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Friends;
July
Jill Stein for President – A Moral
Imperative
By Bill Carini, Tompkins
Weekly, May 15, 2024
The timeworn tactic of voting for the
lesser of two evils has led us to unutterable evil, as exemplified by
the arming of, and diplomatic cover for, Israel’s atrocities in Gaza
and the West Bank. This war crime is only the latest in a very long
series of moral outrages committed by successive Democrat and
Republican regimes. The military-industrial complex requires enemies
to thrive, and our bought-and-paid-for presidents are happy to oblige.
Even if that means risking all in a confrontation with Russia or
China.
As we stand at the brink of World War III, climate
collapse, and economic devastation we urgently need a change of
direction. A Jill Stein presidency offers us that vital change. Hers
is a genuine grass-roots campaign, untainted by the corporate cash
that fuels and controls the omnicidal Democrat and Republican
candidates.
Jill will implement a foreign
policy rooted in respect for international law, human rights,
diplomacy, and win-win solutions. She is not bound to the weapons
industry and intends to redirect our stupendously bloated military
spending towards solving the climate crisis. She will not export
weapons to any country that uses them to commit war crimes and other
violations of international law.
Jill’s economic advisors are
the brilliant economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson. They have a
vision for a radically reformed economic system that would restore our
productive economy and reverse the trend of favoring the parasitic
FIRE sector (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) which began in earnest
under Reagan, was turbo-charged by Clinton, and continued to be
amplified under their successors in office, leading to the grotesque
income inequality we suffer from today READ THE FULL STORY
HERE
PA Green News
Edited by Chris Robinson
Allegheny Greens Table at Bloomfield Farmers
Market
On the morning of June 22, members of the
Green Party of Allegheny County tabled at the Bloomfield Farmers
Market in Pittsburgh. They were gathering signatures to get Green
Party Presidential hopeful Jill Stein (and other state-wide Green
candidates) on the November ballot.
GPPA State Committee Meeting
On June 9, delegates from nine counties and their friends
participated in the Green Party of PA State Committee meeting where
they heard reports from four teams: communications, core, finance and
green wave. The delegates decided by consensus to commend the GPPA
Committee to Fill Vacancies for their efficient work in finding a
replacement candidate for U.S. Senate. The delegates also decided by
consensus to change the date and location of the next State Committee
meeting to Sunday, September 8, in McKean County. That in-person
meeting will be hosted by GPPA Delegate Barbara Laxon.
PA Greens Join Others for Safe, Affordable
Energy
Philadelphia City Council will soon
approve a FY 2025 Capital Budget for Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW).
POWER Interfaith and eight other environmental justice organizations
have now requested City Council to adopt an amendment requiring PGW to
justify its request for $19 million to build new gas infrastructure
(“load growth”). POWER says, “The Capital Program Protocols that City
Council has enacted as binding law require PGW to substantiate
proposed load growth projects with a showing that they will produce an
acceptable return on investment.”
The Green Party of
Pennsylvania (GPPA) Steering Committee signed onto the POWER request
on May 19. GPPA Co-chair Jeremy Griffin said, “I am so glad the Green
Party has signed off on this. PGW does not need to be creating any new
fossil fuel infrastructure. In fact, no for-profit company needs to be
creating any new fossil fuel infrastructure. Since 2006, ‘Keep It in
the Ground’ has been a major demand by environmentalists. I’m so glad
that the Green Party took a stand against fracking in 2008. Also, it
is good to see this environmental justice demand spread to other
organizations . . . .”
"We can’t let City Council forget
Philadelphia's climate goals,” said GPPA Steering Committee Member
Alex Casper. “If PGW is allowed to build new gas infrastructure, it
will raise our cost of living. The Green Party’s Ten Key Values call
for us to stand up to City Council when they want to take money out of
the pockets of our residents and accelerate the catastrophe of climate
change . . . ."
The following environmental justice
organizations have signed onto the POWER Interfaith letter to
Philadelphia City Council: Citizens Climate Lobby Philly Chapter,
Clean Air Council, Green Party of Pennsylvania, Green Party of
Philadelphia, Philly DSA, Philly Thrive, Physicians for Social
Responsibility PA, and Sierra Club PA.
READ
THE FULL STORY HERE
Campaign Updates
Edited by Chris Robinson
Green Party candidates who plan to run in 2025 are welcome
to contact GREEN STAR at [email protected].
PA
STATE-WIDE
The Green Party has endorsed
for state-wide
office:
Dr. Jill Stein for President of the
U.S. and Samson L. Kpadenou for Vice President.
Jill
Stein tells GREEN STAR, “People are, shall we
say, much more engaged in this election than I’ve seen before. What
we’re hearing now is like what we’ve learned over the last decade, but
the volume is way turned up. Our program intends to eliminate poverty.
And number two, ensure that racial justice is a major dimension of our
Green New Deal, a major economic redevelopment program. We are
spending $12,000 this year – $12,000 per household – on the Forever
War Machine. These funds should be more effectively used to address
domestic issues.”
You may volunteer for the Jill Stein 2024 Campaign right
here, https://www.jillstein2024.com/volunteer
You may donate to her campaign right here, https://www.jillstein2024.com/donate
Leila
Hazou for U.S. Senate
Leila Hazou
tells GREEN STAR, “I’ve been thinking a lot about the students and how
much change we need to make for their sake. This generation has been
left a mess, and our leaders continue to ignore, disparage and arrest
them. They deserve better. Officials that are
demonizing these brave students have lost sight of American
values.”
We may follow Leila’s
campaign on her website, https://www.leilaforsenate.com/;
Facebook,
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558366941475;
Tiktoc,
https://www.tiktok.com/@leilaforsenate;
and
Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/leilaforsenate/
Please
support Leila’s campaign for U.S. Senate with a contribution,
https://www.leilaforsenate.com/donate
Richard L. Weiss Esq. for PA
Attorney General.
Richard Weiss tells GREEN
STAR, “In order for society to function, the public
must support our police. In order for that to happen, we must have
police worthy of support. We need to develop police standards of
conduct that do not unnecessarily escalate use of force -- standards
that are more appropriate to policing a domestic civilian population,
rather than occupied territory in a warzone.
“Simultaneously, we need special prosecutors to handle
cases of police misconduct. Ordinary prosecutors need police help in
prosecuting cases, and help from police unions in getting reelected,
and police protection from criminals. Therefore, there is a conflict
of interest, and special prosecutors with their own security force are
needed for prosecution of police.
“We should also end cash bail and stop imprisoning people
who pose no threat to the community and have not been convicted of any
crime. This and not charging a crime for mere possession or use of
cannabis will reduce the prison population, cut down on tensions
between police and the public, as well as save money wasted on
expensive and unnecessary
incarceration."
We may follow
Richard’s campaign on Twitter/X, https://twitter.com/RichardLWeiss
Richard asks supporters to contribute to the GPPA, which
may be done here, https://www.gpofpa.org/donate
PA GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
The Green Party has
endorsed one candidate for the PA General
Assembly:
Charles Sherrouse for PA House
District 202. The candidate is from
Philadelphia County. We look forward to telling you more in the August
GREEN STAR.
Team Reports
Edited by Patrick O.
McNally
 Communication Team By Chris
Robinson
The following report was made on June 9
to the GPPA State Committee:
The ComTeam has produced a GREEN
STAR newsletter each month during 2024. We are having difficulty,
however, with production of GPPA news releases. Thank you to at-large
Steering Committee members Alex Casper (Philadelphia) and Jay Walker
(Allegheny) for offering drafts for three of our nine news
releases.
Thanks also to our six
rank-and-file GPPA members who have written draft news releases: Rick
Denzien (Montgomery), Marci Henzi (delegate, Allegheny), Doug Mason
(delegate, Centre), Dave Ochmanowicz (delegate, Bucks), Chris Robinson
(delegate, Philadelphia), and Shahin Shabani (Lycoming). We welcome
further ideas for news releases, particularly from the Steering
Committee and active GPPA members.
The ComTeam is also searching for a
member who will help us design digital graphics for our news releases.
Please share your ideas with us, [email protected]
Please join the Communication Team right here.
www.gpofpa.org/team_communications_join
 Finance Team
The team’s fundraising auction is ongoing, and new works of
art by fellow Greens are being added. Check it out and place your bids
at: http://www.gpofpa.org/auction.
If you are an artist and would like to make a donation of your work,
please send a picture of your item and your contact info to
[email protected].
Every donation and bid helps support the critical needs of our state
party.
Please join the Finance Team right here.
https://www.gpofpa.org/team_finance_join
 Green Wave Team
The Green Party of PA needs 10,000 signatures by July 15 to
get their candidates on the ballot. If you are NOT currently
circulating a nomination paper for the Green Party’s statewide
candidates, Jill Stein, Leila Hazou and Richard Weiss, now is the time
to jump on board their ballot access campaign. The Green Party needs
to finish strong in the next few weeks, and that means recruiting AT
LEAST 25 more volunteers to collect valid signatures from registered
voters. Wherever you are, the Green Party wants you to join in -- but
help is especially needed to collect signatures in Berks,
Bucks, Lancaster, Montgomery and Westmoreland Counties. Please email
directly, [email protected]
Please join the Green Wave Team right
here.
www.gpofpa.org/team_greenwave_join
 Core Team
The Core Team aims to return to regularly scheduled
meetings, the first Monday of the month. Please join us on July 1 at
6:30 pm. The RSVP link will be on our Calendar page at http://www.gpofpa.org/calendar.
The Core Team includes the critical committees and workgroups that
help to ensure the smooth functioning of the state party, establishing
party rules, developing the platform, and managing the tools and
systems that maintain the party and allow it to grow.
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Please join the Core Team right
here.
https://www.gpofpa.org/team_core_join
National Green
News
Edited by David Ochmanowicz
Jr.
2024 Green Party ANM/PNC
Registration
The 2024 Green Party Annual National
Meeting / Presidential Nominating Convention (ANM/PNC) will be held
virtually. We are delighted to gather virtually providing an
opportunity for all to participate this year, while we continue
efforts to meet again in person in the future. We will miss the
opportunity to share space with Greens from across the country, but we
can take this virtual gathering as an opportunity for national work on
some of the most pressing challenges for this party. We hope you will
join us from August 15-18. PLEASE
REGISTER HERE
Democrats Sue Green Party to Block Jill
Stein from Nevada Ballot
“The Democratic Party is escalating its
attacks on [opposition] candidates in an effort to block any challenge
to the two-party monopoly. On June 11, the campaign of Green Party
candidate for U.S. president, Dr.
Jill Stein, reported that the Nevada State Democratic Party
has sued the Nevada secretary of state and the Nevada
Green Party in an autocratic bid to keep Stein off the
ballot... Jason Call, the campaign manager for Stein, reported that
the Democrats filed their lawsuit less than 24 hours after the Green
Party submitted some 29,500 signatures, nearly three times the 10,000
signatures required to appear on the ballot. READ
THE FULL STORY HERE
Conflict with China: Marching to Disaster
 Recorded Webinar: The
increasingly hostile posture of U.S. foreign policy toward China
foreshadows a dangerous conflict with serious economic and military
consequences. This webinar on June 5 explored the forces moving the
U.S. and China towards conflict; described the likely outcomes of a
clash between these great powers; and provided information on how
citizens can work to avert what could become America’s greatest
foreign policy disaster.
WATCH
THE WEBINAR HERE
Global Green News
Edited by Hal
Brown
Federation of African Greens Holds 5th
Congress
The...5th edition of the Congress of the
Federation of African Greens (FEVA) dedicated to the issues and
challenges posed by political ecology on the African continent was
held for 3 consecutive days in Kinshasa, capital of the Republic
Democratic of Congo. The meetings were organized by the ecologist
party Alliance of Congolese Ecologists Les Verts (AECO)...under the
theme: “The anchoring of political ecology in Africa: issues,
challenges and perspectives.” Representatives of political parties
from the DRC, Congo-Brazzaville, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Rwanda, Uganda,
Somalia, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Burundi, ‘Algeria, Kenya,
Gabon, Egypt...participated in this series of meetings which allowed
the election of a new executive council for a four-year term. READ
THE FULL STORY HERE
10th World Water Forum Held in Indonesia
The World Water Forum is one of the most important water events,
bringing together stakeholders from all regions of the world to
discuss water management challenges and develop solutions to improve
access to water and the management of this vital resource. The
discussions and recommendations emerging from the Bali World Water
Forum in 2024 will be essential to guide public policies, investments
and development initiatives aimed at ensuring effective and equitable
water management for all... READ
THE FULL STORY HERE
Climate Change Could Increase Spread
of Malaria in Africa
A recent
study by researchers at the University of Florida, Pennsylvania State
University and Imperial College published in the journal Nature
Communications claims that global warming could increase the
transmission of malaria in humans in tropical and subtropical areas
already endemic to this disease “We used models to integrate our new
data and explore the impact of predicted climate change on
transmission at four sites in Kenya. But it is important to recognize
that, depending on the country, local strains of mosquitoes and
parasites may respond differently to temperature. Transmission in
individual countries or locations may also be dominated by different
mosquito species,” said Matthew Thomas, co-author of the study. READ
THE FULL STORY HERE
China’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Fell in March 2024
In a study
published on the specialized site Carbon Brief, the Center for
Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) indicates that [China’s]
carbon dioxide emissions fell by 3% in March 2024 compared to the last
year. This is the first time that they have decreased...since the
country lifted its anti-Covid restrictions in December 2022...The 3%
drop was recorded...despite an ever-increasing demand for electricity
almost entirely met by the means of renewable production massively
installed by Beijing. READ
THE FULL STORY HERE
GPPA Meeting Dates for 2024
All State Web Conferences will begin promptly at
noon.
Sunday,
September 8, face2face in McKean
County
Sunday, November 10, via
Zoom
GPPA Communications
Team
Issue Credits
Editors: Hal Brown, Patrick O. McNally, David Ochmanowicz,
Jr. and Chris Robinson
Contributors: Alex Casper, Jeremy R. Griffin, Leila Hazou,
Chris Robinson, Jill Stein and Richard L. Weiss
Layout: Hal Brown, Sherri Miller, and David Ochmanowicz
Jr.
Graphic Arts: Kevin Richardson
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