[Peace-discussion] Elaine Brown: Basta Ya! For democracy and human rights Capital Dee Democrats Must Go!

[henry duke]

Enough Already! 

Elaine Brown leads an opposition to war and racism that can unite behind
principles.

Uniting behind calculations based on corporate money and media is not only
WRONG, it is flawed logic that does not allow American Political Discourse
to drive towards moderation of the extremist right wing agenda of war and
other-bashing.

Si Se Puede!

We CAN win if we decide we won't take no more.
henry
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Quoting Elaine Brown Below: 

"This is a decisive moment for the GP of the U.S., a propitious one, one
demanding strict application of the democratic principles of transparency
and accountability--certainly within the GP.  With that in mind, let us be
honest with each other.  As a manager of the campaign for McKinney--for whom
he worked when she was a Democratic Congresswoman--Hugh Esco's activism in
the presidential selection process as a Georgia delegate on the National
Committee is in conflict with the necessary neutrality of the process."



-----Original Message-----
From: Elaine Brown [mailto:sistaelaine@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:23 PM
To: Nan Garrett
Cc: Thano Paris; green_parties_metro_atlanta; Adam Shapiro; Al Herman;
Denice Traina; Eric Pierce; Francis Jeffers; Giselda Rendon; James GSU; Matt
Boynton; Zaid Jilani; Harry Rezzemini; ksugreens@gmail.com; jessica perlove;
arxaaron@gmail.com; Hugh Esco; rhaney77@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Georgia Delegates to the GP National Committee

Dear Nan and Other Greens,

Thank you for your response.  While I'm sure a record can be produced
to support your assertion of this vote re Hugh Esco at Kennesaw, I
don't recall it.  Again, I do recall Hugh not being there.  My
question, however, went to Hugh's membership in the Georgia Green
Party and the fact that there seems to be no evidence that he is a
Georgia resident or voter, though there is evidence that suggests he
resides/works at once in California and Canada.  It would be ironic
that a member of the Green Party of Canada, which lists Hugh's name,
would be voting for the Georgia Green Party.  That is, I would assume
residency/voter registration in Georgia would be a minimum
qualification to be a Georgia Green so as to vote on our behalf on the
National Committee.  This is a decisive moment for the GP of the U.S.,
a propitious one, one demanding strict application of the democratic
principles of transparency and accountability--certainly within the
GP.  With that in mind, let us be honest with each other.  As a
manager of the campaign for McKinney--for whom he worked when she was
a Democratic Congresswoman--Hugh Esco's activism in the presidential
selection process as a Georgia delegate on the National Committee is
in conflict with the necessary neutrality of the process.

I am hopeful this issue will be addressed in both word and deed.

Thank you.

Elaine Brown
GP of Georgia Coordinating Council

On 12/6/07, Nan Garrett <nan.garrett@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Good evening, Elaine and others,
>
> Georgia Green Party's Delegation on National Green Party
> Affairs is a six person delegation.
>
> At our 2007 annual meeting at Kennestone, when we had
> nominations for the three open seats this past Spring, we
> stated that Al Herman, Hugh Esco and I were the 3 on the
> delegation serving through next year [2008]. We then
> elected Kevin Nashbar, Ryan Haney and Eric Pierce to the 3
> open slots on the delegation that we had.
>
> The Delegation chooses which of its members will be the
> voting delegates to GP-US. I believe Hugh was named by
> DoNGPAs to that position in late July or August of this
> year. If the date he went from being an alternate to a
> delegate is important, let me know and I'll try to find
> something in my DoNGPAs notes to verify the date.
>
> I hope this answers your questions.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Nan Garrett, Chair
> GGP's Delegation on National
>    Green Party Affairs
> --- Elaine Brown <sistaelaine@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Georgia Greens,
> >
> > This is a request to clarify how and why Hugh Esco came
> > to be and is
> > qualified to be one of the two Georgia delegates to the
> > GP National
> > Committee.  There was no vote for this at the last
> > convention, earlier
> > this year, at which I was the keynote speaker, and in
> > fact Esco was
> > not present. Furthermore, based on information and
> > belief, Esco has
> > been living in Canada, is not registered to vote in
> > Georgia and not a
> > Georgia resident.  My concern is based on a concern for
> > fairness and
> > justice in the coming, 2008 election process.
> >
> > This request is being sent to all of you out of ignorance
> > as to the
> > specific body of the Georgia GP to which it should be
> > properly
> > addressed.  I shall appreciate a response from anyone who
> > has
> > information.  In the alternative, I set this forth for
> > discussion for
> > the next Coordinating Council meeting, and call for such
> > a meeting
> > ASAP.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Elaine Brown
> > Georgie Green Party Coordinating Council
> >
>
>
>
>