[GPSCC-chat] Meet the Green Shadow Cabinet--including one of our own.
Brian Good
snug.bug at hotmail.com
Thu Apr 25 12:42:11 PDT 2013
I am glad that the Shadow Cabinet addresses issues beyond those addressed in the Stein/Honkala
presidential campaign.
Stein's and Honkala's choice to wage a mostly positive campaign--"We're even better than the Democrats!" when so many former Obama supporters and reluctant Obama supporters are so alienated, as I am, from the Democrats, I'm sure was chosen for sound political reasons. But for me personally it was disappointing because I want strong national leadership that is willing to call for war criminals to be put in jail, and for me the Green New Deal and the healthcare initiatives did not inspire in the absence of condemnation of Obama's criminal policies.
I'm glad to see the Shadow Cabinet addressing issues election integrity by appointing Bob Fitrakis as FEC chair.
I'm glad to see Ellen Brown and Jack Rasmus and Stephen Zarlenga as economic advisors--and Sandy Perry as Sec'y of Housing.
I'm glad to see Michael Ratner for Civil, Social & Economic Rights; David Swanson as Sec't of Peace, and Ann Wright as Sec'y of State.
I'm also glad to see a post for Commissioner for the Comedic Arts. The Fool plays an essential role, as many Shakespeare plays demonstrate.
This seems to be a very shrewd strategy for organizing around the various issues. I think I'm about ready to pledge that I will never vote for any Democrat anywhere, any time, for any reason until Barack Obama is jailed for his crimes.
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:54:36 -0700
From: rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com
To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Meet the Green Shadow Cabinet--including one of our own.
More power to all the individual Greens that work behind the scenes to accomplish so much of value! Please also though let's be more forthcoming about our Green affiliation. Loud, Proud and Green!
Green is GO!
Drew
~*~*~*~
Jill Stein for President -- A Green New Deal for America
Campaign website: http://www.jillstein.org/
Climate Voter Power Pledge: http://www.jillstein.org/dc_climate_protests
First TV Ad http://tinyurl.com/JillStein1stAd
From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com>
To: Drew <RainbeauFriend at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Meet the Green Shadow Cabinet--including one of
our own.
Hi, Drew et al.:
On 4/24/2013 2:55 PM, Drew wrote:
Just a note: we shouldn't avoid mentioning the Green
Party. We do that way too much and as a result many
prominent Greens limit their impact because no one knows
they are Greens. Obviously there are times and places that
works and some where it doesn't so discretion is required.
I agree that we should not be shy about identifying ourselves
as Green.
However, we can accomplish a lot writing for Wkimedia projects
such as Wikepedia and Wikinews. To do that we must comply with
their "neutral point of view" standards. I believe that writing for
Wikipedia and Wikinews is one of the highest leverage activities I
can engage in. (My Wikipedia name is DavidMCEddy. This gives me a
certain anonymity, which I breach by mentioning that name in places
like this.)
I spent maybe half my work hours last week improving Wikipedia
articles relating to the Consumer Price Index because it's a current
political football, and a friend (Pablo Ghenis) suggested that
better information about the "chained CPI" and the "CPI for the
elderly" could help move the debate in a direction I believe is more
sensible.
Last Saturday, Lawrence Lessig noted that Aaron Schwartz spent
a year contacting all the individuals and groups he could find who
might be willing to oppose SOPA and PIPA. Part of that work led to
the creation of Wikipedia articles on SOPA and PIPA that got a
million views between Thanksgiving and Christmas, 2011. Without
Aaron's incredible effort and the Wikipedia articles, the other
things that happened that swung the debate might not have occurred,
and those bills might have become law. Sometimes one person can
make a major difference.
Spencer
Loud, Proud and Green!
Drew
~*~*~*~
Jill Stein for President -- A Green New Deal for America
Campaign website: http://www.jillstein.org/
Climate Voter Power Pledge:
http://www.jillstein.org/dc_climate_protests
First TV Ad http://tinyurl.com/JillStein1stAd
From:
Spencer Graves
<spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com>
To:
Cc:
sosfbay-discuss <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent:
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:17 PM
Subject:
Re: [GPSCC-chat] Meet the Green Shadow
Cabinet--including one of our own.
That's great.
Congratulations, Sandy!
I could volunteer to help this group and
others improve Wikipedia and write for
Wikinews. Last week, I passed 1,000 edits in
Wikimedia projects. This included 2 stories in
Wikinews plus a third that I abandoned, because
I could not find the time to respond to all the
reviewers' comments while the story was still
news. Activities like these could increase
substantially the impact of Green Party ideas.
When we do this without mentioning the Green
Party, we pull the mainstream closer to our
positions.
Some people get paid full time to try to
modify Wikipedia to conform to the propaganda of
the ultra-right. We need more people like us
demanding that these ideologues write from a
neutral point of view citing serious sources or
be banned from further edits.
Spencer
On 4/24/2013 11:46 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
It's nice to see that our own Sandy
Perry is a member.
--- On Tue, 4/23/13, shane que hee
<squehee at ucla.edu>
wrote:
From: shane que hee <squehee at ucla.edu>
Subject: Another Government is
Possible: Meet the Green Shadow
Cabinet
To:
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 8:11 PM
Subject:
Another Government is Possible:
Meet the Green Shadow Cabinet
Reply-To: "Green Shadow Cabinet"
<info at greenshadowcabinet.us>
From: "Green Shadow Cabinet" <info at greenshadowcabinet.us>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:48:46
-0500
This Earth Week, another
government is possible . . .
Meet the new Green Shadow
Cabinet
Dr. Jill Stein and Cheri
Honkala, the 2012 Green Party
presidential and
vice-presidential nominees, have
marked the beginning of Earth
Week by announcing
a new Green Shadow Cabinet
that will serve as an
independent voice in U.S.
politics, putting the needs of
people and protection of the
planet ahead of profits for big
corporations. The Cabinet will
operate in the tradition of
shadow cabinets in other
countries, such as the United
Kingdom and Mexico, responding
to actions of the government in
office, and demonstrating that
another government is possible.
The Green Shadow Cabinet, which
is viewable at www.GreenShadowCabinet.US,
includes nearly
100 prominent scientists,
community and labor leaders,
physicians, cultural workers,
veterans, and more, and
will provide an ongoing
opposition and alternative voice
to the dysfunctional government
in Washington D.C..
The Cabinet is organized into
six federal branches: Democracy,
Economy, Ecology, Foreign
Affairs, General Welfare, and
Justice. Topics include the
economy, environment and climate
change, health and general
welfare, democratization, rights
of workers, wages and labor,
community power, closing
military bases, ending wars for
resources and restoring the rule
of law. Among the top priorities
will be advocating for full
employment through a
Green New Deal and
confronting climate change and
the ecological crisis through a
program of creating a
carbon-free and nuclear free
energy economy.
Public statements from
Cabinet members . . .
In honor of the launch of the
Green Shadow Cabinet, twenty
members of the Cabinet have
issued public statements for
Earth Week. These are available
for republication at http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements
The Green Shadow Cabinet
includes not only scientists and
leaders of social change
organizations, but also artists
and writers. The talented
comedian Lee Camp offers this
video "statement" on the need
for the Cabinet: http://youtu.be/m3zNyEIR-Ww
What you can do . . .
Tell everyone you know about the
Green Shadow Cabinet, and get
them to sign up for news at http://greenshadowcabinet.us/subscribe-our-newsletter
Make a donation toward getting
this Cabinet moving - send a
donation made out to Green
Shadow Cabinet, Attention: Ben
Manski, PO Box 260217, Madison,
WI 53726-0217
Urge blogs, newspapers, and
others in the media to contact
the Green Shadow Cabinet
to schedule interviews and to
publish articles.
There will be more in the weeks
and months to come. Thank you.
For website:
Green Shadow Cabinet of the
United States of America
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