WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders in the US announced the party’s support and encouragement for nonviolent protesters in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, and other nations in the region who have taken to the streets in demand for an end to corrupt and oppressive regimes.
• Green Party ‘Egypt in Revolt’ page with news feeds [...]
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Pacific Greens via On The Wilder Side:
This February, legislation will be introduced Salem that would change the definition of “applicant” for removal-fill permits. If passed, this bill will fast-track the permitting process for the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline by allowing companies to apply for permits on landowners’ property without their knowledge or consent. This would be a huge benefit for the pipeline company and having these permits would make it even easier for the company to gain access to swaths of peoples’ property.
We can stop the bill and stop the pipe. We need to stand together and send a clear message to the company and our politicians: Stop the Pipe!
What: Rally against the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and proposed legislation.
When: Thursday, January 27th from 12-1PM.
Where: 700 block East Main St., downtown Medford.
RSVP for the event by following this link.
Carpools are available.
In Winston, meet in Abby’s Pizza parking lot at 10AM.
In Canyonville, meet at the library at 10:30AM.
In Roseburg, meet across the street from the library at 10AM.
If passed, this bill will:
• Let companies to apply for permits on your land without your knowledge or consent.
• Fast-track the permitting process for the Pacific Connector Pipeline.
• Harm landowners and devalue property rights in our state.
To learn more about the proposed legislation, visit this page.
This is how we show our legislators that there is diverse opposition to this bill. We need you to attend – please join us!
If you have any questions, please contact Monica Vaughan at (541) 521-1832.
p.s. Last week, our coalition sent a request asking you to submit a public comment on the Port of Coos Bay’s application for a slip dock to accommodate the Jordan Cove LNG terminal. Over 1044 public comments from Oregonians were submitted opposing the project – blowing our initial goal of 500 out of the water. Thank you! Because of your overwhelming response, DSL has extended the commenting deadline to February 12th. At this point, please only submit substantive comments on any discrepancies between the Port of Coos Bay’s permit application and the state’s criteria for granting a fill/removal permit. If you would like to submit substantial comments at this point, please spend time filling out your detailed comments on DSL’s online comment form found here.
The Arizona Green Party has increased Party registration to over 5,000 voters. According to the Arizona Green Party, this is an increase of almost 500 Greens since last August. From the AZGP:
2010 marked the 20 year anniversary of the Arizona Green Party and they look forward to broadening their base by educating voters on [...]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
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Bruce Dixon, 678-298-9463 x3
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Press Secretary, Georgia Green Party
Greens Demand Real Reductions in Incarceration Costs Reject Deal Reforms which Fail to Challenge Racist Impact
After last week [...]
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Excerpt from a press release posted at the website of the national Green Party:
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Georgia Greens Demand Answers on Inmate’s Brutal Treatment
Macon State inmate Transported to Atlanta Medical CenterIn a New Year’s Eve letter sent to Governors Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal, officers of the Georgia Green Party asked why the Georgia Department of Corrections withheld from Terrance Dean’s family news of his condition and whereabouts. The letter asks that they “launch an investigation into whether the DoC’s apparent efforts to conceal (Mr. Dean’s) condition rises to the level of a criminal conspiracy”. Reports conveyed by other Macon State Prison inmates and their families have revealed that on or about the 16th of December, as striking inmates were beginning to return to work, employees of the Corrections Department beat and injured the former Bibb County resident serving his seventh year on a 16 year sentence for armed robbery.
“The violent response to the inmates peaceful, non-violent strike is shameful,” said Bruce Dixon, Press Secretary for the Georgia Green Party and managing editor for the weekly BlackAgendaReport.com. “Prison inmates deserve wages for work, educational and self-improvement activities, decent food and medical care. The state should facilitate, rather than obstruct contact with their families. They deserve human rights and a clear path back to being productive members of society. The institutional human rights abuses exposed by the peaceful prisoners strike severely compromise the moral authority of Georgia’s correctional system.”
Information obtained by the coalition suggests that Mr. Dean was assaulted by state employees in the aftermath of the inmate sit down strike. His injuries necessitated that he be transported from Oglethorpe Georgia to the Atlanta Medical Center. The Department of Corrections failed to notify his family. When family members and advocates finally discovered that we was in Atlanta and attempted to visit with him they were denied that opportunity and denied any information as to Mr. Dean’s condition. The DoC website now lists him as being held at the Georgia Diagnostic Center in Jackson Georgia.
The Georgia Green Party has been urging calls inquiring after the welfare of the Georgia-37. These thirty-seven inmates were identified by DoC investigators as ‘instigators’ of last month’s stop-work action by Georgia inmates on the basis of being found in possession of contraband cell phones. They have been subjected to administrative segregation and reportedly transported to the facilities at Jackson, Reidsville and Washington.
Late Friday morning, Mr. Dean’s sister, along with ACLU attorney Chara Jackson and Edward DuBose, President of the Georgia Conference of NAACP branches both representing the Concerned Coalition to Respect Prisoner’s Rights showed up at the Atlanta hospital. They were left waiting, before finally being informed that no information was available on his condition and that Mr. Dean had been transferred to Jackson.
The Georgia Green Party has lent its support to the Concerned Coalition to Respect Prisoner Rights working in solidarity with the striking inmates. Georgia Green Party leadership are actively cultivating a slate of candidates prepared to bring into the 2012 elections the Party’s challenge to public policies which have created black mass incarceration…
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At the Georgia Green Party website:
http://www.georgiagreenparty.org/system/files/Ltr2Gov_TerranceDean.pdf
http://www.georgiagreenparty.org/QDC/Actions/Ga_Governor_urged_Investigate_Inmate_Beatings
At Independent Political Report:
Bruce A. Dixon: ‘Medical Neglect Stalks Georgia Prisons’
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders called the attacks on Wikileaks by the US government a direct and deliberate assault on the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of the press.
“The war on Wikileaks may set a precedent for the treatment of journalists who expose government wrong-doing,” said Carl Romanelli of the Pennsylvania Green Party. [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders from the US have joined Green elected officials and leaders from countries throughout Latin America and Europe in Cancun, Mexico, to participate in the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (http://www.cc2010.mx/en/index.php).
Greens are calling on the [...]
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MAINE GREENS CONGRATULATE CANDIDATES FOR RUNNING STRONG CAMPAIGNS, STRENGTHEN THE CALL FOR ELECTORAL REFORM
Maine Green Independent Party Candidates who ran for the office of state house and state senate ran strong campaigns, often finishing a close second in the race Tuesday night. Fred Horch, of Brunswick, ran a close second with 34% of the vote [...]
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MAINE GREENS CONGRATULATE CANDIDATES FOR RUNNING STRONG CAMPAIGNS, STRENGTHEN THE CALL FOR ELECTORAL REFORM
Maine Green Independent Party Candidates who ran for the office of state house and state senate ran strong campaigns, often finishing a close second in the race Tuesday night. Fred Horch, of Brunswick, ran a close second with 34% of the vote in District 66.
In Portland, voters approved the work the of the Portland Charter Commission that calls for the election of a mayor using instant runoff voting, a method of voting that allows voters to choose their preference of candidates by number.
“This is a great victory for the people of Portland and those of us who worked for this reform on the commission,” said Anna Trevorrow, a Green Independent candidate who finished second in her race for state house in district 120, against incumbent Diane Russell.
“This also provides us the opportunity to use instant runoff voting as a starting point for electoral reform in the city and as a model for the state,” said Trevorrow who also serves on the state steering committee. Eliot Cutler, the gubernatorial candidate that finished second in Tuesday’s race, was quoted today on MPBN that he would like to pursue a method of electoral reform in Maine that included a runoff.
The Maine Green Independent Party has always favored instant-runoff voting as a more democratic way of voting, since it eliminates the need for a second election between the candidates who receive the top percentages of the vote and allows voter to rank their preference of candidates in order from one to the amount of total candidates. It would also mean the winner would have to get just over 50% of the vote to be declared the winner, thus encouraging all candidates to run positive campaigns.
“It’s time to take instant-runoff voting seriously, especially if people are going to look into the idea of having a runoff election. The runoff could take place by the election workers and require no additional voting, no second election,” said Nate Shea, media chair for the Maine Green Independent Party (MGIP). “It would also encourage greater civic participation and would encourage candidates to soften their tone to attract a wide-range of voters, not just their base,” said Shea.
The MGIP plans to pursue the idea and implementation of instant runoff voting for future elections. Party leaders and members plan to contact members of the legislature as well as key political players who have expressed an interest in the reform. Anyone who is interested and would like to express their support for or learn more about instant runoff voting is encouraged to visit our website at www.mainegreens.org and click on the “contact us” tab or call the Portland office at (207)699-1321.
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Press contact: Nate Shea – nateshea78@gmail.com (207)745-4517
Spokesperson: Anna Trevorrow – ajtrev@gwi.net, (207)699-4141 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (207)699-4141