[statecom-discuss] Re: [Needtoknow] Self-declared Demogreens!

[Mike Heichman]

Hi Statecom:

I'm forwarding this from John Walsh FYI.

Mike Heichman


John Walsh wrote:

>Here is a self-declared list of DemoGreens.
>The ones MA, where I live, I have never heard of.  They have never
>lifted a finger for the Dems.  And Norman Solomon is increasingly
>little different from the other Norman - Podhoretz.
>These people should be shunned along with any of their friends.
>Barfo.
>john walsh (MA delegate)
>***
>Greens for Impact is an organization of principled, pragmatic Green
>Party members and progressive populists dedicated to working
>cooperatively with others to defeat the rightwing extremists who exert
>undue and dangerous influence on our government and the media. We
>believe this can be done while simultaneously furthering the growth of
>the Green Party as an independent alternative to the
>corporate-dominated parties.
>
>We believe that this agenda is most-readily forwarded by a strategy
>designed to maximize the Green Party's impact. Greens for Impact works
>to:
>
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>
>Encourage voters to register Green,
>Encourage voters in safe seat races -- those that are so
>overwhelmingly Republican or Democratic that we can be confident today
>of who will win there on election day -- to vote for Green Party
>candidates,
>Encourage voters in swing seat races, where every progressive vote is
>needed to defeat the rightwing candidates, to vote for the Democratic
>candidates, and
>Actively and forcefully push for the use of instant runoff voting
>(IRV) wherever suitable, alongside ballot access reform and full
>public financing of campaigns.
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>debates about voting your fears or voting your conscience. They are
>not academic or theoretical exercises. Real people's lives are at
>stake. Women, people of color, the GLBT community, our nation's poor,
>and many others, save for the privileged few, will face real
>consequences from the outcome of elections. As a result, we must view
>the effect of our votes collectively, not merely by what they mean to
>us as individuals. Vote with your mind. Vote with a plan.
>
>We encourage sympathetic Greens, especially elected members of the
>GPUS, to contact us and lend support. It is our desire that as our
>ranks swell our voices will be heard in the most highly contested
>races, and that Democratic leaders will hear our calls for electoral
>reform -- to support instant runoff voting, proportional voting, full
>public financing, and fair ballot access laws. When electoral margins
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>
>Austin King
>Austin King, GFI Chair
>Madison, Wisconsin
>8th District Alderperson,
>Common Council of Madison
>
>Art Goodtimes
>Art Goodtimes, GFI Supporter
>Telluride, Colorado
>San Miguel County Commissioner
>Third District, Green
>
>Riana Good
>Riana Good, GFI Supporter
>Providence, Rhode Island
>Fmr. Co-Chair, RI Green Party
>Fmr. Chair, Brown Univ. Greens
>
>Scot t Burger
>Scott Burger, GFI Supporter
>Richmond, Virginia
>Chair, Richmond Green Party
>
>Russell Kilday-Hicks
>Russell Kilday-Hicks, GFI Supporter
>Berkeley, California
>Green Focus (Design/Layout/Copy Editor)
>
>Gregory Dennis
>Gregory Dennis, GFI Supporter
>Cambridge, Massachusetts
>President, MIT Green Party
>
>George Grosch
>George Grosch, GFI Supporter
>Corvallis, Oregon
>Corvallis City Council Ward 3
>
>Xander Patterson
>Xander Patterson, GFI Supporter
>Portland, Oregon
>Director and Treasurer,
>East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
>
>Diane White
>Diane White, GFI Supporter
>Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
>Black Caucus Org. Committee
>2001 Mayoral Candidate
>Pennsylvania Nat'l Delegate
>
>Scott McGinley
>Scott McGinley, GFI Supporter
>Springfield, Massachusetts
>Fmr. Del. to State Committee,
>Co-Founder, Hadley, MA Party
>
>Nelson Cone
>Nelson Cone, GFI Supporter
>Clallam County, Washington
>Green Party County Facilitator
>
>Norman Solomon
>Norman Solomon, GFI Supporter
>San Francisco, California
>Syndicated Columnist, Author
>
>David Wilcox
>David Wilcox, GFI Supporter
>DuPage County, Illinois
>Co-Chair, Illinois Green Party
>
>Bob Kinsey
>Bob Kinsey, GFI Supporter
>Fort Collins, Colorado
>Congressional Candidate, CO-4
>
>Dave Chandler
>Dave Chandler, GFI Supporter
>Jefferson County, Colorado
>Chair, Jefferson County Greens
>
>John Anastasio
>John Anastasio, GFI Supporter
>Marin County, California
>Co-Coordinator, Green Party of Marin
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