http://www.gpofpa.org/ Green Party of Pennsylvania en-us http://www.gpofpa.org/images/logo.gif http://www.gpofpa.org/ webmaster@gpofpa.org http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=414 PA Greens to Announce Caucus Results in State College The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA, http://www.gpofpa.org/) will meet on Saturday, May 19, from 11 am to 4 pm, at Days Inn Penn State on 240 Pugh St. in State College, Pa. The main purpose of this meeting is to announce the results a series of caucuses held throughout the state. From the Buzz Cafe in Philadelphia to Citizen Power in Pittsburgh, Greenline Paper in York, Borough buildings. libraries, cafes, restaurants and hotels in Swarthmore, La Plume, Bethlehem, Lansdale, Reading, Wilkes-Barre, Lancaster and Honesdale were meeting places for Greens to discuss and declare their preferences for a Presidential candidate. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=413 Green Party: Americans should learn from Greek, French voters who rejected austerity WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party candidates and leaders said today that Americans should learn something about democracy and change from voters in Greece and France, as well as Iceland, in recent elections that overturned their respective governments. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=412 PA Greens Object to Corbett’s Corporate Welfare The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA, http://www.gpofpa.org) objects to Gov. Corbett’s recent announcement of corporate welfare at the same time he is eliminating financial assistance for disabled Pennsylvanians. GPPA Chair Carl Romanelli of Wilkes-Barre responded to this announcement by recommending that “Corbett get down off his high horse and put that $30 million back into General Assistance, where it is needed.” http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=411 Local Green Parties to hold Presidential Caucuses to choose candidate. Boscov’s, Wilkes-Barre, Hotel Wayne, Honesdale and Keystone College, La Plume to be polling places for a day. Green Party members in Northeastern Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate for the party’s nomination for President of the United States. Since Pennsylvania does not allow third parties to participate in the Primary Election Day contests, contested races must be decided by a convention, or some other internal process. The Pennsylvania Greens have used a system of caucuses in areas around the state in order to settle presidential primaries previously in 2004 and 2008. The same system will be utilized this year. The public is welcome to learn more about the Green Party and it's candidates. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=410 Green Party candidates and activists prepare for the 'Occupy May Day' General Strike • 2012 Green Presidential Nominating Convention, July 12-15 in Baltimore, Md. http://www.gpconvention2012.com Media Credentialing page http://www.gpconvention2012.com/p/media.html WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party members will participate in the May 1 General Strike organized by the Occupy Movement and the May 1 Coalition and will join thousands of union members, students, immigrants, and others across the US in the first national strike in the nation's history, with simultaneous strikes in other countries. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=409 Green Party Petition Update - April 25, 2012 If you want to help get the Green Party on the ballot for this November, please contact Hillary at hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=408 Green Party of Pennsylvania Renews Call for Fracking Ban Group marks 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day Sunday April 22 marked the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day. The vision of a healthy planet and the awareness raised and the political victories of the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and others are becoming a faded memory as Pennsylvania moves forward with “Marcellus Madness.” The Department of Environmental Protection has become a meaningless joke dependent on revenue generated by gas industry permits for it's very survival thanks to cuts in it's budget by Governor Corbett. Millions and millions of gallons of our Commonwealth waters are withdrawn daily and turned into radioactive industrial sludge while DEP and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission approve request after request by the oil& gas industry. Meanwhile, we had no snow pack this winter and this spring has not yielded any rainfall to speak of. We appear to be headed for drought. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=407 Green Party Petition Update - April 10, 2012 If you want to help get the Green Party on the ballot for this November, please contact Hillary at hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=406 US Greens praise retiring Senator Bob Brown for his leadership in the Australian Greens party • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on foreign policy: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States honored Australian Senator Bob Brown today and praised him for his Green leadership in Australia and around the world. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=405 Here is what I'm hoping will be the first of several bi-weekly emails updating you on the status of the Green Party of PA petition drive. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please let me know. 1) The Petition Just in case you didn't get it in previous emails, please download the petition and instructions for petitioning. Remember, the petition must be printed double-sided and on legal paper. If you need me to print them for you, just let me know. If you have never petitioned before, please let me do a quick run through of the basics with you on the phone some night next week. It's not rocket science, but it's also not as easy as it looks. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=404 Third Global Greens Congress, meeting in Senegal, passes statement of support for the Occupy Movement, Arab Spring, and other democratic movements • US Greens attend the meeting, which also passes "Rio+20 Summit" resolution in advance of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on foreign policy: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- The third Global Greens Congress, meeting in Dakar, Senegal, last weekend, has adopted a statement of support for popular democratic movements around the world, including Arab Spring, the Spanish Indignants, and the Occupy Movement. The statement is appended below. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=403 Updates on Green presidential campaigns, as Roseanne Barr and Jill Stein compete for the Green Party's nomination • Video clips, interviews with Green presidential and congressional candidates • 2012 Green Presidential Nominating Convention, July 12-15 in Baltimore, Md. http://www.gpconvention2012.com WASHINGTON, DC -- The race between Jill Stein and Roseanne Barr for the Green Party's 2012 nomination is heating up as state Green Parties choose delegates for the convention in Baltimore, Md., July 12-15 (http://www.gpconvention2012.com). Links to video clips, interviews, and news on Dr. Stein and Ms. Barr, as well as several Green candidates for Congress are listed below. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=402 Green Party Presidential Candidate Campaigns in Philadelphia Dr. Jill Stein, (http://www.jillstein.org), opened her Pennsylvania campaign for President of the U.S. on Monday, March 19. Campaigning in Center City at the invitation of the Green Party of Philadelphia, http://www.gpop.org, Stein spoke with 50 people in the ballroom of the William Way Community Center, http://www.waygay.org. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=401 Green Party of Pennsylvania to Hold Presidential Caucuses Group also joins coalitions to challenge ballot access and to push for fracking moratorium Lancaster, PA – Earlier this month, the Green Party of Pennsylvania held it’s 2012 Convention. During the convention, delegates made many important decisions such as: The Green Party of Pennsylvania will actively petition to obtain a ballot line for it’s Presidential candidate, whomever that may be. Current candidates include single-payer activist and physician Dr. Jill Stein (http://www.jillstein.org), air quality inspector Kent Mesplay (http://www.mesplay.org) and nationally-known comedienne and actor Roseanne Barr (http://www.roseanneforpresident.com/). The Green Party will have to collect well over 20,000 signatures to get on the ballot. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=400 Green Party seeks abolition of Prison Nation and Police State abuses in the US • Greens promote sane justice system and security policies, including a halt to the War on Drugs and constitutional violations WASHINGTON, DC -- As more and more Americans express alarm at the curtailment of rights and privacy and the increasing numbers of citizens locked up in prison, Green Party candidates and leaders are calling for rational security, law enforcement, and justice system policies. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=399 GREEN NIGHT OUT: End Mass Incarceration At Green Night Out on March 10, History Professor Heather Thompson of Temple University discussed "Why Mass Incarceration Matters." Thompson explained to the gathered diners that “there are now more black men in Detroit’s prisons than there are black men working in the auto industry. There are now more black men in the U.S. prison system than there were black men in slavery before the Civil War.” http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=398 Green Party of Pennsylvania Elects New Steering Committee Group to focus on regaining ballot status Lancaster, PA – Yesterday, the Green Party of Pennsylvania elected a new Steering Committee for 2012. Carl Romanelli of Luzerne County, and 2006 Senate candidate was elected Chair and Katrina Brabham of Allegheny County was retained as party Secretary. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=397 The Green Party blasts Obama, NRC on approval of new nuclear reactors in Georgia • US taxpayers to subsidize the high cost and high liability for the new units, while Southern Co. reaps the profits • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on energy and related topics: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-energy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party candidates and leaders strongly criticized a Feb. 9 decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue the final license for two new reactors located at the currently operating Vogtle nuclear power plant near Augusta, Georgia. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=396 Statewide Green conventions and caucus begin in Ohio, Minnesota, Maine, Illinois; more Green presidential campaign and ballot access news • First counts place Jill Stein in the lead; Green presidential questionnaires are now online: responses from Roseanne Barr, Stein on top issues and campaign plans WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Parties in several states across the US have begun to choose Green presidential candidates and apportion delegates for the Green National Convention in Baltimore, Md., July 12 to 15 (http://www.gpconvention2012.com). http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=395 GREEN NIGHT OUT: Earned Sick Days in Philly At Green Night Out on February 4, Eileen Appelbaum of the Center for Economic and Policy Research discussed "Paid Family Leave and Earned Sick Pay: What Activists Should Know.” Appelbaum explained to the diners, “A surprisingly high two-out-of-five private sector workers, and four-out-of-five low-wage workers, have no paid sick days at all. That’s 210,000 Philadelphians who do not have a single paid sick day, and most workers who do have paid sick days can’t use them to care for a sick child.” http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=394 The Green Party welcomes presidential candidates Roseanne Barr and Jill Stein • The Green presidential nominee will be chosen at the party's 2012 convention in Baltimore, Md., July 12-15 WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States welcomes two candidates into the race for the 2012 Green presidential nomination, Jill Stein and Roseanne Barr. Ms. Barr and Dr. Stein submitted paperwork to meet the Green Party's requirements as of the evening of the Feb. 1 deadline. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=393 2012 Green Party of Pennsylvania Convention, March 3-4, Lancaster, PA Saturday, March 3 - workshops and public forum Sunday, March 4 - Annual State Committee Meeting, decision making Read more at: http://www.gpofpa.org/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=5 http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=392 Green Party to Obama: Whether foreign or domestic, it's time for America to cut oil and gas from our energy diet • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on energy, climate change, and related topics: http://www.gp.org/speakers/subjects.php WASHINGTON, DC -- President Obama's energy policy shows a dangerous disconnect from the real nature of the current energy crisis, said Green Party candidates and leaders, who promoted the "Green New Deal" as a way to alleviate impending climate change and create millions of new jobs (http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/08/11/62-green-candidates-endorse-green-new-deal). http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=391 Green Party to President Obama: Hands off Iran; work for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons and restore good will with the people of Iran • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on foreign policy: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party candidates and leaders said today that the US must avoid a military confrontation with Iran by diplomacy based on the goal of ridding the Middle East and Asia of nuclear weapons, including Israel, Pakistan, and India. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=390 GREEN NIGHT OUT: End the War for Oil At Green Night Out on January 14, Toby Jones, Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University, discussed "The Long War: Oil and U.S. Power in the Middle East.” Jones explained to the diners that the U.S. War for Oil dates back to Democratic President James Carter’s declaration of the Carter Doctrine in1980. He told of the creation of Pentagon’s Central Command, its military occupation of Afghanistan in 2001 and its occupation of Iraq in 2003. According to Jones, this has been one long war, not a series of military conflicts.