cannons, if you will." But he said the letter
threatening the Plainfield Renewable Energy project and its principals
sounded more like a radical group that uses arsons and firebombings to make
its environmental point.

Remy Chevalier, director of the Environmental Library Fund in Weston, says
his group has been a chapter of Earth First for 20 years. He said Earth
First, an umbrella organization for local environmental groups, is more
about education. For example, he says an environmental reference library in
Norwalk has about 20,000 books. Chevalier says his focus is on working to
shut down the Indian Point nuclear facility in Westchester County, N.Y.

The Plainfield letter says the power plant's proposed site has been
contaminated. It also identified contacts at Earth First Journal. A person
who answered the phone at the Tucson, Ariz., office said he was not aware of
the letter, or PRE.

"We are a newspaper," said the man, who identified himself as Jezebel
Dreamboat. "We're in Tucson and we just make the newspaper. I don't know who
sent (the letter)."

Chevalier said the Plainfield threat sounds more like something that would
come from the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), a radical band of environmental
activists.

Earth Liberation Front

The North American Earth Liberation Front press office Web site says ELF "is
an international underground organization that uses direct action in the
form of economic sabotage to stop the exploitation and destruction of the
natural environment. The ELF understands that environmental destruction is
driven by the pursuit of monetary gain by corporations and the governments
that allow them to act. Sensibly, the ELF inflicts severe economic damage on
these corporations and governmental entities in an attempt to convince them
that the lives of humans, animals and the natural environment are more
important and precious than financial gains."

The press office, based in New York, did not return a phone call Tuesday.

Last week, an ELF member was sentenced to three years in prison for
attempting to firebomb two buildings at a Michigan university in 2001.

Arsons in several states have resulted in tens of millions of dollars in
losses, including to private homes. The group, a loose connection of
individual cells, is reported to be headquartered in Oregon.

"(ELF members) burned down a ski resort that was encroaching on a national
park," Chevalier said of a 1998 incident in Colorado that caused $12 million
in damage. "If they wanted to be successful, they would have shut down the
resort and recycled the lumber.

"Fighting fire with fire doesn't make logical sense."

Copyright ? 2009 GateHouse Media, Inc. Some Rights Reserved.
Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons
license, except where noted.



From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Apr  2 18:38:03 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:38:03 -0500
Subject: {news} RE: Register article on ward 10 campaign
Message-ID: <BLU109-DAV135ABEBD06BAB34FCC18E5D6880@phx.gbl>

And here's the Yale Daily News take on the race:

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/28239
Yale Daily News
Published: Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Eli eyes Ward 10 seat

By Martine Powers
Staff Reporter

Ward 1 is not the only New Haven district to feature a Yale student as a
candidate in the aldermanic race. Justin Elicker FES '10 SOM '10 said
Tuesday that he will challenge Ward 10 Alderman Allan Brison for his seat,
which represents many graduate students who live in the East Rock
neighborhood.

Although he moved to New Haven just two years ago to pursue a joint master's
degree program at Yale, Elicker, 33, said has become intimately attached to
the city in a short period of time. But Brison, the Board of Aldermen's lone
Green Party member, said he believes that Elicker's inexperience and
Democratic Party affiliation will be detrimental to the city.

In an interview Tuesday, Elicker said he plans to pursue a three-pronged
platform during his campaign: environmental issues, governmental
transparency and neighborhood issues, such as crime and traffic safety.
Recently, Elicker's has been a co-leader of Friends of East Rock Park, a
neighborhood organization that organizes community get-togethers and park
clean-up projects, and he has worked to pass several pieces of
environment-friendly legislation, such as the new ordinance that requires
city janitors to use natural, healthy cleaning products.

Elicker, a native of New Canaan, Conn., and a graduate of Middlebury
College, said he also wants to encourage more Yale students to become
involved in the city's political processes. Because graduate students living
in the East Rock area often stay in New Haven for only a few years, they
usually do not know who their alderman is or where to go to vote, Elicker
said.

That, Elicker said, should change.

"Getting more citizens involved in local politics - it's pretty easy to do,"
he said. "It's a simple matter of getting the word out to them."

Although Elicker said he plans to remain in New Haven after he graduates and
is currently looking to buy a house, he has only spent two New Haven, which
may prove an obstacle in his quest for the aldermanic seat. But Elicker
maintained that he is committed to learning as much as he can as quickly as
possible.

"I'm deeply dedicated to staying here," he said. "There's so much that I
have to learn, a lot that I have to understand, but the issues fascinate me,
and I have a huge drive to understand the issues."

Brison, who is in his first term as the Ward 10 alderman, said Tuesday that
Elicker's commitment to running as a Democratic candidate will not add
anything to the Board of Aldermen. Brison said it is important that there
continues to be a third-party alderman on the board because it allows a
degree of autonomy in suggesting legislation and representing constituents.

"I have an independence that a lot of other Democrats don't have," Brison
said. "More than many other aldermen, I am able to exert that independence,
and being a Green Party candidate underscores that."

Elicker would likely become a pawn of Mayor John DeStefano Jr., Brison
argued, and would have a difficult time challenging the opinions of other
members of the board.

But Elicker maintained that his choice to run as a Democrat was a pragmatic
decision that will allow him to create more relationships with other
aldermen and help to pass meaningful legislation. But, although Elicker is
running as a Democrat in a city with primarily Democratic representatives,
has the backing that fact would not prevent him from expressing views that
run contrary to those his party, he said.

"I'm an independent thinker, and I'm confident that I can stand up for
myself and for my beliefs," Elicker said.

Elicker said he has already been in contact with several members on the
Board of Aldermen, including Board of Aldermen President Carl Goldfield and
Ward 14 Alderwoman Erin Sturgis-Pascale about the seat. Sturgis-Pascale, who
has worked previously with Elicker on the Safe Streets campaign, said
Elicker has the political finesse to build coalitions on the board and pass
meaningful legislation.

"It takes a while to figure out how things work on the board, and I think
some people are more inclined than others to step into that role more
readily," Sturgis-Pascale said. "Justin has a high capacity to deliver and
aggressively push an agenda."

So far, Elicker is running unopposed for the Ward 10 Democratic nomination.
The general election will be held on November 3.




From efficacy at msn.com  Sun Apr  5 18:31:47 2009
From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton)
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:31:47 -0400
Subject: {news} "The Real Cost of the War on Drugs"  Thursday, April 16th,
	12:15 to 1:30pm.
Message-ID: <BLU128-DS47176F16EA3AAC2063F4FD1870@phx.gbl>



 

 

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President, Efficacy

 

"The Real Cost of the War on Drugs"

 

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=  billions for incarceration, interdiction, and incarceration

=  public health consequences (HIV, HepC)

=  20 million children orphaned

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=  90% policy failure

 

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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Sun Apr  5 13:51:37 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 13:51:37 -0400
Subject: {news} :[nectcoalition] NYC Demo - tv link
In-Reply-To: =?US-ASCII?B?PHN5bXBhLjEyMzg5NDcyMzUuMjczMjEuNTA0QGxpc3RzLnJp?=
	=?US-ASCII?B?c2V1cC5uZXQ+AA==?=
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> To: nectcoalition at lists.riseup.net
> From: westerfield at sysmatrix.net
> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:01:20 -0700
> Subject: [nectcoalition] NYC Demo - tv link
> 
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> The NECCP&J had a successful bus trip into NYC for the Peace March on April
> 4th. Below is a link to a TV report on Channel 1 in NYC, with our very own
> John Schwenk.
> The Coalition did however have to spend $350 of it's own money to pay for our
> journey. If you would like to make a donation to help us replenish our events
> fund, please contact Chris or Max at 456-1804 or email
> wentworthmax at sbcglobal.net These funds make it possible for the NECCP&J to pay
> for local Peace and Justice events, as well as charter buses to national
> events.
> Peace and Thanks!
> 
> http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/politics/96842/protesters-hold-second-day-s-march-on-wall-street/Default.aspx 
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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Sun Apr  5 19:17:16 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:17:16 -0400
Subject: {news} My vote (Re: Changing My Vote from "Abstain" to "Yes")
In-Reply-To: <b64fc4190904051456j520469d8g66a41a5764285239@mail.gmail.com>
References: <235726.43923.qm@web30701.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<b64fc4190904051456j520469d8g66a41a5764285239@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BLU132-W28100B6B36D26B5C088DFDBD870@phx.gbl>



 


Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 14:56:52 -0700
From: sanda at greens.org
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org
Subject: Re: USGP-INT My vote (Re: Changing My Vote from "Abstain" to "Yes")

I have been asked to submit my vote.  I appreciated that my vote was of significant enough value to some, that the request was made.  

I have no doubts that Israel's governments treatment of the Palestinian people is totally unacceptable and there can be no call for equal treatment for Palestinian attacks on Israel as the balance of power is so greatly skewed.  I may not be saying this well...others have said it so much better before me.  I appreciated reading of Alan's concern about the proposal, but his deciding to change his vote from abstain to yes as a support for the IC.  I also share some of Richard's concerns and his reasons to change his vote for abstain to yes to support the IC, and as a protest as he is "ashamed at the rancor demonstrated by some Greens."  I am concerned about the rancor demonstrated by some Greens (not just in this situation, but all over the party), the lack of trust, and the lack of a new model of communication that I feel we should be embodying.  However, although I certainly would not call this committee "inactive," and rather have found it to be one of the most active committees in GPUS, and one in which there has generally been civil communication, I still have lots of concerns about the policies and procedures of this committee, do not feel the recent election was properly vetted, have some concern with the committee acting too autonomously in the past, and do not feel the IC should be taking any action until its P&Ps are written and approved.  I do think the IC should have taken the responsibility to do that before it was pushed to do so, and should continue with that procedure until complete.  For that reason, I do not feel I can vote yes, no, or abstain at this time.

I began composing a lengthy email to this committee on some of these issues about a week ago...unfortanately, despite spending hours on it, it did not get past my draft folder.  I will try to find time to get back to it soon, so that I can better share my thinking.  Please don't assume that I am either agreeing.... or disagreeing, with Mike F, or disagreeing...or agreeing, with his strongest detractors on this committee.  Whether good or bad, or both, I do seem to have the ability to look at more than one POV at a time.


On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 2:13 PM, alanisa green <alanisagreen at yahoo.com> wrote:


Hi everyone.

I vote yes. I retain the reservations I've previously expressed.

As I noted earlier, there is much in the statement I agreee with. I continue to be concerned about whether the GP, or the IC as its "action arm" on this issue, will have the will and/or capacity to carry out the Resolution if passed. Much more importantly, at least to me, I continue to be deeply troubled about our Party taking the "lead" on this issue internationally. This especially in view of an absence of bi-lateral, or multi-lateral discusssions between us and other Green Parties on the issue.

I want to be clear on this: I support BDS, and did so at the ETO conference in Dearborn. Israel's Occupation must end. The Palestinian people exist, and their full rights, including the right to a National State (2 state solution), or if they and the Israeli people wish, a bi-national State (1 state solution) must be fully recognized and supported by our Party. BDS is a reasonable way to make the point. (Side note: The Palestinian People have the right to elect secular or religious political leaders. Perhaps more on this later.)

A couple other points.

I don't think reacting to internal discord, or even flatly unprincipled maneuvering, is a good justification for passing this Resolution. That's basically the only disagreement I have with Richard's "post," appended below. I "responded" to his note (ie by including his subject line in my subject line) to emphasize how much I agree with the overall tone and content of his message.

I'm sufficiently exercised about this that I will comment directly.

1. I have no doubt Amy Vas Nunes holds strongly held views on this issue, and that she feels frustrated and angry by both the content of the Resolution, and by the general trend within the Party on the question of Israel/Palestine over the past few years. But angry notes, some back-channel and smacking of ad-hominem rancor, with seemingly little or no attention to niceties such as grammar, spelling or (content) accuracy, is not a way to advance an effective argument.

2. Some years ago, Mike Feinstein's role--indeed even his capacity to serve as an advisor to the IC--was challenged. The challenge seemed to have its origins in an internal battle within the GP of California. This came to public view in a dispute that led to a criminal investigation. When Tony G recently posted to this list, it was this investigation (of Mike Feinstein, in particular) which the article he appended was referring to. As Mike pointed out, what Tony G omitted (I think most likely because the "allegation" got way more "press" than the "Feinstein cleared" material) was that the investigation "cleared" Feinstein. I mention this at some length because I suspect many members of the IC were not on the IC when this took place. And, I mention it because (partly because of my experience as a criminal defense attorney) I developed a rather lengthy analysis of the claims or "charges" against Feinstein. To cut to the chase, I (at the very least)
 strongly questioned whether the allegations against him had merit. The IC resisted the efforts to remove Feinstein as an advisor to our committee; the IC's stand was, in relatively short order, vindicated.

Mike Feinstein has served the IC, either as an advisor, and now as a member, for several years. This fact, and the "history" I set forth in the above paragraph, is why I'm so disappointed in Mike's recent activity. If you felt, Mike, that the IC's "bylaw compliance" was inadequate, you've had years to make the point in the course of our regular work. If you only discovered what you now perceive as inadequate bylaw compliance after volunteering for the IC Election subcommittee, you had ample opportunity to raise the question on our list.

I admit that the "disconnect" between Mike's trusting the IC to "get it right" when his very capacity to serve as an advisor to the IC was (hotly!!) at issue, as contrasted with his unwillingness to trust the IC to "get it right" on "bylaws" makes me think that a political agenda may be at work here. I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise. But, if there is a political agenda involved, I for one would much appreciate Mike's setting it out forthrightly.

Well, that's enough for now.

Thanks to the IC members who have (solicitously) inquired about my health. Your care and concern means a lot to me.

Alan Kaufman


--- On Sun, 4/5/09, Richard Walton <richard at RichardJWalton.org> wrote:

> From: Richard Walton <richard at RichardJWalton.org>
> Subject: USGP-INT Changing My Vote from "Abstain" to "Yes"
> To: usgp-int at gp-us.org

> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 11:18 AM

 Hi, Although I originally voted to Abstain on the call for a BDS declaration as a consequence of Israel's cruel and bloody invastion of
Gaza, I have decided to change my vote to Yes. 

Although I had certain reservations about the declaration, in view of the ugly, and totally unfounded attacks on the International Committee that I
would hate anyone to think I shared, I have concluded that I must change my vote from Abstain to Yes.

I have been a Green longer than most, I have served in number capacities over the years and I have never, even in a party grown increasingly contentious, seen such unwarranted attacks on any Green Party entity. 

The International Committee has not been the tidiest of committees perhaps but rather an untidy committee that works hard and effectively than one that is procedurely perfect, if indeed there is such a one in the Green Party.

I have been ashamed at the rancor demonstrated by some Greens. We have  enough external adversaries without tearing ourselves apart because we
lack trust in each other and have not learned to disagree with civility.

YES! 
Peace. 
Richard Walton, RI.



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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Apr  6 10:52:30 2009
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:52:30 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: The Growing Belief in a One-State Solution
Message-ID: <C692B65E64B64905BC87773FF11362BD@JUSTINE>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Justine McCabe 
To: USGP International Committee 
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:50 AM
Subject: The Growing Belief in a One-State Solution


Omar Barghouti is one of the founders of PACBI, the academic and cultural boycott against Israel.

There is no "monolithic Jewish voice," Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti reminded, adding that it is anti-Semitic to claim otherwise. He pointed to the "disproportionate number of Jews" in the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel until Palestinian human rights are achieved."

Forwarded on Behalf of the Institute for Palestine Studies 


This column by the Institute's Senior Fellow, Nadia Hijab, was syndicated on 3 April 2009 by Agence Global.  The opinions in this piece are her own. The column may be circulated on listservs but may not be republished without permission from Agence Global. For contact information regarding rights and permissions see below.


The Growing Belief in a One-State Solution

By Nadia Hijab


Ehud Olmert's nightmare is at hand. Not only does the former Israeli prime minister now really have to fight those corruption charges. He also faces the realization of his fears that the Palestinians might give up on a two-state solution in favor of a struggle for equal rights that would mean, as he put it, the "end of the Jewish state."

Yo, Ehud, that struggle is a growing movement, and it isn't a threat to Jews -- on the contrary, Jews are very much a part of it.

Just last weekend in Boston, American and/or Israeli Jews accounted for nearly a third of the 29 speakers at a conference organized by TARI (Trans Arab Research Institute) with the William Joiner Center at the University of Massachusetts.

This is the second major public conference on how to achieve a single democratic state for Palestinians and Israelis. The first was held in London in November, and a third is slated for Toronto in June.

In a sign of the one-state movement's persistence, the conference was over-subscribed weeks before it was held; dozens were turned away because the hall only seated 500 people. Those who got in remained glued to their seats as one intense presenter followed another, in spite of limited time for questions and, on day two, no lunch.

For my part, I remain agnostic. As I said in my remarks at the conference, both states must provide equality for all their citizens -- Muslim, Jewish, or Christian, women or men, whatever their ethnicity. And, by the way, this isn't currently the case in either the established Israeli state or the putative Palestinian state.
 
In other words, even if two states are established, Israel cannot continue to be a state that privileges its Jewish citizens over its non-Jewish citizens. So either one or two states would mean the end of a Jewish state -- although not of the state of Israel.
 
Besides, I believe other vital challenges face the Palestinians, including how to keep Palestinians physically on the land of Palestine, and how to effectively and non-violently challenge a leadership that represents at best a quarter of the Palestinian people so as to prevent the abrogation of Palestinian rights.
 
I share the view of policy analyst Phyllis Bennis who warned at the conference that the United States might seek to impose a mini-state with minimal sovereignty and rights.
 
That's why my talk focused on an analysis of the sources of non-violent power available to the Palestinian people, including economic, moral, cultural, legal, and political power.

One important fact (simple but of utmost importance) was reiterated by several Palestinians -- from the occupied territories, from within Israel, and in exile. They said loud and clear that working for the one-state solution means working with Israeli Jews. As acting TARI chair Hani Faris put it, "The idea of one state cannot fly without a Palestinian wing and a Jewish wing."
 
Political scientist Laila Farsakh acknowledged this would be difficult given the anger Palestinians feel at Israel after Gaza and given their history of dispossession at Israel's hands. As one strategy to overcome this anger, she suggests a debate on identity that would cover the past and present role of Jews in resisting Zionism. Another is to examine treatment of Jews in Arab societies.
 
There is no "monolithic Jewish voice," Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti reminded, adding that it is anti-Semitic to claim otherwise. He pointed to the "disproportionate number of Jews" in the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel until Palestinian human rights are achieved.
 
And political scientist As'ad Ghanem emphasized that no one can decide for a people what their national consciousness is: "I know who I am as a Palestinian; I cannot decide for the Israelis who they are."
 
As for the Jews, several referred to the way that Zionism had subverted the values of Judaism, and highlighted alternative discourses. As law philosopher Ori Ben-Dor put it, "Zionism abuses the Jewish memory and the humanist message of the holocaust." Historian Norton Mezvinsky said Palestinians and other Arabs have not been the only victims of Zionism.
 
Historian Gabriel Piterberg held up the poetry of the late Avot Yeshurun as a model of blending narratives and identities by mixing Arabic and Yiddish idiom into Hebrew poetry. Anthropologist Smadar Lavie said a common struggle against the oppression of Jews of Arab descent and Palestinian Arabs offered a way out of Zionism towards co-existence. Historian Ilan Pappe pointed to many concrete "de-Zionising" projects on the ground, including shared kindergartens.
 
A remarkable aspect of the conference was the way nearly all speakers highlighted the Zionist project -- creating an exclusivist state -- as the root of the problem, and discussed ways to challenge it.
 
Civil rights advocate Nancy Murray and others suggested presenting the attack on Gaza in the context of how Israel was created as well as pointing to the parallels of the one-state discourse with the values Americans uphold.

One of the few - perhaps only - Zionist speakers at the conference, former deputy mayor of Jerusalem Meron Benvenisti, came to bury Zionism not to praise it. "As a Zionist, I wanted a Jewish state but that option is abrogated. The 'one state' is already here, the only question is what kind of state it will be." 

Many critiqued the two-state political platform as the "savior of Zionism" -- especially well argued by Nadim Rouhana. 
 
A shared theme was the urgent warning that future Israeli assaults on Palestinians cannot be ruled out. Ilan Pappe and this author drew the audience's attention to the Israeli High Court decision to allow 100 Israeli extremists, whose leader belonged to a banned Israeli party, to march in the Israeli Arab town of Umm El Fahem guarded by thousands of heavily armed Israeli security forces.
 
This is a scary echo of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's insistence on walking through Al Aqsa mosque, the spark that lit the second Palestinian Intifada in 2000 and set the stage for the brutal crushing of the Palestinian Authority in 2002. It is especially alarming given the loud calls for the transfer of the Israeli Arab population or denial of citizenship, most vociferously by Israel's new foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman.

A major theme was the need to reconstitute the Palestinian body politic. Political scientist Karma Nabulsi outlined existing efforts and strategies as she reviewed how the "discourse about solutions has derailed and disenfranchised the Palestinian popular collective and excludes the people as the source of legitimacy and sovereignty."
 
Several participants noted the need to move from discussion of the concept of one state to concrete strategies on how to get there to address not just agnosticism but outright opposition among many Palestinians, Israelis and the rest of the world. As law professor George Bisharat put it, one-staters need to address the "image that one state is utopian and unattainable."

Stating that "We are still at the first question," As'ad Ghanem offered a particularly frank critique. The Jewish state, the Islamic state and the two-state options all have more public support. The difficult questions are: 
. Who are the citizens of the one-state, Israeli or Palestinian?
. What would be its relationship to the Jewish Diaspora and the Arab national movement?
. How could Palestinians and Israelis be convinced it would serve their needs?
 
In offering concrete strategies, Omar Barghouti's examples included ways in which restitution of inherent rights could be achieved without harming acquired rights.
 
The discussion of concrete steps challenged my agnosticism. So did the passion and creativity of the debate. The best vision of the one-state solution does make the alternative debates "barren," Ghada Karmi put it.
 
Think about it. Who's defending the two-state option today? The Palestinian Authority, its case ever weaker against the decades-long clanging of Israeli bulldozers as they colonize Palestinian land and demolish homes.
 
And the realists in the United States, Europe, and Israel, whose core argument is that a Palestinian state is the only way to save a majority Jewish state -- an argument that does not inspire. 

Those who support a two-state solution must do better if they want to hang on to hearts and minds. For, make no mistake, as American politicians are fond of saying, the adherents of the one-state movement share a faith. And fear and brute force - whether exercised by Israel, America, or the Palestinian Authority - are no match for faith. 

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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Apr  9 18:45:34 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:45:34 -0400
Subject: {news} Brison Calls For Noise Barriers
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http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/04/brison_calls_fo.php

Brison Calls For Noise Barriers
by Melissa Bailey | April 8, 2009 3:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (22) 



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Melissa Bailey File PhotoAs campaign season heats up, Alderman Allan Brison introduced his first piece of original legislation: A non-binding resolution calling on the state to put sound barriers in the Cedar Hill neighborhood.

Brison (pictured), a one-term alderman in East Rock's Ward 10, is the board's only Green Party member among 28 Democrats and one Republican. He's fighting off a challenge from environmental activist and Democrat Justin Elicker.

Brison's resolution, approved by unanimous consent at Monday's Board of Aldermen meeting, came three weeks after his challenger announced his candidacy in this Independent story. The bill was a sign that the competition may be a galvanizing force, and that Cedar Hill, an often-neglected, impoverished corner of the ward, may again prove a battleground in the campaign leading up to a November election.

Brison announced his proposal in an email sent Sunday by a campaign volunteer, Patricia Kane of Dwight Street. The resolution calls on the state Department of Transportation "to install an urgently needed sound barrier along the State Street entrance to highway I-91 South and Warren Place." (Click here to read the text.)

The resolution is not binding. It is meant to encourage state legislators to appropriate funds according to aldermen's wishes.

After the vote, Brison explained that the I-91 on-ramp is carved out of what used to be a two-way, residential street. A half-dozen houses on Warren Place lie uncomfortably close to the on-ramp. People who live there have long been complaining about the fumes and noises of the highway, not to mention the litter cast aside by motorists getting on the Interstate, he said.

Brison said he hoped to rush the proposal through unanimous consent so that the state legislature could see the resolution before their session ends in May. He said he has run the idea by one legislator, New Haven State Sen. Martin Looney.

"If this is something residents want, then the Senate Majority Leader will support it and bring his constituents' concerns to DOT," said Looney's spokesman, Derek Slap, Tuesday. "Unfortunately in these difficult times it will be an uphill battle."

Aldermen passed a similar, non-binding resolution last year to ask for noise barriers in the Hill, where the DOT tore down trees lining a park to make way for highway expansion. Those barriers remain years away from erection.

Would Brison's bill have the power to spur action from the state? The alderman replied that the message would be sent to all state delegates. Brison said he has his sights set on money set aside for highway beautification.

"There's a good chance that stimulus money might be available," he added.

The proposal was Brison's first piece of original legislation since he took office in January '08. 

"I have signed on to a few things," he said, including a piece of green cleaning legislation. He said he played a pivotal role on that bill.

"It's more of a question of having been around for a year and getting better advice on how to move [legislation] forward," he said.

Brison's proposal shows an effort to focus on the Cedar Hill neighborhood, an eight-street enclave inside Ward 10 that has historically felt short-changed on city services. Feeling underrepresented in City Hall, leaders from that neighborhood inserted themselves in the last Ward 10 race in 2007 in debates and on the door-knocking trail, supporting Brison.

This year, one vocal neighborhood activist, Rebecca Turcio, has switched her support from Brison to Elicker. Another vocal Cedar Hill activist, Betty Thompson, questioned what Brison has done for the neighborhood and announced her support for Elicker, too.

Brison said while some from that neighborhood have lined up behind his opponent, others, including activist Ted Gardner, are supporting him.
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Apr  9 18:48:26 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:48:26 -0400
Subject: {news} Brison Calls For Noise Barriers
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(Let's try that again as plain text:)


http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/04/brison_calls_fo.php

Brison Calls For Noise Barriers

by Melissa Bailey | April 8, 2009 3:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (22)

As campaign season heats up, Alderman Allan Brison introduced his first
piece of original legislation: A non-binding resolution calling on the state
to put sound barriers in the Cedar Hill neighborhood.

Brison (pictured), a one-term alderman in East Rock's Ward 10, is the board'
s only Green Party member among 28 Democrats and one Republican. He's
fighting off a challenge from environmental activist and Democrat Justin
Elicker.

Brison's resolution, approved by unanimous consent at Monday's Board of
Aldermen meeting, came three weeks after his challenger announced his
candidacy in this Independent story. The bill was a sign that the
competition may be a galvanizing force, and that Cedar Hill, an
often-neglected, impoverished corner of the ward, may again prove a
battleground in the campaign leading up to a November election.

Brison announced his proposal in an email sent Sunday by a campaign
volunteer, Patricia Kane of Dwight Street. The resolution calls on the state
Department of Transportation "to install an urgently needed sound barrier
along the State Street entrance to highway I-91 South and Warren Place."
(Click here to read the text.)

The resolution is not binding. It is meant to encourage state legislators to
appropriate funds according to aldermen's wishes.

After the vote, Brison explained that the I-91 on-ramp is carved out of what
used to be a two-way, residential street. A half-dozen houses on Warren
Place lie uncomfortably close to the on-ramp. People who live there have
long been complaining about the fumes and noises of the highway, not to
mention the litter cast aside by motorists getting on the Interstate, he
said.

Brison said he hoped to rush the proposal through unanimous consent so that
the state legislature could see the resolution before their session ends in
May. He said he has run the idea by one legislator, New Haven State Sen.
Martin Looney.

"If this is something residents want, then the Senate Majority Leader will
support it and bring his constituents' concerns to DOT," said Looney's
spokesman, Derek Slap, Tuesday. "Unfortunately in these difficult times it
will be an uphill battle."

Aldermen passed a similar, non-binding resolution last year to ask for noise
barriers in the Hill, where the DOT tore down trees lining a park to make
way for highway expansion. Those barriers remain years away from erection.

Would Brison's bill have the power to spur action from the state? The
alderman replied that the message would be sent to all state delegates.
Brison said he has his sights set on money set aside for highway
beautification.

"There's a good chance that stimulus money might be available," he added.

The proposal was Brison's first piece of original legislation since he took
office in January '08.

"I have signed on to a few things," he said, including a piece of green
cleaning legislation. He said he played a pivotal role on that bill.

"It's more of a question of having been around for a year and getting better
advice on how to move [legislation] forward," he said.

Brison's proposal shows an effort to focus on the Cedar Hill neighborhood,
an eight-street enclave inside Ward 10 that has historically felt
short-changed on city services. Feeling underrepresented in City Hall,
leaders from that neighborhood inserted themselves in the last Ward 10 race
in 2007 in debates and on the door-knocking trail, supporting Brison.

This year, one vocal neighborhood activist, Rebecca Turcio, has switched her
support from Brison to Elicker. Another vocal Cedar Hill activist, Betty
Thompson, questioned what Brison has done for the neighborhood and announced
her support for Elicker, too.

Brison said while some from that neighborhood have lined up behind his
opponent, others, including activist Ted Gardner, are supporting him.



From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Sat Apr 11 12:22:50 2009
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:22:50 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: State Reports are now due (ARTICLES FOR GREEN PAGES)
Message-ID: <8C2D325CE10347C5866158C0EC1548F9@edgn2b574u14bi>

For privacy reasons, I've deleted the e-mail address below.  If you want to submit to the Green Pages, contact me for the e-mail address.
--Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: [deleted] 
To: undisclosed-recipients: 
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 5:34 PM
Subject: State Reports are now due



Hi Friends,



Articles for Green Pages are now being solicited.  Please send your state reports to me at [deleted].  A couple paragraphs is sufficient, but we do want to know what is going on in your state.

 

Please post the reports to me before the end of April.

 

Peace,

Barbara Rodgers-Hendricks

Green Party of Florida

Editor, "State Reports" Section of Green Pages
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From james at jameslavin.com  Mon Apr 13 17:44:13 2009
From: james at jameslavin.com (James Lavin)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:44:13 -0400
Subject: {news} As Dodd loses in polls- Time to draft a GREEN candidate for
	Senate in 2010??
Message-ID: <49E3B22D.20004@jameslavin.com>


A month ago, Tim McKee wrote 
(http://ml.greens.org/pipermail/ctgp-news/2009-March/003141.html):

Dear Greens,
 
Dodd is losing to Republicans in the polls. He is tainted with several 
scandals and conflicts of interests. Most people can trace the financial 
meltdown to his BIG money donations and looking the other way as the 
crooks made off with our money.
 
We have NOTHING to lose by running a candidate for U S Senate- we can't 
spoil this race at all! Odds are the republicans will WIN this seat!
 
Let us begin to discuss the race. I have one BIG TIME candidate in mind 
as a draft, and i want to win the race,, let;s begin dicussing this race 
on the FORUM list serve.
 
Tim McKee
(860) 778-1304

----

I could not agree more. Because Connecticut voters deserve/need a better 
2010 Senate option than Dodd vs. Simmons, I wondered who the Green Party 
is considering running. I visited your website and saw Mr. McKee's 
message, but it seems no one has yet replied.

My only foray into politics began in January 2006 when I read about a 
guy in Greenwich named Ned Lamont who was thinking about running for the 
Senate. People laughed at the idea of a complete unknown taking on Joe 
Lieberman, but I sat in Ned's office two months before he announced his 
campaign, and I urged him to run, saying he could win. As we met, 
Connecticut's powerful Democratic leaders kept calling and urging him 
not to run because they all supported Lieberman. I'm proud of the 
research and advice I gave Ned as he wrested the Democratic Party 
nomination from Lieberman. (I was scarcely involved in the general 
election because "professional" political consultants took over Ned's 
campaign.)

It's unlikely the Green Party candidate will win the Senate seat, but it 
IS a possibility... if the candidate runs an attention-grabbing 
grassroots campaign. Dodd's unpopularity and the public's (totally 
deserved) disgust with Republicans means voters will seriously consider 
a third option. And if the Green candidate grabs enough early attention, 
he/she could muscle his/her way into debates and -- at worst -- 
positively impact the debate and public consciousness and -- possibly -- 
shock the world by establishing the Green Party as a real alternative as 
the Republican Party continues to self-destruct.

I'm sick of corporate media and corporate political control. I'm beyond 
mad at our broken economy, our broken government, our broken healthcare 
system, our broken educational system, our broken electoral process, our 
broken regulatory bodies, and our our failing environment. About the 
only things not failing in America today are the prison-industrial 
complex, warfare spending, and incomprehensibly large taxpayer bailouts 
of failed megabanks... the same megabanks that blew up our economy and 
bought our politicians with campaign contributions. I've been mad for 
decades. In recent years, I've laughed my pain away with "The Daily 
Show" and "The Colbert Report," but the Obama Administration's 
continuation of the Bush Administration's pro-war, pro-big business, 
anti-privacy, and anti-Constitution policies proves our major parties 
are hopelessly addicted to green... money, that is, not the party.

Someone needs to act before we leave our children a country and a planet 
broken beyond repair. I doubt I'm the person for this challenge, but I 
sure hope someone waves the Green Party banner in 2010 and takes the 
fight to Dodd and Simmons on behalf of working people, 
small-enough-to-fail businesses, and future generations.

Cheers,

James Lavin


From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Mon Apr 13 17:13:57 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:13:57 -0400
Subject: {news} USGP-INT  The making of a myth
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From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:51:16 -0400
Subject: USGP-INT The making of a myth




 


From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com
To: a.gronowicz at att.net
Subject: RE: USGP-INT The making of a myth
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:29:33 -0400



I find this Anti Semitic, Amy
 


From: a.gronowicz at att.net
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:18:45 +0000
Subject: USGP-INT The making of a myth






Dr. SHLOMO ARGUES THAT THE IDEA OF A JEWISH NATION IS A MYTH INVENTED LITTLE MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO
By Jonathan Cook*

Dr. Shlomo argues that the idea of a Jewish nation is a myth invented little more than a century ago.

TEL AVIV - No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest academic work has spent 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list ? and that success has come to the history professor despite his book challenging Israel's biggest taboo.

Dr Shlomo Sand argues that the idea of a Jewish nation, whose need for a safe haven was originally used to justify the founding of the state of Israel, is a myth invented little more than a century ago. An expert on European history at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Sand drew on extensive historical and archaeological research to support not only this claim but several more, all equally controversial. In addition, he argues that the Jews were never exiled from the Holy Land, that most of today's Jews have no historical connection to the land called Israel and that the only political solution to the country's conflict with the Palestinians is to abolish the Jewish state. The success of "When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?" looks likely to be repeated around the world. A French edition, launched last month, is selling so fast that it has already had three print runs. Translations are under way into a dozen languages, including Arabic and English. But he predicted a rough ride from the pro-Israel lobby when the book is launched by his English publisher, Verso, in theUnited States next year. In contrast, he said Israelis had been, if not exactly supportive, at least curious about his argument. Tom Segev, one of the country's leading journalists, called the book "fascinating and challenging". Surprisingly, Dr. Sand said, most of his academic colleagues in Israel have shied away from tackling his arguments. One exception is Israel Bartal, a professor of Jewish history at Hebrew University inJerusalem. Writing in Haaretz, the Israeli daily newspaper, Dr. Bartal made little effort to rebut Dr Sand's claims. Paradoxically, he dedicated much of his article instead to defending his profession. He suggested that Israeli historians were not as ignorant about the invented nature of Jewish history as Dr. Sand contends. The idea for the book had come to him many years ago, Dr. Sand said, but he waited until recently to start working on it. "I cannot claim to be particularly courageous in publishing the book now," he said. "I waited until I was a full professor". There is a price to be paid in Israeli academia for expressing views of this sort.

Dr. Sand's main argument is that until little more than a century ago, Jews thought of themselves as Jews only because they shared a common religion. At the turn of the 20th century, he said, Zionist Jews challenged this idea and started creating a national history by inventing the idea that Jews existed as a people separate from their religion. Equally, the modern Zionist idea of Jews being obligated to return from exile to the Promised Land was entirely alien to Judaism, he added. Zionism changed the idea ofJerusalem. Before, the holy places were seen as places to long for, not to be lived in. For 2,000 years Jews stayed away from Jerusalem not because they could not return but because their religion forbade them from returning until the messiah came?

The biggest surprise during his research came when he started looking at the archaeological evidence from the biblical era. "I was not raised as a Zionist, but like all other Israelis I took it for granted that the Jews were a people living in Judea and that they were exiled by the Romans in 70AD. But once I started looking at the evidence, I discovered that the kingdoms of David and Solomon were legends. Similarly with the exile. In fact, youcan't explain Jewishness without exile. But when I started to look for history books describing the events of this exile, I couldn't find any. Not one. That was because the Romans did not exile people. In fact, Jews inPalestine were overwhelming peasants and all the evidence suggests they stayed on their lands". Instead, he believes an alternative theory is more plausible: the exile was a myth promoted by early Christians to recruit Jews to the new faith. Christians wanted later generations of Jews to believe that their ancestors had been exiled as a punishment from God. So if there was no exile, how is it that so many Jews ended up scattered around the globe before the modern state of Israel began encouraging them to "return"?

Dr. Sand said that, in the centuries immediately preceding and following the Christian era, Judaism was a proselytising religion, desperate for converts. This is mentioned in the Roman literature of the time. Jews travelled to other regions seeking converts, particularly in Yemen and among the Berber tribes of North Africa. Centuries later, the people of the Khazar kingdom in what is today south Russia, would convert en masse to Judaism, becoming the genesis of the Ashkenazi Jews of central andEastern Europe. Dr. Sand pointed to the strange state of denial in which most Israelis live, noting that papers offered extensive coverage recently to the discovery of the capital of the Khazar kingdom next to the Caspian Sea . Ynet, the website of Israel's most popular newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, headlined the story: "Russian archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capital". And yet none of the papers, he added, had considered the significance of this find to standard accounts of Jewish history. One further question is prompted by Dr. Sand's account, as he himself notes: if most Jews never left the Holy Land, what became of them? It is not taught in Israeli schools but most of the early Zionist leaders, including David Ben Gurion [Israel's first prime minister], believed that the Palestinians were the descendants of the area's original Jews. They believed the Jews had later converted to Islam. Dr. Sand attributed his colleagues' reticence to engage with him to an implicit acknowledgement by many that the whole edifice of "Jewish history" taught at Israeli universities is built like a house of cards. The problem with the teaching of history in Israel, Dr. Sand said, dates to a decision in the 1930s to separate history into two disciplines: general history and Jewish history. Jewish history was assumed to need its own field of study because Jewish experience was considered unique. "There's no Jewish department of politics or sociology at the universities. Only history is taught in this way, and it has allowed specialists in Jewish history to live in a very insular and conservative world where they are not touched by modern developments in historical research. I've been criticized in Israel for writing about Jewish history when European history is my specialty. But a book like this needed a historian who is familiar with the standard concepts of historical inquiry used by academia in the rest of the world".

*Jonathan Cook is a writer and journalist based in Nazareth, Israel. His latest books are " Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East" (Pluto Press) and "Disappearing Palestine: Israel's Experiments in Human Despair" (Zed Books). His website is www.jkcook.net  


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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Mon Apr 13 17:22:41 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:22:41 -0400
Subject: {news} USGP-INT The making of a myth
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 This is also Anti Semitic  Amy


From: a.gronowicz at att.net
To: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com
Subject: RE: USGP-INT The making of a myth
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:19:15 +0000



How about the following?--Tony



Moses and Monotheism

>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moses and Monotheism is a book by Sigmund Freud. It was first published in 1939. In it, Freud hypothesizes that Moses was actually born into Ancient Egyptian nobility and was perhaps a follower of Akhenaten, an ancient Egyptian monotheist. The book consists of three parts and is an extension of Freud's work on psychoanalytic theory as a means of generating hypotheses about historical events. Freud had similarly employed psychoanalytic theory to history in his much earlier work, Totem and Taboo.
In Moses and Monotheism, Freud contradicts the Biblical story of Moses with his own retelling of events claiming that Moses only led his close followers into freedom and that they subsequently killed Moses in rebellion either to his strong faith or to circumcision. Freud explains that years after the murder of Moses, the rebels formed a religion which promoted Moses as the Saviour of the Israelites. Freud said that theguilt from the murder of Moses is inherited through the generations; this guilt then drives the Jews to religion to make them feel better.
-------------- Original message from Amy Vas Nunes <amyvasnunes at hotmail.com>: -------------- 

I find this Anti Semitic, Amy
 


From: a.gronowicz at att.net
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:18:45 +0000
Subject: USGP-INT The making of a myth






Dr. SHLOMO ARGUES THAT THE IDEA OF A JEWISH NATION IS A MYTH INVENTED LITTLE MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO
By Jonathan Cook*

Dr. Shlomo argues that the idea of a Jewish nation is a myth invented little more than a century ago.

TEL AVIV - No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest academic work has spent 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list ? and that success has come to the history professor despite his book challenging Israel's biggest taboo.

Dr Shlomo Sand argues that the idea of a Jewish nation, whose need for a safe haven was originally used to justify the founding of the state of Israel, is a myth invented little more than a century ago. An expert on European history at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Sand drew on extensive historical and archaeological research to support not only this claim but several more, all equally controversial. In addition, he argues that the Jews were never exiled from the Holy Land, that most of today's Jews have no historical connection to the land called Israel and that the only political solution to the country's conflict with the Palestinians is to abolish the Jewish state. The success of "When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?" looks likely to be repeated around the world. A French edition, launched last month, is selling so fast that it has already had three print runs. Translations are under way into a dozen languages, including Arabic and English. But he predicted a rough ride from the pro-Israel lobby when the book is launched by his English publisher, Verso, in theUnited States next year. In contrast, he said Israelis had been, if not exactly supportive, at least curious about his argument. Tom Segev, one of the country's leading journalists, called the book "fascinating and challenging". Surprisingly, Dr. Sand said, most of his academic colleagues in Israel have shied away from tackling his arguments. One exception is Israel Bartal, a professor of Jewish history at Hebrew University inJerusalem. Writing in Haaretz, the Israeli daily newspaper, Dr. Bartal made little effort to rebut Dr Sand's claims. Paradoxically, he dedicated much of his article instead to defending his profession. He suggested that Israeli historians were not as ignorant about the invented nature of Jewish history as Dr. Sand contends. The idea for the book had come to him many years ago, Dr. Sand said, but he waited until recently to start working on it. "I cannot claim to be particularly courageous in publishing the book now," he said. "I waited until I was a full professor". There is a price to be paid in Israeli academia for expressing views of this sort.

Dr. Sand's main argument is that until little more than a century ago, Jews thought of themselves as Jews only because they shared a common religion. At the turn of the 20th century, he said, Zionist Jews challenged this idea and started creating a national history by inventing the idea that Jews existed as a people separate from their religion. Equally, the modern Zionist idea of Jews being obligated to return from exile to the Promised Land was entirely alien to Judaism, he added. Zionism changed the idea ofJerusalem. Before, the holy places were seen as places to long for, not to be lived in. For 2,000 years Jews stayed away from Jerusalem not because they could not return but because their religion forbade them from returning until the messiah came?

The biggest surprise during his research came when he started looking at the archaeological evidence from the biblical era. "I was not raised as a Zionist, but like all other Israelis I took it for granted that the Jews were a people living in Judea and that they were exiled by the Romans in 70AD. But once I started looking at the evidence, I discovered that the kingdoms of David and Solomon were legends. Similarly with the exile. In fact, youcan't explain Jewishness without exile. But when I started to look for history books describing the events of this exile, I couldn't find any. Not one. That was because the Romans did not exile people. In fact, Jews inPalestine were overwhelming peasants and all the evidence suggests they stayed on their lands". Instead, he believes an alternative theory is more plausible: the exile was a myth promoted by early Christians to recruit Jews to the new faith. Christians wanted later generations of Jews to believe that their ancestors had been exiled as a punishment from God. So if there was no exile, how is it that so many Jews ended up scattered around the globe before the modern state of Israel began encouraging them to "return"?

Dr. Sand said that, in the centuries immediately preceding and following the Christian era, Judaism was a proselytising religion, desperate for converts. This is mentioned in the Roman literature of the time. Jews travelled to other regions seeking converts, particularly in Yemen and among the Berber tribes of North Africa. Centuries later, the people of the Khazar kingdom in what is today south Russia, would convert en masse to Judaism, becoming the genesis of the Ashkenazi Jews of central andEastern Europe. Dr. Sand pointed to the strange state of denial in which most Israelis live, noting that papers offered extensive coverage recently to the discovery of the capital of the Khazar kingdom next to the Caspian Sea . Ynet, the website of Israel's most popular newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, headlined the story: "Russian archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capital". And yet none of the papers, he added, had considered the significance of this find to standard accounts of Jewish history. One further question is prompted by Dr. Sand's account, as he himself notes: if most Jews never left the Holy Land, what became of them? It is not taught in Israeli schools but most of the early Zionist leaders, including David Ben Gurion [Israel's first prime minister], believed that the Palestinians were the descendants of the area's original Jews. They believed the Jews had later converted to Islam. Dr. Sand attributed his colleagues' reticence to engage with him to an implicit acknowledgement by many that the whole edifice of "Jewish history" taught at Israeli universities is built like a house of cards. The problem with the teaching of history in Israel, Dr. Sand said, dates to a decision in the 1930s to separate history into two disciplines: general history and Jewish history. Jewish history was assumed to need its own field of study because Jewish experience was considered unique. "There's no Jewish department of politics or sociology at the universities. Only history is taught in this way, and it has allowed specialists in Jewish history to live in a very insular and conservative world where they are not touched by modern developments in historical research. I've been criticized in Israel for writing about Jewish history when European history is my specialty. But a book like this needed a historian who is familiar with the standard concepts of historical inquiry used by academia in the rest of the world".

*Jonathan Cook is a writer and journalist based in Nazareth, Israel. His latest books are " Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East" (Pluto Press) and "Disappearing Palestine: Israel's Experiments in Human Despair" (Zed Books). His website is www.jkcook.net  


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From: ralphferrucci at sbcglobal.net (RALPH FERRUCCI)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:38:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Re: CTGP-news Digest, Vol 57, Issue 11
Message-ID: <668196.11439.qm@web81002.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I wish we could stop using the word anti-semetic. Most people unkowning
use this word wrong. Palestinians are semites, European Jews and
American Jews are not.



Next Palestians and Jews both have the right to a homeland.



I am getting so tired of this bickering that I have stopped going to meetings and stopped participating in Green Party events.



The Green Party will cease to exist if everyone cannot come to an agreement on the Palestian/Isreal Conflict.



Keep in mind if you support Isreals right to exist and not Palestines
or Palestines right to exist and not Isreals then you are not a Green.



We need to figure out as a party how to deal with this once and for all before there is noone left in this party.

Ralph Ferrucci

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 This is also Anti Semitic? Amy


From: a.gronowicz at att.net
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Subject: RE: USGP-INT The making of a myth
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:19:15 +0000



How about the following?--Tony



Moses and Monotheism

>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moses
and Monotheism is a book by Sigmund Freud. It was first published in
1939. In it, Freud hypothesizes that Moses was actually born into
Ancient Egyptian nobility and was perhaps a follower of Akhenaten, an
ancient Egyptian monotheist. The book consists of three parts and is an
extension of Freud's work on psychoanalytic theory as a means of
generating hypotheses about historical events. Freud had similarly
employed psychoanalytic theory to history in his much earlier work,
Totem and Taboo.
In Moses and Monotheism, Freud contradicts the
Biblical story of Moses with his own retelling of events claiming that
Moses only led his close followers into freedom and that they
subsequently killed Moses in rebellion either to his strong faith or to
circumcision. Freud explains that years after the murder of Moses, the
rebels formed a religion which promoted Moses as the Saviour of the
Israelites. Freud said that theguilt from the murder of Moses is
inherited through the generations; this guilt then drives the Jews to
religion to make them feel better.
-------------- Original message from Amy Vas Nunes <amyvasnunes at hotmail.com>: -------------- 

I find this Anti Semitic, Amy
 


From: a.gronowicz at att.net
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:18:45 +0000
Subject: USGP-INT The making of a myth






Dr. SHLOMO ARGUES THAT THE IDEA OF A JEWISH NATION IS A MYTH INVENTED LITTLE MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO
By Jonathan Cook*

Dr. Shlomo argues that the idea of a Jewish nation is a myth invented little more than a century ago.

TEL
AVIV - No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest
academic work has spent 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list ? and that
success has come to the history professor despite his book challenging
Israel's biggest taboo.

Dr Shlomo Sand argues that the idea of a
Jewish nation, whose need for a safe haven was originally used to
justify the founding of the state of Israel, is a myth invented little
more than a century ago. An expert on European history at Tel Aviv
University, Dr. Sand drew on extensive historical and archaeological
research to support not only this claim but several more, all equally
controversial. In addition, he argues that the Jews were never exiled
from the Holy Land, that most of today's Jews have no historical
connection to the land called Israel and that the only political
solution to the country's conflict with the Palestinians is to abolish
the Jewish state. The success of "When and How Was the Jewish People
Invented?" looks likely to be repeated around the world. A French
edition, launched last month, is selling so fast that it has already
had three print runs. Translations are under way into a dozen
languages, including Arabic and English. But he predicted a rough ride
from the pro-Israel lobby when the book is launched by his English
publisher, Verso, in theUnited States next year. In contrast, he said
Israelis had been, if not exactly supportive, at least curious about
his argument. Tom Segev, one of the country's leading journalists,
called the book "fascinating and challenging". Surprisingly, Dr. Sand
said, most of his academic colleagues in Israel have shied away from
tackling his arguments. One exception is Israel Bartal, a professor of
Jewish history at Hebrew University inJerusalem. Writing in Haaretz,
the Israeli daily newspaper, Dr. Bartal made little effort to rebut Dr
Sand's claims. Paradoxically, he dedicated much of his article instead
to defending his profession. He suggested that Israeli historians were
not as ignorant about the invented nature of Jewish history as Dr. Sand
contends. The idea for the book had come to him many years ago, Dr.
Sand said, but he waited until recently to start working on it. "I
cannot claim to be particularly courageous in publishing the book now,"
he !
 said. "I
 waited until I was a full professor". There is a price to be paid in Israeli academia for expressing views of this sort.

Dr.
Sand's main argument is that until little more than a century ago, Jews
thought of themselves as Jews only because they shared a common
religion. At the turn of the 20th century, he said, Zionist Jews
challenged this idea and started creating a national history by
inventing the idea that Jews existed as a people separate from their
religion. Equally, the modern Zionist idea of Jews being obligated to
return from exile to the Promised Land was entirely alien to Judaism,
he added. Zionism changed the idea ofJerusalem. Before, the holy places
were seen as places to long for, not to be lived in. For 2,000 years
Jews stayed away from Jerusalem not because they could not return but
because their religion forbade them from returning until the messiah
came?

The biggest surprise during his research came when he
started looking at the archaeological evidence from the biblical era.
"I was not raised as a Zionist, but like all other Israelis I took it
for granted that the Jews were a people living in Judea and that they
were exiled by the Romans in 70AD. But once I started looking at the
evidence, I discovered that the kingdoms of David and Solomon were
legends. Similarly with the exile. In fact, youcan't explain Jewishness
without exile. But when I started to look for history books describing
the events of this exile, I couldn't find any. Not one. That was
because the Romans did not exile people. In fact, Jews inPalestine were
overwhelming peasants and all the evidence suggests they stayed on
their lands". Instead, he believes an alternative theory is more
plausible: the exile was a myth promoted by early Christians to recruit
Jews to the new faith. Christians wanted later generations of Jews to
believe that their ancestors had been exiled as a punishment from God.
So if there was no exile, how is it that so many Jews ended up
scattered around the globe before the modern state of Israel began
encouraging them to "return"?

Dr. Sand said that, in the
centuries immediately preceding and following the Christian era,
Judaism was a proselytising religion, desperate for converts. This is
mentioned in the Roman literature of the time. Jews travelled to other
regions seeking converts, particularly in Yemen and among the Berber
tribes of North Africa. Centuries later, the people of the Khazar
kingdom in what is today south Russia, would convert en masse to
Judaism, becoming the genesis of the Ashkenazi Jews of central
andEastern Europe. Dr. Sand pointed to the strange state of denial in
which most Israelis live, noting that papers offered extensive coverage
recently to the discovery of the capital of the Khazar kingdom next to
the Caspian Sea . Ynet, the website of Israel's most popular newspaper,
Yedioth Ahronoth, headlined the story: "Russian archaeologists find
long-lost Jewish capital". And yet none of the papers, he added, had
considered the significance of this find to standard accounts of Jewish
history. One further question is prompted by Dr. Sand's account, as he
himself notes: if most Jews never left the Holy Land, what became of
them? It is not taught in Israeli schools but most of the early Zionist
leaders, including David Ben Gurion [Israel's first prime minister],
believed that the Palestinians were the descendants of the area's
original Jews. They believed the Jews had later converted to Islam. Dr.
Sand attributed his colleagues' reticence to engage with him to an
implicit acknowledgement by many that the whole edifice of "Jewish
history" taught at Israeli universities is built like a house of cards.
The problem with the teaching of history in Israel, Dr. Sand said,
dates to a decision in the 1930s to separate history into two
disciplines: general history and Jewish history. Jewish history was
assumed to need its own field of study because Jewish experience was
considered unique. "There's no Jewish department of politics or
sociology at the universities. Only history is taught in this way, and
it has allowed speciali!
 sts in J
ewish history to live in a
very insular and conservative world where they are not touched by
modern developments in historical research. I've been criticized in
Israel for writing about Jewish history when European history is my
specialty. But a book like this needed a historian who is familiar with
the standard concepts of historical inquiry used by academia in the
rest of the world".

*Jonathan Cook is a writer and journalist
based in Nazareth, Israel. His latest books are " Israel and the Clash
of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East"
(Pluto Press) and "Disappearing Palestine: Israel's Experiments in
Human Despair" (Zed Books). His website is www.jkcook.net? 


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From james at jameslavin.com  Tue Apr 14 17:56:44 2009
From: james at jameslavin.com (James Lavin)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:56:44 -0400
Subject: {news} Reply to Amy Vas Nunes' claim that "Dodd... has no real
 opposition and will easily be reelected"
Message-ID: <49E5069C.6030000@jameslavin.com>

Amy Vas Nunes replied to my post that "I THINK DODD HAS DONE SOME GOOD 
THINGS  ALSO BAD AND HAS NO REAL OPPOSITION AND WILL EASILY BE RELECTED. 
I THINK ITS A WASTE OF ENERGY AND ANY SMALL MONEY WE HAVE. WE REALLY 
NEED TO TARGET LIEBERMAN INSTEAD, AMY"

Thank you for responding, Amy. I agree the Green Party must use its 
money and energy strategically, but the 2010 Senate race is a HUGE 
opportunity for the Greens.

Lieberman must go, but he will face very serious opposition (if he even 
bothers to run a hopeless campaign). Joe can't win the Democratic Party 
nomination, and he will lose the general election to a strong Democrat, 
perhaps the now well-known and seasoned Ned Lamont.

The Green Party has a unique opportunity to compete for a U.S. Senate 
seat in 2010 because:

1) Dodd is crippled... not wounded, but crippled (see polling data 
below) because he's taken tens of millions from financial corporations 
and then helped them destroy our economy and suck up TRILLIONS in 
taxpayer bailouts. Dodd was at the center of the financial storm. He 
also inserted language that allowed bankrupt banks to keep paying fat 
bonuses and then lied about having done so. And "He didn't know he was 
getting special treatment from Countrywide. Then admitted he did know." 
(www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-rennie-dodd-election-stumble.artapr12,0,1823683.column). 
I could list many other huge problems, including Dodd being the author 
of HAVA (www.truevotect.org/resources/Dodd_mtg_2005.03.17.pdf; 
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4073), which spread unauditable blackbox 
electronic voting machines nationwide; and,

2) The "obvious" beneficiary of Dodd's demise is the Republican Party... 
but it itself is currently crippled. Republicans pushed harder for the 
de-regulation that killed our economy than anyone. CT residents today 
don't want to send a Republican to DC.

So the people of CT will REALLY be open-minded about third-party options 
in 2010. Given voter disgust with both Republicans and Dodd, the door's 
wide open for the Green Party.  It's truly a unique opportunity because 
voters are sick of corruption and sweetheart deals and Republican bull.

According to 
www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/04/the_most_vulnerable_senator_up.html:

"A March 26-28 Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters showed 
Dodd with a 30 percent favorable/58 percent unfavorable rating and his 
job approval at 33 percent approve/58 percent disapprove. Four in 10 
Democrats disapproved of his job performance.

More troubling, he was 16 points behind Republican opponent Rob Simmons, 
a well-regarded former Member from eastern Connecticut who was 
overwhelmed in the Democratic wave of 2006. Dodd was losing independents 
by more than 2-1, and Simmons was winning more than 1 in 4 Democrats.

The poll also showed Dodd trailing Waterbury state Sen. Sam Caligiuri, 
who recently entered the race, and former Ambassador to Ireland Tom 
Foley, who is considering his options. Caligiuri held a 4-point lead 
over Dodd even though 88 percent of those responding hadn't heard enough 
about the state lawmaker to have an opinion of him."

--James Lavin


From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Tue Apr 14 15:28:35 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:28:35 -0400
Subject: {news} As Dodd loses in polls- Time to draft a GREEN candidate
	for	Senate in 2010??
In-Reply-To: <49E3B22D.20004@jameslavin.com>
References: <49E3B22D.20004@jameslavin.com>
Message-ID: <BLU132-W403C6971728625EB8D8B62BD7C0@phx.gbl>


i I THINK DODD HAS DONE SOME GOOD THINGS  ALSO BAD AND HAS NO REAL OPPOSITION AND WILL EASILY BE RELECTED. I THINK ITS A WASTE OF ENERGY AND ANY SMALL MONEY WE HAVE. WE REALLY NEED TO TARGET LIEBERMAN INSTEAD, AMY
 
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:44:13 -0400
> From: james at jameslavin.com
> To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
> Subject: {news} As Dodd loses in polls- Time to draft a GREEN candidate for Senate in 2010??
> 
> Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS
> http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/
> 
> to unsubscribe click here
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> 
> A month ago, Tim McKee wrote 
> (http://ml.greens.org/pipermail/ctgp-news/2009-March/003141.html):
> 
> Dear Greens,
> 
> Dodd is losing to Republicans in the polls. He is tainted with several 
> scandals and conflicts of interests. Most people can trace the financial 
> meltdown to his BIG money donations and looking the other way as the 
> crooks made off with our money.
> 
> We have NOTHING to lose by running a candidate for U S Senate- we can't 
> spoil this race at all! Odds are the republicans will WIN this seat!
> 
> Let us begin to discuss the race. I have one BIG TIME candidate in mind 
> as a draft, and i want to win the race,, let;s begin dicussing this race 
> on the FORUM list serve.
> 
> Tim McKee
> (860) 778-1304
> 
> ----
> 
> I could not agree more. Because Connecticut voters deserve/need a better 
> 2010 Senate option than Dodd vs. Simmons, I wondered who the Green Party 
> is considering running. I visited your website and saw Mr. McKee's 
> message, but it seems no one has yet replied.
> 
> My only foray into politics began in January 2006 when I read about a 
> guy in Greenwich named Ned Lamont who was thinking about running for the 
> Senate. People laughed at the idea of a complete unknown taking on Joe 
> Lieberman, but I sat in Ned's office two months before he announced his 
> campaign, and I urged him to run, saying he could win. As we met, 
> Connecticut's powerful Democratic leaders kept calling and urging him 
> not to run because they all supported Lieberman. I'm proud of the 
> research and advice I gave Ned as he wrested the Democratic Party 
> nomination from Lieberman. (I was scarcely involved in the general 
> election because "professional" political consultants took over Ned's 
> campaign.)
> 
> It's unlikely the Green Party candidate will win the Senate seat, but it 
> IS a possibility... if the candidate runs an attention-grabbing 
> grassroots campaign. Dodd's unpopularity and the public's (totally 
> deserved) disgust with Republicans means voters will seriously consider 
> a third option. And if the Green candidate grabs enough early attention, 
> he/she could muscle his/her way into debates and -- at worst -- 
> positively impact the debate and public consciousness and -- possibly -- 
> shock the world by establishing the Green Party as a real alternative as 
> the Republican Party continues to self-destruct.
> 
> I'm sick of corporate media and corporate political control. I'm beyond 
> mad at our broken economy, our broken government, our broken healthcare 
> system, our broken educational system, our broken electoral process, our 
> broken regulatory bodies, and our our failing environment. About the 
> only things not failing in America today are the prison-industrial 
> complex, warfare spending, and incomprehensibly large taxpayer bailouts 
> of failed megabanks... the same megabanks that blew up our economy and 
> bought our politicians with campaign contributions. I've been mad for 
> decades. In recent years, I've laughed my pain away with "The Daily 
> Show" and "The Colbert Report," but the Obama Administration's 
> continuation of the Bush Administration's pro-war, pro-big business, 
> anti-privacy, and anti-Constitution policies proves our major parties 
> are hopelessly addicted to green... money, that is, not the party.
> 
> Someone needs to act before we leave our children a country and a planet 
> broken beyond repair. I doubt I'm the person for this challenge, but I 
> sure hope someone waves the Green Party banner in 2010 and takes the 
> fight to Dodd and Simmons on behalf of working people, 
> small-enough-to-fail businesses, and future generations.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James Lavin
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From cpr101 at hotmail.com  Tue Apr 14 20:03:07 2009
From: cpr101 at hotmail.com (Christopher Reilly)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:03:07 -0400
Subject: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
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All,

We received 5 ballots today in the Green Party P.O. Box.

Please remember to return your ballot by April 22 if you plan on mailing it in rather than bringing it to the annual meeting.


--Chris Reilly


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From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:58:31 -0400
Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
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Hi All, 

I received my GPCT ballot today and discovered that my name had not been included as a candidate for GPUS Platform Committee.

Below, are emails containing 1) my bio sent to GPCT secretary Barbara Barry on March 22 declaring my candidacy for rep. to GPUS  International Committee and GPUS Platform Committee; 2) Barbara's email acknowledging my candidacy; 3) and  Steve Fournier's email acknowledging that he forgot to include me on the ballot.

I assume someone from the GPCT EC will rectify this situation.

Thanks, 
Justine McCabe
New Milford 
Co-Chair, International Committee GPUS   


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Justine McCabe 
To: B Barry 
Cc: Charlie Pillsbury 
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


Hi Barbara, 

I'm seeking another term as a CTGP representative to both the International and Platform Committees.

I've combined my bio and candidate statement below.

Many thanks, 
Justine 
-----------------


BIO, Candidate statement for Representative to GPUS International and Platform Committees

 

My interest in the International and Platform Committees developed via experience as an academic anthropologist in the Middle East (Lebanon, Iran).  Research interests led me to retrain in clinical psychology, which I practice in New Milford.  I continue to publish on culture/ human development in the Middle East.

         

Since the mid-1990's, I've traveled regularly to Israel/the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where I volunteered at the Gaza Community Mental health Clinic, conducted respite workshops for Palestinian humanitarian workers, and with an Israeli colleague, did training on the subject of human attachment under conditions of political violence for teachers and social workers in East Jerusalem.

 

I've been a CTGP representative to the IC since 2000, and IC co-chair since 2006 when I agreed to fill in for resigning co-chair Alan Kaufman. Last month, I was elected for a 2- year term as co-chair along with Steve Herrick (WI). I've been a member of the Platform Committee since 2004.



As a member of those committees, I've been a point-person on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, helping to draft our current platform planks on Middle East policy. In CT, I continue to work with the Middle East Crisis Committee, and have represented the party at various peace conferences/demos in CT and NY, and in 2004, in Haifa, Israel at the Right of Return Conference. This month, I moderated a GP panel on Gaza and the I/P conflict in NYC. Also, beginning in 2003, I've worked to foster GPUS relations with nascent (2) Israeli, and Palestine Green parties, meeting with both groups a few times there.



Within the party, I've presented workshops on the conflict at GPUS annual meetings (on the Palestinian right of return; with Ruth Weill, on the GPUS Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution, Prop 190 Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel); and organized a workshop at the 2004 GPUS convention on the occupations of Iraq and Palestine that included international Green guests, among them a representative from one of the (now defunct) Israeli Green parties.

 

My other work at international Green gatherings included participating in a joint US-Canadian Green Party Teach-in on the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Ottawa, 2007 Canadian and US Green Parties blast secretive NAFTA-Plus trade-security deal; I was an alternate GPUS delegate to the 2008 Global Green meeting in Sao Paulo, and observer at the 2008 Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas meeting in Quebec City. 

 

In describing my experiences above, I've tried to show that much of the work and mission of the IC especially (see http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/), involves building relationships with members of international Green parties--mainly by email, less often in person, all of which takes time, continuity, and respect for the different cultures these Green Parties represent, even while we share Green values. I would very much like to continue to represent CTGP on these national committees, whose missions are, in part, quite related.

I continue to appreciate input from CTGP members on foreign policy, especially from those with experience in various parts of the world and/ or those actively involved in various peace/justice campaigns. 



In sum, my main interest in seeking your vote as a representative to these committees--indeed in being a Green--is to work for peace.



Thanks, 

Justine McCabe   



----- Original Message ----- 

From: B Barry 
To: 'Justine McCabe' 
Cc: roseberry3 at cox.net 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:35 PM
Subject: RE: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


Justine,

 

Your request has been forwarded to the CTGP Internal Elections Committee for inclusion on the ballot.

 

Barbara Barry, Secretary of CTGP



==================


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Fournier 
To: 'Justine McCabe' 
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: Amy Vas Nunes


Justine, I laid out the ballot.  I made an error and neglected to place you on the ballot for Platform Committee.  Your name should appear there, and we'll note that at the convention.  .   

     





 
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Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:06 PM
Subject: Upcoming Connecticut Social Justice Events


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  April 13 2009   
                                 
                                 ?    April 16: David Rovics Benefit Concert for Gaza  
                                  ?    April 25: CTSAW 2009 CONFERENCE EXPANDING THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT AND BUILDING STUDENT ACTIVIST SOLIDARITY  
                                 
                                 
                                 ?    April 16: From Bracero to Guest-Worker? A public forum on the struggle for immigrant rights.  
                                   
                                 
                                 ?    April 18: Sister Helen Prejean on Religious Organizing Program and the Death Penalty  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                April 16: David Rovics Benefit Concert for Gaza  
                                 
                                Concert for Gaza

                                There will be a concert to benefit humanitarian relief in Gaza at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, 2 Ferry Rd., Old Lyme, CT 06371, on Thursday, April 16th from7:00-9:00 pm, featuring David Rovics and special guest Shawnee Kilgore.

                                A $15.00 donation will be collected at the door

                                All ticket sales will benefit Middle East Children?s Alliance (MECA) (http://www.mecaforpeace.org) and Islamic Relief (http://www.irw.org)

                                For more information, e-mail us at concertforgaza at gmail.com
                                or call us at 860-303-3013


                                    
                                 
                                 
                                April 16: From Bracero to Guest-Worker? A public forum on the struggle for immigrant rights.  
                                 
                                From Bracero to Guest-Worker? A public forum on the struggle for immigrant rights.

                                Thursday, April 16
                                7 PM
                                McCook Auditorium
                                Trinity College, Hartford CT

                                Felipe Mu?oz Pav?n was one of 4.6 million Mexican laborers imported to the U.S. in the Bracero Program from 1941-64. Felipe worked as a bracero in 1944, 1945 and 1963 and is co-founder of the National Assembly of Ex-Braceros. He will speak about the relevance of the Bracero program to the current immigration debate. He lives in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

                                Jorge Mujica is a principal organizer of the national immigrant rights movement and spokesman for the March 10th Coalition of Chicago, which drew more than 1 million people into the streets on May 1, 2006 marching to defeat a punitive immigration bill in Congress. A former journalist and union organizer, Mujica has worked for La Raza, Univision, and Telemundo.

                                Sponsored by Stop the Raids of Trinity College, American Friends Service Cmte, Hispanic Studies Dept, Office of Multicultural Affairs, International Studies Dept, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UConn, Trinity Center for Urban and Global Studies, American Studies Dept, Trinfo Caf?, La Voz Latina, Asian American Student Association.

                                For information:
                                Sandra.Gonzalez at trincoll.edu or860-538-3920. 
                                    
                                 
                                 
                                April 18: Sister Helen Prejean on Religious Organizing Program and the Death Penalty  
                                 
                                Religious Organizing Program on the Death Penalty

                                Keynote Speaker ? Sister Helen Prejean,
                                Author of ?Dead Man Walking,? and ?The Death of Innocents.?

                                Where: St. Joseph College, West Hartford

                                Learn how the religious community in Connecticut can organize and work to abolish the death penalty. Grassroots organizing is the key to abolition, and your faith community can play an important part of this process.

                                The goal of this program is to provide you with the tools you need to inform and mobilize your community so that you can support the work of the CNADP to educate and lobby at the Capitol.

                                Our Keynote Speaker, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Sister Helen Prejean, will talk about her own experiences working to end the death penalty and will share with you her own strategies for reaching out to people of faith.

                                Following her talk, there will be a series of workshops organized by faith community to provide specific information and allow further discussion of the death penalty in Connecticut and what grassroots organizing looks like and what it can accomplish.

                                Lunch will be provided and admission is free. Informational and organizing materials will be distributed to each participant.

                                To insure that we have sufficient space and materials, please RSVP by April 1, 2009.

                                For more information, please contact:
                                Robert Nave ? robertnave at cnadp.org or call him at 203.206.9854.

                                www.cnadp.org


                                http://www.cnadp.org  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                April 25: CTSAW 2009 CONFERENCE EXPANDING THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT AND BUILDING STUDENT ACTIVIST SOLIDARITY  
                                 
                                On October 9th to 11th, students on several campuses demonstrated against the war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Major events occurred at Central Connecticut State University, Trinity College, and the University of Connecticut, forming the largest collective student actions in state since the invasion. Students followed up these demonstrations by bringing youth and energy to the December 7th Need Money? End the War! March at the Capitol Building in Hartford.

                                Join these student leaders and activists at the 2009 CT Students Against the War Conference on April 25th at Wesleyan University in Middletown and help to build a new student movement in Connecticut and nationally. The 2009 CTSAW conference will put students in the driving seat in calling for future actions against the war, for economic and social justice, and against the many other problems that face us today or in the future. This is the founding conference of Connecticut Students Against the War, and it will become the starting point of many future actions. Students will have a chance to build the future of the Anti-War movement in developing a new period of democratic leadership and direct democratic participation. In a free, open, one voice-one vote fashion, students will declare a new shift in movement politics and become a strong force for change and progress in the movement.

                                The Conference Features:

                                Opening Session
                                Jason Ortiz - Welcome
                                John Olsen - President of CT AFL-CIO Mebmer of US Labor Against the War (USLAW)
                                Reportback on March 21st and Anniversary Actions, Our Spring Break, and April 4th Actions

                                Five Issue Panels - More Details
                                These panels will update students on developments in politics and will each individually develop point by point resolutions to later be developed and passed by the whole conference. Panel topics include:
                                The Occupation of Iraq
                                The Occupation in Afghanistan and the Expansion of the War on Terror
                                The Occupation of Palestine - The Crisis in Gaza
                                The Economic Crisis - The War at Home
                                US Backed Military Actions

                                Open Workshops:
                                These are workshops designed to develop skills, solidarity, and open political discussion in an aim to lighten the day?s serious political work. They include:
                                A History of Radical Art - Christopher Hutchinson
                                Direct Action - Matt SDS
                                The War & Occupation at Home: Solidarity with People in CT?s cities - Frank O?Gorman
                                We are All Immigrants: National Policy and Local Actions - A Panel with several CT Activists
                                -and more to come-

                                Plenary Session
                                In the plenary session, we will discuss and vote on the proposals developed during the issue panels. We will also entertain outside proposals that have been submitted to the group. We will vote on and adopt our Future Action Plan derived from the Unifying Proposals. We will also nominate and elect a steering committee which will be respnsible for continuing the business of the coalition and organizing the Future Action Plan. This will provide students with a democratic voice in the movement that will inspire and grow the Anti-War movement.

                                Food will be provided. The conference will be followed by an after party hosted by Wesleyan SDS.



                                Endorsers of the 2009 Conference: Iraq Veterans Against the War ? CT Chapter, CCSU Progressive Student Alliance, CCSU Youth for Socialist Action, Wesleyan SDS, People of Faith ? CT, WCSU Youth for Justice, Danbury Food Not Bombs, Socialist Party ? CT, ANSWER - CT, Progressive Action Committee UCONN SSW, Connecticut College Left (CCLeft -SDS), National Lawyers Guild - CT, West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice (WHCPJ), American Friends Service Committee - CT, International Socialist Organization - New Haven, New Britain Food Not Bombs

                                Schedule

                                8:30AM Breakfast and Registrations
                                9:30AM to 10:30AM Opening Session
                                10:30 - 12:00 Issue + Proposal Building Panels
                                12:15 - 1:00PM Lunch + Break
                                There will be a hip hop performance by Chizzie Johnson and Zee Santiago during the lunch break
                                1:00 to 2:15 Open Workshop period
                                2:15 to 2:30 Break
                                2:30- 4:00PM Plenary Session

                                There is a possiblity of adding an action in to the end of the schedule, depending upon the length of the Plenary Session.

                                The conference will be followed up by an after party hosted by Wesleyan SDS. Details will be released when they are available.

                                Panels and Panelists

                                This list is of confirmed panelists, several others are pending. We still need help with Afghanistan, Iran/Pakistan, and US Backed Military Actions. Please contact us if you are interested.

                                Iraq
                                Jeff Bartos ? IVAW-CT
                                Tristan Husby ? CCLeft
                                Dr. Kathryn Libal - UCONN
                                James Circello - ANSWER Veterans and Service Members Task Force


                                Afghanistan and Future Wars in the Expansion of the conflict
                                Afghanistan
                                Chris Ghros - IVAW-CT
                                Chris Garraffa - ANSWER

                                The Occupation of Palestine / The Crisis in Gaza
                                Dr. Saeed Ahghari - CT Socialist Action
                                Stan Heller - MECC
                                Emad ? QVCC
                                Dan Piper ? CTUP

                                US Foreign Interventions - (US supported/guided economic and military actions - indirect conflicts)
                                Professor Scott Harding - UCONN


                                The War at Home: The Economic Crisis
                                Peter Goselin ? People's Bailout CT
                                Jason Ortiz ? Idealists United at UCONN
                                John Olsen - CT AFL-CIO and USLAW


                                http://cutsaw.pcriot.com/conference.html  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                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  
                             
                       
                 
           
     


     
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: AFSC Connecticut 
To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net 
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:06 PM
Subject: Upcoming Connecticut Social Justice Events


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  April 13 2009   
                                 
                                 .    April 16: David Rovics Benefit Concert for Gaza  
                                  .    April 25: CTSAW 2009 CONFERENCE EXPANDING THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT AND BUILDING STUDENT ACTIVIST SOLIDARITY  
                                 
                                 
                                 .    April 16: From Bracero to Guest-Worker? A public forum on the struggle for immigrant rights.  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    April 18: Sister Helen Prejean on Religious Organizing Program and the Death Penalty  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                April 16: David Rovics Benefit Concert for Gaza  
                                 
                                Concert for Gaza

                                There will be a concert to benefit humanitarian relief in Gaza at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, 2 Ferry Rd., Old Lyme, CT 06371, on Thursday, April 16th from7:00-9:00 pm, featuring David Rovics and special guest Shawnee Kilgore.

                                A $15.00 donation will be collected at the door

                                All ticket sales will benefit Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) (http://www.mecaforpeace.org) and Islamic Relief (http://www.irw.org)

                                For more information, e-mail us at concertforgaza at gmail.com
                                or call us at 860-303-3013


                                    
                                 
                                 
                                April 16: From Bracero to Guest-Worker? A public forum on the struggle for immigrant rights.  
                                 
                                From Bracero to Guest-Worker? A public forum on the struggle for immigrant rights.

                                Thursday, April 16
                                7 PM
                                McCook Auditorium
                                Trinity College, Hartford CT

                                Felipe Mu?oz Pav?n was one of 4.6 million Mexican laborers imported to the U.S. in the Bracero Program from 1941-64. Felipe worked as a bracero in 1944, 1945 and 1963 and is co-founder of the National Assembly of Ex-Braceros. He will speak about the relevance of the Bracero program to the current immigration debate. He lives in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

                                Jorge Mujica is a principal organizer of the national immigrant rights movement and spokesman for the March 10th Coalition of Chicago, which drew more than 1 million people into the streets on May 1, 2006 marching to defeat a punitive immigration bill in Congress. A former journalist and union organizer, Mujica has worked for La Raza, Univision, and Telemundo.

                                Sponsored by Stop the Raids of Trinity College, American Friends Service Cmte, Hispanic Studies Dept, Office of Multicultural Affairs, International Studies Dept, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UConn, Trinity Center for Urban and Global Studies, American Studies Dept, Trinfo Caf?, La Voz Latina, Asian American Student Association.

                                For information:
                                Sandra.Gonzalez at trincoll.edu or860-538-3920. 
                                    
                                 
                                 
                                April 18: Sister Helen Prejean on Religious Organizing Program and the Death Penalty  
                                 
                                Religious Organizing Program on the Death Penalty

                                Keynote Speaker - Sister Helen Prejean,
                                Author of "Dead Man Walking," and "The Death of Innocents."

                                Where: St. Joseph College, West Hartford

                                Learn how the religious community in Connecticut can organize and work to abolish the death penalty. Grassroots organizing is the key to abolition, and your faith community can play an important part of this process.

                                The goal of this program is to provide you with the tools you need to inform and mobilize your community so that you can support the work of the CNADP to educate and lobby at the Capitol.

                                Our Keynote Speaker, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Sister Helen Prejean, will talk about her own experiences working to end the death penalty and will share with you her own strategies for reaching out to people of faith.

                                Following her talk, there will be a series of workshops organized by faith community to provide specific information and allow further discussion of the death penalty in Connecticut and what grassroots organizing looks like and what it can accomplish.

                                Lunch will be provided and admission is free. Informational and organizing materials will be distributed to each participant.

                                To insure that we have sufficient space and materials, please RSVP by April 1, 2009.

                                For more information, please contact:
                                Robert Nave - robertnave at cnadp.org or call him at 203.206.9854.

                                www.cnadp.org


                                http://www.cnadp.org  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                April 25: CTSAW 2009 CONFERENCE EXPANDING THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT AND BUILDING STUDENT ACTIVIST SOLIDARITY  
                                 
                                On October 9th to 11th, students on several campuses demonstrated against the war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Major events occurred at Central Connecticut State University, Trinity College, and the University of Connecticut, forming the largest collective student actions in state since the invasion. Students followed up these demonstrations by bringing youth and energy to the December 7th Need Money? End the War! March at the Capitol Building in Hartford.

                                Join these student leaders and activists at the 2009 CT Students Against the War Conference on April 25th at Wesleyan University in Middletown and help to build a new student movement in Connecticut and nationally. The 2009 CTSAW conference will put students in the driving seat in calling for future actions against the war, for economic and social justice, and against the many other problems that face us today or in the future. This is the founding conference of Connecticut Students Against the War, and it will become the starting point of many future actions. Students will have a chance to build the future of the Anti-War movement in developing a new period of democratic leadership and direct democratic participation. In a free, open, one voice-one vote fashion, students will declare a new shift in movement politics and become a strong force for change and progress in the movement.

                                The Conference Features:

                                Opening Session
                                Jason Ortiz - Welcome
                                John Olsen - President of CT AFL-CIO Mebmer of US Labor Against the War (USLAW)
                                Reportback on March 21st and Anniversary Actions, Our Spring Break, and April 4th Actions

                                Five Issue Panels - More Details
                                These panels will update students on developments in politics and will each individually develop point by point resolutions to later be developed and passed by the whole conference. Panel topics include:
                                The Occupation of Iraq
                                The Occupation in Afghanistan and the Expansion of the War on Terror
                                The Occupation of Palestine - The Crisis in Gaza
                                The Economic Crisis - The War at Home
                                US Backed Military Actions

                                Open Workshops:
                                These are workshops designed to develop skills, solidarity, and open political discussion in an aim to lighten the day's serious political work. They include:
                                A History of Radical Art - Christopher Hutchinson
                                Direct Action - Matt SDS
                                The War & Occupation at Home: Solidarity with People in CT's cities - Frank O'Gorman
                                We are All Immigrants: National Policy and Local Actions - A Panel with several CT Activists
                                -and more to come-

                                Plenary Session
                                In the plenary session, we will discuss and vote on the proposals developed during the issue panels. We will also entertain outside proposals that have been submitted to the group. We will vote on and adopt our Future Action Plan derived from the Unifying Proposals. We will also nominate and elect a steering committee which will be respnsible for continuing the business of the coalition and organizing the Future Action Plan. This will provide students with a democratic voice in the movement that will inspire and grow the Anti-War movement.

                                Food will be provided. The conference will be followed by an after party hosted by Wesleyan SDS.



                                Endorsers of the 2009 Conference: Iraq Veterans Against the War ? CT Chapter, CCSU Progressive Student Alliance, CCSU Youth for Socialist Action, Wesleyan SDS, People of Faith ? CT, WCSU Youth for Justice, Danbury Food Not Bombs, Socialist Party ? CT, ANSWER - CT, Progressive Action Committee UCONN SSW, Connecticut College Left (CCLeft -SDS), National Lawyers Guild - CT, West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice (WHCPJ), American Friends Service Committee - CT, International Socialist Organization - New Haven, New Britain Food Not Bombs

                                Schedule

                                8:30AM Breakfast and Registrations
                                9:30AM to 10:30AM Opening Session
                                10:30 - 12:00 Issue + Proposal Building Panels
                                12:15 - 1:00PM Lunch + Break
                                There will be a hip hop performance by Chizzie Johnson and Zee Santiago during the lunch break
                                1:00 to 2:15 Open Workshop period
                                2:15 to 2:30 Break
                                2:30- 4:00PM Plenary Session

                                There is a possiblity of adding an action in to the end of the schedule, depending upon the length of the Plenary Session.

                                The conference will be followed up by an after party hosted by Wesleyan SDS. Details will be released when they are available.

                                Panels and Panelists

                                This list is of confirmed panelists, several others are pending. We still need help with Afghanistan, Iran/Pakistan, and US Backed Military Actions. Please contact us if you are interested.

                                Iraq
                                Jeff Bartos - IVAW-CT
                                Tristan Husby - CCLeft
                                Dr. Kathryn Libal - UCONN
                                James Circello - ANSWER Veterans and Service Members Task Force


                                Afghanistan and Future Wars in the Expansion of the conflict
                                Afghanistan
                                Chris Ghros - IVAW-CT
                                Chris Garraffa - ANSWER

                                The Occupation of Palestine / The Crisis in Gaza
                                Dr. Saeed Ahghari - CT Socialist Action
                                Stan Heller - MECC
                                Emad - QVCC
                                Dan Piper - CTUP

                                US Foreign Interventions - (US supported/guided economic and military actions - indirect conflicts)
                                Professor Scott Harding - UCONN


                                The War at Home: The Economic Crisis
                                Peter Goselin - People's Bailout CT
                                Jason Ortiz - Idealists United at UCONN
                                John Olsen - CT AFL-CIO and USLAW


                                http://cutsaw.pcriot.com/conference.html  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                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  
                             
                       
                 
           
     


     
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Apr 15 07:17:34 2009
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:17:34 -0400
Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
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Charlie, 
My understanding has been like yours.  Indeed, I was rather surprised to see that to continue being a rep. to the International and Platform Committees I had to run in a statewide election, especially because we are such a tiny state, have relatively few Greens and have had difficulty even filling the spots allocated to each state party for these national committees.  Also, my experience in the past several years on the International Committee is that most state reps are volunteers with a definite interest in the work of a particular national committee, and are approved by their state party co-chairs or main governing body. 

I'm not sure why running for IC or Platcom Committees was selected out for special attention in the election while your or David's wish to continue to be GPCT reps to the GPUS Dispute Resolution Committee does not require being on the ballot?

Justine 

 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: chapillsbury at igc.org 
  To: Justine McCabe ; CTGP Women's Caucus ; CTGP-NEWS 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:09 PM
  Subject: Re: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14


  This is the first time in my experience that membership on various GPUS committees has been submitted to the full membership for approval.  It's my understanding, based on past practice, that only the 5 CTGP reps to the National Committee have to be elected by the membership at an Annual Meeting.  Membership on all other GPUS committees can be approved (or not) by the CTGP State Central Committee at a regular monthly meeting.

  For example, I'm currently a CTGP authorized member (and co-chair) of the GPUS Dispute Resolution Committee.  I'm on the ballot as a candidate for membership on the NC, but not for membership on the DRC.  Based on our past practice, I did not even bother to submit my name as a candidate for the DRC, as I assumed that I would continue in that capacity unless the SCC decides to revoke its earlier authorization.  Likewise, David Eliscu is a member of the GPUS-DRC, and I expect that he will remain one until he resigns or the SCC withdraws its earlier authorization.

  Am I wrong about this?  Charlie


    -----Original Message----- 
    From: Justine McCabe 
    Sent: Apr 14, 2009 8:58 PM 
    To: CTGP Women's Caucus , CTGP-NEWS 
    Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14 


    Hi All, 

    I received my GPCT ballot today and discovered that my name had not been included as a candidate for GPUS Platform Committee.

    Below, are emails containing 1) my bio sent to GPCT secretary Barbara Barry on March 22 declaring my candidacy for rep. to GPUS  International Committee and GPUS Platform Committee; 2) Barbara's email acknowledging my candidacy; 3) and  Steve Fournier's email acknowledging that he forgot to include me on the ballot.

    I assume someone from the GPCT EC will rectify this situation.

    Thanks, 
    Justine McCabe
    New Milford 
    Co-Chair, International Committee GPUS   


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Justine McCabe 
    To: B Barry 
    Cc: Charlie Pillsbury 
    Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 5:25 PM
    Subject: Re: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


    Hi Barbara, 

    I'm seeking another term as a CTGP representative to both the International and Platform Committees.

    I've combined my bio and candidate statement below.

    Many thanks, 
    Justine 
    -----------------


    BIO, Candidate statement for Representative to GPUS International and Platform Committees



    My interest in the International and Platform Committees developed via experience as an academic anthropologist in the Middle East (Lebanon, Iran).  Research interests led me to retrain in clinical psychology, which I practice in New Milford.  I continue to publish on culture/ human development in the Middle East.

             

    Since the mid-1990's, I've traveled regularly to Israel/the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where I volunteered at the Gaza Community Mental health Clinic, conducted respite workshops for Palestinian humanitarian workers, and with an Israeli colleague, did training on the subject of human attachment under conditions of political violence for teachers and social workers in East Jerusalem.



    I've been a CTGP representative to the IC since 2000, and IC co-chair since 2006 when I agreed to fill in for resigning co-chair Alan Kaufman. Last month, I was elected for a 2- year term as co-chair along with Steve Herrick (WI). I've been a member of the Platform Committee since 2004.



    As a member of those committees, I've been a point-person on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, helping to draft our current platform planks on Middle East policy. In CT, I continue to work with the Middle East Crisis Committee, and have represented the party at various peace conferences/demos in CT and NY, and in 2004, in Haifa, Israel at the Right of Return Conference. This month, I moderated a GP panel on Gaza and the I/P conflict in NYC. Also, beginning in 2003, I've worked to foster GPUS relations with nascent (2) Israeli, and Palestine Green parties, meeting with both groups a few times there.



    Within the party, I've presented workshops on the conflict at GPUS annual meetings (on the Palestinian right of return; with Ruth Weill, on the GPUS Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution, Prop 190 Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel); and organized a workshop at the 2004 GPUS convention on the occupations of Iraq and Palestine that included international Green guests, among them a representative from one of the (now defunct) Israeli Green parties.



    My other work at international Green gatherings included participating in a joint US-Canadian Green Party Teach-in on the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Ottawa, 2007 Canadian and US Green Parties blast secretive NAFTA-Plus trade-security deal; I was an alternate GPUS delegate to the 2008 Global Green meeting in Sao Paulo, and observer at the 2008 Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas meeting in Quebec City. 



    In describing my experiences above, I've tried to show that much of the work and mission of the IC especially (see http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/), involves building relationships with members of international Green parties--mainly by email, less often in person, all of which takes time, continuity, and respect for the different cultures these Green Parties represent, even while we share Green values. I would very much like to continue to represent CTGP on these national committees, whose missions are, in part, quite related.

    I continue to appreciate input from CTGP members on foreign policy, especially from those with experience in various parts of the world and/ or those actively involved in various peace/justice campaigns. 



    In sum, my main interest in seeking your vote as a representative to these committees--indeed in being a Green--is to work for peace.



    Thanks, 

    Justine McCabe   



    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: B Barry 
    To: 'Justine McCabe' 
    Cc: roseberry3 at cox.net 
    Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:35 PM
    Subject: RE: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


    Justine,



    Your request has been forwarded to the CTGP Internal Elections Committee for inclusion on the ballot.



    Barbara Barry, Secretary of CTGP



    ==================


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steve Fournier 
    To: 'Justine McCabe' 
    Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:43 PM
    Subject: RE: Amy Vas Nunes


    Justine, I laid out the ballot.  I made an error and neglected to place you on the ballot for Platform Committee.  Your name should appear there, and we?ll note that at the convention.  .   

         






    ----- Original Message ----- 
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    To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org 
    Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:03 PM
    Subject: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14


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    All,

    We received 5 ballots today in the Green Party P.O. Box.

    Please remember to return your ballot by April 22 if you plan on mailing it in rather than bringing it to the annual meeting.

    --Chris Reilly



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From cpr101 at hotmail.com  Wed Apr 15 14:03:00 2009
From: cpr101 at hotmail.com (Christopher Reilly)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:03:00 -0400
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All,

We received 9 ballots today in the Green Party P.O. Box.

Total ballots mailed in to date:  14

 

Please remember to return your ballot by April 22 if you plan on mailing it in rather than bringing it to the annual meeting.

--Chris Reilly


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From rstuller at snet.net  Wed Apr 15 20:48:27 2009
From: rstuller at snet.net (Ronna Stuller)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:48:27 -0400
Subject: {news} Re: [CTGP-candidates] race against Dodd?
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I'm not sure we should assume that Dodd will run in 2010; if his awful  
polling numbers prove persistent, he may decide that it's a good time  
to retire on his own terms.  Perhaps we'll finally see Blumenthal (or  
DeLauro or Larson) running for the Dems. How would that scenario  
influence the Greens' thoughts on running a candidate?

Sorry, I can only think of questions at this point, not comments,  
since my feelings are mixed on so many levels.

Ronna



On Apr 15, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Steve Fournier wrote:
>
> Take Nader at his word and nominate somebody that's actually won an
> election, like DeSmet. Or maybe identify the five or six Greenest  
> Democrats
> in the General Assembly and invite them to change parties and run  
> for Senate
> with us. They don't have much hope of rising as Democrats, that's  
> for sure,
> and they did manage to get elected to office. Maybe we could  
> persuade one.
>
> From: CTGP-candidates at yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:CTGP-candidates at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Harold Burbank  
> II
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:57 AM
> To: CTGP-candidates at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CTGP-candidates] race against Dodd?
>
> Nader said in 2008 he would never run for Senate, and got mad when  
> asked
> publicly to do it. Since I cannot foresee his running for president  
> again
> (but he might) I think CT Greens should consider asking him to  
> challenge
> Dodd. I will do it as an individual. Someone trustworthy and well  
> known
> needs to be in government today to challenge Obama from the center- 
> keft, and
> Nader is the best person I can think of, not just from CT, but the  
> country,
> to do it. For now I do not think he will, but if there is a  
> groundswell of
> support from CT, especially from Greens, conservatives and  
> independents,
> even progressive Dems and Yankee Repubs, he might.
>
> Comments?
>
> HB
>
> Attorney Harold H. Burbank, II
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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Wed Apr 15 01:17:13 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:17:13 -0400
Subject: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
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 For sake of transparency I feel CTGP needs these facts,If MCCabe was voted on USGP Platform Committee in 2004  as stated,she needed to be re appointed to PC every 2years per our bylaws and was not reappointed in 2006 or 2008 and is therfore NOT legally on PC unless elected.Please note in bio she says she wrote Mideast Platform. According to PC rules those submissions of 2004 and 2008 should have been submitted and approved by CTGP SCC and  State PC . They were never shown or seen/approved by CTGP although I have asked her for such proof for years, it is not in minutes,  no one recalls this. MCcabe has not had a chapter for years  it was dissolved nor attended ANY level CTGP meetings for over 6yrs. The IC is currently under investigation for disolution by the USGP NC{ National Committee} and BRPP{ Bylaws, rules policy and procedures] for illegal coch election{MCcabe was "elected "with no quorm 23voted 18 did not, and ranked  3rd and 0 below office by 2 CT IC reps }and  IC not being accountable to USGP. These facts have been brought forward by Calif delagation of numerous IC reps, NC reps and SCC reps plus 6 other States IC reps.     NOTE I would love to stop talking about these political problems/facts.I would love to run against another open woman candidate that has diverse World concerns and is active in person in our Party/Chapter and works in coalition with other Ct reps on committees like a caucus I would love the IC to concentrate on MANY world problems not only Mideast. I would love MCcabe to attend the convention to answer numerous questions about Platform State approvel,IC investigation/elections  etc.CTGP members and officers have for her. I hope these would incluide questions on her attempts to cancel our 2007 elections.This attempt can be verified by the people that paid to send ballots and hold convention and the officers that received USGP questions if they still were an "active" Party, and had to prove so,prompted from MCcabe. These persons are Charlie Pillsbury, Mike DeRosa,Chris Riley, Jean DeSmet, Mike Westerfield all who put up extra money.I think they all have been paid back Also at that time other former NWGP members siezed CTGP POB, computer lists and Bank accounts that were only returned because of threat of legal action bu CTGP. I belive these events were linked by a group of former NWGP members, in an attempt to be considered "THE" ctgp, instead of the rightful group.I am truely sorry these facts had to come out but I feel its for the health of the CTGP. We are now one and strong.  Amy 
 


From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net
To: gpcwc at lists.riseup.net; ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:58:31 -0400
CC: 


Hi All, 
 
I received my GPCT ballot today and discovered that my name had not been included as a candidate for GPUS Platform Committee.
 
Below, are emails containing 1) my bio sent to GPCT secretary Barbara Barry on March 22 declaring my candidacy for rep. to GPUS  International Committee and GPUS Platform Committee; 2) Barbara's email acknowledging my candidacy; 3) and  Steve Fournier's email acknowledging that he forgot to include me on the ballot.
 
I assume someone from the GPCT EC will rectify this situation.
 
Thanks, 
Justine McCabe
New Milford 
Co-Chair, International Committee GPUS   
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Justine McCabe 
To: B Barry 
Cc: Charlie Pillsbury 
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


Hi Barbara, 
 
I'm seeking another term as a CTGP representative to both the International and Platform Committees.
 
I've combined my bio and candidate statement below.
 
Many thanks, 
Justine 
-----------------





BIO, Candidate statement for Representative to GPUS International and Platform Committees

 

My interest in the International and Platform Committees developed via experience as an academic anthropologist in the Middle East (Lebanon, Iran).  Research interests led me to retrain in clinical psychology, which I practice in New Milford.  I continue to publish on culture/ human development in the Middle East.

         

Since the mid-1990's, I've traveled regularly to Israel/the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where I volunteered at the Gaza Community Mental health Clinic, conducted respite workshops for Palestinian humanitarian workers, and with an Israeli colleague, did training on the subject of human attachment under conditions of political violence for teachers and social workers in East Jerusalem.

 

I've been a CTGP representative to the IC since 2000, and IC co-chair since 2006 when I agreed to fill in for resigning co-chair Alan Kaufman. Last month, I was elected for a 2- year term as co-chair along with Steve Herrick (WI). I've been a member of the Platform Committee since 2004.

 

As a member of those committees, I've been a point-person on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, helping to draft our current platform planks on Middle East policy. In CT, I continue to work with the Middle East Crisis Committee, and have represented the party at various peace conferences/demos in CT and NY, and in 2004, in Haifa, Israel at the Right of Return Conference. This month, I moderated a GP panel on Gaza and the I/P conflict in NYC. Also, beginning in 2003, I've worked to foster GPUS relations with nascent (2) Israeli, and Palestine Green parties, meeting with both groups a few times there.

 

Within the party, I've presented workshops on the conflict at GPUS annual meetings (on the Palestinian right of return; with Ruth Weill, on the GPUS Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution, Prop 190 Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel); and organized a workshop at the 2004 GPUS convention on the occupations of Iraq and Palestine that included international Green guests, among them a representative from one of the (now defunct) Israeli Green parties.

 

My other work at international Green gatherings included participating in a joint US-Canadian Green Party Teach-in on the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Ottawa, 2007 Canadian and US Green Parties blast secretive NAFTA-Plus trade-security deal; I was an alternate GPUS delegate to the 2008 Global Green meeting in Sao Paulo, and observer at the 2008 Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas meeting in Quebec City. 

 

In describing my experiences above, I've tried to show that much of the work and mission of the IC especially (see http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/), involves building relationships with members of international Green parties--mainly by email, less often in person, all of which takes time, continuity, and respect for the different cultures these Green Parties represent, even while we share Green values. I would very much like to continue to represent CTGP on these national committees, whose missions are, in part, quite related.
I continue to appreciate input from CTGP members on foreign policy, especially from those with experience in various parts of the world and/ or those actively involved in various peace/justice campaigns. 
 
In sum, my main interest in seeking your vote as a representative to these committees--indeed in being a Green--is to work for peace.
 
Thanks, 
Justine McCabe   
 
----- Original Message ----- 

From: B Barry 
To: 'Justine McCabe' 
Cc: roseberry3 at cox.net 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:35 PM
Subject: RE: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary



Justine,
 
Your request has been forwarded to the CTGP Internal Elections Committee for inclusion on the ballot.
 
Barbara Barry, Secretary of CTGP
 
==================
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Fournier 
To: 'Justine McCabe' 
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: Amy Vas Nunes



Justine, I laid out the ballot.  I made an error and neglected to place you on the ballot for Platform Committee.  Your name should appear there, and we?ll note that at the convention.  .   
     
 
 
 
 
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To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org 
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:03 PM
Subject: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14

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All,

We received 5 ballots today in the Green Party P.O. Box.

Please remember to return your ballot by April 22 if you plan on mailing it in rather than bringing it to the annual meeting.

--Chris Reilly




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From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:19:27 -0400
Subject: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
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The CTGP bylaws state all committee reps must be approved by SCC every 2yrs nothing isforever or automatic, I belive MCcabe is 4yrs 2X behind and missed 2 approvels for PC . I think Charlie and David also need re approvel. I think IC was put on ballot because 4 people are running for 3 sloots, Two factors play in choice, rank and senority{term limits?} MCcabe has served longest I think 9yrs, me next less than 2yrs and 2 new people, It is only bottoms up most Green these matters be determined by the GREATEST number of registared Greeens who I am sure hold more collective reason than 5 officers and a State PC committefor eg for PC. Amy
 


From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net
To: gpcwc at lists.riseup.net; ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:58:31 -0400
CC: 


Hi All, 
 
I received my GPCT ballot today and discovered that my name had not been included as a candidate for GPUS Platform Committee.
 
Below, are emails containing 1) my bio sent to GPCT secretary Barbara Barry on March 22 declaring my candidacy for rep. to GPUS  International Committee and GPUS Platform Committee; 2) Barbara's email acknowledging my candidacy; 3) and  Steve Fournier's email acknowledging that he forgot to include me on the ballot.
 
I assume someone from the GPCT EC will rectify this situation.
 
Thanks, 
Justine McCabe
New Milford 
Co-Chair, International Committee GPUS   
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Justine McCabe 
To: B Barry 
Cc: Charlie Pillsbury 
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


Hi Barbara, 
 
I'm seeking another term as a CTGP representative to both the International and Platform Committees.
 
I've combined my bio and candidate statement below.
 
Many thanks, 
Justine 
-----------------





BIO, Candidate statement for Representative to GPUS International and Platform Committees

 

My interest in the International and Platform Committees developed via experience as an academic anthropologist in the Middle East (Lebanon, Iran).  Research interests led me to retrain in clinical psychology, which I practice in New Milford.  I continue to publish on culture/ human development in the Middle East.

         

Since the mid-1990's, I've traveled regularly to Israel/the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where I volunteered at the Gaza Community Mental health Clinic, conducted respite workshops for Palestinian humanitarian workers, and with an Israeli colleague, did training on the subject of human attachment under conditions of political violence for teachers and social workers in East Jerusalem.

 

I've been a CTGP representative to the IC since 2000, and IC co-chair since 2006 when I agreed to fill in for resigning co-chair Alan Kaufman. Last month, I was elected for a 2- year term as co-chair along with Steve Herrick (WI). I've been a member of the Platform Committee since 2004.

 

As a member of those committees, I've been a point-person on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, helping to draft our current platform planks on Middle East policy. In CT, I continue to work with the Middle East Crisis Committee, and have represented the party at various peace conferences/demos in CT and NY, and in 2004, in Haifa, Israel at the Right of Return Conference. This month, I moderated a GP panel on Gaza and the I/P conflict in NYC. Also, beginning in 2003, I've worked to foster GPUS relations with nascent (2) Israeli, and Palestine Green parties, meeting with both groups a few times there.

 

Within the party, I've presented workshops on the conflict at GPUS annual meetings (on the Palestinian right of return; with Ruth Weill, on the GPUS Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution, Prop 190 Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel); and organized a workshop at the 2004 GPUS convention on the occupations of Iraq and Palestine that included international Green guests, among them a representative from one of the (now defunct) Israeli Green parties.

 

My other work at international Green gatherings included participating in a joint US-Canadian Green Party Teach-in on the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Ottawa, 2007 Canadian and US Green Parties blast secretive NAFTA-Plus trade-security deal; I was an alternate GPUS delegate to the 2008 Global Green meeting in Sao Paulo, and observer at the 2008 Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas meeting in Quebec City. 

 

In describing my experiences above, I've tried to show that much of the work and mission of the IC especially (see http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/), involves building relationships with members of international Green parties--mainly by email, less often in person, all of which takes time, continuity, and respect for the different cultures these Green Parties represent, even while we share Green values. I would very much like to continue to represent CTGP on these national committees, whose missions are, in part, quite related.
I continue to appreciate input from CTGP members on foreign policy, especially from those with experience in various parts of the world and/ or those actively involved in various peace/justice campaigns. 
 
In sum, my main interest in seeking your vote as a representative to these committees--indeed in being a Green--is to work for peace.
 
Thanks, 
Justine McCabe   
 
----- Original Message ----- 

From: B Barry 
To: 'Justine McCabe' 
Cc: roseberry3 at cox.net 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:35 PM
Subject: RE: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary



Justine,
 
Your request has been forwarded to the CTGP Internal Elections Committee for inclusion on the ballot.
 
Barbara Barry, Secretary of CTGP
 
==================
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Fournier 
To: 'Justine McCabe' 
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: Amy Vas Nunes



Justine, I laid out the ballot.  I made an error and neglected to place you on the ballot for Platform Committee.  Your name should appear there, and we?ll note that at the convention.  .   
     
 
 
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
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To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org 
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:03 PM
Subject: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14

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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Wed Apr 15 23:24:33 2009
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:24:33 -0400
Subject: {news} Fwd: GPUS Seeking State Party Info - CONNECTICUT
Message-ID: <10859a090904152024o2c0405afw7539aeb95662c94@mail.gmail.com>

As one of the current CTGP reps to the GPUS, I sent the following response
to GPUS Secretary Holly Hart's email to the 5 of us who currently serve on
the GPUS National Committee.  If there are any changes to report after our
Annual Meeting on 4/25, I think it would be proper protocol for the newly
elected CTGP secretary to forward any updated info to Holly.

Charlie

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charlie Pillsbury <chapillsbury at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking State Party Info - CONNECTICUT
To: secretary at gp.org
Cc: smderosa at cox.net, richard.duffee at gmail.com, Timmckee at mail.com,
efficacy at msn.com

Holly:  The info you have is currently correct (including your info about
Amy and Justine).  Some of it may change, however, pending the results of
our annual state party election, which takes place by mail in advance of,
and then in person at, our Annual Meeting *scheduled for Saturday April 25*.
So stay tuned.

Thanks, Charlie

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:48 PM, <secretary at gp.org> wrote:

> Dear Mike, Richard, Charlie Tim and Clifford,
>
> GPUS is undertaking a state-by-state review of the information included in
> our voting page directory to make sure it is correct and up to date.
> Information for delegates and alternates for most states is generally
> accurate.  Observers may or may not be up to date, and we would like to
> bring that information up to date.  We have not routinely included
> information on standing committee membership for quite awhile (not since
> before I began work as secretary).  Recently, there has been interest in
> having committee membership records maintained in the directory, and our
> voting page admins have expressed interest and willingness to do this.
>
> I am asking each state party/accredited caucus to review your information
> currently on file in the voting page directory and let me know if it's
> accurate, or of any changes or updates that need to be made.
> Your state's delegate and standing committee member information is listed,
> below.  Please let me know if we have an accurate list of:
>  Delegates
>  Alternates
>  Members of any standing GPUS committees
>
> I am pretty sure Connecticut's delegate information is up to date, but may
> need more updates on standing committees.   I have both Justine McCabe and
> Amy vas Nunes listed as members of the Platform Committee, and Justine
> McCabe as a member of the international Committee (and she was just
> elected co-chair, so hopefully, that is correct!).  Please let me know if
> this is correct, if the information below is up to date, and if there are
> any more updates.
>
> Thank you for your response,
>
> Holly Hart
> Secretary, GPUS
>
>
> CONNECTICUT
> DELEGATES
> S. Michael DeRosa
> smderosa at cox.net        860-956-8170 - Eve
> 860-919-4042 - Cell
>        48 Village Dr 204
> Wethersfield, CT 06109
>
> Richard Z. Duffee
> richard.duffee at gmail.com
>
> Tim McKee
> Timmckee at mail.com
>
> Charlie Pillsbury
> chapillsbury at gmail.com  203-865-6575 - Eve
>        247 Saint Ronan Street
> New Haven, CT 06511
>
> Cliff Thornton
> efficacy at msn.com                PO Box 1234
> Hartford, CT 06143
>
> ALTERNATES
> Amy Vas Nunes
> amyvasnunes at hotmail.com
>
> OBSERVERS
> John Battista
> riverbend2 at earthlink.net
>
> STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
> Dispute Resolution Member
> David Eliscu
> david.eliscu at snet.net
>
> Dispute Resolution Member
> Charlie Pillsbury
> chapillsbury at gmail.com  203-865-6575 - Eve
>        247 Saint Ronan Street
> New Haven, CT 06511
>



-- 
Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP



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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Wed Apr 15 23:43:15 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:43:15 -0400
Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
Message-ID: <BLU109-DAV9180AE16BE3C84B429D11D67A0@phx.gbl>

I see nothing in the CTGP bylaws (http://www.ctgreens.org/bylaws.shtml )
regarding delegates to the national party committees. I don't know where Amy
got the two year term requirement.

I found this in the national party bylaws
(http://www.gp.org/documents/bylaws.shtml#article3 ):
"Delegates to the NC [National Committee] shall automatically be eligible to
serve on committees by virtue of their position. Other committee members
shall be members of a state green party and have written permission from
their state party to serve. Permission shall be submitted by the NC
delegates or State Party co-chairs from the various states to the co-chairs
of the relevant committee, and can be submitted on paper or via email. No
state shall have more than three members per committee without a waiver from
the Steering Committee. No committee shall have fewer than five states
represented."

Amy makes the point that the International Committee was put on the ballot
because 4 people are running for 3 slots.  I assume the Platform Committee
and Merchandising Committee were put on the ballot to get approval for new
delegates seeking to participate.  I also assume that existing delegates in
undisputed seats (such as Justine on Platform Committee, Charlie and David
on Dispute Resolution Committee, or our members on the Peace Action
Committee and the Ballot Access Committee) will retain their seats and do
not have to stand for re-election.

Can one of our state officers confirm this?

David Bedell

  ----- Original Message ----- 
Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
From: Justine McCabe justinemccabe at earthlink.net
Sent: Wed Apr 15 04:17:34 PDT 2009


Charlie,
My understanding has been like yours.  Indeed, I was rather surprised to see
that to continue being a rep. to the International and Platform Committees I
had to run in a statewide election, especially because we are such a tiny
state, have relatively few Greens and have had difficulty even filling the
spots allocated to each state party for these national committees.  Also, my
experience in the past several years on the International Committee is that
most state reps are volunteers with a definite interest in the work of a
particular national committee, and are approved by their state party
co-chairs or main governing body.

I'm not sure why running for IC or Platcom Committees was selected out for
special attention in the election while your or David's wish to continue to
be GPCT reps to the GPUS Dispute Resolution Committee does not require being
on the ballot?

Justine


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: chapillsbury at igc.org
  To: Justine McCabe ; CTGP Women's Caucus ; CTGP-NEWS
  Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:09 PM
  Subject: Re: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14


  This is the first time in my experience that membership on various GPUS
committees has been submitted to the full membership for approval.  It's my
understanding, based on past practice, that only the 5 CTGP reps to the
National Committee have to be elected by the membership at an Annual
Meeting.  Membership on all other GPUS committees can be approved (or not)
by the CTGP State Central Committee at a regular monthly meeting.

  For example, I'm currently a CTGP authorized member (and co-chair) of the
GPUS Dispute Resolution Committee.  I'm on the ballot as a candidate for
membership on the NC, but not for membership on the DRC.  Based on our past
practice, I did not even bother to submit my name as a candidate for the
DRC, as I assumed that I would continue in that capacity unless the SCC
decides to revoke its earlier authorization.  Likewise, David Eliscu is a
member of the GPUS-DRC, and I expect that he will remain one until he
resigns or the SCC withdraws its earlier authorization.

  Am I wrong about this?  Charlie


    -----Original Message----- 
    From: Justine McCabe
    Sent: Apr 14, 2009 8:58 PM
    To: CTGP Women's Caucus , CTGP-NEWS
    Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14


    Hi All,

    I received my GPCT ballot today and discovered that my name had not been
included as a candidate for GPUS Platform Committee.

    Below, are emails containing 1) my bio sent to GPCT secretary Barbara
Barry on March 22 declaring my candidacy for rep. to GPUS  International
Committee and GPUS Platform Committee; 2) Barbara's email acknowledging my
candidacy; 3) and  Steve Fournier's email acknowledging that he forgot to
include me on the ballot.

    I assume someone from the GPCT EC will rectify this situation.

    Thanks,
    Justine McCabe
    New Milford
    Co-Chair, International Committee GPUS


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Justine McCabe
    To: B Barry
    Cc: Charlie Pillsbury
    Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 5:25 PM
    Subject: Re: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for
CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


    Hi Barbara,

    I'm seeking another term as a CTGP representative to both the
International and Platform Committees.

    I've combined my bio and candidate statement below.

    Many thanks,
    Justine
    -----------------


    BIO, Candidate statement for Representative to GPUS International and
Platform Committees



    My interest in the International and Platform Committees developed via
experience as an academic anthropologist in the Middle East (Lebanon, Iran).
Research interests led me to retrain in clinical psychology, which I
practice in New Milford.  I continue to publish on culture/ human
development in the Middle East.



    Since the mid-1990's, I've traveled regularly to Israel/the Occupied
Palestinian Territories, where I volunteered at the Gaza Community Mental
health Clinic, conducted respite workshops for Palestinian humanitarian
workers, and with an Israeli colleague, did training on the subject of human
attachment under conditions of political violence for teachers and social
workers in East Jerusalem.



    I've been a CTGP representative to the IC since 2000, and IC co-chair
since 2006 when I agreed to fill in for resigning co-chair Alan Kaufman.
Last month, I was elected for a 2- year term as co-chair along with Steve
Herrick (WI). I've been a member of the Platform Committee since 2004.



    As a member of those committees, I've been a point-person on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, helping to draft our current platform planks
on Middle East policy. In CT, I continue to work with the Middle East Crisis
Committee, and have represented the party at various peace conferences/demos
in CT and NY, and in 2004, in Haifa, Israel at the Right of Return
Conference. This month, I moderated a GP panel on Gaza and the I/P conflict
in NYC. Also, beginning in 2003, I've worked to foster GPUS relations with
nascent (2) Israeli, and Palestine Green parties, meeting with both groups a
few times there.



    Within the party, I've presented workshops on the conflict at GPUS
annual meetings (on the Palestinian right of return; with Ruth Weill, on the
GPUS Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution, Prop 190 Greens, Calling for
Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel); and organized a workshop
at the 2004 GPUS convention on the occupations of Iraq and Palestine that
included international Green guests, among them a representative from one of
the (now defunct) Israeli Green parties.



    My other work at international Green gatherings included participating
in a joint US-Canadian Green Party Teach-in on the North American Security
and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Ottawa, 2007 Canadian and US Green
Parties blast secretive NAFTA-Plus trade-security deal; I was an alternate
GPUS delegate to the 2008 Global Green meeting in Sao Paulo, and observer at
the 2008 Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas meeting in Quebec
City.



    In describing my experiences above, I've tried to show that much of the
work and mission of the IC especially (see
http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/), involves building relationships with
members of international Green parties--mainly by email, less often in
person, all of which takes time, continuity, and respect for the different
cultures these Green Parties represent, even while we share Green values. I
would very much like to continue to represent CTGP on these national
committees, whose missions are, in part, quite related.

    I continue to appreciate input from CTGP members on foreign policy,
especially from those with experience in various parts of the world and/ or
those actively involved in various peace/justice campaigns.



    In sum, my main interest in seeking your vote as a representative to
these committees--indeed in being a Green--is to work for peace.



    Thanks,

    Justine McCabe



    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: B Barry
    To: 'Justine McCabe'
    Cc: roseberry3 at cox.net
    Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:35 PM
    Subject: RE: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for
CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


    Justine,



    Your request has been forwarded to the CTGP Internal Elections Committee
for inclusion on the ballot.



    Barbara Barry, Secretary of CTGP



    ==================


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steve Fournier
    To: 'Justine McCabe'
    Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:43 PM
    Subject: RE: Amy Vas Nunes


    Justine, I laid out the ballot.  I made an error and neglected to place
you on the ballot for Platform Committee.  Your name should appear there,
and we'll note that at the convention.  .








    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Christopher Reilly
    To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
    Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:03 PM
    Subject: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14


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From cpr101 at hotmail.com  Thu Apr 16 16:28:56 2009
From: cpr101 at hotmail.com (Christopher Reilly)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:28:56 -0400
Subject: {news} Ballto Report - 4/16
Message-ID: <SNT108-W81DD5BDC7CAF63DA8BB6789E7A0@phx.gbl>


 

We received 6 ballots in the mail today.  One did not have a return address.

 

Totals to date:

 

Total ballots mailed in to date:  20 (including one without a return address)
 
Please remember to return your ballot by April 22 if you plan on mailing it in rather than bringing it to the annual meeting.

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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Thu Apr 16 00:47:33 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:47:33 -0400
Subject: {news} Fwd: GPUS Seeking State Party Info - CONNECTICUT
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 CHARLIE[ BAD EYS TONITE THUS CAPS]MCCABE HAS NOT BEEN REAPPOINTED TO USGP PC SINCE 2004 PER HER OWN STATEMENT, LEAVING OUT 2006 AND 2008. DON'T CTGP BYLAWS CALL FOR REAFFIRMATION BY CTGP BY SCC AND IN THIS CASE I BELIVE OUR STATE PC TOO? OF COURSE THAT MIGHT ENTAIL HER NEED TO ATTTEND A SCC MEETING IN PERSON AND REPORT? MCCABE HAS ATTENDED NO SCC OR ANY CTGP MEETING AND HAS NO CHAPTER FOR OVER 6YRS.I REALIZE WE ARE ABOUT TO  HAVE AN ELECTION BUT HOW CAN SHE IN THE MEAN WHILE BE A PC MEMBER  AND VOTE WHEN HER REAPPOINTMENTS ARE 4 YRS 2X OUT OF DATE PER BYLAWS/ PLEASE CORRECT YOUR INFO TO H HART. AMY 
 


Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:24:33 -0400
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com
To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: {news} Fwd: GPUS Seeking State Party Info - CONNECTICUT

As one of the current CTGP reps to the GPUS, I sent the following response to GPUS Secretary Holly Hart's email to the 5 of us who currently serve on the GPUS National Committee.  If there are any changes to report after our Annual Meeting on 4/25, I think it would be proper protocol for the newly elected CTGP secretary to forward any updated info to Holly.

Charlie


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charlie Pillsbury <chapillsbury at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking State Party Info - CONNECTICUT
To: secretary at gp.org
Cc: smderosa at cox.net, richard.duffee at gmail.com, Timmckee at mail.com, efficacy at msn.com

Holly:  The info you have is currently correct (including your info about Amy and Justine).  Some of it may change, however, pending the results of our annual state party election, which takes place by mail in advance of, and then in person at, our Annual Meeting scheduled for Saturday April 25.  So stay tuned.

Thanks, Charlie




On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:48 PM, <secretary at gp.org> wrote:

Dear Mike, Richard, Charlie Tim and Clifford,

GPUS is undertaking a state-by-state review of the information included in
our voting page directory to make sure it is correct and up to date.
Information for delegates and alternates for most states is generally
accurate.  Observers may or may not be up to date, and we would like to
bring that information up to date.  We have not routinely included
information on standing committee membership for quite awhile (not since
before I began work as secretary).  Recently, there has been interest in
having committee membership records maintained in the directory, and our
voting page admins have expressed interest and willingness to do this.

I am asking each state party/accredited caucus to review your information
currently on file in the voting page directory and let me know if it's
accurate, or of any changes or updates that need to be made.
Your state's delegate and standing committee member information is listed,
below.  Please let me know if we have an accurate list of:
 Delegates
 Alternates
 Members of any standing GPUS committees

I am pretty sure Connecticut's delegate information is up to date, but may
need more updates on standing committees.   I have both Justine McCabe and
Amy vas Nunes listed as members of the Platform Committee, and Justine
McCabe as a member of the international Committee (and she was just
elected co-chair, so hopefully, that is correct!).  Please let me know if
this is correct, if the information below is up to date, and if there are
any more updates.

Thank you for your response,

Holly Hart
Secretary, GPUS


CONNECTICUT
DELEGATES
S. Michael DeRosa
smderosa at cox.net        860-956-8170 - Eve
860-919-4042 - Cell
       48 Village Dr 204
Wethersfield, CT 06109

Richard Z. Duffee
richard.duffee at gmail.com

Tim McKee
Timmckee at mail.com

Charlie Pillsbury
chapillsbury at gmail.com  203-865-6575 - Eve
       247 Saint Ronan Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Cliff Thornton
efficacy at msn.com                PO Box 1234
Hartford, CT 06143

ALTERNATES
Amy Vas Nunes
amyvasnunes at hotmail.com

OBSERVERS
John Battista
riverbend2 at earthlink.net

STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Dispute Resolution Member
David Eliscu
david.eliscu at snet.net

Dispute Resolution Member
Charlie Pillsbury
chapillsbury at gmail.com  203-865-6575 - Eve
       247 Saint Ronan Street
New Haven, CT 06511


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Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP


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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Apr 16 17:20:50 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:20:50 -0400
Subject: {news} CTGP bylaws
Message-ID: <BLU109-DAV8DD3D046662C3E29CF01DD67A0@phx.gbl>

For everyone's reference, below is a copy of our state bylaws, as published
on our website.  If anyone thinks these are not up to date, please post
details and the corrected text.  I know there have been a few attempts to
amend the bylaws, but I don't think these amendments have passed yet.

When citing the bylaws, it would be helpful to quote the exact language in
the section, rather than depend on memory.

David Bedell


http://www.ctgreens.org/bylaws.shtml

Bylaws

Green Party of Connecticut Bylaws
Adopted by the State Central Committee - January, 1999

Preface:

The purpose of the subject Bylaws to be established for the Green Party of
Connecticut, henceforth referred to as "the Party", is to identify and
define the organization's subordinate elements and officials, to state the
responsibilities and rights of each and indicate their interrelationships,
and to specify basic organizational procedures.

Procedures for submittal of recommendations for amendment of the Bylaws are
included in the following Bylaws proposal.

A. Organizational Structure

The Party comprises individual members, Chapters, the State Central
Committee, Executive Committee, and such committees as the State Central
Committee may establish.

Officials shall include two Party Co-Chairpersons, a Treasurer, and a
Secretary. The nature, responsibilities, and rights of each are as follows
(The Bylaws were amended in 2000 to add a third Co-Chair):

I. Membership Classes:

1. Individual Membership (Modified by statewide vote in 2001):
Anyone registered to vote as a Green is a Green Party member.
In addition, anyone who can satisfy (and verify) at least 2 of the following
criteria will be considered a Green Party member:

   1. have attended 2 meetings of the Green Party (either state meetings or
meetings of an officially recognized chapter) within the past 12 months;
   2. are on the state's official mailing list; and/or have submitted a
written (or email) request for membership or informational materials from
the Party;
   3. have performed at least 2 volunteer activities with the Green Party
(or with a coalition partner) of the Green Party within the past 12 months.

Party members shall receive the State Newsletter, announcements of State
Party general meetings, and shall be entitled to vote when attending State
Party general meetings. When an Active Member of a Chapter, the member shall
be entitled to vote at all general meetings of the Chapter. No member,
however, shall be entitled to vote in more than one Chapter. Membership in a
Chapter may require compliance with requirements of the Chapter in addition
to those for Party membership.

2. Regional Chapter Membership Any group of five or more individual members,
resident in a cohesive geographical or political area, may form a Regional
chapter provided that the group appoints an official who will inform the
Party on a continuing basis of Chapter membership, meeting place and
schedule, minutes of meetings and other significant Chapter activities, and
shall in a timely manner transmit to the Chapter members significant
communications from the State Party and shall commit to compliance with all
other requirements established by the Party for the conduct of Chapters. The
chapter shall also provide regular representation at Party Conventions and
State Central Committee Meetings, and timely response (positive or negative)
to Party requests for action and information.

3. At Large Chapter Membership Any group of five or more individual members
residing beyond reasonable reach of any established Regional chapter may
form a General Chapter, provided that it meets the requirements stipulated
for a Regional chapter, and establishes and maintains a full communication
capability among members and with the Party.

II. Party Structure and Functions:

1. State Central Committee: The State Central Committee shall be composed of
Party officers and Chapter representatives. Committee Chairpersons shall
participate in an advisory capacity. Each Chapter shall have one representat
ive for each five members. The State Central Committee shall be responsible
for formulation of Statements of Purpose and Principles and basic plans for
organization, programs, financing, and strategy.

The State Central Committee shall be responsible acting on petitions for
formation and acceptance of new Chapters and for determining and directing
all action required for implementation of established Purposes and Plans. In
so doing, the State Central Committee may establish subordinate committees,
expend Party funds, take or direct all action required for the execution of
established Purposes and plans, and coordinate all joint Chapter activities.

So far as possible, the State Central Committee shall delegate detail
discussion and action to appropriate Committees, limiting its personnel time
and resources to question of basic policy and plans.

The State Central Committee shall maintain Minutes of all its meetings,
stating the subject of all significant matters discussed, program action
status, basic reasons for decisions, votes on any motion, and the causes of
any significant dissent. Copies of such Minutes shall forwarded to each
Chapter within two weeks of each meeting.

Attendance by at least on representative of two thirds or more of all
Chapters shall be required for formal consideration of any significant
motion or proposal, and a majority vote of the representatives present shall
be required for approval. [Changed from "three quarters or more of all
Chapters" by bylaws revision process culminating in an SCC vote at the June
2004 SCC meeting]

2. Officers:

a) Party Co-Chairpersons Party Co-Chairpersons (one female, one male) shall
conduct meetings of the Executive Committee, shall conduct or appoint a
facilitator for State Central Committee and Executive Committee meetings,
and shall in person or through a designee approved by the State Central
Committee represent the Party at meetings or in discussions with individuals
and groups outside the Party.

b) Treasurer The Treasurer shall receive all dues, contributions, and other
income; shall establish a bank account into which all receipts shall be
promptly deposited; shall promptly make payment for all duly authorized
obligations, and shall establish a procedure for such authorization; may
recommend to the State Central Committee investment of any funds that exceed
short-term commitments and requirements; and maintain financial records in
accordance with sound accounting practice and publish monthly and statements
of initial and final assets, income, and expenditures.

c) Secretary The Secretary shall take minutes as required by the State
Central Committee, establish a record of all individual members, and of
Chapter Correspondents and members. She/he shall maintain a record of all
correspondence and information transmitted through any printed or printable
medium to or from the Party, including material between Chapters or Chapters
and Party, shall forward outgoing material to its addressee and incoming or
internal material to the appropriate action party or group, and shall
establish, maintain, and periodically publish a list of information and data
that may be of value to members and groups within the Party. Filing or
storage of material shall be the responsibility of the originator or action
recipient.

e) Chairpersons, General Chairpersons shall be responsible for the
fulfillment of the task(s) for which the committee is established. They
shall plan and schedule meetings, moderate or appoint suitable moderators,
assure the maintenance of proper minutes, recruit qualified committee
members, and submit status and progress reports to the State Central
Committee as required by the State Central Committee. and shall inform and
advise the State Central Committee regarding subjects for which their
Committee is responsible.

f) Election/Appointment of Officials In the initial organization of the
Party under the Bylaws enacted by the State Central Committee, the
Co-Chairpersons shall be elected by a majority vote of the State Central
Committee, and shall hold office for one year or until the following State
Party convention, whichever occurs first. At and following that Convention,
Party Co-Chairpersons shall be elected by an absolute majority vote of the
members, as established if necessary by successive preferential voting.
Other offices shall be filled by volunteers approved by the State Central
Committee, and/or by appointment of individuals proposed by responsible
members and approved by the State Central Committee. All offices shall be
for a term of one year from the time of election or appointment.

g) Executive Committee An Executive Committee of four, the Co-Chairpersons,
the Treasurer, and the Secretary, shall be responsible for establishing the
agenda for State Central Committee Meetings, duly considering
recommendations and requests by State Central Committee and chapters, and
for informing State Central Committee members and Chapters of the agenda a
week in advance of each meeting. It shall monitor the activities of Party
committees and Chapters, assuring a full understanding of Party standards
and objectives; and shall recommend to the State Central Committee any
non-routine action that the State Central Committee should consider.

III. Bylaws - Amendments and Revisions

Any Chapter may, provided two thirds of its full membership concur, propose
to the State Central Committee amendments or changes to the Party Bylaws.
The State Central Committee shall refer the proposal to all active Chapters
for review and recommendations. Each Chapter may, by a two thirds majority
of its full membership, recommend rejection, State Central Committee
approval, or submittal of the proposal to the next following Party
Convention for consideration of the full membership. If two thirds of the
Chapters recommend approval, the State Central Committee may enact the
change or refer it for Convention action. If Convention action is called
for, members in good standing but unable to attend the Convention shall each
be entitled to vote by absentee ballot.

IV Ethical Standards All members shall comport themselves in ways that
reflect the Party's Purpose and Principles at all times, and shall make
particular note of actions such as the following unacceptable modes of
conduct:

1. Making commitments or position statements that conflict with Party or
Chapter policies, principles, or ethical codes. 2. The advocacy or practice
of racial, sexual, ethnic, or religious discrimination 3. Betrayal of trust
in matters affecting Party or Public welfare. 4. Indulgence in or use of any
form of violence. 5. Irresponsible advocacy such as that based upon
misrepresentation or gross ignorance of pertinent facts.

V. Political Candidacy

1. Requirements:

Basic requirements for nomination or endorsement of any person for candidacy
to public office by the Party or any element of the Party are that the
candidate:

a. is a member of a Local or Regional Green Chapter or an At Large member.

b. is registered to vote (enrolled), or has officially applied to be
registered, as a Green Party member in his/her town of residence.

c. is committed to the 10 Key Values.

2. Nomination Authority

a. Town and City

Sole responsibility of the Green Town Committee in towns with such Town
Committees. In towns lacking a Green Town Committee, sole responsibility
belongs to the Chapters, provided that the Chapter has at least one member
in the town or city in question.

TOWN COMMITTEES: The establishment of Town Committees and procedures for
admitting members to Town Committees shall be the responsibility of the
enrolled Green Party members in each Town. The composition of the Town
Committees shall be such as to represent, as far as possible, all elements
within the Green Party in the area covered by the Committee. Initially, when
such a Committee has been established within a Town, all enrolled Green
Party members in that Town will be de facto members of the Town Committee.

b. State Legislature. Responsibility as in section a., save that if a
legislative district includes parts within the jurisdiction of two or more
Town Committees or Chapters, those groups must agree upon any action taken.

c. Statewide offices. The joint responsibility of the State Party and the
Chapters.

d. Federal Offices. Joint responsibility of the State Party and the Chapters
except in the case of members of the U.S. House of Representatives, where
the authority for such nominations shall be vested in the Chapter(s) in
whose area(s) the Congressional District falls.

3. Procedure

For offices where the nomination authority is jointly vested in the State
Party and the Chapters, the following procedure will apply.

The Council shall establish an Endorsement Review Committee for reporting on
candidate nominations and endorsements. Any proposal for the nomination or
endorsement of a candidate for an office that falls under the joint
authority of the State Party and the Chapters shall be submitted to the
council and shall include the following:

a) Name of Candidate b) office candidate is seeking c) Pertinent background
information d) Candidate stand on issues

The Council shall transmit the proposal to the Review Committee for
preparation of a report and shall direct the Council Representatives to
inform their chapters of the proposal and to provide their Chapter with the
name and phone number of a Review Committee contact person.

At least two weeks prior to voting on the proposed nomination, all Green
Party members eligible to vote for the office in question, will be notified
by the Review Committee through their Council Representatives of a time and
place where the proposed candidate will be present and prepared to answer
all questions regarding his/her view on pertinent issues.

Subsequent to the above, the Review Committee will submit their report on
the candidates to the Council and to the Chapters. The Council shall place
the nomination or endorsement proposal on the Agenda of the next regular
meeting following the report of the Review Committee and, at that meeting,
vote on the proposal, approval requiring a two thirds majority of the
Representatives present.

For offices which fall within the jurisdiction of a single Town Committee or
Chapter, or two or more Town Committees or Chapters acting jointly, the
following procedure will apply.

1. All persons wishing to run for office on the Green Party ticket should
submit their name and the position sought to their Town Committee, or Local
or Regional Chapter by the deadline established for such submissions.
Nominations may also be made by persons other than those seeking to be
candidates.

2. All members of the Local or Regional Chapter, At Large Members and
Registered Green Voters shall have the opportunity to question the candidate
and determine her/his views on pertinent issues at a time and place
determined by the body with nominating authority.

3. All candidates will be chosen by consensus, or, if consensus fails, by
2/3 majority vote of the membership voting by secret ballot. In the case of
no clear majority, Instant Runoff voting will be used to select a candidate.
"None of the Above" will always be included as a ballot choice in the
candidate selection process.

Candidates will be chosen during the course of a regularly scheduled Chapter
meeting or during a Special Meeting called for that purpose, provided that
all members eligible to participate in the selection process have been
notified of the meeting and its purpose at least 14 days prior to the
meeting date.

----------
Note 1. When endorsement by the Party Nominating Committee is to be
required, the Committee shall inform the candidate and all Chapters of its
pending review of the request for endorsement at least two weeks before such
review is initiated, and shall schedule its review at a time that will
permit all validly interested parties to contribute to the review.




From karinlee1 at mindspring.com  Thu Apr 16 18:19:16 2009
From: karinlee1 at mindspring.com (Karin L. Norton)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:19:16 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Subject: {news} RE: {news(?)} Fwd: GPUS Seeking State Party Info - CT
Message-ID: <20070708.1239920356607.JavaMail.root@elwamui-lapwing.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Hi, All. I am getting very frustrated with the repetitive opinions expressed by one person to our NEWS list about Ms. McCabe. Even if the emails were sent to the FORUM I still think they are way over the top. I realize that we are civilized to believe opinion if we read/hear it often enough, but constant mis-representation of opinion doesn't make it fact, it's still propaganda. I think it bears acknowledging that there are no actual rules about who can be on the national committees, in fact some people have served on committees even before they had a state party, let alone a chapter. I think we are honored by Justine's presence on USGP committees. She represents Connecticut well with her hard work and devotion she brings to her volunteer "job". She deserves thank you's and accolades, not lies and castigation, for her willingness to continue serving the national party when she has been mistreated and hounded out of the state party.  Serving on national committees requires hard work, discipline, and not someone who just wants to voice opinions. Justine is certainly someone who has put personal time, energy, and money into representing our state and our nation well, IMHO.
-- Karin Norton-O'Connor





From crashnewberg at netscape.net  Thu Apr 16 18:34:43 2009
From: crashnewberg at netscape.net (crashnewberg at netscape.net)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:34:43 -0400
Subject: {news} Re: CTGP-news Digest, Vol 57, Issue 18
In-Reply-To: <20090416025641.53B8B6CD718@gandhi.greens.org>
References: <20090416025641.53B8B6CD718@gandhi.greens.org>
Message-ID: <8CB8CFAAC201CEE-7DC-E81@FWM-M28.sysops.aol.com>


 Here we go again. News only please.
Steve Newberg


 


 

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:48:27 -0400
From: Ronna Stuller <rstuller at snet.net>
Subject: {news} Re: [CTGP-candidates] race against Dodd?
To: CTGP-candidates at yahoogroups.com, CT Greens News
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I'm not sure we should assume that Dodd will run in 2010; if his awful  
polling numbers prove persistent, he may decide that it's a good time  
to retire on his own terms.  Perhaps we'll finally see Blumenthal (or  
DeLauro or Larson) running for the Dems. How would that=2
0scenario  
influence the Greens' thoughts on running a candidate?

Sorry, I can only think of questions at this point, not comments,  
since my feelings are mixed on so many levels.

Ronna



On Apr 15, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Steve Fournier wrote:
>
> Take Nader at his word and nominate somebody that's actually won an
> election, like DeSmet. Or maybe identify the five or six Greenest  
> Democrats
> in the General Assembly and invite them to change parties and run  
> for Senate
> with us. They don't have much hope of rising as Democrats, that's  
> for sure,
> and they did manage to get elected to office. Maybe we could  
> persuade one.
>
> From: CTGP-candidates at yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:CTGP-candidates at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Harold Burbank  
> II
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:57 AM
> To: CTGP-candidates at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CTGP-candidates] race against Dodd?
>
> Nader said in 2008 he would never run for Senate, and got mad when  
> asked
> publicly to do it. Since I cannot foresee his running for president  
> again
> (but he might) I think CT Greens should consider asking him to  
> challenge
> Dodd. I will do it as an individual. Someone trustworthy and well  
> known
> needs to be in government today to challenge Obama from the center- 
> keft, and
> Nader is the best person I can think of, not just from CT, but the  
> country,
> to do it. For now I do not think he will, but if there is a  
> groundswell20of
> support from CT, especially from Greens, conservatives and  
> independents,
> even progressive Dems and Yankee Repubs, he might.
>
> Comments?
>
> HB
>
> Attorney Harold H. Burbank, II
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:17:13 -0400
From: Amy Vas Nunes <amyvasnunes at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
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 For sake of transparency I feel CTGP needs these facts,If MCCabe was voted on 
USGP Platform Committee in 2004  as stated,she needed to be re appointed to PC 
every 2years per our bylaws and was not reappointed in 2006 or 2008 and is 
therfore NOT legally on PC unless elected.Please note in bio she says she wrote 
Mideast Platform. According to PC rules those submissions of 2004 and 2008 
should have been submitted and approved by CTGP SCC and  State PC . They were 
never shown or seen/approved by CTGP although I have asked her for such proof 
for years, it is not in minutes,  no one recalls this. MCcabe has not had a 
chapter for years  it was dissolved nor attended ANY level CTGP meetings for 
over 6yrs. The IC is currently under investigation for disolution by the USGP 
NC{ National Committee} and BRPP{ Bylaws, rules policy and procedures] for 
ille
gal coch election{MCcabe was "elected "with no quorm 23voted 18 did not, and 
ranked  3rd and 0 below office by 2 CT IC reps }and  IC not being accountable to 
USGP. These facts have been brought forward by Calif delagation of numerous IC 
reps, NC reps and SCC reps plus 6 other States IC reps.     NOTE I would love to 
stop talking about these political problems/facts.I would love to run against 
another open woman candidate that has diverse World concerns and is active in 
person in our Party/Chapter and works in coalition with other Ct reps on 
committees like a caucus I would love the IC to concentrate on MANY world 
problems not only Mideast. I would love MCcabe to attend the convention to 
answer numerous questions about Platform State approvel,IC investigation/elections  
etc.CTGP members and officers have for her. I hope these would incluide 
questions on her attempts to cancel our 2007 elections.This attempt can be 
verified by the people that paid to send ballots and hold convention and the 
officers that received USGP questions if they still were an "active" Party, and 
had to prove so,prompted from MCcabe. These persons are Charlie Pillsbury, Mike 
DeRosa,Chris Riley, Jean DeSmet, Mike Westerfield all who put up extra money.I 
think they all have been paid back Also at that time other former NWGP members 
siezed CTGP POB, computer lists and Bank accounts that were only returned 
because of threat of legal action bu CTGP. I belive these events were linked by 
a20group of former NWGP members, in an attempt to be considered "THE" ctgp, 
instead of the rightful group.I am truely sorry these facts had to come out but 
I feel its for the health of the CTGP. We are now one and strong.  Amy 
 


From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net
To: gpcwc at lists.riseup.net; ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: Fw: {news} Ballot Report - Tues. April 14
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:58:31 -0400
CC: 


Hi All, 
 
I received my GPCT ballot today and discovered that my name had not been 
included as a candidate for GPUS Platform Committee.
 
Below, are emails containing 1) my bio sent to GPCT secretary Barbara Barry on 
March 22 declaring my candidacy for rep. to GPUS  International Committee and 
GPUS Platform Committee; 2) Barbara's email acknowledging my candidacy; 3) and  
Steve Fournier's email acknowledging that he forgot to include me on the ballot.
 
I assume someone from the GPCT EC will rectify this situation.
 
Thanks, 
Justine McCabe
New Milford 
Co-Chair, International Committee GPUS   
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Justine McCabe 
To: B Barry 
Cc: Charlie Pillsbury 
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for 
CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary


Hi Barbara, 
 
I'm seeking another term as a CTGP representative to both the International and 
Platform Committees.
 
I've combined my bio and candidate statement below.
 
Many thanks, 
J
ustine 
-----------------





BIO, Candidate statement for Representative to GPUS International and Platform 
Committees

 

My interest in the International and Platform Committees developed via 
experience as an academic anthropologist in the Middle East (Lebanon, Iran).  
Research interests led me to retrain in clinical psychology, which I practice in 
New Milford.  I continue to publish on culture/ human development in the Middle 
East.

         

Since the mid-1990's, I've traveled regularly to Israel/the Occupied Palestinian 
Territories, where I volunteered at the Gaza Community Mental health Clinic, 
conducted respite workshops for Palestinian humanitarian workers, and with an 
Israeli colleague, did training on the subject of human attachment under 
conditions of political violence for teachers and social workers in East 
Jerusalem.

 

I've been a CTGP representative to the IC since 2000, and IC co-chair since 2006 
when I agreed to fill in for resigning co-chair Alan Kaufman. Last month, I was 
elected for a 2- year term as co-chair along with Steve Herrick (WI). I've been 
a member of the Platform Committee since 2004.

 

As a member of those committees, I've been a point-person on the 
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, helping to draft our current platform planks on 
Middle East policy. In CT, I continue to work with the Middle East Crisis 
Committee, and have represented the party at various peace conferences/demos in 
CT and NY, and in 2004, in Haifa, Israel at=2
0the Right of Return Conference. This 
month, I moderated a GP panel on Gaza and the I/P conflict in NYC. Also, 
beginning in 2003, I've worked to foster GPUS relations with nascent (2) 
Israeli, and Palestine Green parties, meeting with both groups a few times 
there.

 

Within the party, I've presented workshops on the conflict at GPUS annual 
meetings (on the Palestinian right of return; with Ruth Weill, on the GPUS 
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution, Prop 190 Greens, Calling for 
Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel); and organized a workshop at 
the 2004 GPUS convention on the occupations of Iraq and Palestine that included 
international Green guests, among them a representative from one of the (now 
defunct) Israeli Green parties.

 

My other work at international Green gatherings included participating in a 
joint US-Canadian Green Party Teach-in on the North American Security and 
Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Ottawa, 2007 Canadian and US Green Parties blast 
secretive NAFTA-Plus trade-security deal; I was an alternate GPUS delegate to 
the 2008 Global Green meeting in Sao Paulo, and observer at the 2008 Federation 
of the Green Parties of the Americas meeting in Quebec City. 

 

In describing my experiences above, I've tried to show that much of the work and 
mission of the IC especially (see http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/), involves 
building relationships with members of international Green parties--mainly by 
email, less often in person, all of which takes t
ime, continuity, and respect 
for the different cultures these Green Parties represent, even while we share 
Green values. I would very much like to continue to represent CTGP on these 
national committees, whose missions are, in part, quite related.
I continue to appreciate input from CTGP members on foreign policy, especially 
from those with experience in various parts of the world and/ or those actively 
involved in various peace/justice campaigns. 
 
In sum, my main interest in seeking your vote as a representative to these 
committees--indeed in being a Green--is to work for peace.
 
Thanks, 
Justine McCabe   
 
----- Original Message ----- 

From: B Barry 
To: 'Justine McCabe' 
Cc: roseberry3 at cox.net 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:35 PM
Subject: RE: {news} Reminder: candidates need to submit their names for 
CTGPofficers and GPUS representatives by 9PM 3-31-09 to CTGP secreatary



Justine,
 
Your request has been forwarded to the CTGP Internal Elections Committee for 
inclusion on the ballot.
 
Barbara Barry, Secretary of CTGP
 
==================
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Fournier 
To: 'Justine McCabe' 
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: Amy Vas Nunes



Justine, I laid out the ballot.  I made an error and neglected to place you on 
the ballot for Platform Committee.  Your name should appear there, and we?ll 
note that at the convention.  .   
     
 
 
 
 
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From efficacy at msn.com  Sat Apr 18 08:57:45 2009
From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton)
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:57:45 -0400
Subject: {news} Race An Issue In Drug-Reform Debate
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Race An Issue In Drug-Reform Debate
  Stan Simpson 
  April 18, 2009
I've been inundated.

http://www.courant.com/sports/college/husky/men/hc-stan-simpson-column-artapr18,0,2803479.column<http://www.courant.com/sports/college/husky/men/hc-stan-simpson-column-artapr18,0,2803479.column>

Last week I innocently mentioned that I've evolved on this idea of legalizing marijuana. Apparently, I'm not moving fast enough for the drug-law reformers.

They want the full monty - the legalization of pot, cocaine, heroin and the like.

I'd like to take a more measured approach, starting with more decriminalization of reefer and a better understanding of what the consequences are. For those of you who insist there'll be none and point to post-Prohibition reports, I am still not buying

But I promised to play a role in advancing an honest conversation about this.

Cliff Thornton prodded me again this week. The executive director of Efficacy, a social change group advocating for drug law reforms, conceded to me that there probably would be some consequences.

"There's no magic drug policy," he said. "But at least you take the drugs out of the hands of the criminals."

Cool. Candid. I'm open to hearing more.

I understand that the war on drugs has failed. I understand that America spends $45 billion a year to lock up 7 million inmates, the large majority on some drug-related offense. I've written about the obscene racial disparity in Connecticut's prison systems - 75 percent of the 19,000 inmates are black and Latino, yet blacks and Latinos make up only 22 percent of the state's population. The incarceration rates of African Americans and Latinos in Connecticut are among the highest in America. The bulk of the state's inmates are from our urban centers and they're in for some drug-related offense.

Race, no doubt, has been a factor in this failed drug war. Urban communities have been hit the hardest. There are two things that will bring this conversation about decriminalizing or legalizing street drugs to a full boil in Connecticut.

One is the failed economy. When jobs and programs are being cut, but the $700 million prison system continues to grow, people notice. The other thing that gets folks' attention is when the complexion of the people incarcerated changes.

The Sentencing Project in Washington released a study this week with a significant finding: The number of black inmates in prison on drug offenses decreased 22 percent from 1999 to 2005. In that same period, the number of whites in prison on drug-related offenses increased by 43 percent. There was no real change with the Latino numbers.

What's driving the shift, surmised Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project's executive director, is more police attention to cracking down on methamphetamines, a drug used predominantly by whites in the Midwest and West. Also, Mauer said, drug courts in urban communities are now diverting more offenders to treatment programs, instead of prison. Open-air street dealing might also be moving to less-conspicuous confines.

Connecticut, for now, is a heroin and cocaine state. "I expect that within the next two years, you'll see an explosion [of meth] here in Connecticut," Thornton said. "This report doesn't surprise me."

I've watched how suburban parents and police are coming to grips with an emerging heroin problem among teens. In most cases, there is empathy for these troubled kids from middle-class homes.

"The more it spreads to people with resources, with influence, it helps to open up that conversation," Mauer said.

For my new friends in the drug-reform movement - for the record, I'm a beer guy - let me humbly suggest this:

Take The Sentencing Project report - and run with it.

.Stan Simpson's column appears on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Read his blog at courant.com/stan. 




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From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:50:05 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: Reminder to send in your reports [NATIONAL GREEN PAGES]
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Anyone want to write/send in "what's going on in your state"?
For privacy reasons, I've deleted the e-mail address in the message below.  Contact me if you'd like it.
--Ed DuBrule
----- Original Message ----- 
From: [deleted] 
To: undisclosed-recipients: 
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:12 AM
Subject: Reminder to send in your reports



Hi Green Friends,



This is a reminder to send in your state reports.  To date I have reports from Florida and Indiana.  However, some of you may have posted reports to me over the week-end.  If so, please re-send them.  I was away for a few days and had trouble with my e-mail upon my return.  The messages in my "in box" were inadvertently deleted.

 

We do want to know what's going on in your state.  If not much is going on, a paragraph will be sufficient.  But please let us hear.

 

Thank you.

 

Peace,

Barbara Rodgers-Hendricks

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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Sat Apr 18 23:48:48 2009
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:48:48 -0400
Subject: {news} USGP-INT Calif Rep.some of my thoughts about the current
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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:42:29 -0700
From: sanda at greens.org
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org
CC: gpus-del at lists.cagreens.org
Subject: USGP-INT some of my thoughts about the current situation in the IC

Dear International Committee,

I started writing this letter in mid-March, but for various reasons, did not get around to sending it.  Aimee's questions about my concern about the election prompted me to think about it again...but I just was not finding the time, and I also felt that most of my reasons were already stated in the GPCA proposal 386 about IC Rules, Policies and Procedures, particularly after we voted to amend it.  It was brought to my attention, that many people thought all of the concerns were just Mike Feinstein's issues so perhaps I needed to let people know how I felt.  So I decided to take some of my time that I hoped to be in the garden today, to finally get this out.

*******************

I have been thinking about this issue a lot....not just over the past few weeks but since October 2008 when I first became aware of the difference in approach of Mike (and more recently my state party?s GPUS delegation) to the Mexican Greens? support of Death Penalty and that of Tony and Julia. I am often able to see and sympathize with more than one side of an issue, and from this perspective I would like to share some of my thoughts and feelings on this issue with you..



I love the IC.  Like I have said before, it is the whole reason I got involved with GPUS.  I admire Julia. My experience with Tony has been quite positive, and while I don't always agree with Mike, I acknowledge his experience internationally.  Knowing her a little better, I adore Jill Bussiere, and we have agreed to not let our relationship suffer over any difference in opinion about this situation.



Please don't make this about MIke, because then you risk not looking at the real issues involved.  Yes, Mike tends to like being in control, but that can be a good thing, too.  He has done lots of good work for this party, not the least of which being his excellent writing skills and his handle on by-laws, rules, and procedures. I also feel safe in asserting that the current issues he is bring up: the lack of approved P&Ps, the lack of following unapproved P&Ps, the lack of a stronger position about the Mexican Green Party's position on the death penalty, and however else he is pushing your buttons, has nothing to do with 190.


Mike is a strong personality, but so are the "leaders" of this committee.  They have got into the practice of acting autonomously over the years, before and after the creation of GPUS.  They have asserted for years that because IC existed before GPUS, the IC did not have to get its rules and procedures approved by the NC.  I even had some sympathy for that position until it became apparent that the IC wasn't even following its own rules and procedures, particularly as it related to co-chair elections. 

I was at the meeting in Chicago in July 2008 where Julia acknowledged that there had not been a call for an election before that year's ANM as stated in the IC rules.  She asked if we could wait until after the FPVA meeting  and our presidential election in November.  Mike questioned her ability to make that delay based on our rules. People agreed I think because it seemed like a reasonable request, not because it was permissable. 

But not only did Julia not announce those intentions to the rest of the IC after Chicago, so that people could prepare for the elections (Justine?s seat had also expired a year and half earlier), but no election happened in November or December and neither Julia nor Justine mentioned anything about even scheduling an election during that time, even though the FPVA meeting had come and gone the first week in November.

It wasn?t until Mike and Marnie started pushing the Co-chair election issue in mid-December that the issue was even raised before the IC, and maybe it would not have happened even when it did without their pushing.  I would have at least liked to see an acknowledgement, and maybe even an apology, at the lack of following rules.  I know the IC is not the only place in the GP where people are behind schedule, but one seat being six months overdue and another 18 months overdue is extreme.


I know there is some disagreement whether BRPP has the mandate to write policies and procedures for another committee or not. However I am not sure the IC would even be talking about writing its own without this push from Mike, BRPP, and the GPCA.  As I said to Jill a few weeks ago, Mike is a great writer;  I wish IC would stop freaking out about BRPP doing it and just get involved with the process.  What is the old expression, if you're given lemons, make lemonade.  Mike, and the other BRPP members who have worked on this have given you a great draft. Start working with it.  See where you think it needs tweaking.  Get involved and stop blaming.  Make believe BRPP can "help" IC (that?s part of the reason our party has a bylaws committee in the first place.)


Part of the difficulty I have seen with IC process in general ? and why I think the BRPP?s draft is so valuable and timely,  is that it does not appear that the IC has a good online discussion/voting procedure set up.  Ironically the BRPP?s draft provide for that and because the GPCA already has such a procedure, it was able to easily and effectively debate and decide upon its death penalty proposal and bring it forward to the SC and NC.  While the IC can be debating whether or not it would be a good idea...CA was able to act on it.  

Our delegation?s original intention with the death penalty resolution was to get the draft done and then ask the IC to co-sponsor it; I, Mike and many others insisted on this, because even though under GPUS Bylaws a state party is able to bring forward such a proposal directly to the NC, our GPCA delegation also felt it was within the mission of the IC to address the issue.  However my support for that abated, when the unelected co-chairs of this committee kicked Mike off the election committee. 

As I wrote to Julia at that time,
"What I am doing is questioning the procedure. When I was on elections committee for NWC, I did have the responsibility to verify eligibility to vote. When Mike and I and Jay were on the credentialing committee for the convention, we were responsible for verifying voting eligibility. How is what Mike doing that different? I know he can also be a real stickler for bylaws. He is trying to defend the concept of two year terms. I suspect that some may think that he has his own agenda for the outcome of the election and that is why he is pushing the concept of terms and timeliness, but we in the GP have been slack on this issue. I don't understand why it is not the responsibility of an elections subcommittee to verify eligibility of voters. I also question your ability to continue to act as co-chair, when your terms, by your own rules, are up." 



Jay Parks agreed with Mike that they should be verifying who is eligible to vote, but he was not kicked off the committee. Maybe he is not as ?threatening? as Mike and doesn't have as much history with this committee?s in-crowd as Mike, but I thought the IC wasn?t supposed to be about personalities or censoring whistle-blowers. I giveJay a lot of credit ? he had the integrity to remove himself from the electoral committee and stated his many concerns about the election process in doing so.



I was also deeply concerned at how the election was held.  I was concerned that after people began submitting their votes, they were told that whoever got the most votes would get the two year term and the second candidate the one year term ? and this was just announced to us without discussion and has no precedent in the IC rules, which call for electing the Co-chair seats separated in staggered terms.  

I strongly felt that in this transition person, Justine, whose term was up in August 2007(!), should have offered to run for the remaining time on her unelected 2007-2009 term and give the IC a chance for some new leadership ..Instead the way the election process was altered ended up limiting Steve instead. Everything I have read from him has been quite encouraging.  But I did not feel the election procedures were legitimate, so did not choose to vote.  I felt I could not in all honesty even abstain.  I was appalled when I was told by Tony that I, and several others who had not voted, were considered as having "participated" in the election because we commented on it....when it was reported to the NC that there was 2/3 participation in this election.


So only about two dozen people really participated in this election....and these same people feel they have a right to make international policy for GPUS.  The fact that the Gaza proposal was so delayed point again to a lack of a clear online discussion/voting procedure.  A straw poll was taken....and then, shockingly again, there was inference that the IC felt that they could just go with the intent of the straw poll and not even bring it to a formal committee vote.  And then there is the talk in the IC, that it is felt that because of Resolution 190, the IC does not have to bring this important new statement to a vote by the NC.  Certainly 190 gave an indication of the strong GPUS support for the plight of the Palestinians, but it does not cover the full intent of the Gaza proposal. As both an IC and SC member,  and I strongly feel it must be submitted to the NC for approval.  

After my March draft of this letter, the IC did set up a procedure to vote on the Gaza proposal after IC leadership finally agreed that it needed to at least bring it to the SC for approval rather than just issue it independently, and was willing to let the SC decide whether or not it needed to go to the NC.  However that statement that it would be sent to the SC was not included in the proposal so I felt that I could not vote on it.  At the end of the vote it was reported to the IC and SC that "I refused" to vote.  I had a long "talk" with Steve. I told him that I had never seen a GPUS vote that included more than yes, no and abstain, and that I was not comfortable with the connotation that I had refused to vote.  He agreed to change that language to my declining to vote.

Talking about international policy, that brings me back to the death penalty.  I had a long talk with Tony back in October and understood what he and Julia believed to be a diplomatic approach, and that they believed Mike was sabotaging that effort. (Of course now Julia is arguing that she never heard about Mike?s proposal until November 5th, but that is another story). With a little white liberal guilt, I bought into their argument that the US and Europe should not be like white colonialists, laying out their imperialistic values on Mexico.... but David McCorquodale rebuttted this well in his recent post to the NC discussion list:


Julia,

I have to disagree with the sentiment you are expressing in the below
copied paragraph.  We do not represent the United States, but GPUS.
we don't have the imperial power to the U.S. military to enforce
"dominance" and I can't accept the suggestion that because we are
from the United States, we can't criticize a Green party in another country.
European Greens don't represent colonial powers, but their parties.
We are speaking Green Party to Green Party.  Support for the death
penalty is inimical to our values.

David McCorquodale
GPDE delegate



I agreed and supported Proposal 382 when it went to a vote. We are not the US government, we are part of the family of Green Parites world wide and have to confront each other within that family.  Within the US, we are just a minor political party that has nothing to stand on but our values.  Non-violence is one of our strongest values, and we have an unequivocal stand against the death penalty.  Besides, Mexico agreed to that stance when they signed the Global Charter.  I am very sympathetic to the extreme violence in Mexico currently, but we all know that the death penalty is neither a disincentive nor a solution to that violence.  

Ironically, for all the talk of diplomacy last October, the GPCA?s resolution is very diplomatic, in that it doesn't rub the Mexican Greens? nose in the issue by naming them directly, nor by threatening their expulsion from the FPVA. Rather it makes a more general statement that the GPUS opposes the death penalty and expects the same from all other FPVA members who signed the Global Charter. In this way the GPUS would be taking a principled high road in this very necessary dialogue, yet not retreating from standing behind our values when Green Parties around the world have been contacting us to ask what is going on with our Green neighbors to the south.. 

Of course as US citizens, we also have to address US imperialism where it exists. In this case, we would be at fault if we didn't also acknowledge that it is our country's appetite for drugs that fuels much of the violence. 



As for how the IC has been representing the GPUS on this issue, a a couple of weeks ago, I thought, ?gee Tony and Julia and the rest of our delegation must have written the IC either before or while they were in Canada and asked our input on some issues, maybe even the volatile Mexican death penalty, and I must have missed it.? Well I did a search, and I was appalled that it was NEVER mentioned to this body. No draft agenda for the FPVA meeting was circulated to the IC beforehand, nor was the IC consulted on whether there were any issues we wanted our Delegates to submit to the draft agenda process, nor was there a request from IC members about whether the IC wanted the Delegates to address death penalty issue on behalf of the IC. I know I have read a few responses from folks more recently that they might have handled it differently, but we were never consulted.  Again, I am concerned about the power to make decisions for all of us made by a very small in crowd in the International Committee and it has been going on for years.  I know those folks are hard working, and mostly do it on their "own dime" and I have been looking forward to retiring and hoping I could get more involved internationally.  I think I didn't say some of this earlier, because I hoped those "big kids" would let me play when I had the time.


Basically, although I have expressed great concerns about the process here, I also have great admiration for Julia, Justine, Tony Affigne, John Rensenbrink and others who have been the backbone of the IC, and GPUS, for many years.... but I also admire Mike Feinstein .... though his power, or need for power, has sometimes intimidated me.  The Green Party would not have grown as it has without these powerful leaders, and to talk about Mike being simply divisive and destructive is not worthy of you, John.  Put the shoe on the other foot, and who is being controlling?

Finally I want to say that I have extreme concerns when people talk about the proposal by BRPP as ?interfering with the internal affairs of the IC.?  The IC exists only as it is accountable to the NC. Its practices are not the ?internal affairs? of the IC, but are the affairs of the NC and the GPUS as a whole. As a fan of the IC, I unfortunately must conclude that the attitude of many IC members appears to be that the IC has the right to do whatever it wants without accountability to rules or the party as a whole ? and this seems to exist on both levels of policy and practice.

Please don?t miss that this is a growing concern among NC members ? not just in my state party but in others as well. The outright rejection of the BRPP?s effort will only add fuel to this.  Whether or not IC members can win procedural fights to stop the BRPP draft from advancing, the unnecessary ill-will and time wasted will not serve our party.  Already the lack of Green process regarding the co-chair elections (let alone the overdue FPVA delegate elections) has weakened the IC. 

I encourage you in the strongest terms to look at the BRPP draft with an objective eye, suggest amendments, and only oppose it when it gets to the NC, if it truly would not advance the international work of the GPUS, and not because it is a proxy for personality fights which do no one any good.

Respectfully,
Sanda Everette, GPCA delegate to GPUS International Committee






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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Apr 20 07:53:21 2009
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:53:21 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw:[actshare] Recognizing Israel as a Jewish racist state
Message-ID: <4AD76072602D4A6F8DD9A5A01EC22147@JUSTINE>

Dear CT Greens, 
  

It is disturbing to see that a one of our GPCT members, Amy Vas Nunes, on an anti-war listserve of mainly non-Greens, encourages the impression that her opinion represents the International Commitee, GPUS and GPCT--rather than her own view.   Amy's original post and my reply are below.

 

Justine 

  

----- Original Message ----- 


From: Justine McCabe 

To: actshare at lists.riseup.net ; Amy Vas Nunes 

Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:15 PM

Subject: Re:AVN does not represent the Green Party of the US [actshare] Recognizing Israel as a Jewish racist state

 

Dear all, 

 

In identifying herself as a GPCT delegate to the International Committee (IC) of the Green Party of the US (GPUS), Amy Vas Nunes is presenting her own views, and in no way represents the views of the IC or the GPUS.

 

Indeed her view actually misrepresents the GP's policies which include support for the boycott, divestment, sanctions movement against Israel because of its institutionalized discrimination (racism) against non-Jews within all of Israel/Palestine. 

See:  Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel  

Greens join Global Day of Action for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions on March 30 to end the Israeli occupation

Green Party to Obama: US must participate in Durban 2 international antiracism summit  

 

The Green Party of the US has long recognized that opposing the illegal and undemocratic policies of Israel is not only NOT anti-Semitic, but is fulfilling its mission/obligation as a political party working for peace and justice.

 

In that vein, the GP greatly appreciates the work for peace by Mazin, a former CT Green, whose writing helps keep the IC and our national media committee informed of what's happening on the ground in the occupied West Bank.      

 

 

Justine McCabe

Co-Chair, International Committee

Green Party of the US  

http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/

 

  
----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amy Vas Nunes 
  To: actshare at lists.riseup.net 
  Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:44 PM
  Subject: RE: [actshare] Recognizing Israel as a Jewish racist state


  THIS IS ANTI SEMETIC   AMY VAS NUNES INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE  US AND CT GTREENS PARTIES 
   

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  From: qumsi001 at hotmail.com
  To: academicsforjustice at yahoogroups.com; actshare at lists.riseup.net; al-awda-clt at yahoogroups.com; al-awda-ct at yahoogroups.com
  Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:21:55 -0400
  Subject: [actshare] Recognizing Israel as a Jewish racist state


  On the recommendation of an Israeli friend in Tel Aviv* and as Netanyahu demanded (even though the Bush Administration did not go along with this delaying tactic), I recognize Israel as a Jewish racist state and I think the Palestinian leadership should do the same thing!  All of us should indeed recognize that it has structured itself as an exclusivist Jewish state and enshrined racism in its basic laws (on land ownership, citizenship laws etc, see chapter 7 in my book ?Is Israel a Democracy? Posted at http://www.qumsiyeh.org/chapter7/ ). This would indeed clear things up and we can begin the real work for a durable peace.  Framing the conflict correctly is indeed far more conducive to solving it than the vague 61 year quest for an elusive ?two-state? solution while the racist regime continues to kill Palestinians with impunity and to take our land and demolish our homes even in areas supposedly "not disputed" (like the Negev and the Galilee).  On Friday when we had our commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus (Per the Eastern Christian calendar), our colleague Basem Aburahma was killed and several injured in a nonviolent demonstration in Bilin (see report from the International Middle East Media Center at http://www.imemc.org/article/60009 ).  Many people in Gaza continue to suffer (and indeed die) thanks to the medieval siege that Israel imposed on them.  And we Christians of the Holy Land are not spared the onslaught that has been going on for 61 years under the racist ideology of creating a Jewish state in a multiethnic multireligious Palestine.  Here are just two stories about our struggles here in Beit Sahour (the Shepherds? field), whose population is 70% Christian and 30% Muslim:



  -Palestinians opposing Jewish settlement in Ush Ghrab have shown courage but their efforts are futile without support by Ben White, published in the Guardian 9 April 2009

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/07/israel-ush-ghrab 

  http://www.decolonizing.ps/site/?page_id=488



  -Residents of a Palestinian Christian housing project in the West Bank village of Beit Sahour say Israel is encircling their community with a security road to separate them from a nearby Jewish settlement.

  http://fosna.org/content/christian-housing-faces-israeli-encirclement



  Jerusalem/AlQuds was declared 2009 capital of Arab culture. This happened as the city is being changed by ethnic cleansing, home demolition, destroying its multiethnic, multireligious (and predominantly Arab/Eastern) to become an Ashkenazi-Jewish-Western city.   http://www.alquds2009.org  



  This goes on while President Obama lives in a ?Bubble of Ignorance? (see ?Solving Palestine While Israel Destroys It? an analysis by ex-CIA analysts of the house of cards that is the ?peace process industry?

  http://www.counterpunch.org/christison04152009.html 


  We must push Obama and politicians and media round the world.  Write, write and write and let us all raise the heat a bit on both the usurpers and the indifferent.  Meanwhile, let us continue building the boycotts, divestments and sanctions movement against apartheid Israel (see http://www.bdsmovement.net/ ) and do continue ?having joyful participation in the sorrows of this world.?



  PS, the lemons and oranges are now blossoming and the fragrance is incredible.

  Peace,

  Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD 

  A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home
  http://qumsiyeh.org



  *Here is what David wrote: I think the Palestinians can go along with Nothingyahooo, and recognize Israel right away as a "racist and fascist state", perhaps such act of recognition in itself would cheer them up and surely not stir any embarrassment. At any case - no doubt the Israeli stooge government and its foreign office are working 24/7 devising plans to cheat and stall Obama, Mitchell and other envoys, I believe they would rather end up nuking the entire ME than give up their 1967 loot. Before that, I won't be surprised if the subservient AIPAC would soon unleash an upgraded assault, extending its lethal claws to subdue American policy makers.



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From cpr101 at hotmail.com  Mon Apr 20 20:32:42 2009
From: cpr101 at hotmail.com (Christopher Reilly)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:32:42 -0400
Subject: {news} Ballot Report - 4/17 & 4/20
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We received 4 ballots in the mail on Friday and one today.  
 
Total ballots mailed in to date:  25 (including one without a return address)
 
Please remember to return your ballot by April 22 if you plan on mailing it in rather than bringing it to the annual meeting.

--Chris Reilly


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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Wed Apr 22 00:03:05 2009
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:03:05 -0400
Subject: {news} Fwd: [usgp-nc] Voting Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 389 -
	Proposal to Elect the Officers of the GPUS by Online Elections
Message-ID: <10859a090904212103g4d8fa5cfja3a0a8a0435fd709@mail.gmail.com>

We are currently voting on this proposal.  Any thoughts?  See you all on
Saturday @noon in New Haven.  Charlie

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From: <voting at gpus.org>
Date: Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Subject: [usgp-nc] Voting Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 389 - Proposal to
Elect the Officers of the GPUS by Online Elections, Amended
To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org


Voting has begun for the following proposal:

Proposal ID: 389
Proposal: Proposal to Elect the Officers of the GPUS by Online Elections,
Amended
Floor Manager: Craig Thorsen, craig.thorsen at gmail.com
Voting Dates: 04/20/2009 - 04/26/2009

Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time

Background: Background and Purpose: Attendance at a National Meeting should
not
determine whether a delegate can vote on GPUS officers.  Grassroots
Democracy and transparency are supported by an application of the
online voting procedures already established in the Bylaws and Rules and
Procedures of the GPUS.

Proposal: In addition to the amendments to the bylaws below, the national
committee resolves that time shall be set aside at the Annual National
Meeting of
the Green National Committee (GNC) so candidates for the various offices
may present their biographies and vision statements to the GNC.  In
addition, time shall be set aside at the Annual National Meeting of the GNC
for
debates between the candidates for the various offices.  Videos of the
debates and the candidates' presentations shall be made available
online to GNC delegates during the discussion and voting periods.

Article VI A) of the bylaws is changed to read:

At least four weeks before the Annual National Meeting of the Green
National Committee (GNC), the Secretary of the GPUS shall ask members of the
GNC
for nominations for the various offices. Four weeks shall be given for all
nominations to be submitted, concluding at noon on Saturday of the
Annual National Meeting of the GNC. Prior to or upon conclusion of the
nominating period, candidates shall submit a biography and vision statement
to be
posted online for all delegates to read at least one week before an
online vote.  Candidates shall be encouraged to submit online videos of
their
biographies and vision statements.  The elections shall occur
immediately following the Annual National Meeting of the GNC with two weeks
allotted for discussion and one week for voting.

Article VI C) 1. of the bylaws is changed to read:

Steering Committee members and Co-chairs shall be elected using Single
Transferable Voting (STV, also known as choice voting and preference
voting), with a fractional Droop Threshold (the number of votes divided
by (the number of seats to be filled plus one): [Votes/ (Seats+1)] and
fractional transfers.  A candidate must pass the Droop Threshold in
order to be elected.



Time Line:   Start the online voting procedure the day after the Annual
National Meeting.


Resources: The online voting software is already in place.  Time is a
resource. The time will be spent by the floor manager of the votes and
the manager of the voting page.  There will also be the personnel and
funding necessary to video the debates and candidates' presentations and to
post the videos online.


References: http://www.gp.org/documents/bylaws.shtml

http://www.gp.org/documents/rules.shtml

CONTACT:  Thomas Kelly GPCO Del
                     2931 S. Washington St.
                     Englewood, CO 80113
                     303-789-3156
                     tkelly733 at earthlink.net

Please log in to vote at:

http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/vote

Thank you and have a wonderful day!
--The GP-US Voting Admin

-- 
Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP
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From efficacy at msn.com  Thu Apr 23 09:26:32 2009
From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:26:32 -0400
Subject: {news} Lecturer Focuses on Possible Legalization of Drugs and
	Consequences
Message-ID: <BLU128-DS59DEE6C095FB79A463784D1750@phx.gbl>

  
Lecturer Focuses on Possible Legalization of Drugs and Consequences
http://therecorderonline.net/2009/04/21/lecturer-focuses-on-possible-legalization-of-drugs-and-consequences/<http://therecorderonline.net/2009/04/21/lecturer-focuses-on-possible-legalization-of-drugs-and-consequences/>

Posted by admin<http://therecorderonline.net/author/admin/> on 4/21/09 . Categorized as News<http://therecorderonline.net/category/news/>

Jason Cunningham / Entertainment Editor

The president of Efficacy, a non profit organization focused on drug law reform, Clifford Thornton, spoke at the Connecticut Room last Thursday to examine what he believed was the real cost of the war on drugs and possible solutions.

Thornton, a retired management executive of the Southern New England Telephone company, has focused exclusively on drug policy issues since 1997.

As Senate Bill 349 is being debated state-wide, many people have taken a stance of support or opposition to the controversial Marijuana decriminalization act.

Thornton however, expressed he wants to see more done in the Nutmeg State, claiming that decriminalization just isn't enough. 

After a brief documentary produced by the Open Society Institute, which stated that the war on drugs is directly responsible for significantly spreading HIV and Hepatitis C, Thornton explained that he believes every drug should either be legalized, made legal for medical purposes, or studied further in the case of more recent, unexplored drugs.  

Legalization, Thornton said, would make marijuana completely legal, much like alcohol and cigarettes, to be bought in stores by people of age.

Allowing drugs to be used for medical purposes, he believes, would include heavier drugs like heroine and cocaine to be used under a doctor's supervision, and drugs like ecstasy would be left for further exploration by the medical community.

All of these drugs, he said, would generate an unbelievable amount of income for our economy, and in the case of hemp, revolutionize the paper, clothing and food industry.

He contemplated his message to Connecticut's Governor M. Jodi Rell.  

"Well, I would say to Jodi Rell this: basically you pass yourself off as a conservative republican. What legalization is, is a highly conservative policy, in that, it seeks to limit the access to our children and tax a substance that's not being taxed," Thornton said.

"How much more conservative can you get? What we have in place and what she supports, is a very liberal policy, because you have to admit, anyone who wants these drugs, can get them." 

Thornton, who ran for governor of Connecticut in 2006 as the state's first Green Party and African American candidate, said he'd give the position another go if someone could come up with the $3 million necessary for spending during the run. 

During a lengthy question and answer session with Thornton, he discussed the power of the people, saying that many don't understand their power as a voters and their potential to generate political change.

<http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php>
Tagged as: CCSU<http://therecorderonline.net/tag/ccsu/>, legalization<http://therecorderonline.net/tag/legalization/>, marijuana<http://therecorderonline.net/tag/marijuana/> 



Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
www.Efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
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From cpr101 at hotmail.com  Thu Apr 23 13:27:16 2009
From: cpr101 at hotmail.com (Christopher Reilly)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:27:16 -0400
Subject: {news} Ballot Report - 4/21 thru 4/23
Message-ID: <SNT108-W492D2BBBB488DF3F21AB319E750@phx.gbl>


We received no ballots in the mail on Tuesday (4/21/09), three on Wednesday (4/22/09)  and five today.  
 
Total ballots mailed in to date:  33 (including one without a return address)
 
--Chris Reilly

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From cpr101 at hotmail.com  Fri Apr 24 14:39:54 2009
From: cpr101 at hotmail.com (Christopher Reilly)
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:39:54 -0400
Subject: {news} Final Ballot Report - 4/24
Message-ID: <SNT108-W2FE601F0F262DA7B742C99E720@phx.gbl>


We received three ballots in the mail on today (4/24/09).

 
Total ballots mailed in to date:  36 (including one without a return address)

 

Note: today was the last day that ballots could be picked up before the convention.

 

--Chris Reilly


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From efficacy at msn.com  Sat Apr 25 09:47:40 2009
From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton)
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:47:40 -0400
Subject: {news} PEOPLE AGAINST INJUSTICE (PAI) PRESENT A DRUG POLICY
	CONFERENCE " TOOLS FOR ENDING THE DRUG WAR"
Message-ID: <BLU128-DS63F1ABA7C29D10A7DAD33D1730@phx.gbl>





SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009 
 11:00am - 4:00pm

(Registration @10:30am)

 

YALE DWIGHT HALL CHAPEL 

67 HIGH ST, NEW HAVEN, CT

(Near Chapel Street)



Free raffle ticket with CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION 

barnes66 at sbcglobal.net<mailto:barnes66 at sbcglobal.net>

(203) 387-7858

SPEAKERS: 

KEMBA SMITH, IRA GLASSER, RICHARD VAN WINKLER, CLIFF THORNTON, LORENZO JONES, SHELTON TUCKER, SHAFIQ ABDUSSABUR, STATE SENATOR MARTIN LOONEY, ATTY NORM PATTIS, ATTY MIKE JEFFERSON, and 

YOUTH RIGHTS MEDIA

 

Free Public Event

(Refreshments, Film & Raffle)



























Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
www.Efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
deductible
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sally Joughin<mailto:peopleagainstinjust at earthlink.net> 
To: Clifford Thornton<mailto:efficacy at msn.com> 
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:14 AM
Subject: flier & press release


Here is the flier, front & back
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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Sun Apr 26 22:55:37 2009
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:55:37 -0400
Subject: {news} Fwd: changes in CTGP delegation on NC & IC
In-Reply-To: <10859a090904261948n60846776u775f757d2e4d84b7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <10859a090904261948n60846776u775f757d2e4d84b7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <10859a090904261955w1e19b0e1ubde9669caeed86d7@mail.gmail.com>

I sent the following email to the GPUS NC voting list.  My thanks to those
of you who attended the CTGP annual meeting or participated in the annual
elections.  Charlie Pillsbury

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charlie Pillsbury <chapillsbury at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Subject: changes in CTGP delegation on NC & IC
To: "The natlcomvotes (aka National Committee Votes) listserv is for
decision-making and management of GP-US affairs." <
natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>


The CTGP held its annual meeting yesterday and elected all 5 nominated
candidates to the NC.  *Mike DeRosa*, *Richard Duffee*, *Tim McKee*
and *Charlie
Pillsbury* were re-elected.  Cliff Thornton did not run for re-election;
elected in his stead was former NC alternate *Amy Vas Nunes*.  Amy has been
a member of the CTGP for 14 years and was a former state co-chair.  She had
been serving on both the International Committee and the Platform
Committee.  She was re-elected as a CTGP rep to the Platform Committee, but
was not re-elected to serve on the IC.

The CTGP elected three representatives to the the IC.  Current IC
co-chair *Justine
McCabe* received the most votes of any nominee in her re-election to the
IC.  The CTGP also elected two new IC members: *Hector Lopez*, a Green
constable and justice of the peace from New Canaan, who is a passionate
advocate of Puerto Rican independence; and *German Tedesco*, a native
Uruguayan, now US citizen, who previously ran as a Green candidate for State
Representative from Stamford.  German is looking forward to working with the
IC as a liaison to Green Parties in South and Central America.
-- 
Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP
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From efficacy at msn.com  Mon Apr 27 14:20:51 2009
From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:20:51 -0400
Subject: {news} Community Program:  The Drug War - Is Anyone Winning?
Message-ID: <BLU128-DS73F93592F7A09D772A151D1710@phx.gbl>

This group received a grant from the state legislature to put this on
in support of the decrim bill.  We have come a long way and you realize this when our so called adversaries
are doing our work through a theatrical organization. There is still a long way to go
but the dynamics are changing in our favor--Change one institution at a time.
This group interviewed me over the course of two days.



      The Drug War:  
      Is Anyone Winning?
      The Impact of Drug Policies on Communities

      A Theatrical Conversation Presented by 
      HartBeat Ensemble
     
      HartBeat Ensemble has spent months working with Dr. Bob Painter, researcher from the Institute for the Study of Criminal Justice and former Hartford City Councilman, as well as interviewing ex-offenders, ex-addicts, health workers, law enforcement, drug counselors, and policy makers.  Join HartBeat as they present their findings through theatrical scenes which they have created based on these interviews. 

      HartBeat will dialogue with the audience through discussion and re-staging the scenes using audience input.  This form of interactive theater, based on Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed, helps communities discuss difficult topics, listen to voices that often go unheard in our society and visualize change that will help elected officials craft better legislation.
     
      Thursday, May 7, 2009
      Light Refreshments at 5:30pm
      Program Begins at 6:00pm
      Hartford Public Library
      500 Main Street

      This program is a collaboration among HartBeat Ensemble, Sojourn Theatre, and the Institute for Municipal & Regional Policy (IMRP)

      Hosted by Hartford Public Library 

     
      Visit www.hartfordinfo.org<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1025478199&msgid=31016479&act=KAH6&c=81475&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hartfordinfo.org> - your gateway to information and data on issues of importance to those who live and work in Hartford and the region.  


            This message was sent from Richard Frieder to efficacy at msn.com. It was sent from: Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> 
     

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From efficacy at msn.com  Mon Apr 27 14:41:45 2009
From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:41:45 -0400
Subject: {news}
	Youth Movements and the War on Drugs--Thursday, April 30, 2009
Message-ID: <BLU128-DS4AF4FB3EEB63387C3E819D1710@phx.gbl>






Youth Movements and the War on Drugs
Master's Tea with Kris Krane
      Host: 2009 Drug Policy Month @ Yale<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66486822708> 
      Type: Education<http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=400000010&c1=3> - Lecture<http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=400000010&c1=3&c2=28> 
      Network: Global 
      Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009 
      Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm 
      Location: Branford Master's House  
      Street: 74 High Street.  
      City/Town: New Haven, CT 
     
      <http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1045576666089#>
     
      Phone: 818399525 
      Email:  michael.linares at yale.edu<mailto:michael.linares at yale.edu> 
     


     



Description
Branford Master's Tea with Kris Krane, director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, one of the nation's largest grassroots political organizations. Mr. Krane will be speaking on the Drug War and what it can teach us about youth movements and cultural change. 

***

Kris Krane is the executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), the leading organization working to mobilize students to change punitive drug policies, particularly those that negatively impact young people and students. Mr. Krane took over as SSDP's executive director in January 2006, and has placed an emphasis on encouraging SSDP chapters to work on policy change at the campus level. During his tenure at SSDP, the organization successfully convinced members of Congress to scale back the HEA Aid Elimination Penalty, the law that automatically denies federal financial aid to students with drug convictions, removing the penalty's retroactivity. The organization also filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the penalty.

http://ssdp.org<http://ssdp.org/>







Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
www.Efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
deductible
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Apr 27 21:28:57 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:28:57 -0400
Subject: {news} Charlie Pillsbury to retire
Message-ID: <BLU109-DAV49698E481BF3B45143D95D66E0@phx.gbl>

Nice profile of Charlie's career in the New Haven Independent.  I hope
Charlie takes up that invitation to mediate a Middle East settlement.  ;-)

David Bedell


http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/04/peacemaker_move.php

Mediator Moves On

by Paul Bass | April 27, 2009 4:05 PM


Charlie Pillsbury, who has helped end longstanding disputes as intractable
as New Haven's and East Haven's airport stand-off, is stepping down from his
peacemaking perch.

Pillsbury plans to retire in October as executive director of Community
Mediation, Inc., which he has helped build into a force for resolving
arguments not just between individual neighbors, but whole communities.

"I'll have been here 20 years. And I turn 62," Pillsbury said in a
conversation inside his office overlooking Elm Street. "It was both time for
a new challenge for me, and a good time to challenge the organization to
make this transition."

The October date gives Community Mediation six months to find a successor.
It has launched a nationwide search. (Click here to read the job
description.)

The agency faces a challenge common to not-for-profits: Maintaining and
building on the work of a visionary leader who has come to define it over a
long period of time.

"Pillsbury said his "model" for deciding to leave now was Chester Brodnicki.
The Clifford Beers Clinic had time to find a strong new leader, Alice
Forrester, and maintain continuity when Brodnicki left there after two
decades of leadership.

"As much as I loved the man, I don't want to be another Cornell Scott,"
Pillsbury said. Scott built up the Health Center over 35 years, then had to
leave because of an illness.

"Scotty stayed too long," Pillsbury said. "It took the Hill Health Center
three, four years [to make the transition]. Scotty couldn't be part of it."

Proactive Peace

Community Mediation began in Fair Haven with a grant (one of many to come)
from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. It focused on resolving
disputes between neighbors. It built into a trusted community institution
under its first two directors, Carol Anastasio and Tina Burgett.

Pillsbury, an attorney and longtime social justice activist, took over in
1989. The agency had three staffers, one intern, and a $125,000 annual
budget. Today it has 10 full-timers, a couple of part-timers, several
interns, and an $850,000 budget.

And its mission has grown.

It continues to help neighbors settle disputes. It has trained more than 800
volunteer mediators to continue doing that work in the community.

Meanwhile, it has taken on larger issues pitting groups against each other,
sometimes getting ahead of a problem before it grows larger. Pillsbury said
some 500 volunteer "facilitators" have learned to foster "dialogues" among
community groups.

"We have changed the culture of the city so both mediation and dialogue are
becoming not alternatives, but the norm. I'd like to see that continue,"
said Pillsbury, whose other accomplishments include running for Congress as
a Green Party candidate in 2002 and serving as the model for his college
roommate Garry Trudeau's Mike Doonesbury.

The crowning achievement of his Community Mediation career came last month,
when the mayors of East Haven and New Haven ended a 40-year feud over how to
improve Tweed-New Haven Airport.

Pillsbury brought them together. He didn't wait for the warring parties to
come to him.

Last fall he read an article in the Register about a press conference in
East Haven. Mayor April Capone Almon mentioned in passing that she'd be open
to mediation on the issue.

Pillsbury phoned New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, whom he knows well. He
asked if DeStefano was up for it.

Both sides agreed to meet.

"We told them, 'You can't come in with your entourages.'" Pillsbury and his
associate director, Brenda Cavanaugh, arrived at East Haven Town Hall to
meet with the two mayors and one chosen ally of each.

"Woody Allen used to say that 80 percent of life is showing up. In mediation
it's 98 percent. You've got to show up, or there's no mediation," Pillsbury
observed.

"They agreed to meet a second time. They didn't agree on anything else."

Eventually Community Mediation worked with an ever-expanding roster from
both sides in five meetings.

"If you can solve this, Charlie," one veteran politician told Pillsbury, "we
're going to send you to the Middle East next."

The five sessions weren't moving the two towns closer to a deal. In January,
in the conference room in the New Haven mayoral suite at City Hall, "the
mayors decided they weren't making progress with large groups." DeStefano
and Almon retired, alone, to DeStefano's office. They determined how to
proceed from there.

>From then on they no longer needed Pillsbury. They directed their staffs the
outlines of a deal, and by March they were able to seal it in Hartford, in
time to ask the state legislature for emergency dough. East Haven dropped a
court challenge to needed runway improvements. New Haven agreed to limit the
runway length.

"The mediation process had helped them build a relationship. It wasn't
helping them solve the problem," Pillsbury recalled. "We got them to the
table."

He and his staff have brought many other battling forces to the table over
the past two decades.

They helped black students at Yale come to a compromise with the owners of
then-Naples Pizza on Wall Street and end a boycott called over alleged
mistreatment of African-American undergraduate customers.

With the help of the late Father Howard Nash and the Rev. Boise Kimber,
Community Mediation and Interfaith Cooperative Ministries started a racial
dialogue project in the wake of the 1997 shooting death of a black New Haven
motorist by a white East Haven cop. That project helped ease tensions, and
has grown into a continuing, broader "Dialogue Project." It has most
recently tackled the area's divide over immigration.

Community Mediation stepped in when Dwight neighbors complained about people
boozing up and people "pissing on lawns" while waiting between breakfast and
lunch sessions at the Community Soup Kitchen, Pillsbury recalled. he and his
staff brought in mediators from the Dwight Management Team to work with all
parties. They succeeded in getting other churches in town to host breakfasts
so no one spot would become an all-morning loitering spot.

Community Mediation was also a player in helping to create a juvenile review
board in New Haven. (Read about that here and here.)

Next Steps

Looking ahead, Pillsbury said he'd like to see Community Mediation build on
work it has begun with the public schools. A social development effort begun
in the 1990s "faded away" amid the "focus on testing," he said.

"Reading, writing, arithmetic are seen as 'hard skills.' Problem-solving,
teamwork, resolving conflict - those are 'soft skills.' You can't test for
them. But these are all crucial life skills, work skills."

With the support of schools chief Reggie Mayo, Community Mediation has begun
training peer mediators, Pillsbury said. The next step is to involve
principals and others in enlisting the trained students to solve conflicts.

As for personal plans after his October retirement, Pillsbury's not sure
yet. He'll do some teaching on conflict resolution. He may hook up with a
new international effort called Mediators Beyond Borders. Whatever the
venue, he plans to continue making peace.



From roseberry3 at cox.net  Mon Apr 27 23:54:56 2009
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:54:56 -0400
Subject: {news} UPDATE:  CTGP SCC will occur on Tuesday, 4-28-09,
	at the Portland Senior Center
Message-ID: <20090428035452.CGJG17104.eastrmmtao105.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net>

reason for the update: the 3-31-09 SCC meeting participants recommended
deferring the 4-28-09 SCC meeting because the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual Meeting
would likely cover similar concerns.

However, the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual Meeting participants recommended that the
4-28-09 SCC meeting be held.

 

Proposed agenda for the 7PM 4-28-09 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior
Center

Location: Portland Senior Center, 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT  06480

Facilitator:  To Be Determined

 

A.      Preliminaries:

1.       (1 minute): Introductions of voting/non-voting attendees; chapters;
if quorum was met; timekeeper; ground rules.

2.       (2-4 minutes): Approval of tonight?s proposed agenda, any deletions
or additions.

3.       (2-4 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 12-30-08 and
2-24-09  and 3-31-09 SCC meetings.

4.     (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the minutes of the 3-18-09 EC
meeting.

5.     (2-4 minutes): Treasurer?s report from treasurer: Christopher Reilly.

 

B.     Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee.

 

C. Reports:

1. (10-15 minutes): Internal Election Committee: official report from all
the members of the Internal Elections committee (David Bedell, Christopher
Reilly, Steve Fournier and Richard Duffee)

regarding the official results of the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual Meeting. The five
(5) people elected to be CTGP representatives to the GPUS; people elected to
the various GPUS National committees:

Platform committee, International committee, Ballot Access committee;
Dispute Resolution committee; Diversity committee; Merchandise committee;
Eco-action committee.

 

2.  (10-15minutes): GPUS reports from: a) CTGP representatives: Tim McKee
and Charlie Pillsbury; c) National Committee Members: Steve Fournier,
Richard Duffee and S. Michael DeRosa.

 

3.  (20minutes): Discussion of the short and long term goals of the CTGP as
recommended by the participants at the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual Meeting.

 

4. (5 minutes): Report about the 3-09 court hearing about our lawsuit
against the State of CT regarding the 2005 State of CT Campaign Finance
Reform Laws.

 

5. (2-5 minutes, each):  Chapter reports.

 

6.  (2-5 minutes):  any future CTGP Road Shows? 

 

7. Next SCC meeting=Tuesday, May 26, 2009 (day after Memorial Day holiday)
at the Portland Senor Center.  Date, place and time of next EC meeting: to
be determined.

 

8.  Any additions

 

Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots
democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom,
decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future
focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and
gender 

 

 


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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Tue Apr 28 22:25:58 2009
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:25:58 -0400
Subject: {news} Registration Open for the 2009 Green Party Annual National
	Meeting
Message-ID: <10859a090904281925p10353b88k6524f0063158991@mail.gmail.com>

fyi - a great opportunity to meet Greens from across the country.  Charlie

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From: Hillary A. Kane
Date: Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Subject: [usgp-nc] Registration Open for 2009 ANM!
To: national comm votes

Delegates!

Please join us in Durham, North Carolina, July 23-26, for the 2009 Green
Party Annual National Meeting!

Registration is now open at:
http://www.gp.org/2009-ANM/

The first 70 registrants will receive the early bird registration price of
$130.
More details will be added shortly!  Remember, the call for workshops is
still up and running.

Please help us make this a great meeting by bring your energy and enthusiasm
to Durham this summer. Please forward this email to any and all interested
parties such as your state and local lists.

Hillary
ANMC Co-Chair
GPPA Delegate
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Wed Apr 29 18:41:38 2009
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:41:38 -0400
Subject: {news} Ralph Ferrucci to run as Independent, Allan Brison as Green
Message-ID: <BLU109-DAV87E2367C2A21A8E3BEE6FD66F0@phx.gbl>

It's up to Ralph and the New Haven Greens to decide, but I don't see why he
couldn't run on both Green and Independent lines, as long as he's still a
registered Green.  And then there's Roger Uihlein, a friend of the Greens
who usually runs as a write-in candidate for New Haven mayor.

David Bedell

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/04/its_a_rematch.php

It's A Rematch

by Melissa Bailey | April 27, 2009 7:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (11)

He may have no Democratic primary challenger in sight, but Mayor John
DeStefano will see a familiar face in this fall's debates and general
election: Independent Ralph Ferrucci. This time the third-party candidate
will campaign out of his home, not Rudy's bar.

Ferrucci, a perennial third-party candidate, ran two unsuccessful campaigns
for New Haven mayor in 2003 and 2007. Now, angered by the closing of three
city senior centers, he's launching a third campaign this year against
DeStefano, who's been running solo in his quest for an historic ninth
two-year term in office in a November election.

Ferrucci, who's 37, discussed his campaign in an impromptu sit-down with the
Independent Sunday at Rudy's Bar and Grill, where he used to be spotted
frequently, in all-black garb, smoking a cigarette. He ran his whole
campaign out of the Elm Street bar when he ran for mayor on the Guilty Party
ticket in 2003, polling a surprising 15 percent. That year, with no
Republicans or Greens in the mix, the general election was a two-man
faceoff. So far, after two potential contenders dropped out of the running,
this year looks like a rematch.

To gear up for the contest, Ferrucci said he's upgrading his campaign
headquarters from the tables of Rudy's to new digs - a house he just bought
on Summit Street in Fair Haven Heights.

During the day, he's still to be found at the same place: behind the wheel
of a small truck, delivering Pepperidge Farm cookies and bread to local
stores. He works as an independent contractor covering territory in New
Haven, Hamden and Woodbridge.

Ferrucci plans to run as an Independent. He said while the Greens will be
busy defending their incumbent alderman in Ward 10, Connecticut's
Independent Party, which is concentrated in Waterbury, has pledged to
support his candidacy. Ferrucci has already taken out petitions from the
Secretary of the State's office to run. He plans to file papers with the
city clerk in the next week or two.

The perennial candidate has made five unsuccessful runs for elected office:
twice for mayor, twice for U.S. Congress and once for a U.S. Senate seat. He
saw the biggest moment of his political career in 2006, when he stood on the
stage of Hartford's Bushnell alongside Sen. Joe Lieberman and Democratic
challenger Ned Lamont in a five-way candidates' debate. Most recently, ran a
low-profile Green Party ticket campaign against against U.S. Rep. Rosa
DeLauro in 2008.

Ferrucci said he was prompted to run this year when the mayor unveiled plans
to close three senior centers in effort to balance the budget.

"Crime is high, taxes are high, and he announced he's closing senior
centers?" said Ferrucci. "That pissed me off. How can you close the senior
centers?"

The candidate said he hasn't fleshed out the details of his campaign yet,
except to say that his main focus will be taxes and crime.



From rstuller at snet.net  Wed Apr 29 19:07:07 2009
From: rstuller at snet.net (Ronna Stuller)
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:07:07 -0400
Subject: {news} Ralph Ferrucci to run as Independent, Allan Brison as Green
In-Reply-To: <BLU109-DAV87E2367C2A21A8E3BEE6FD66F0@phx.gbl>
References: <BLU109-DAV87E2367C2A21A8E3BEE6FD66F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <EA05AAEC-5564-4E3F-8933-3348E567DBC2@snet.net>

If Ralph has to petition for the Independent line, state rules may not  
allow him to be on the Green line as well.
Ronna


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> It's up to Ralph and the New Haven Greens to decide, but I don't see  
> why he
> couldn't run on both Green and Independent lines, as long as he's  
> still a
> registered Green.  And then there's Roger Uihlein, a friend of the  
> Greens
> who usually runs as a write-in candidate for New Haven mayor.
>
> David Bedell
>
> http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/04/its_a_rematch.php
>
> It's A Rematch
>
> by Melissa Bailey | April 27, 2009 7:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (11)
>
> He may have no Democratic primary challenger in sight, but Mayor John
> DeStefano will see a familiar face in this fall's debates and general
> election: Independent Ralph Ferrucci. This time the third-party  
> candidate
> will campaign out of his home, not Rudy's bar.
>
> Ferrucci, a perennial third-party candidate, ran two unsuccessful  
> campaigns
> for New Haven mayor in 2003 and 2007. Now, angered by the closing of  
> three
> city senior centers, he's launching a third campaign this year against
> DeStefano, who's been running solo in his quest for an historic ninth
> two-year term in office in a November election.
>
> Ferrucci, who's 37, discussed his campaign in an impromptu sit-down  
> with the
> Independent Sunday at Rudy's Bar and Grill, where he used to be  
> spotted
> frequently, in all-black garb, smoking a cigarette. He ran his whole
> campaign out of the Elm Street bar when he ran for mayor on the  
> Guilty Party
> ticket in 2003, polling a surprising 15 percent. That year, with no
> Republicans or Greens in the mix, the general election was a two-man
> faceoff. So far, after two potential contenders dropped out of the  
> running,
> this year looks like a rematch.
>
> To gear up for the contest, Ferrucci said he's upgrading his campaign
> headquarters from the tables of Rudy's to new digs - a house he just  
> bought
> on Summit Street in Fair Haven Heights.
>
> During the day, he's still to be found at the same place: behind the  
> wheel
> of a small truck, delivering Pepperidge Farm cookies and bread to  
> local
> stores. He works as an independent contractor covering territory in  
> New
> Haven, Hamden and Woodbridge.
>
> Ferrucci plans to run as an Independent. He said while the Greens  
> will be
> busy defending their incumbent alderman in Ward 10, Connecticut's
> Independent Party, which is concentrated in Waterbury, has pledged to
> support his candidacy. Ferrucci has already taken out petitions from  
> the
> Secretary of the State's office to run. He plans to file papers with  
> the
> city clerk in the next week or two.
>
> The perennial candidate has made five unsuccessful runs for elected  
> office:
> twice for mayor, twice for U.S. Congress and once for a U.S. Senate  
> seat. He
> saw the biggest moment of his political career in 2006, when he  
> stood on the
> stage of Hartford's Bushnell alongside Sen. Joe Lieberman and  
> Democratic
> challenger Ned Lamont in a five-way candidates' debate. Most  
> recently, ran a
> low-profile Green Party ticket campaign against against U.S. Rep. Rosa
> DeLauro in 2008.
>
> Ferrucci said he was prompted to run this year when the mayor  
> unveiled plans
> to close three senior centers in effort to balance the budget.
>
> "Crime is high, taxes are high, and he announced he's closing senior
> centers?" said Ferrucci. "That pissed me off. How can you close the  
> senior
> centers?"
>
> The candidate said he hasn't fleshed out the details of his campaign  
> yet,
> except to say that his main focus will be taxes and crime.
>
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