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=319 Greens mourn the passing of Billy McKinney, Cynthia's father WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders expressed sadness and sympathy for the family of former Georgia State Rep. James Edward “Billy” McKinney, father of Cynthia McKinney, after his passing on Thursday, July 15, following a long illness. He was 83. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=318 The Green Party of the United States condemns the assassination of André Kagwa Rwisereka, Vice President of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda • Greens urge Obama to press for an investigation, citing obstruction, violence against opposition parties by the Rwanda government WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States expressed shock and sadness over news of the barbaric killing of André Kagwa Rwisereka, Vice President of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (http://www.rwandagreendemocrats.org). Mr. Rwisereka's body, discovered July 14 after he was missing for several days, showed evidence of murder. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=317 The Green Party mourns Njere Alghanee, national leader in the movement for reparations • Inspired by Ms. Alghanee's life and work, Greens reaffirm support for reparations for the descendents of slaves • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on justice, human rights, and related topics: http://www.gp.org/speakers/index.shtml Green Party Black Caucus: http://www.gp.org/caucuses/black/index.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders, mourning the recent death of Njere Akosua Aminah Alghanee ('Sister Courage'), national co-chair of National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA, http://www.ncobra.org), reaffirmed the party's dedication to reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=316 Guide to Press Conferences and other Media Events at the Green Party's 2010 Annual National Meeting in Detroit, June 24-27 • Location, dates: Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, from Thursday, June 24, to Sunday, June 27 • Web site for the Green Party meeting: http://greenpartymeeting2010.wordpress.com • Media credentialing page: http://www.gp.org/forms/media Media Kit: http://www.gp.org/committees/media/kit.shtml Journalists are encouraged to register ahead of time, but media registration will also take place on-site. • Slogan for the Green Party meeting: "Another US is possible, another party is necessary" The slogan is similar to the motto of the US Social Forum, "Another world is possible." The US Social Forum's meeting in Detroit, from June 22 to 26, overlaps with the Green Party meeting. More information: http://www.ussf2010.org • Online live-streaming will broadcast the press conferences and many other events at the meeting. Visit the Green Party's Livestream Channel: http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=315 Green Party and Progressive Democrat Leaders, Community Organizers and Others to Talk Joint Political Strategy at US Social Forum June 24th Five organizations have collaborated to organize a “progressive strategy dialogue” at the United States Social Forum (http://www.ussf2010.org) in Detroit, Michigan. The dialogue will be one of 50 People’s Movement Assemblies during the USSF. It will take place on Thursday afternoon, June 24th, from 1 to 5:30 pm in Cobo Hall, room W2-67. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=314 Schedule of Media Events at the Green Party's 2010 Annual National Meeting in Detroit, June 24-27 • Web site for the Green Party meeting: http://greenpartymeeting2010.wordpress.com • Media credentialing page: http://www.gp.org/forms/media WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party will feature former national nominees, state and local candidates for 2010, officeholders and other special guests during press conferences planned to take place at the party's 2010 Annual National Meeting at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. The meeting will take place from Thursday, June 24, to Sunday, June 27. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=313 The Green Party of Pennsylvania calls for an end to drilling for natural gas and other fossil fuels After a blowback spewed gas and toxic water in Clearfield, PA, plus serious incidents including deaths of oil and gas employees in West Virginia and Texas, nearly 2 months of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico and years of mountain top removal, the Green Party of Pennsylvania says “enough already.” http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=312 The Green Party condemns Israel's murderous attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla, urges immediate aid cutoff and end to impunity for Israel • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on foreign policy http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States condemns the attack by the Israeli navy on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ships in international waters near Cyprus, which have left at least 19 human rights activists dead and at least 50 wounded. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=311 Greens protest Obama Administration proposals that would dismantle Social Security, public housing • Obama is adopting the GOP agenda on privatizing public resources and services, say Greens • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on Social Security, housing, and related economic topics http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-social-security.php http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-housing.php http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-economic-justice.php WASHINGTON, DC -- The Obama Administration's current plans to roll back Social Security and mortgage off all public housing amount to privatization schemes to dismantle public services, said Green Party candidates and leaders. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=310 Global Greens statement on Colombian presidential candidate Antanas Mockus, possible first Green Party head of state • Colombian election day is May 30; polls have placed Mockus in the lead • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on foreign policy http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Global Greens Coordination has issued a statement on the possible victory of Green Party Antanas Mockus in the upcoming Colombian presidential election on Sunday, May 30. Polls have shown Mr. Mockus leading in his race against Juan Manuel Santos of the ruling 'U' Party. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=309 Confidential to the Dalai Lama: Yes, Your Holiness, the US has a Green Party • The Dalai Lama, speaking in New York, says he'd join the Green Party if the US had one; US Greens are ready to welcome him WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders responded today to the Dalai Lama's statement on Thursday that the US has no Green Party, but he would join if one were started. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=308 US Greens congratulate Caroline Lucas, the UK's first Green Party member of Parliament, on her election victory • Colombian Green presidential candidate Antanas Mockus holds a strong lead in polls, may become the first Green Party head of a national government • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on foreign policy http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States congratulates Caroline Lucas and British Greens on Ms. Lucas' election to the House of Commons on May 6. Ms. Lucas, the first Green member of Parliament, will represent Brighton Pavilion. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=307 President Obama must cancel his plans for Atlantic and Alaskan offshore drilling, and hold BP and Halliburton liable for the Gulf spill's damage, say Greens WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders called on President Obama to cancel his call for offshore drilling in US waters off the Atlantic and Alaskan coasts, as the spreading British Petroleum oil spill threatens ecosystems and public health in the Gulf region. Greens also urged the President to hold BP and Halliburton liable for all costs associated with the spill. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=306 Two fossil-fuel dangers threaten America's economic health, public health and natural habitats: coal and offshore drilling for oil, say Greens on Earth Day 2010 • Greens demand an end to mountaintop removal mining, poisoning of water, lethal worker safety violations, and industry corruption and control over government policy • Obama's offshore drilling plans threaten Alaska and the Atlantic coast with public health disasters and devastations of natural habitats • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on energy policy, climate change, and related issues: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-energy.php http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-ecological.php WASHINGTON, DC -- On Earth Day 2010, Green Party candidates and leaders said that coal and offshore drilling for oil represented two severe threats to America's public and environmental well-being, and urged President Obama and Congress to reverse course on both. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=305 The Green Party prepares for its 2010 Annual National Meeting, to take place in Detroit, June 24-27 • Meeting theme: "Another US is possible, another party is necessary"; Green Party meeting coincides with the US Social Forum, also in Detroit, June 22-26 • Web site for the Green Party meeting: http://greenpartymeeting2010.wordpress.com • Media credentialing page: http://www.gp.org/forms/media WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States will hold its 2010 Annual National Meeting in Detroit, Michigan, from Thursday, June 24 to Sunday, June 27. The Green Party's meeting will overlap with the United States Social Forum (http://www.ussf2010.org), which convenes in Detroit from June 22 to 26. Many Greens will also participate in the US Social Forum. More than ten thousand activists, organizers, artists, and others from the US and many more from other countries are expected to attend the Social Forum. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=304 Greens & Libs Condemn Decision in Ballot Access Lawsuit • Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Constitution Party filed federal lawsuit to challenge discriminatory provisions and enforcement of ballot access laws • Judge, a former state court judge, concludes that other state court judges are not to blame for Pennsylvania’s ballot access woes The Green Party of Pennsylvania and the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania condemned a decision by federal Judge Lawrence Stengel last week. Stengel concluded that the lawsuit, brought by the Green, Constitution, and Libertarian Parties of Pennsylvania, targeted the wrong plaintiffs, and thus threw out the case. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=303 On Thursday, April 22, the groups below will be gathering outside the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s regional offices - as one - to call for: • an immediate moratorium on all horizontal hydrofracturing in the Commonwealth, including in our state forests and on floodplains, • an immediate freeze on all new Marcellus Shale drilling permits throughout Pennsylvania, • the immediate suspension of the Delaware and Susquehanna River Basin Commissions’ authority to approve drilling-related water withdrawals anywhere in their respective watersheds, and, if necessary, • the immediate resignation of DEP Secretary John Hanger. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=302 Volume 8: Issue 2 of the Green Star is now available in our downloads area. Articles in this issue include: New Steering Committee Candidates for 2010 Offices Delaware County Outreach Efforts Much more http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=301 Greens: President Obama must press Israel to end East Jerusalem settlements • Green Party urges divestment as Israeli outrages mount • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on foreign policy http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=300 From Allentown Morning Call Independents represent, among other things, the grassroots distrust of the two-party system in U.S. electoral politics. As discontent with both Republicans and Democrats sweeps through the country, some suggest that we need a third political party, but the truth is that we need two or even more third parties to adequately represent the spectrum of American opinion. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=299 The Green Party of Pennsylvania needs your help to get our U.S. Senate candidate, (Mel Packer, on the ballot. We must turn in 19,000+ valid signatures to the Pennsylvania Department of State by August 1, 2010. Because some signatures will likely be invalid, we need to collect as many as we can. To help, please contact your local petition coordinator or Sandra Hazley, at sandylee945@gmail.com with "Petition Information" in the subject line. Thank you! http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=298 Now it's time to work for real health care reform -- Medicare For All, say Greens • The Democratic "insurance company enrichment" bill burdens millions of Americans and imposes mandates that enrich insurance companies • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on health care reform: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-health-care.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Green candidates and party leaders said today that the passage of the Democratic health care bill, with its increased financial burdens on millions of Americans, should not slow the movement for Medicare For All (single-payer national health care). http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=297 ERIE COKE CORPORATION’S “FLAGRANT DISREGARD” OF ENVIRONMENT SPURS GREEN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO CALL FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION TO CLOSE PLANT On March 10, Erie residents were horrified by the release of a noxious cloud of coke oven gases and fine black particles as it spread across the city in an industrial “upset” from the beleaguered eastside Erie Coke Corporation. If this situation were not bad enough, Erie Coke’s revelation in the past month that it has spewed toxic pollutants not previously measured by either the EPA or DEP was described by Freda Tarbell, the DEP’s spokesperson, as “documentation that DEP and EPA didn’t have earlier.” http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=296 Green gubernatorial campaigns to watch in 2010: candidates in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, Ohio • Green Party Elections web page: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml WASHINGTON, DC -- Several Green candidates have launched campaigns in their states' races for governor in 2010. The Green Party of California will have a contested primary election for the gubernatorial race, with Laura Wells and Deacon Alexander competing for the nomination, to be decided on June 8. In recent years, gubernatorial races in some states have given Green Parties high enough percentages to achieve or maintain ballot status and determine the outcome of the election. http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=295 Greens to participate in the 'US Out of Afghanistan and Iraq Now' march in Washington, DC, on March 20. • March 20 is the 7th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on the wars, foreign policy, and related topics: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party candidates, leaders, and other members will participate in the 'US Out of Afghanistan and Iraq Now' march in Washington, DC, on Saturday, March 20.