Get the U.S. out of Iraq
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, September 27, 2004
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-487-0693,
mclarty@greens.org
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net
GREEN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES ISSUE A '2004 UNITY STATEMENT'
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party candidates for Congress have issued a 'Green Party 2004 Unity Statement', featuring a list of progressive and ecological positions on vital issues in the 2004 election.
The 27 candidates, organized as the Coordinated Congressional Campaign, address topics that most Republican and Democratic candidates have ignored, including the need for single-payer national health insurance, decisive steps to prevent global warming (such as rejoining the Kyoto agreement), and repeal of the USA Patriot Act.
The statement's call to "Get the U.S. out of Iraq" is consistent with the Green Party's outspoken opposition to the invasion and occupation. The text of the statement is appended below.
430 Green candidates have declared so far in 2004. Greens are running races in 40 States, for 74 different kinds of offices. As of mid September, Green candidates have won 29 elections in 2004.
* * * * *
Vote Green -- Green Party candidates announce the Green Party 2004 Unity Statement to stand together in campaigning for our families, our communities, our nation and our planet. We promise to work for a fair economy, a safe environment, a strong democracy, and a sane foreign policy.
2004 UNITY STATEMENT
GET THE US OUT OF IRAQ
We are squandering the wealth of our nation on war, not in defense of our country but to gain control of the resources of another sovereign nation. Instead of fighting for oil, we need to make the transition to renewable sources of energy. We need to work for peace by cooperative non-violent ways. We need to export the values of the constitution not bullets or bombs.
SECURITY THROUGH PEACE AND JUSTICE
Crimes against humanity must be dealt with swiftly and justly, in accord with international law and without violating or curtailing civil rights.
Peace will be attained through diplomacy, commitment to human rights, and by reducing the gulf between the rich and the poor. The Patriot Act must go, and a Department of Peace must be created. We will end weapons sales to repressive governments, and will demand compliance with UN resolutions as a starting point for peace negotiations.
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR ALL AMERICANS
That so many Americans remain uninsured is intolerable in the most medically and economically advanced nation in the world. An uninsured person is far more likely to die than someone with health care coverage, at any age. The Greens' single payer universal health care plan will not only provide care for all: it will save money and save lives. Provide full funding for, and guarantee access to, all reproductive health and family planning services.
RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY
Allow a voice for all people, understanding that corporations are not people! Provide public campaign financing and access of third parties to government, by revising election laws and implementing Instant Runoff Voting and Proportional Representation. Enforce the Voting Rights Act; end election fraud.
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Turn the tide of global warming and assure a safe, uninterrupted supply of energy by drastically reducing fossil fuel use and supporting production of decentralized, renewable energy sources. Fund the rapid shutdown of nuclear power plants; include funds for retraining displaced workers. Jump-start the renewables market through investment policies. Restore conservation measures, including meaningful automobile fuel efficiency standards.
CORPORATE REFORM
Mandate corporate accountability. End corporate personhood. Get a fair share of taxes from corporations and stop corporate flight to off-shore tax havens. End corporate welfare as we know it. Eliminate trade treaties like GATT, NAFTA, and FTAA: they are abominations that undermine national sovereignty. Implement new treaties that protect communities, business, labor, the environment, and national sovereignty. Require rigorous clinical safety and environmental impact testing of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
FAIR TRADE, FAIR LABOR
Abolish slave labor and the corporate practice of paying sub-poverty level wages. Refuse trade where sweatshop or prison labor is involved. Protect workers' right to organize; repeal Taft-Hartley. Reform the tax code to promote sustainable productivity. Tax unearned wealth before income. Develop jobs programs and an inviolable social safety net to protect people during low points in the economic cycle.
PREVENTIVE SOCIAL SPENDING AND POLICIES
End the failed War on Drugs and fund prevention and treatment. Fund public education for all, including vocational and post-secondary schooling. Provide equal opportunity for minorities and women. Abolish the death penalty. Make restitution to historically oppressed groups by providing funding for infrastructure in minority neighborhoods and by committing to eradicating institutionalized racism. Bring back the Equal Rights Amendment. Protect a woman's right to control her own body.
PREVENTIVE FOREIGN SPENDING AND POLICIES
No trillion dollar first-strike space weapons; no more nonfunctioning helicopters. Drastically reduce the military budget, eliminating all expenditures for offensive weapons. Allocate a portion of the savings to relieve debt in developing countries. Commit our funds to humanitarian, not military aid.
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND FAMILY FARMS
Rewrite corporate charters. Promote local development in order to ensure long-term economic health. Replace petrochemical-based fertilizers with organics, to protect our water supply from toxic runoffs. Ban use of genetically modified agricultural products.
SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET
Sign the Kyoto protocol, and adhere to it. Strengthen and enforce environmental regulations. Restore the Clean Air Act standards on coal-generating emissions. Fund studies to identify, and eliminate, the environmental causes of cancer. Fully fund the Toxic Waste Superfund through renewed corporate taxation. Ensure the health of the planet for survival's sake, and to ensure the health of human beings today. Outlaw patenting of genetically engineered life forms. Include pollution remediation costs in production costs ("eco-taxing"), and phase out non-sustainable production. Repeal the Price-Anderson Act.
Signers to the 2004 Unity Statement
Terry Baum 8th U.S. House District of California http://www.TerryBaum.com
Stuart Bechman 24th U.S. House District of California
http://www.ventura.cagreens.org/bechman
Patrick Driscoll 5th U.S. House District of California
http://www.driscollforcongress.org
Patricia Gray 12th U.S. House District of California http://www.patgray.org
Thomas Lash 46th U.S. House District of California
http://www.TomLashforCongress.org
Larry R. Mullen 19th U.S. House District of California
http://www.crockford.org/mullen
Bob Kinsey 4th U.S. House District of Colorado
http://www.kinseyforcongress.org
Adam Eidinger At-Large U.S. House District of Columbia
http://www.adam4shadow.com
Daryl Northrop U.S. Senate from Iowa http://www.NorthropforSenate.org
Patsy Allen 3rd U.S. House District of Maryland
http://www.mdgreensforcongress.org/patsy_allen.htm
Maria Allwine U.S. Senate from Maryland
http://www.mdgreensforcongress.org/maria_allwine.htm
Harley Mikkelson 5th U.S. House District of Michigan
http://www.harleymikkelson.com
Jay Pond 5th U.S. House District of Minnesota http://www.votejaypond.org
Van Presley 8th U.S. House District of Minnesota http://www.votevan.org
Steve Larrick 1st U.S. House District of Nebraska http://www.votelarrick.org
Dante Salvatierra 2nd U.S. House District of Nebraska
http://www.dantesalvatierr.org
Joseph Fortunato 8th U.S. House District of New Jersey
josephfortunato@comcast.net
Toy-Ling Washington 9th U.S. House District of New Jersey topoet@aol.com
David McReynolds U.S. Senate from New York
http://www.mcreynoldsforsenate.org
Teresa Keane U.S. Senate from Oregon
http://www.votekeane.org
Dorothy Schieber 6th U.S. House District of Pennsylvania moonirams@yahoo.com
Faye Walters 4th U.S. House District of South Carolina
http://www.fayewalters.com
Patrick Diehl 2nd U.S. House District of Utah
http://www.greenpartyofutah.org/diehlforcongress.html
Robert Losey 9th U.S. House District of Washington
Mark Wilson U.S. Senate from Washington http://www.votemark.org
Mike Miles 7th U.S. House District of Wisconsin
http://www.milesforcongress.com
Carol Ann Rittenhouse 6th U.S. House District of Wisconsin
http://www.rittenhouseforcongress.com
MORE INFORMATION
The Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
2004 Green candidates and elections
http://www.greens.org/elections/
Cobb/LaMarche 2004
http://www.votecobb.org
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Informant: garden beekeeper
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, September 27, 2004
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-487-0693,
mclarty@greens.org
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net
GREEN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES ISSUE A '2004 UNITY STATEMENT'
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party candidates for Congress have issued a 'Green Party 2004 Unity Statement', featuring a list of progressive and ecological positions on vital issues in the 2004 election.
The 27 candidates, organized as the Coordinated Congressional Campaign, address topics that most Republican and Democratic candidates have ignored, including the need for single-payer national health insurance, decisive steps to prevent global warming (such as rejoining the Kyoto agreement), and repeal of the USA Patriot Act.
The statement's call to "Get the U.S. out of Iraq" is consistent with the Green Party's outspoken opposition to the invasion and occupation. The text of the statement is appended below.
430 Green candidates have declared so far in 2004. Greens are running races in 40 States, for 74 different kinds of offices. As of mid September, Green candidates have won 29 elections in 2004.
* * * * *
Vote Green -- Green Party candidates announce the Green Party 2004 Unity Statement to stand together in campaigning for our families, our communities, our nation and our planet. We promise to work for a fair economy, a safe environment, a strong democracy, and a sane foreign policy.
2004 UNITY STATEMENT
GET THE US OUT OF IRAQ
We are squandering the wealth of our nation on war, not in defense of our country but to gain control of the resources of another sovereign nation. Instead of fighting for oil, we need to make the transition to renewable sources of energy. We need to work for peace by cooperative non-violent ways. We need to export the values of the constitution not bullets or bombs.
SECURITY THROUGH PEACE AND JUSTICE
Crimes against humanity must be dealt with swiftly and justly, in accord with international law and without violating or curtailing civil rights.
Peace will be attained through diplomacy, commitment to human rights, and by reducing the gulf between the rich and the poor. The Patriot Act must go, and a Department of Peace must be created. We will end weapons sales to repressive governments, and will demand compliance with UN resolutions as a starting point for peace negotiations.
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR ALL AMERICANS
That so many Americans remain uninsured is intolerable in the most medically and economically advanced nation in the world. An uninsured person is far more likely to die than someone with health care coverage, at any age. The Greens' single payer universal health care plan will not only provide care for all: it will save money and save lives. Provide full funding for, and guarantee access to, all reproductive health and family planning services.
RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY
Allow a voice for all people, understanding that corporations are not people! Provide public campaign financing and access of third parties to government, by revising election laws and implementing Instant Runoff Voting and Proportional Representation. Enforce the Voting Rights Act; end election fraud.
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Turn the tide of global warming and assure a safe, uninterrupted supply of energy by drastically reducing fossil fuel use and supporting production of decentralized, renewable energy sources. Fund the rapid shutdown of nuclear power plants; include funds for retraining displaced workers. Jump-start the renewables market through investment policies. Restore conservation measures, including meaningful automobile fuel efficiency standards.
CORPORATE REFORM
Mandate corporate accountability. End corporate personhood. Get a fair share of taxes from corporations and stop corporate flight to off-shore tax havens. End corporate welfare as we know it. Eliminate trade treaties like GATT, NAFTA, and FTAA: they are abominations that undermine national sovereignty. Implement new treaties that protect communities, business, labor, the environment, and national sovereignty. Require rigorous clinical safety and environmental impact testing of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
FAIR TRADE, FAIR LABOR
Abolish slave labor and the corporate practice of paying sub-poverty level wages. Refuse trade where sweatshop or prison labor is involved. Protect workers' right to organize; repeal Taft-Hartley. Reform the tax code to promote sustainable productivity. Tax unearned wealth before income. Develop jobs programs and an inviolable social safety net to protect people during low points in the economic cycle.
PREVENTIVE SOCIAL SPENDING AND POLICIES
End the failed War on Drugs and fund prevention and treatment. Fund public education for all, including vocational and post-secondary schooling. Provide equal opportunity for minorities and women. Abolish the death penalty. Make restitution to historically oppressed groups by providing funding for infrastructure in minority neighborhoods and by committing to eradicating institutionalized racism. Bring back the Equal Rights Amendment. Protect a woman's right to control her own body.
PREVENTIVE FOREIGN SPENDING AND POLICIES
No trillion dollar first-strike space weapons; no more nonfunctioning helicopters. Drastically reduce the military budget, eliminating all expenditures for offensive weapons. Allocate a portion of the savings to relieve debt in developing countries. Commit our funds to humanitarian, not military aid.
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND FAMILY FARMS
Rewrite corporate charters. Promote local development in order to ensure long-term economic health. Replace petrochemical-based fertilizers with organics, to protect our water supply from toxic runoffs. Ban use of genetically modified agricultural products.
SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET
Sign the Kyoto protocol, and adhere to it. Strengthen and enforce environmental regulations. Restore the Clean Air Act standards on coal-generating emissions. Fund studies to identify, and eliminate, the environmental causes of cancer. Fully fund the Toxic Waste Superfund through renewed corporate taxation. Ensure the health of the planet for survival's sake, and to ensure the health of human beings today. Outlaw patenting of genetically engineered life forms. Include pollution remediation costs in production costs ("eco-taxing"), and phase out non-sustainable production. Repeal the Price-Anderson Act.
Signers to the 2004 Unity Statement
Terry Baum 8th U.S. House District of California http://www.TerryBaum.com
Stuart Bechman 24th U.S. House District of California
http://www.ventura.cagreens.org/bechman
Patrick Driscoll 5th U.S. House District of California
http://www.driscollforcongress.org
Patricia Gray 12th U.S. House District of California http://www.patgray.org
Thomas Lash 46th U.S. House District of California
http://www.TomLashforCongress.org
Larry R. Mullen 19th U.S. House District of California
http://www.crockford.org/mullen
Bob Kinsey 4th U.S. House District of Colorado
http://www.kinseyforcongress.org
Adam Eidinger At-Large U.S. House District of Columbia
http://www.adam4shadow.com
Daryl Northrop U.S. Senate from Iowa http://www.NorthropforSenate.org
Patsy Allen 3rd U.S. House District of Maryland
http://www.mdgreensforcongress.org/patsy_allen.htm
Maria Allwine U.S. Senate from Maryland
http://www.mdgreensforcongress.org/maria_allwine.htm
Harley Mikkelson 5th U.S. House District of Michigan
http://www.harleymikkelson.com
Jay Pond 5th U.S. House District of Minnesota http://www.votejaypond.org
Van Presley 8th U.S. House District of Minnesota http://www.votevan.org
Steve Larrick 1st U.S. House District of Nebraska http://www.votelarrick.org
Dante Salvatierra 2nd U.S. House District of Nebraska
http://www.dantesalvatierr.org
Joseph Fortunato 8th U.S. House District of New Jersey
josephfortunato@comcast.net
Toy-Ling Washington 9th U.S. House District of New Jersey topoet@aol.com
David McReynolds U.S. Senate from New York
http://www.mcreynoldsforsenate.org
Teresa Keane U.S. Senate from Oregon
http://www.votekeane.org
Dorothy Schieber 6th U.S. House District of Pennsylvania moonirams@yahoo.com
Faye Walters 4th U.S. House District of South Carolina
http://www.fayewalters.com
Patrick Diehl 2nd U.S. House District of Utah
http://www.greenpartyofutah.org/diehlforcongress.html
Robert Losey 9th U.S. House District of Washington
Mark Wilson U.S. Senate from Washington http://www.votemark.org
Mike Miles 7th U.S. House District of Wisconsin
http://www.milesforcongress.com
Carol Ann Rittenhouse 6th U.S. House District of Wisconsin
http://www.rittenhouseforcongress.com
MORE INFORMATION
The Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
2004 Green candidates and elections
http://www.greens.org/elections/
Cobb/LaMarche 2004
http://www.votecobb.org
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Paid for by the Green Party of the United States.
Informant: garden beekeeper
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