GreenLine For May 1, 2022
Happy May Day and International Workers Day!
We hope this International Workers Day finds you happy, healthy and
with loved ones and comrades.
—Michael O'Neil, GreenLine Editor and Green Party
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Green Party says U.S.
complicit in Yemen humanitarian crisis; arms sales to Saudis must
end
WASHINGTON – Green Party leaders called on
President Biden to take advantage of the April 2nd cease-fire among
warring parties in Yemen, to follow through on his promise to end
support for all offensive operations, to end weapons sales to Saudi
Arabia and to help end the blockade of Saudi warships off the coast of
Yemen to allow humanitarian aid to enter the country. The war between
the Saudi-led coalition and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has
led to one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history.
The U.S. has provided logistical and intelligence support and sold
weapons to the coalition of Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia since
2015. As a result of the conflict and blockade, hundreds of thousands
of people have died, including from indirect causes such as lack of
food, health services and infrastructure. More than 17 million Yemenis
are currently food insecure, over 2 million children are now acutely
malnourished, and the number of people experiencing famine is expected
to increase five-fold by the end of the year.
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2022 Green Party Annual National Meeting Registration is OPEN
The 2022 Green Party Annual
National Meeting (ANM) will be held virtually, as the world's recovery
from the COVID-19 pandemic was not yet ready to guarantee a safe,
in-person meeting during the planning process.
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 July 21-24.
Important information for ANM Participants:
All ANM Participants MUST REGISTER ONLINE to
receive instructions on how to convene with us online. Please
register by Friday, July 15th.
Poor People's Caucus (In Formation) Informational Meeting May 5th,
8pm ET
An informational meeting will be held by the forming Poor People's
Caucus on "Why a Poor People's Caucus?" this Thursday, May 5th at 8 PM
ET/7 CT/6 MT/5 PT/2 HI.
Leading Green activists on poverty issues will speak at the event,
including Cheri Honkala and Galen Tyler, with Q&A.
Questions? email
Diversity Committee Liaison to the Poor People's Caucus work group
Belinda Davis.
PA Lt. Gov Candidate Michael Bagdes-Canning: "Only the Green Party
climate plan rises to the emergency"
"On September 7, 2021, Joe Biden said of climate science, 'So,
folks, we’ve got to listen to the scientists and the economists and
the national-security experts. They all tell us this is code red. The
nation and the world are in peril. And that’s not hyperbole. That is a
fact. They’ve been warning us, the extreme weather would get more
extreme over the decade, and we’re living in real time now.'
You can sense his urgency, no?
Yet on April 11, 2022, Biden’s Interior Department reopened public
lands for drilling. This was on the heels of his, now blocked, plan to
auction 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to the homicidal fossil
fuel extractors and his equally disastrous plan to export more gas to
Europe."
GPFL Annual Membership Meeting May 28-29th
Presentations, workshops and officer elections.
May 4 Webinar: Ukraine, Fossil Fuels and Unanswered Questions
The Gateway Greens host: What does the Ukraine War tell us about
the challenges of humanity’s urgent need to reduce fossil fuel usage?
How does the war reflect colonialism and racism? How well is President
Zelensky coping with opposition political parties and the Azov
Battalion?
Join us for a discussion of Ukraine’s history, Joe Biden’s role in
that history, the 2014 coup, the risk of nuclear weapons use and
NATO's actions, as well as how the media affects our perceptions of
the war. What is the key for bringing peace to Ukraine?
May 04, 2022 at 7:00pm Central Time
 
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