Detroit Greens a local of the Green Party of Michigan

Green Party of Michigan
www.MIGreens.org

News Release
July 3, 2009

For More Information, Contact

Derek Grigsby, Chair/Detroit Green Party
dereknjck@yahoo.com
313-706-2985

John Anthony La Pietra, Media Cmte/GPMI
jalp@triton.net
269-781-9478

Green Party of Michigan calls for release of Cynthia McKinney
Boat containing humanitarian aid for Gaza boarded and detained by Israeli gunboats

2009-06-30 Washington, DC -- Green Party leaders are calling on the White House and US State Department to intervene and demand the immediate release of 21 human rights activists, including former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney and Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire, who were taken prisoner by the Israeli navy after gunboats surrounded and seized the Free Gaza Movement relief boat 'Spirit of Humanity' on Monday.

more at http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=230

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A Call to Participate in Building the Road to Detroit

US SOCIAL FORUM II • June 22-26, 2010 • Detroit, Michigan, USA

Another World Is Possible! Another US is Necessary!

Detroit Publicity Kick Off June 22, 2009

Website USSF2010.org • Planning Wiki wiki.USSF2010.org

SUPPORT THE USSF WITH YOUR ONLINE DONATION AT USSF2010.ORG OR MAIL AND WRITE YOUR CHECK/MONEY ORDER TO PROJECTSOUTH/USSF C/O USSF DETROIT, 23 E. ADAMS, 4TH FLOOR, DETROIT, MI 48226

WHAT IS THE US SOCIAL FORUM?

The US Social Forum is a movement building process. It is not a conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational, diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country, and changes history. We must declare what we want our world to look like and we must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world.

2009-06-18 -- Green Party leaders and health care activists called for new federal studies on the economic feasability and impact of a Single-Payer (Medicare For All, HR 676) national health care program. The study should cover overall and ongoing costs and savings, not just government spending.

"The very banks, Wall Street firms, and insurance companies that are responsible for the economic crisis are calling the shots for economic recovery. They're using their power over Congress and the White House to make sure that taxpayers' money and workers' retirement benefits rescue CEOs and major shareholders. They're blocking badly needed regulation and the deeper reforms in our economic system that are necessary to dig us out of the hole. Unfortunately, President Obama and Democrats and Republicans in Congress are cooperating with them so that the power these corporations hold over America remains undiminished," said Laura Wells, former candidate for California State Controller (TV interview: http://www.gp.org/flash/LauraWells/lw.html). Ms. Wells intends to run for the position again "until we -- the people of this state -- win. We need to follow the money, understand it, and correct it."

"The measure of the health of the economy is the stability of the nation's households. The current economic 'remedies' offered by Republicans, Democrats, and the Obama Administration are designed to ensure the well-being of corporations at the expense of our households," said Jill Bussiere, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.

more at: http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=224

The monthly meeting of Detroit Greens will be:

TIME: Thursday, June18 , 7:30 pm

PLACE: Café Con Leche

4200 W Vernor Hwy (across the street from Clark Park)
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 554-1744‎

map: http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&cli...

Proposed Agenda:

- upcoming Detroit elections
- USSF, People’s Summit reportback
- Green Detroit Now shows
- Herrada campaign for charter commission

www.peoplessummit.org

National meeting web page: http://www.gp.org/2009-ANM

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States will hold its 2009 Annual National Meeting in Durham, North Carolina, from Thursday, July 23 to Sunday July 26. The meeting will take place on the campus of North Carolina Central University.

State Green Party delegates, party leaders, candidates, officeholders, and others will gather in Durham for a weekend of plenary sessions covering party business, numerous workshops, social events, committee meetings, and other events. Many of the events are open to the public.

more at http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=222