[Sosfbay-discuss] Green Party's Elaine Brown to Seek Green Party Presidential Ticket

[JamBoi]

(JamBoi's note: This article is from the latest GreenLine e-mail
bulletin of the GPUS.  Unfortunately I don't think its posted on the
web any place yet.  Eventually it should be located at 
http://green.gpus.org/ebulletin/.  Also to subscribe fill out the form
at 
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Elaine Brown to Seek 
Green Party Presidential Ticket

Former Black Panther Party leader, noted author, community and prison
justice activist Elaine Brown announced this week that she intends to
seek the Green Party¹s nomination for a presidential bid in 2008. "The
2006 elections signified a mass rejection of Bush¹s policies--not a
shift to the Democrats. We have arrived at a powerful moment when the
majority of the country is seeking a political alternative, toward
embracing progressive values and realizing a progressive agenda. I
haven¹t seen this potential since the 1960s."

Brown, who ran as a Green in the 2005 Brunswick, Georgia, mayoral
election where Republicans succeeded in illegally removing her name
from both the ballot and the voter roll, intends to run on a platform
that addresses the interests of poor and working families, in terms of
living wages, free healthcare, decent housing and increased funding for
public education and higher education; ending the war in Iraq;
restoring the environment and bringing about economic parity.
Strategically, she intends to target non-voters, specifically women
under 30 and African Americans, constituencies she believes are not
represented by the nearly identical agendas of the Democrat and
Republican parties, stating these crucial constituencies "have the
power to build up an alternative party to truly challenge the status
quo."


"I believe I have the ability to raise consciousness among disaffected
and disenfranchised poor and working people, women and blacks, to
galvanize them to vote for a real second party. Such a broadening of
the Green Party base will allow us to start winning big time, at the
state level and nationally, so that we can overturn some of the most
egregious policies and laws (like the three strikes crime bill which
has so devastated black communities) and introduce progressive
legislation. There are a lot of great community organizations working
for change, performing Sisyphean tasks that cannot address the
fundamental problems. I believe the time is right to use the ballot to
make the kinds of changes we know must be made to serve the people we
represent."

Brown stated she is running as a Green because: "Not only does the
Green Party support reparations for slavery, but the party¹s ten key
values represent the values and interests of poor and working people.
Only the Green Party offers clear positions on the needs of the people,
in terms of a living wage, decent housing, food, education, and medical
care. The Democrats and Republicans offer black and poor people
nothing."

When asked what she hopes to achieve with her run, Brown said: "I know
the party can earn a significant increase in votes and membership,
which will increase our viability to take congressional seats, state
house seats, and local offices; so that we can really start changing
the way government operates."

The Green Party will nominate our Presidential and Vice-Presidential
candidates at our 2008 Convention. Anyone interested in seeking the
Green Party nomination should contact Greg Gerritt, on behalf of the
Presidential Campaign Support Committee, at (401) 331-0529 or Gerritt at mindspring.net.

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JamBoi
Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
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