LA Greens are Hot
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Former Pasadena mayor Bill Paparian is well supported in his bid to
become the first Green to be elected to US Congress in California’s
29th district. The Los Angeles Sentinel, the oldest African American
newspaper in California, has endorsed Paparian, as has actor Ed Begley,
Jr.
Paparian has made the war in Iraq his top campaign issue, calling to
“Bring the Troops Home Now,” in stark contrast to the competition,
pro-war Democrat Adam Schiff.
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Supporter Ed Begly,
jr. with Green Candidate Bill Paparian - Photo by Catherine Bauknight
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Sarah Knopp, a public school teacher from LA, came close to
forcing a runoff election in the California election for Superintendent
of Public Education. Knopp received over 569,000 votes, the most ever
for a Green in a statewide race in CA, and came in second place out of
five contenders. With a war chest of over $1 million the incumbent,
Jack O’Connell, received just over 50% of the vote.
Knopp was in the best position to take advantage of the public’s
anti-incumbent sentiment because of her opposition to standardized
testing, saying it threatened to turn public schools into
"teach-to-the-test drill camps" that "suck the joy out of education."
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Michael Berg Receives Wings of Justice Award
It’s not just Greens who are incredibly proud of and inspired by
Michael Berg, Green Party Congressional Candidate in DE. It looks like a lot of other people are as well. Last
week, following a series of interviews on national networks, Buzzflash
gave Berg its “Wings of Justice Award”:
Michael Berg, like Cindy Sheehan and the 9/11 widows, has had to
grievously suffer twice: first losing a loved one to terrorism and war,
and secondly to then endure the slanderous attacks of the entrenched
Republican Taliban faction.
Nick Berg, Michael Berg's son, was hideously beheaded, allegedly by
al-Zarqawi or one of his followers. The beheading was shamelessly used
by the Bush Administration for propaganda purposes to justify the war
with Iraq. But al-Zarqawi wasn't able to freely operate in Iraq until
Bush invaded the nation… But instead of turning his grief into
supporting Bush's downward spiral of inciting more violence, Berg
became an apostle of peace.
In a CNN interview, Michael Berg noted: "Iraq did not have al Qaeda
in it. Al Qaeda supposedly killed my son. Under Saddam Hussein, no al
Qaeda. Under George Bush, al Qaeda. Under Saddam Hussein, relative
stability. Under George Bush, instability. Under Saddam Hussein, about
30,000 deaths a year. Under George Bush, about 60,000 deaths a year."
Michael Berg has emerged the wiser and more courageous man. He is a
most worthy recipient of this week's BuzzFlash "Wings of Justice Award."
DC Statehood Greens Help Organize Annual Juneteenth Celebration and Music Festival
Photo by Badia AlBanna |
For the second year in a row, DC Statehood Greens helped organize
the District’s Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth commemorates the
anniversary of the day, June 19, 1865, when Union troops reached
Galveston, Texas, to establish the Emancipation Proclamation as law in
the last state of Confederate rebellion—two years after the date of the
Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863).
Statehood Greens have called the movement for D.C. statehood a
continuation of the struggle for emancipation and civil rights for
African Americans. The party supports the D.C. Juneteenth Celebration
as an example of grassroots democratic cooperation by District artists
and activists, representing what DC residents can accomplish by working
together.
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Party business and plan for the future. ·
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Local Issues: The Arizona Green
Party will host a series of issue based workshops focused on immigration,
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Entertainment: Border issues dinner
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