<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Thing is the press releases hardly represent all the work that is done by the U.S. Green Party. The International Committee works on issues like these, not to mention the Green National Committee (which I used to be on). I have a good connection with the media committee which I used to serve on, so if people come up with something I could pass it along.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Green is Global!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new
roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Drew</span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Thielking <pagesincolor@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org; WB4D23@aol.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> merriam k <mkmusic03@aol.com> <br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 22, 2012 8:13 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [GPSCC-chat] Proposed anti-war resolution re: Iran and Syria<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<div>I looked briefly at the GP US press release site to see if they had made a national resolution about Iran or Syria. There was one article stating that the major candidates had said "hands off Iran", but there was no news of a resolution and not a peep about Syria. Some links of interest are below, including a statement that the US should stay out of Libya.</div>
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<div>http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=472</div>
<div>http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=466</div>
<div>http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=399</div>
<div>http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=389<br></div>
<div>John Thielking</div>
<div><br>--- On <b>Wed, 8/22/12, John Thielking <i><pagesincolor@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;"><br>From: John Thielking <pagesincolor@yahoo.com><br>Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Proposed anti-war resolution re: Iran and Syria<br>To: sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org, WB4D23@aol.com<br>Cc: "merriam k" <mkmusic03@aol.com><br>Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 7:09 PM<br><br>
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<td valign="top">Ok, Here is the proposed anti-war resolution by John Thielking, to be submitted to the GP SCC and if passed, to be submitted to other GP orgs to be determined.
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">I will print out several copies of this and bring them to the GP SCC meeting on August 23, 2012.
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;"><b>Resolution Of The Santa Clara County, CA USA Green Party To Oppose Military Intervention In Iran Or Syria</b>
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">Whereas there has rarely been a successful occupation/liberation by military force that promptly resulted in a stable democracy being formed in a formerly occupied country AND;
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">Whereas the US and NATO have an established track record of using depleted Uranium in Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and probably also in Libya AND;
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">Whereas the use of depleted Uranium has longer lasting effects than any use of biological or chemical weapons and is itself a war crime AND;
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">Whereas the people and established governments of Iran and Syria have the right to self determination without outside interference;
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">Hereby be it resolved that we, the Santa Clara County Green Party, of California USA, demand that the US, NATO and allied forces should not intervene militarily in either Iran or Syria, nor should either side continue to supply arms in attempts to foment proxy wars and/or regime changes through violent conflict.
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">We also urge the government and opposition forces in Syria to enter into serious negotiations to achieve a diplomatic settlement of the conflict there and that the US government, NATO and their allies fully support such negotiations instead of directly or indirectly supporting regime change through a violent proxy war or other violent means while undermining efforts to negotiate a settlement.
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">We also urge the US/UN to lift the sanctions on Iran and allow Iran to continue their nuclear program without outside interference while continuing to work through peaceful negotiations (not coercive negotiations, threats or military action) for the worldwide abolition of nuclear weapons and for the ultimate goal of dismantling all nuclear power plants and nuclear material production facilities worldwide.
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</div><div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;">Resolution proposed on August 23, 2012 <br><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br>
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