[Northampton-GP] Fwd: [GP-US Alert] Green Party of the United States Email Update: January 20, 2003

[Jane Winans]

please don't send forwarded emails to me.
Thanks,
Jane

--- James Bosman <jimbosman at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Northamton Greens! Are many of you on the email
> list for the GPUS? What 
> about the Mass. Green Party? Let me know off-list if
> you are and/or if you 
> would prefer that I didn't forward the monthly GPUS
> or MGP email updates to 
> our list. FWD emails can sometimes be annoying...
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Jim Bosman
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "David Pollard" <davidpollard at attbi.com>
> >To: <alerts-m at gp-us.org>
> >Subject: [GP-US Alert] Green Party of the United
> States Email Update: 
> >January 20, 2003
> >Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:21:46 -0600
> >
> >Green Party of the United States E-mail Update:
> January 20, 2003
>
>=========================================================
> >Contents:
> >0) Pardon our Dupes!
> >1) Greens Highly Visible in Global Protests Against
> Iraqi War
> >2) Matt Gonzalez Elected President of San Francisco
> Board of Supervisors
> >3) Maine Greens Raising Seeking Donations for
> Legislative Office
> >4) New York Greens Ballot Status in Judicial Limbo
> >5) News from the International Committee
> >6) USGP YE2002 Financials
> >7) Fundraising Update
> >8) USGP Coordinating Committee Watch
> >9) Recently Issued Press Releases and other Media
> >10) Leader of Kenyan Green Party Named Assistant
> Environment Minister
> >11) German Greens Support US Anti-War Movement
>
>=========================================================
> >
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>=========================================================
> >0. Pardon Our Dupes! They should be gone after this
> issue.
> >
> >For the last few issues many of you have been
> receiving duplicate copies
> >Of this email. After having looked at the matter,
> and not being able to
> >determine why; starting with the next issue this
> e-list will be moved
> >over to the Green Party's new Mailman list server.
> As it's a more
> >actively
> >supported piece of software, the move SHOULD clear
> up that problem.
> >
> >Additionally, this email note is coming out a few
> days later than usual
> >this month so we can include info on the recent
> anti-war protests. I
> >hope you find the wait was worth it. And then, just
> when it was ready to
> >go
> >out, the Green Party's servers got hit by hackers
> and were down for
> >about 72
> >hours.
> >
> >If you have material that you would like included
> in this publication
> >please email it to alerts-m at gp-us.org I can't
> promise I'll always
> >include it, but I'll try my best.
> >
> >The next issue is scheduled to come out on February
> 17, 2003. The
> >deadline for reports and articles is Noon on
> Saturday February 15th.
> >
> >All the Best,
> >David Pollard
>
>=========================================================
> >1. Greens Highly Visible in Global Protests Against
> Iraqi War
> >
> >On Saturday January 18th in dozens of US cities,
> dozens of national
> >capitals outside of the US, uncounted hundreds of
> thousands of people
> >protested against the upcoming US war against Iraq.
> In many of the
> >national capitals outside of the US, Green Parties
> were major organizers
> >of the protests.
> >Here in the US several hundred Greens marched in
> Washington DC, with
> >fourteen busloads coming from the Maine Independent
> Greens alone.
> >
> >On the CSPAN's Washington Journal coverage of the
> protests Medea
> >Benjamin did a wonderful job.  She was on with
> Larry Holmes of ANSWER
> >and the calls in to the program were very positive.
>  Someone asked her
> >about her politics and she gave a great pitch for
> the Green Party.
> >Jenefer Ellington of the DC Statehood Greens gave
> the following brief
> >speech at the protests:
> >
> >`I speak for the Statehood Green Party, our
> national Green Party
> >and,...for the Green Parties in 90 nations around
> the world.
> >
> >We condemn and reject our government's use of
> military force to impose
> >its will whenever and wherever it suits the
> national corporate
> >interest..
> >
> >Furthermore, We oppose our government's use of
> subversion, covert
> >action, assassination, intimidation, economic
> imperialism, environmental
> >exploitation and the use of nuclear threats to
> contain and control the
> >governments and economies of other nations.  In
> particular we reject our
> >government's practice of shoring up dictators or
> meddling in the elected
> >governments of other countries... something we have
> done for years.
> >
> >We repudiate our government's claim to be a
> benevolent superpower that
> >bestows liberty, equality and self-determination on
> other peoples or
> >other nations. If we want to be a world leader, let
> us lead the world in
> >cooperation, abiding by international law and
> protecting human rights at
> >home and abroad.
> >  At present our leadership consists in being the
> mightiest military
> >force and the largest arms seller in the world.
> >
> >We demand that our government close its overseas
> bases; remove nuclear
> >weapons from our ships; re-commit to the ABM
> treaty; end research and
> >development of nuclear weapons; sign on to the
> International Criminal
> >Court and turn to the UN forum for resolution of
> international
> >conflicts.
> >We wrote the UN charter, we signed it and we must
> honor it.
> >
> >Finally, If we don't outlaw today's weapons of war,
> we will destroy
> >ourselves and all other forms of life.  We are an
> endangered species and
> >our life-support system, the Earth is at risk. Is
> there an alternative
> >to this prevailing madness?  Yes, Join The Party of
> Peace, the Green
> >Party and together we will turn the ship around.'
> >
> >
> >Outside of DC, Greens were present, visible and
> covered by the corporate
> >press in the other major protest in San Francisco
> as well as dozens of
> >smaller gatherings from Mississippi to Washington
> State.
> >
>
>=========================================================
> >2. Matt Gonzalez Elected President of San Francisco
> Board of Supervisors
> >
> >Two years ago, Matt Gonzalez, a former deputy
> public defender, announced
> >he was changing his party registration from
> Democrat to Green just a few
> >days before he was elected to a seat on the San
> Francisco Board of
> >Supervisors.
> >At the time, many thought his party switch was
> political suicide.
> >Instead it turned into a stepping stone to board
> Presidency.
> >
> >Gonzalez faced two opponents, fellow supervisors
> Aaron Peskin and Sophie
> >Maxwell. For six rounds of voting, no candidate
> received the necessary
> >majority of votes, Gonzalez and Peskin received 4
> and Maxwell received
> >three votes. Just prior to the seventh round, Aaron
> Peskin withdrew his
> >bid, and two of his supporters voted for Maxwell.
> However, Peskin and
> >one of his supporters voted for Gonzalez giving him
> a 6-5 victory over
> >Sophie Maxwell.
> >
> >The President of the Board of Supervisors is the
> second most visible
> >political office, coming just after the mayor. He
> is planning to use his
> >office as a platform as a way to build the Greens
> into a real second
> >party in San Francisco. Already, the San Francisco
> Bay Guardian ran an
> >editorial urging a Green challenger to take on the
> hawkish, free-trader
> >Rep. Tom Lantos (D-California.)
> >
> >Gonzalez is talking about more open debate on the
> board, about
> >organizing a legislative agenda, and about building
> issue-based
> >coalitions to make that agenda happen. He's put at
> the top of his
> >legislative priority a city minimum-wage law. He's
> promised to continue
> >the fight for a publicly owned electric utility.
> >
> >During last November's race for governor, Green
> Party candidate Peter
> >Camejo won 15 percent of the vote in San Francisco,
> which was more votes
> >than the  Republican candidate Bill Simon polled.
> San Francisco is well
> >on the way to becoming a two-party town, and that
> second party is the
> >Greens.
> >
>
>=========================================================
> >3. Maine Greens Raising Seeking Donations for
> Legislative Office
> >
> >Last month we reported that the Maine Democrats had
> denied the Maine
> >Independent Green Party bid for a separate office
> for their State House
> >delegation, just like state Democrats and
> Republicans had.
> >
> >In the week after Christmas state Democrats changed
> their mind and
> >permitted the Greens to have an office, like the
> other parties have.
> >Rep. John Eder's office isn't in the State House,
> where the Democrats'
> >and Republicans' offices are located. But it's
> about as close as you can
> >get, next door in the Cross State Office Building,
> where several
> >legislative committees meet. "It's very fair,"
> Eder, of Portland, said
> >on December 30th. The office will be known as the
> House Green Minority
> >Office.
> >
> >Maine Independent Greens are raising funds to equip
> that office. If you
> >can donate a computer or know of someone who could,
> please contact Ben
> >Chipman at 207-772-1414, 207-287-6799 or
> greenindependent at hotmail.com
> >
>
>=========================================================
> >4. New York Greens Ballot Status in Judicial Limbo
> >
> >U.S. District Judge John Gleeson extended a
> temporary restraining order
> >Jan. 16th barring the state from voiding any voter
> registrations for the
> >Green Party and ordering it to allow new members to
> enroll.
> >
> >The case stems from the fact that the Green Party
> received only 41,979
> >votes, not the 50,000 votes in November's
> gubernatorial race needed to
> >maintain its status as a recognized party in New
> York.
> >
> >State law calls for the party to lose its automatic
> place on the
> >statewide ballot. The party's members become
> independent voters for
> >election purposes, and the party can't enroll new
> members until it
> >achieves ballot status again.
> >
> >In a lawsuit filed in December in federal court in
> Brooklyn, the Green
> >Party argued that New York is one of only three
> states that prohibit
> >people from enrolling in the party of their choice
> depending on that
> >party's status on the ballot.
> >
> >The provisions violate the free-association right
> of the Constitution's
> >First Amendment and the 14th Amendment's
> equal-protection clause,
> >according the Green Party's filing with the court.
> >
> >Jeremy Creelan, the lead attorney for the Green
> Party said without
> >up-to-date voter lists, organizations like the
> Green Party would
> >struggle to contact and organize voters, raise
> funds and communicate.
> >
> >"It does have an impact on minor parties' ability
> to grow, to develop
> >and to become major parties," he said. "It also has
> an impact on voters'
> >rights to enroll in the party of their choice."
> >
> >The party wants the state Board of Elections to
> keep the present box
> >under which voters can identity themselves as
> members of the Green Party
> >or add a blank line on registrations voters could
> fill in.
> >
> >Lee Daghlian, a spokesman for the Board of
> Elections, said while the
> >restraining order remains in effect, the state will
> not change the voter
> >registration forms or registration lists.
> >
> >Judge John Gleeson asked the party and the state
> Board of Elections to
> >submit briefs on several issues by Jan. 30 and said
> he would issue a
> >ruling in the case soon after.
> >
>
>=========================================================
> >5. The Coordinated Campaign Committee in 2002
> >
> >Julie Willebrand of the Green Party of New York and
> Tony Affigne of the
> >Green Party of Rhode Island were USGP delegates to
> the Federation of the
> >Green Parties of the Americas Meeting in the
> Dominican Republic on
> >December 6-8, 2002. Their report can be found the
> the International
> >Committee's website which is at
> http://www.gp-us.org/committees/intl/
> >
> >The German Green Party sent a letter supporting the
> American anti-war
> >movement and assured us that as part of the German
> government, Germany
> >will not go to war with Iraq. The German Government
> with Foreign
> >Minister Joschka Fischer (Green Party) will
> continue to search for a
> >peaceful solution. An excerpt of the letter is
> included in this Update
> >as item number 11.
> >They also sent their latest Resolution of the Party
> Council of
> >BUNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN on the Iraq Crisis that can
> be found on the IC
> >website as well.
> >
> >Annie Goeke, co-chair International Committee and
> MD GP member and Alan
> >Kobrin, CC delegate from FLGP and member of the IC,
> are going to
> >participate in the upcoming World Social Forum in
> Porto Alegre, Brazil.
> >Annie Goeke will be part of a panel called "Toward
> a Culture of Peace,
> >Solidarity and Sustainable at the Green World
> Social Forum conference.
> >
> >The IC sent out congratulations to Green Party
> member Wangari Maathi
> >success in her campaign.  She was appointed Kenya's
> Deputy Minister of
> >Environment, Natural Resources and Wildlife.  This
> is a huge step
> >towards a more democratic society for Kenyans and
> for the people of
> >Africa. As founder of the Green Belt movement in
> Kenya, and as a
> >renowned activist and speaker on behalf of
> environmental justice and
> >democracy throughout the world, greens around the
> world are ecstatic
> >with
> >this news!
> >
> >The IC Working Policy group is getting organized
> and now has a listserv
> >specifically for work on the national green party
> platform concerning
> >foreign policy.
> >
> >Green blessings and peace from Annie Goeke
> >co-chair IC USGP
> >
>
>=========================================================
> >6. USGP Year-End 2002 Financials
> >
> >GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES - ACCOUNTANT'S
> REPORT for YEAR END 2002
> >
> >SUMMARY: Donations for the year 2002 = $482k,
> Expenses = $451k,
> >$33k went to states for a net loss for the year of
> $2k.
> >Cash as of the end of the year = $30k. Assets =
> $35k, Liabilities =
> >$8.5k.
> >
> >(Donations for the month of December = $46k,
> Expenses = $41k, 3k went to
> >states.)
> >
> >USGP finances were virtually break-even in 2002
> with a small net loss of
> >$2k, but an increase in cash of $1k. A reserve of
> $30k was not fully
> >funded as hoped, however the party ended the year
> with $30k in the bank.
> >
> >The party made the bulk of it's $482k in donations
> from direct mail,
> >with events a distant second. Total cost of direct
> mail was $176k, total
> >cost of events was $53k. The Philly convention
> generated $32k in income
> >and $36k in expenses.
> >
> >Budget to Actual comparison: Total income of $482k
> was 91% of budget.
> >Total operating expenses of $451k was 121% of
> budget. Expenses were $78k
> >
> >over budget, the majority of that was caused by
> direct mail expense at
> >$55k over and telephone at $8k over. Staff and rent
> were two large items
> >that came in on budget.
> >
> >States' share: States earned $33k in 2002 from
> USGP. Events were shared
> >at 50% of net and generated $55K gross, $15k in
> cost, for a net of $40k
> >which was shared with the respective states.
> >The thousand-for-a-thousand program generated $47k
> in 2002, of which
> >$24k elected to share with their states at 50%.
> >We had 14 direct mail pieces that states
> participated in (state
> >mailings). These mailings generated $17k gross with
> a cost of almost
> >$17k. Some mailings did not break even, some
> generated a profit and
> >others are in the process of breaking even. As of
> year end $7k is
> >payable to states and will be paid in January, $4k
> has been paid in
> >advance to states for a net payable of $3k.
> >
> >Overall, the party is financially in good shape
> with $30k in cash in
> >the bank and very little liabilities. 2002 is the
> first full year of
> >operations for USGP. The national party in it's
> present form was founded
> >on 8-1-01.
> >
> >USGP financial statements are available at:
>
>http://www.greenpartyus.org/committees/fundraising/financials/index.htm
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Doug Malkan, CPA
> >USGP Accountant
>
>=========================================================
> >7. FUNDRAISING UPDATE - January 2003
> >
> >                         Jack Uhrich, Finance
> Director
> >
> >In 2002, our first full year of systematic
> fundraising, we were
> >moderately successful.  By the end of the year, we
> had raised
> >approximately $500,000 ($250,000 net), and shared
> approximately $33,000
> >of
> >that with our state Green Parties.  In 2001, we
> raised a gross amount of
> >approximately $100,000.  Where our donor data base
> contained about 1000
> >people in 2001, we now have over 6000 donors.
> >
> >The additional funds raised enabled us to open a
> national office this
> >year, to hold a very successful mid-term
> convention, to implement our
> >first national Campaign School and Fundraising
> Workshop, to
> >professionalize
> >GREEN PAGES, and to provide much greater support to
> our state parties
> >and
> >their candidates than in year's past.
> >
> >Next year, the USGP Budget calls for us to raise
> over $800,000.  With
> >those additional funds, we will hire more
> organizing staff, implement
> >more Campaign School and Fundraising Workshops,
> increase our outreach to
> >people of color communities, women and other
> excluded groups, and
> >strengthen
> >our ties to the 100 international Green Parties
> around the world.
> >
> >We will have more details in February about the
> efforts we plan to put
> >forth to raise these funds, after the Coordinating
> Committee completes
> >its discussion and approval of the 2003 budget and
> fundraising plan.
> >
> >In the meantime, if you have not given a
> contribution to the Green Party
> >recently,  please go to www.gp.org and do so.  If
> you have already
> >donated, thank you for your support of the Green
> Party.
> >
>
>=========================================================
> >8. USGP Coordinating Committee Watch
> >
> >Issues Under discussion:
> >None.
> >
> >Issues currently being voted on:
> >PROPOSAL: USGP BUDGET 2003
> >PURPOSE: To provide a financial plan for
> administering and growing the
> >Green Party of the United States in 2003.
> >PRESENTER: Steering Committee - Ad Hoc Budget
> Committee
> >CONTACTS: Jo Chamberlain, California,
> joc at pobox.com, 650-726-1949
> >Dean Myerson, staff, Washington DC office,
> <political.coor at verizon.net>,
> >202.296.7755
> >Discussion period has been extended twice by the
> Steering Committee per
> >multiple requests from CC members. Voting began on
> January 6th and was
> >to have ended on Jan. 20th, but was interrupted by
> a CC list-server
> >outage which was caused by the Green Party servers
> being hacked into. A
> >preliminary vote count on Jan. 18th showed: 38 YES
> votes, 14 NO votes
> >and 3 ABSTAIN votes.
> >A full listing of the final vote will be included
> in next months report.
> >
> >Votes concluded and announced:
> >Proposal: To Become Signatory to United for Peace
> Statement
> >    "The demand placed on us by world events is to
> deal with the Iraq
> >crisis and to work to stop the war that is being
> planned. This is
> >unfolding in a global context where other crises
> can and will erupt in
> >connection to the Iraq crisis and they too will
> demand our action. In
> >addition, we will oppose new repressive measures at
> home. We can and
> >will
> >work together now, focused on stopping this war,
> and as we go forward we
> >will discuss other issues and the larger context.
> Unite for peace and
> >say NO! to war."
> >View the website for the most up-to-date
> information of the campaign.
> >http://www.unitedforpeace.org
> >Presenter and Contact: Ben Manski
> >Timeline: DISCUSSION PERIOD: 1 Week - Monday,
> December 9th to Monday
> >December 17th VOTING PERIOD: 1 Week - Monday,
> December 17th to midnight
> >On Monday, December 24th
> >PASSED by a unanimous vote of 84 YES, 0 NO and 0
> Abstain.
> >
> >Proposal To Amend Green Party Fiscal Policy
> >Proposal To Establish a standing Finance Committee
> whose primary task is
> >to monitor fiscal activities only. The Finance
> Committee will oversee
> >day-to-day affairs of party finances such as bank
> accounts, methods of
> >disbursement, ect as well as obtain an independent
> annual audit of our
> >financial affairs by a certified public accountant,
> as the Finance
> >Committee shall be considered our audit committee.
> >Presenter and Contact: Jake Schneider GPUS
> Treasurer
> >Discussion period was scheduled to end December
> 15th, but was extended
> >by SC per CC requests. A revised decision timeline
> is likely to come out
> >of the Dec. 19 Steering Committee Meeting.
> >The proposals vote tally totals are as follows: 27
> States voted plus the
> >Lavender Greens Caucus with 39 YES votes 12 NO
> votes 2 SIDE ASIDES for a
> >total of 53 votes.
> >AR-GH(Y) AZ-SH(N) AZ-RS(N) CA-AB(N) CA-KM(NO)
> CA-BM(N) CA-PL(N) CA-JC(Y)
> >CA-DJW(Y) CA-MW(Y) CA-SB(N) CA-GMC(A) CO-AG(Y)
> CO-CG(Y) CT-JB(Y)
> >CT-TS(Y) DE-JRC(N) DE-KL(Y) FL-MC(Y) HI-AP(Y)
> IL-ML(Y) ME-TF(Y) MI-JR(Y)
> >MI-MR(Y) MO-BK(Y) MO-DB(Y) NJ-JH(Y) NE-DS(N)
> NE-VC(Y) NY-RT(Y) NC-GN(Y)
> >OH-PD(Y) OH-AR(Y) OR-PL(N) OR-MG(N) PA-DK(Y)
> PA-BK(Y) TN-JD(Y) TN-KC(Y)
> >TX-EG(Y) TX-JSD(Y) TX-DP(N) UT-RDL(Y) VA-TY(Y)
> VA-SD(Y) VT-GP(Y)
> >WA-JH(Y)
> >WA-BM(Y) WDC-MOC(Y) WDC-KA(Y) WI-BM(Y) WI-RT(A)
> LAVENDER GREENS-SR(Y)
> >
> >VOTING PERIOD: 5pm Jan 13th - Midnight, Wed., Jan
> 15th
> >PRESENTER: USGP Steering Committee, D.C. Statehood
> Green Party PRESENTER
> >CONTACT: Adam Eidinger - adam at mintwood.com
> >				Ben Manski - manski at greens.org
> >FLOOR MANAGER: Ben Manski, SC, WI Delegate,
> manski at greens.org
> >SUBJECT:  Sponsorship of Green Response to the
> State of the Union
> >THE PROPOSAL: On January 28th, 2003, President Bush
> will deliver the
> >annual "State of the Union" address to the United
> States Congress.  In
> >anticipation of Bush's address, the D.C. Statehood
> Green Party has
> >organized a counter-address/rally in order to
> deliver an alternative
> >evaluation of the state of the union by the Green
> Party.  This will be
> >the Green response to Bush's address.
> >    To date, organizers in D.C. have confirmed the
> participation of the
> >Band Sonic Youth, as well as the lead signer of
> Fugazi, and various
> >other artists, in a permitted mass rally to take
> place directly in front
> >of
> >the United States Capitol.  Organizers have also
> secured the
> >participation
> >of United for Peace, Peace Action, and the
> Institute for Policy Studies,
> >and each of these organizations has committed to
> financially supporting
> >the event.
> >    The program calls for a response to be
> delivered by a Green elected
> >official or spokesperson immediately following the
> end of Bush's speech,
> >thus achieving maximum national media exposure.  At
> the request of D.C.
> >organizers, the Steering Committee of the Green
> Party of the United
> >States has deliberated on who should serve the
> party in this role, and
> >has agreed that San Francisco Supervisor Matt
> Gonzalez, the new #2
> >elected
> >official in that city, is most appropriate for the
> role.  Supervisor
> >Gonzalez is still considering the request.
> >    This is an expedited vote due to the pace of
> the organizing
> >involved.  Several organizations have committed
> significantly more
> >resources to the costs of the organizing than is
> requested of the
> >national party, and the D.C. Statehood Greens have
> committed funds as
> >well.
> >Costs include stage, sound, promotion, and
> transportation.
> >TIME LINE: Until January 28th, 2003
> >IMPLEMENTATION - RESOURCES: Allocation of $1,000 by
> the national party
> >to this project, for the transportation of
> Gonzalez, or another
> >representative, to D.C., as well as to contribute
> to basic costs of
> >logistics.  Additionally, participation by the
> Media Committee and
> >Steering Committee in promoting the Green response
> ahead of time in the
> >media, and in assisting in the drafting of the
> response.
> >Note - Normally this would have been handled by a
> dispersement of funds
> >from the Steering Committee, but without an
> approved 2003 budget the
> >Steering Committee had no discretionary funds to
> disperse.
> >ANNOUCED VOTE RESULTS: APPROVED with 76 delegates
> representing 35
> >states and one caucus voted in favor.
>
>=========================================================
> >9. Recently Issued Press Releases and other Media
> >
> >GP-US Press Releases:
> >
> >Greens To Join AntiWar Protests In DC And Across
> The US
> >http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/pr_01_15_03.html
> >
> >Greens Congratulate Matt Gonzalez on His Election
> as President of the
> >San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
> >http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/pr_01_10_03.html
> >
> >Greens Oppose FCC Deregulation.
> >http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/pr_01_10_03b.html
> >
> >Greens Applaud Park Service's Correction of
> 'Southern Bias' in History
> >Materials.
> >http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/pr_01_09_03.html
> >
> >Lavender Greens Caucus Releases Statement Opposing
> War on Iraq.
> >http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/pr_01_07_03.html
> >
> >Greens Call The Mass Detention of Foreign-Born
> Muslims in California
> >Illegal.
> >http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/pr_01_06_03.html
> >
> >
> >State Party Press Releases:
> >
> >(IA) Iowa Green Party Announces "Gasoline-Free Day"
>
>http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/states/ia_01_15_03.html
> >
> >(DC) The Sorry State of the Union
>
>http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/states/dc_01_15_03.html
> >
> >(IA) Iowa Greens to Travel to D.C. for January 18th
> Protest.
>
>http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/states/ia_01_08_03.html
> >
> >(DE) Greens Urge Election Reform
>
>http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/states/de_01_07_03.html
> >
> >(WI) Wisconsin Green Party Calls for Dismissal of
> Citations in Racine
> >Theater Incident.
>
>http://www.greenpartyus.org/press/states/wi_12_22_02.html
> >
>
>=========================================================
> >10. Leader of Kenyan Green Party Named Assistant
> Environment Minister
> >
> >NAIROBI, Kenya, January 14, 2003 (ENS) - Kenya's
> new President Mwai
> >Kibaki has named Dr. Newton Kulundu as Environment
> Minister and
> >Professor Wangari Maathai as assistant minister.
> Maathai was elected to
> >Parliament in Kenya December 27 on the opposition
> National Rainbow
> >Coalition (NARC) ticket. Maathai joined NARC as a
> leader of the Kenyan
> >Green Party.
> >
> >"I will bring to parliament the values that I have
> been practising in
> >the opposition, especially within the environmental
> movement," she said.
> >"I hope to bring to parliament a sense of
> transparency, a sense of
> >accountability that we have demonstrated in our
> work in the Green Belt
> >Movement and a sense of service, a desire to serve
> the public for the
> >common good."
> >
> >With a background of growing forests from
> seedlings, Maathai is likely
> >to be good for the forests of Kenya. She is
> convinced that President
> >Kibaki will support her environmental aspirations.
> "I am sure that
> >Kibaki will be very good for the environment," said
> in the interview.
> >"He is very committed to the environment. He has
> been very supportive
> >and he has been in the struggle for change over the
> last 10 years."
> >
>
>=========================================================
> >11. German Greens Support US Anti-War Movement
> >
> >The German Green Party supports the American
> anti-war movement and we
> >are looking forward to seeing your protest march on
> TV. As part of the
> >German government we assure you: Germany will not
> go to war. The German
> >Government with Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer
> (Green Party) will
> >continue to search for a peaceful solution...We
> would be very happy, if
> >you could see to it, that the participants of the
> Washington protest
> >march are assured of our support.
> >
> >Angelika Beer and Reinhard Buetikofer
> >Co-Presidents of the Green Party
> >16 January 2003  -  Berlin
>
>=========================================================
> >Join your local Green Party today!
> >Without your financial support we cannot maintain
> our office and staff,
> >and your local party can't do all the things that
> need to happen where
> >you live.
> >
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