From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Dec 2 10:04:57 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 10:04:57 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Bernie on Forum at 10:06 In-Reply-To: <5841B6D6.3030104@earthlink.net> References: <5841B6D6.3030104@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <5841B7C9.4060009@earthlink.net> https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2016/12/01/sen-bernie-sanders-on-the-future-of-the-progressive-movement/ Gerry From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat Dec 3 12:52:22 2016 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (JAMES DOYLE) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 20:52:22 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items for 12-15 References: <554404502.5858038.1480798342540.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <554404502.5858038.1480798342540@mail.yahoo.com> blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } 1). donation button ? It is ready to go. ?I.e., Warner has all that is needed to collect any donations made via PayPal. ?To discuss is how to deal with donations of $100 or more.?We probably need to ask for the amount of the donation so that we can ask those questionsThe fppc requires before being sent to the paypal link. 2). Candidates for the June 2017 UDEL - unincorporated district(s) (nonpartisan) elections. Estimated time for each is 5 minutes, possibly 10 minutes if there is interest. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat Dec 3 13:01:40 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 13:01:40 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Veterans at Standing Rock In-Reply-To: <5843329B.7080407@earthlink.net> References: <5843329B.7080407@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <584332B4.2060407@earthlink.net> FYI, "Naomi Klein, Tulsi Gabbard Travel to Standing Rock Alongside Thousands of Veterans" "Over 3,000 veterans are joined by prominent progressive voices as peaceful action on behalf Standing Rock Sioux Tribe gets underway" http://commondreams.org/news/2016/12/03/naomi-klein-tulsi-gabbard-travel-standing-rock-alongside-thousands-veterans "The number of veterans traveling to North Dakota to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in its stand against the Dakota Access Pipeline has swollen to over 3,000, ..." Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sun Dec 4 21:19:52 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 21:19:52 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Who's to blame for presidential win/loss? In-Reply-To: <5844F8C7.2040906@earthlink.net> References: <5844F8C7.2040906@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <5844F8F8.7060606@earthlink.net> As you know, many Democrats have blamed Nader for Bush winning in 2000. A claim I find ludicrous. Well, here's another bizarre explanation of a loss, again from a Democrat, this time by Hillary's campaign manager: "Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said Thursday that one particular group is especially to blame: millennials." This statement is supported by Aaron Blake in the Washington Post: "Yes, you can blame millennials for Hillary Clinton?s loss" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/02/yes-you-can-blame-millennials-for-hillary-clintons-loss/?utm_term=.ffdf60a8ec16 ... But FAIR, (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) responded: "Blaming Trump?s Win on the Age Group Least Responsible for It" http://fair.org/home/blaming-trumps-win-on-the-age-group-least-responsible-for-it/ ... Short explanation for blaming millennials: Hillary lost the election because the Millennials did not support her as much as they supported Obama. Never mind that Hillary gets more votes than Trump from the Millennials. ... Also note this statement, from the WaPo article: (from Hillary's campaign manager) "He noted, for example, that younger voters, perhaps assuming that Clinton was going to win, migrated to third-party candidates in the final days of the race." Considering the low percentages for the third party candidates, I find this improbable. I suspect that this is a knee jerk reaction against the Green Party. ... Sigh. Will logic ever prevail? Seems unlikely. Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Dec 6 11:43:17 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:43:17 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Recount In-Reply-To: <58471449.2070109@earthlink.net> References: <58471449.2070109@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <584714D5.9080406@earthlink.net> FYI, "Michigan Recount Marred by Partisanship, Legal Battles, Broken Machines" "'Partisan attempts to halt a good-faith effort to ensure all votes have been counted fairly should be met with intense skepticism'" http://commondreams.org/news/2016/12/06/michigan-recount-marred-partisanship-legal-battles-broken-machines Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Dec 6 23:12:23 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 23:12:23 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: 100% renew In-Reply-To: <5847B640.5050000@earthlink.net> References: <5847B640.5050000@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <5847B657.4020403@earthlink.net> FYI, Gerry -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Dan Jacobson > > *Subject: **100% renew* > *Date: *December 6, 2016 at 3:27:06 PM PST > *To: *Janet Cox > > Janet- > Do you think that Fossil Free CA would be able to support this > measure? > It would be great if you could. > Thanks > DJ > Plus can you check with the 350.org bay area > folks and see if they can also support? > If you can support- please emails - Anna Hofmann, Clean Energy > Fellow, Environment America > ahofmann at environmentamerica.org > > > Thanks > DJ > > > > Dear---- > As you might know, we are working to build support for 100% > renewables in Congress with a letter supporting resolutions in the > House and the Senate. Thanks to all who have already signed on. > We?ve extended the deadline for sign-ons until the end of next > week, so we're following up to get any last minute sign-ons from > you and organizations in your network. Here?s a link to the > letter. > As background, Reps Grijalva & Ellison have filed a resolution > calling for 100% renewable energy as a national goal with a strong > emphasis on equity and access. 43 members of Congress have also > joined them as cosponsors. At the same time, Senators Markey & > Merkley are seeking support for a similar resolution in the Senate > (attached); which they plan to drop when Congress reconvenes in > November. We want to bolster the efforts of this clean energy > champs in Congress by getting additional cosponsors. To that end, > we?re circulating this > letter to show the range > of organizations and community leaders that support the goal. > We all know that fossil fuels have polluted our air, water and > land, harming our health and our quality of life. That pollution > is also changing our climate faster than scientists feared it > would. The impacts are disproportionately borne by disadvantaged > neighborhoods, communities of color and low-income people. > A shift to 100% clean, renewable energy will improve our > environment, and our quality of life. If done right, it can also > help revitalize disadvantaged communities and lift up low-income > people and communities of color that have suffered the worst > effects of our current energy systems. It?s a big, bold goal, one > that would make America a world leader in the race toward a > cleaner, healthier future ? and it?s a goal that?s 100% possible. > In order to stop big energy interests from holding back our > progress, we must demand that our national leaders to push past > opposition and lead our country to 100% renewable energy. Please > join us in showing Congress that you support a brighter future > with 100% renewable energy by signing onto this > letter by December 9th. > We want to show a critical mass of support for 100% clean energy > going into 2017. Please consider signing your organization onto > the letter and circulating to organizations or businesses in your > network that would be interested. Below is a recent list of > organizations signed on so far. > Sierra Club > The Solutions Project > Emerald Cities Collaborative > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > Voices for Progress > Public Citizen > Food & Water Watch > Climate Law & Policy Project > Partnership for Policy Integrity > Interfaith Power & Light > Bold Alliance > Physicians for Social Responsibility > Clean Air Council > Green for All > Ocean Futures Society > Center for Biological Diversity > Jewish Climate Action Network > Stop the Frack Attack > Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability > Rootskeeper.org > SUN DAY Campaign > Plastic Pollution Coalition > Friends of the Earth > Earthworks > Leadership Conference of Women Religious > Elders Climate Action > Toxics Action Center > Catholic Network US > Earthjustice > Clean Water Action > Climate Action Now > Azul > Safe Climate Campaign > Environment America > Sustainable Energy and Economy Network > People?s Action > Association for the Tree of Life > Sol-Reliant > ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability > Smart Power > Climatetruth.org > Working Families Organization > Polar Bears International > U.S. Climate Plan > Kyoto U.S.A. > Conscious Elders Network > National Academies Transportation Research Board, Climate Change, > Energy and Sustainability Subcommittee > Cooperative Energy Futures > Center for Popular Democracy > Amazon Watch > Center for Environmental Health > Earth Day Network > Don?t Gas the Pinelands > The Environmental Justice Center at Chestnut Hill Church > Bold Alliance > Physicians for Social Responsibility-Philadelphia > GreenLaw > Intrenchment Creek Coalition > Our Santa Fe River, Inc. > Bethe El Climate Team > Boston Jewish Climate Action Network > 350 CT > Progress Florida > Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine Chapter > Physicians for Social Responsibility New York > Physicians for Social Responsibility Philadelphia > Physicians for Social Responsibility- Wisconsin/WI Environmental > Health Network > Physicians for Social Responsibility Arizona Chapter > Physicians for Social Responsibility San Francisco Bay Area > Physicians for Social Responsibility Washington > Physicians for Social Responsibility Oregon > Transition Howard County > Texas Drought Project > New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light > Tucson Climate Action Network > Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement > New Jersey Citizen Action > Sol-Reliant > Southern Oregon Climate Action Now > Oregon Environmental Council > Iowa Interfaith Power & Light > Association to Preserve Cape Cod, Inc. > California Environmental Justice Alliance > Watershed Alliance of Sandy Springs > Environmental Defenders of McHenry County > Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice > Renewable Energy Long Island > > > > > Dan Jacobson > State Director > Environment California > 1314 H street suite 202 > Sacramento, CA. 95814 > Djacobson at environmentcalifornia.org > > > From perrysandy at aol.com Wed Dec 14 23:00:13 2016 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 02:00:13 -0500 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Meeting Dec 15 & Film Showing Dec 16 Message-ID: <159014800b4-31bb-2fce@webprd-a86.mail.aol.com> The monthly meeting of the Green Party of Santa Clara County will be held tomorrow at 7:30 pm at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. Seventh Street, San Jose. A proposed agenda is posted below. On Friday, December 16, the Green Party of Santa Clara County is co-sponsoring (with the San Jose Peace and Justice Center) a showing of the movie ?Fidel: The Untold Story? at 7 pm at the San Jose Peace and justice Center. Please join us! GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY Draft Agenda for Monthly General Meeting December 15, 2016 7:30 pm ? Begin meeting Select Facilitator, Note taker, Time keeper, and Vibes watcher(s); Select Agenda Preparer for next meeting; Affirm or modify draft agenda (5 Minutes) 7:35 pm - Introductions and Announcements (10 Minutes) 7:45 pm - Treasurer?s Report ? Warner Bloomberg (5 Minutes) 7:50 pm ? Further discussion election results and Jill Stein 2016 Campaign. Evaluation of key lessons learned nationally and locally. Identify next steps. Discuss Green Party relationships with Push for Progress and South Bay Progressive Alliance. Discuss Green Party plans for building campus Green Party clubs. (30 minutes) 8:20 pm ? Social media and email issues. Report from Web Site working group on status of site and next steps. How to ensure a steady stream of content. Video page (Mike). Report on merging South Bay for Jill Stein and Green Party Facebook pages (Sandy). Report on email lists: a) blasts, b) meeting attender emails, c) sosfbay, d) a new discuss list (Sandy). (25 minutes). 8:45 pm ? Proposed plan for a movie night (Robert, Cheryl, Sandy). (10 minutes). 8:55 pm ? Report on join Economics for Activists book discussion club. (Sandy). (5 minutes) 9:00 pm ? Proposal for January discussion forum on socialism (Matt). (10 minutes). 9:10 pm ? Proposal for ongoing tabling and protests, including tabling supplies. (10 minutes). 9:20 pm - County Council Positions ? County Council members serve as the GPSCC contacts with the Registrar of Voters, the GPCA Coordinating Committee and other organizations, as well as having various administrative tasks. The GPSCC currently has 3 of 7 positions vacant. (5 minutes). 9:25 pm - State Party issues: Report from SGA members. The SGA is an on-line decision making body for the state party between actual GPCA meetings. The GPSCC has 3 of 5 positions filled on the SGA. (5 Minutes). 9:30 pm ? Adjourn. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rob.means at electric-bikes.com Thu Dec 29 14:07:25 2016 From: rob.means at electric-bikes.com (Rob Means) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:07:25 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Counter-Inaugural Convergence Message-ID: <1483049245.2006.452.camel@electric-bikes.com> Compatriots and Justice Lovers, We are planning a January 20th Counter-Inaugural action. Called ?Rise Up for Justice? (#RU4Justice), we want as many collaborating organizations as possible to make this a major cooperative statement from the South Bay area. Current plans call for encircling the Federal Building, with additional actions before and after to fulfill the potential of our message: Rise Up for Justice. Our convergence is a show of solidarity, and defense of people, planet, and peace over profit. The diversity and resistance of this event complements the Women's March happening the next day (Jan. 21). That event is about unity and creating the future we want. Both events will be included in our flyers and other announcements. J20-participating groups and organizations are encouraged to express their diverse set of concerns with placards/signs and by using colors if they choose. We are calling for a convergence on the event by other groups marching or demonstrating on Inauguration Day. Attendees will be urged to join the J21 Women's March and visit "action ally" ? a tabling area where they can learn about organizations already working on various issues. If your organization wants to table at "action ally", visit https://womensmarchbayarea.org/san-jose-march/. Please confirm your co-sponsorship in the J20 Rise Up for Justice Convergence, noon, at the San Jose Federal Building at 280 S. 1st Street (cross-street San Carlos). Reply by January 5th, 2017. To ensure your organization is properly credited in event flyers and other announcements, please include a note saying something like ?List our organization co-sponsorship as ?[insert the organization name or other phrase].? Additionally, please let us know if you want to participate more deeply. You can plug into active teams, ongoing meetings, and the notes and materials we have already generated. We are asking that co-sponsoring organizations also contribute financially to help cover expenses (permits, printing, etc.). Although we recommend a minimum $50 tax-deductible donation from each organization, any amount at $10 or more will help ? including individual donations. Send checks to the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112 with a memo/reference of ?RU4Justice?. You can also contribute online at http://bit.ly/2hth8y3 . Under ?Program? select ?Other?, and enter ?Rise Up for Justice?. If you have any questions about making a donation, feel free to call the San Jose Peace and Justice Center coordinator Michele Mashburn after January 3rd at (408) 297-2299 or via email anytime at coordinator at sanjosepeace.org. The Center?s hours are 4 to 7 pm Monday through Friday. 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URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Thu Dec 29 14:17:38 2016 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:17:38 -0600 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Counter-Inaugural Convergence In-Reply-To: <1483049245.2006.452.camel@electric-bikes.com> References: <1483049245.2006.452.camel@electric-bikes.com> Message-ID: I believe that for-profit journalism model threatens humanity: Robert McChesney and others have proposed citizen-directed subsidies for non-commercial investigative journalism with transparent funding that puts everything they produce on the web in the public domain. My prospectus on this is available at "EndowmentForJournalism.org". I'm looking for collaborators to hep launch this initiative. What do you think? Thanks, Spencer Graves On 2016-12-29 4:07 PM, Rob Means wrote: > > Compatriots and Justice Lovers, > > > We are planning a January 20th Counter-Inaugural action. Called ?Rise > Up for Justice? (#RU4Justice), we want as many collaborating > organizations as possible to make this a major cooperative statement > from the South Bay area. > > > Current plans call for encircling the Federal Building, with > additional actions before and after to fulfill the potential of our > message: Rise Up for Justice. Our convergence isa show of solidarity, > and defense of people, planet, and peace over profit. The diversity > and resistance of this event complements the Women's March happening > the next day (Jan. 21). That event is about unity and creating the > future we want. Both events will be included in our flyers and other > announcements. > > > J20-participating groups and organizations are encouraged to express > their diverse set of concerns with placards/signs and by using colors > if they choose. We are calling for a convergence on the event by other > groups marching or demonstrating on Inauguration Day. Attendees will > be urged to join the J21 Women's March and visit "action ally" ? a > tabling area where they can learn about organizations already working > on various issues. If your organization wants to table at "action > ally", visit https://womensmarchbayarea.org/san-jose-march/. > > > Please confirm your co-sponsorship in the J20 Rise Up for Justice > Convergence, noon, at the San Jose Federal Building at 280 S. 1st > Street (cross-street San Carlos). *Reply by January 5th, 2017*. To > ensure your organization is properly credited in event flyers and > other announcements, please include a note saying something like ?List > our organization co-sponsorship as ?[/insert the organization name or > other phrase/].? > > > Additionally, please let us know if you want to participate more > deeply. You can plug into active teams, ongoing meetings, and the > notes and materials we have already generated. > > > We are asking that co-sponsoring organizations also contribute > financially to help cover expenses (permits, printing, etc.). Although > we recommend a minimum $50 tax-deductible donation from each > organization, any amount at $10 or more will help ? including > individual donations. Send checks to the San Jose Peace and Justice > Center, 48 S. 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112 with a memo/reference of > ?RU4Justice?. You can also contribute online at http://bit.ly/2hth8y3. > Under ?Program? select ?Other?, and enter ?Rise Up for Justice?. If > you have any questions about making a donation, feel free to call the > San Jose Peace and Justice Center coordinator Michele Mashburn after > January 3rd at (408) 297-2299 or via email anytime at > _coordinator at sanjosepeace.org _. > The Center?s hours are 4 to 7 pm Monday through Friday. > > > Thank you, and we look forward to working with Green Party of Santa > Clara County as we Rise Up for Justice on January 20th with this > collaborative action. > > -- > Rob Means, Action Role: Outreach > Santa Clara County MoveToAmend, http://scc-mta.org/ > 1421 Yellowstone Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035-6913 > 408-262-0420h, 408-262-8975w, Rob at MeansForDemocracy.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at lists.cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss_lists.cagreens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Sat Dec 31 13:38:54 2016 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 13:38:54 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Counter-Inaugural Convergence In-Reply-To: References: <1483049245.2006.452.camel@electric-bikes.com> Message-ID: On 12/29/2016 2:17 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: > I believe that for-profit journalism model threatens humanity: > Robert McChesney and others have proposed citizen-directed subsidies > for non-commercial investigative journalism with transparent funding > that puts everything they produce on the web in the public domain. > > > My prospectus on this is available at > "EndowmentForJournalism.org". I'm looking for collaborators to hep > launch this initiative. > > > What do you think? > Thanks, > Spencer Graves Spencer, I come at this from 2 different viewpoints. The first is as an avid consumer of news. Here I find myself thinking a lot along the lines followed by NYU Professor Jay Rosen at PressThink . Here Rosen outlines what he thinks of the current situation (bad) in one post and then in a second on outlines the steps that he believes must be taken to restore trust in any media, whether for profit on not. Note: he does not consider his recommendations as a solution, only as steps that might help media organizations uncover a solution. Secondly, I have some experience on the edge of political journalism, assisting a high profile political candidate with media relations and doing a bit on the edge of investigative reporting in the same campaign. The reporting involved connections between an incumbent candidate and Jack Abramoff. I can tell you that it is damned hard work and requires significant financing to do this for any long period of time. Along the way, I have developed a list of reporters, writers, etc. that continue to do an excellent job from within large media organizations.. The list include Chris Mooney (Washington Post), Juliet Eilpern (Washington Post), Michael Doyle (McClatchey Washington DC Bureau), Paul Rogers (SJ Mercury News), Dave Roberts (once with Grist, now with VOX). I have a lot of hope for ProPublica It is non-profit, but I am not sure about the bias of some writers, especially Andrew Revkin whose work at the NY Times was at best questionable in that his bias was never acknowledged but frequently was visible in his choices. I felt that this was more Revkin himself than NY Times editorial mandates. I make this point to underscore the fact that being non-profit is a guarantee of unbiased news. Wes -- "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: