[Peace-discussion] Untill Tony is on discussion list....
Joni LeViness
myths16@cox.net
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:03:50 -0500
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From: a.gronowicz@att.net [mailto:a.gronowicz@att.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 9:06 PM
To: Joni LeViness
Subject: Re: FW:
Yes, Joni. Working on revising the book, and doing the other things
mentioned in the bio. I hope to see you in Reading--Tony
Tony
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Sorry i realize you've not seen my replies as you haven't gotten the dx
list.
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From: Joni LeViness [mailto:myths16@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:46 PM
To: 'peace- discussion'
Subject: Bio:
Quite impressive!
What have you been doing since 2005?
Are you still in NY?
Peace,
joni
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Gronowicz, Tony
NAME OFFICE OR CAMPAIGN SUBJECTS BIO
Gronowicz, Tony
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2005 Green Party candidate for Mayor of New York City, 1996 candidate for
State Assembly, NY War and Peace, U.S. history, race relations,
foreign policy Tony Gronowicz, Ph.D., was the 2005 Green Party candidate
for Mayor of New York City and the 1996 candidate for State Assembly. He
serves on the Green Party of the United States International Committee. A
Manhattan native, Gronowicz graduated from Columbia College and the
University of Pennsylvania where he received a Ph.D. in New York City
political history. He edited Oswald Garrison Villard: The Dilemmas of the
Absolute Pacifist in Two World Wars (1983); and authored Race and Class
Politics in New York City Before the Civil War (1998), and Grand Illusion:
American Democracy From its Roots to the Present (2006). He teaches, U.S.
history, Global Civilization, Political Science and Human Geography at the
City University of New York.
Gronowicz chaired the Chelsea Committee to End the War in Vietnam, attended
the first SDS march on Washington (1965), the Pentagon (1967), Mumia in
Philadelphia with his daughter (2000), and the Diallo City Hall protests. On
June 4, 2001, he was involved in covert direct action at WBAI to end
censorship and restore jobs of fired staff. From 1999 to 2001, he chaired
the University Seminar on the City at Columbia University, and was appointed
to the Speakers' Bureau of the New York Council for the Humanities
(2000-2002) to talk about "The History of Race Relations in New York City."
He is active in his union, the Professional Staff Conference of the City
University of New York, co-editing a union pamphlet, "Globalization,
Privatization, War: In Defense of Public Education in the Americas" (2003).
On December 9, 2003, he publicly testified at City Hall before Councilman
Charles Barron's Committee on Higher Education.
Gronowicz believes that the Greens are capable of building a multiethnic
party grounded in environmental and social justice, and practicing
transparent government, transparently arrived at. In eight WBAI programs in
2000, he discussed his race and class book and how average Americans can
succeed in building a successful third party to defend their interests
against a privately run transnational corporate economy that has downsized
and outsourced full-time American jobs over the last generation, while
spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually waging war all over the
planet.
CONTACT US REGARDING GREEN SPEAKERS
Ann Link eastst > at > hotmail > dot > com 347-226-1195
Starlene Rankin starlene > at > gp > dot > org 916-995-3805
Drew Johnson JamBoi > at > greens > dot > org
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Hello Tony, Could you please introduce yourself and what state you're from?
Thanks!
Peace,
joni
p.s. I'm peripherally interested as he's the best Democrat out there despite
being marginalized by his
own party.
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Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:54 AM
To: peace@lists.gp-us.org
Subject: Re: [GPUS-PAX] Kucinich On a Pro-war DP Nominee?
Who cares? Are we not Greens? He's a Democrat. This is a waste of time.
Tony
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> David--
>
> Thanks for the reports from the "Take Back" convention.
>
> I'd be really interested to hear a report on Dennis' willingness to
support
> the Democratic Party nominee (if he's not the eventual nominee).
>
> Let's ask him: Will you support Biden if he's the nominee of the party?
> Hillary? Obama? Richardson? Gravel? Edwards?
>
> Would you or other progressive DP activists be willing to put him on the
> record on where he stands with each potential nominee?
>
> Is Dennis willing to take a position on the possible nominees? I think
Mike
> Gravel is wrong on impeachment (Dennis is right), but I think Mike has the
> courage to take a position on the pro-war nominees.
>
> Thanks for all your reports and all your outstanding work. Best wishes.
>
> --zool
>
> PS I don't think that we should "take back" America. I think we'd all be
> better off if we "gave it back" to the folks who lived here for millenia
> without destroying it and the people living on it.
>
> The Art & Politics of Justice & Joy
> 1068 Highland Place
> Woodmere NY 11598
> zoolTheArtandPolitics@hotmail.com
> 646-549-1615
>
> Cynthia McKinney Video, "Revolutionary Love" by Craig Seeman. Running time
> 37:42
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2508693105235438933
>
> "Let's be realistic, let's do the impossible."
> --Ernesto "Che" Guevara
>
>
> >Kucinich Comes to Take Back America
> >
> >http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/23804
> >
> >By David Swans on
> >
> >My friend Steve Cobble gave Kucinich a great introduction, receiving
> >applause for each point he made about Kucinich's platform and past
> >performance, arguing that Kucinich was right four years ago that
opposition
> >to the war and support for fair trade were key to winning, and that's how
> >Democrats won in 2006.
> >
> >Kucinich opened with the need to cut off the money. He proposed simply
not
> >offering any more bills to fund the war. Kucinich won huge applause as he
> >shouted about the troops coming home, the bases being closed, the oil
being
> >left to the Iraqi people...
> >
> >We must challenge the very idea of war in order to reconnect with the
> >nations of the world, Kucinich said. "I believe that the path to peace
> >runs right through Jerusalem," Kucinich said, promising an even-handed
> >approac h . He got loud applause for being the first to raise the topic.
> >
> >Kucinich proposed a cabinet-level department of peace. Again: applause.
> >Through out, people are shouting things like "Thank you" that sound like
> >they come out of frustration with other speeches. Kucinich didn't mention
> >"God" as Clinton had, but mentioned loving your enemies and basing your
> >policies on that principle, which won long applause.
> >
> >Kucinich said we are threatened by the twin and linked threats of global
> >warring and global warming. Sustainability will bring about peace,
> >Kucinich predicted. Government, he said, "has to play a role in
> >recognizing that the economy is part of the environment and not the other
> >way around."
> >
> >Kyoto, he said, is just a first step.
> >
> >Another path to peace is our trade laws, he s a id . One of my first acts
in
> >office will be to cancel NAFTA and the WTO and base our trade on
> >environmental principles. Kucinich won big applause again for a topic
that
> >is important to this crowd that has not been raised by the other
candidates
> >who have spoken here.
> >
> >Kucinich had to shout out his proposal for a WGA (Works Green
> >Administration) to be heard through the ongoing applause for his
> >environmental proposals and their connection to peace.
> >
> >Then Kucinich turned to health care. He stands for HR 676, single-payer,
> >not-for-profit health care. Again: enormous applause, this time on an
> >issue that every candidate has tried to address. Kucinich said he would
> >challenge the private insurance companies (in fact, eliminate them). The
> >other candidates, including Clinton who was just here, said they would wo
rk > >with the insurance companies to achieve a "consensus".
> >
> >"I reject the idea that a certain amount of unemployment is good for our
> >economy," Kucinich said. "We need a multi-billion dollar investment in
our
> >economy every year to create jobs."
> >
> >Kucinich said that every worker must have the right to organize. Workers
> >rights are human rights. He had to shout over the applause. He's on fire
> >now.
> >
> >We need to break up the monoplies in agriculture, in oil, ... It is time
> >for us to stand with the farmers of America, breaking up the monopolies.
> >Kucinich is the first candidate we've heard speak of farmers.
> >
> >Kucinich then turned to another topic that the other candidates have
> >avoided: immigrant rights. He pointed out that he'd entered with Neil
> >Diamond's "Coming to America." K ucin ich said he wanted America to again
be
> >welcoming of people. The immigrant workers are here because NAFTA
> >collapsed wages in Mexico and people were desperate, and when they came
> >north we subjected them to a system like slave labor. We need to stop
> >blaming the victims, Kucinich said. They need a path to citizenship.
> >
> >In my first week in office, I will send the Justice Dept to federal court
> >and seek to overturn the PATRIOT Act. Throw out Military Commissions Act.
> >No more illegal spying. LGBT rights. Abortions less necessary through
> >health care.
> >
> >Impeaching Cheney is a defense of the Constitution. We take a sacred oath
> >to protect the Constitution. The vice presidency and the presidency have
> >to have to have the highest standards. I ask every member of congress to
> >join me in holding the vice president fi nally accountable. [BIGGEST
> >APPLAUSE YET.]
> >
> >Kucinich said he would support international law, re-sign treaties, and
> >work to abolish all nuclear weapons. He would bring the world back
> >together with America. A nation at peace with full employment, health
care
> >and education and civil liberties and love for all. This is a new
America.
> > Let's call it forward. America. America. America.
> >
> >They cranked up Neil Diamond again to be heard over the long loud
applause.
>
>
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<P>Yes, Joni. Working on revising the book, and doing the other things =
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<P>Tony<BR></P>
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<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B> =
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class=3D640364422-20062007>Are you still in NY?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=3Dbottom width=3D100><B>NAME</B></TD>
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<TD vAlign=3Dtop width=3D100><B>Gronowicz</B><B>, Tony</B>=20
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<TD vAlign=3Dtop width=3D90>2005 Green Party candidate for =
Mayor of=20
New York City, 1996 candidate for State Assembly, NY</TD>
<TD vAlign=3Dtop width=3D140>War and Peace, U.S. history, =
race=20
relations, foreign policy</TD>
<TD vAlign=3Dtop width=3D410>Tony Gronowicz, Ph.D., was the =
2005 Green=20
Party candidate for Mayor of New York City and the 1996 =
candidate=20
for State Assembly. He serves on the Green Party of the =
United=20
States International Committee. A Manhattan native, =
Gronowicz=20
graduated from Columbia College and the University of =
Pennsylvania=20
where he received a Ph.D. in New York City political =
history. He=20
edited Oswald Garrison Villard: The Dilemmas of the =
Absolute=20
Pacifist in Two World Wars (1983); and authored Race and =
Class=20
Politics in New York City Before the Civil War (1998), and =
Grand=20
Illusion: American Democracy From its Roots to the Present =
(2006).=20
He teaches, U.S. history, Global Civilization, Political =
Science=20
and Human Geography at the City University of New York.=20
<P>Gronowicz chaired the Chelsea Committee to End the War =
in=20
Vietnam, attended the first SDS march on Washington =
(1965), the=20
Pentagon (1967), Mumia in Philadelphia with his daughter =
(2000),=20
and the Diallo City Hall protests. On June 4, 2001, he was =
involved in covert direct action at WBAI to end censorship =
and=20
restore jobs of fired staff. From 1999 to 2001, he chaired =
the=20
University Seminar on the City at Columbia University, and =
was=20
appointed to the Speakers’ Bureau of the New York =
Council for the=20
Humanities (2000-2002) to talk about “The History of =
Race=20
Relations in New York City.” He is active in his =
union, the=20
Professional Staff Conference of the City University of =
New York,=20
co-editing a union pamphlet, “Globalization, =
Privatization, War:=20
In Defense of Public Education in the Americas” =
(2003). On=20
December 9, 2003, he publicly testified at City Hall =
before=20
Councilman Charles Barron’s Committee on Higher =
Education.</P>
<P>Gronowicz believes that the Greens are capable of =
building a=20
multiethnic party grounded in environmental and social =
justice,=20
and practicing transparent government, transparently =
arrived at.=20
In eight WBAI programs in 2000, he discussed his race and =
class=20
book and how average Americans can succeed in building a=20
successful third party to defend their interests against a =
privately run transnational corporate economy that has =
downsized=20
and outsourced full-time American jobs over the last =
generation,=20
while spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually =
waging war=20
all over the planet. </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--end =
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347-226-1195<BR>Starlene Rankin <I>starlene > at > gp > =
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> org</I> 916-995-3805<BR>Drew Johnson <I>JamBoi > at =
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<DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D203462322-20062007><FONT =
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color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Hello Tony, Could you please introduce =
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what state you're from?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D203462322-20062007><FONT =
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color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Thanks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D203462322-20062007><FONT =
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color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Peace,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D203462322-20062007><FONT =
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color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>joni</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D203462322-20062007><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>p.s. I'm peripherally interested as he's =
the best=20
Democrat out there despite being marginalized by =
his</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D203462322-20062007><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>own party.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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peace-admin@lists.gp-us.org=20
[mailto:peace-admin@lists.gp-us.org] <B>On Behalf Of=20
</B>a.gronowicz@att.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 20, 2007 =
10:54=20
AM<BR><B>To:</B> peace@lists.gp-us.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: =
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<P>Who cares? Are we not Greens? He's a Democrat. =
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a waste of time.</P>
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<P>Tony<BR></P>
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-------------- <BR><BR><BR>> David-- <BR>> <BR>> Thanks =
for the=20
reports from the "Take Back" convention. <BR>> <BR>> I'd be =
really=20
interested to hear a report on Dennis' willingness to support =
<BR>> the=20
Democratic Party nominee (if he's not the eventual nominee). =
<BR>>=20
<BR>> Let's ask him: Will you support Biden if he's the nominee =
of the=20
party? <BR>> Hillary? Obama? Richardson? Gravel? Edwards? =
<BR>>=20
<BR>> Would you or other progressive DP activists be willing to =
put him=20
on the <BR>> record on where he stands with each potential =
nominee?=20
<BR>> <BR>> Is Dennis willing to take a position on the =
possible=20
nominees? I think Mike <BR>> Gravel is wrong on impeachment =
(Dennis is=20
right), but I think Mike has the <BR>> courage to take a =
position on=20
the pro-war nominees. <BR>> <BR>> Thanks for all your =
reports and=20
all your outstanding work. Best wishes. <BR>> <BR>> --zool =
<BR>>=20
<BR>> PS I don't think that we should "take back" America. I =
think we'd=20
all be <BR>> better off if we "gave it back" to the folks who =
lived=20
here for millenia <BR>> without destroying it and the people =
living on=20
it. <BR>> <BR>> The Art & Politics of Justice & Joy =
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Cynthia McKinney Video, "Revolutionary Love" by Craig Seeman. =
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<BR>> "Let's be realistic, let's do the impossible." <BR>> =
--Ernesto=20
"Che" Guevara <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> >Kucinich Comes to =
Take Back=20
America <BR>> > <BR>>=20
>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/23804 <BR>> > =
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>By David Swans on <BR>> > <BR>> >My friend Steve =
Cobble=20
gave Kucinich a great introduction, receiving <BR>> =
>applause for=20
each point he made about Kucinich's platform and past <BR>>=20
>performance, arguing that Kucinich was right four years ago =
that=20
opposition <BR>> >to the war and support for fair trade were =
key to=20
winning, and that's how <BR>> >Democrats won in 2006. =
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<BR>> >Kucinich opened with the need to cut off the money. =
He=20
proposed simply not <BR>> >offering any more bills to fund =
the war.=20
Kucinich won huge applause as he <BR>> >shouted about the =
troops=20
coming home, the bases being closed, the oil being <BR>> =
>left to=20
the Iraqi people... <BR>> > <BR>> >We must challenge =
the very=20
idea of war in order to reconnect with the <BR>> >nations of =
the=20
world, Kucinich said. "I believe that the path to peace <BR>> =
>runs=20
right through Jerusalem," Kucinich said, promising an even-handed =
<BR>>=20
>approac h . He got loud applause for being the first to raise =
the=20
topic. <BR>> > <BR>> >Kucinich proposed a =
cabinet-level=20
department of peace. Again: applause. <BR>> >Through out, =
people are=20
shouting things like "Thank you" that sound like <BR>> >they =
come=20
out of frustration with other speeches. Kucinich didn't mention =
<BR>>=20
>"God" as Clinton had, but mentioned loving your enemies and =
basing=20
your <BR>> >policies on that principle, which won long =
applause.=20
<BR>> > <BR>> >Kucinich said we are threatened by the =
twin and=20
linked threats of global <BR>> >warring and global warming.=20
Sustainability will bring about peace, <BR>> >Kucinich =
predicted.=20
Government, he said, "has to play a role in <BR>> =
>recognizing that=20
the economy is part of the environment and not the other <BR>> =
>way=20
around." <BR>> > <BR>> >Kyoto, he said, is just a =
first step.=20
<BR>> > <BR>> >Another path to peace is our trade =
laws, he s a=20
id . One of my first acts in <BR>> >office will be to cancel =
NAFTA=20
and the WTO and base our trade on <BR>> >environmental =
principles.=20
Kucinich won big applause again for a topic that <BR>> >is =
important=20
to this crowd that has not been raised by the other candidates =
<BR>>=20
>who have spoken here. <BR>> > <BR>> >Kucinich had =
to shout=20
out his proposal for a WGA (Works Green <BR>> =
>Administration) to be=20
heard through the ongoing applause for his <BR>> =
>environmental=20
proposals and their connection to peace. <BR>> > <BR>> =
>Then=20
Kucinich turned to health care. He stands for HR 676, =
single-payer,=20
<BR>> >not-for-profit health care. Again: enormous applause, =
this=20
time on an <BR>> >issue that every candidate has tried to =
address.=20
Kucinich said he would <BR>> >challenge the private =
insurance=20
companies (in fact, eliminate them). The <BR>> >other =
candidates,=20
including Clinton who was just here, said they would wo rk <B =
R>>=20
>with the insurance companies to achieve a "consensus". =
<BR>> >=20
<BR>> >"I reject the idea that a certain amount of =
unemployment is=20
good for our <BR>> >economy," Kucinich said. "We need a=20
multi-billion dollar investment in our <BR>> >economy every =
year to=20
create jobs." <BR>> > <BR>> >Kucinich said that every =
worker=20
must have the right to organize. Workers <BR>> >rights are =
human=20
rights. He had to shout over the applause. He's on fire <BR>> =
>now.=20
<BR>> > <BR>> >We need to break up the monoplies in=20
agriculture, in oil, ... It is time <BR>> >for us to stand =
with the=20
farmers of America, breaking up the monopolies. <BR>> =
>Kucinich is=20
the first candidate we've heard speak of farmers. <BR>> > =
<BR>>=20
>Kucinich then turned to another topic that the other =
candidates have=20
<BR>> >avoided: immigrant rights. He pointed out that he'd =
entered=20
with Neil <BR>> >Diamond's "Coming to America." K ucin ich =
said he=20
wanted America to again be <BR>> >welcoming of people. The =
immigrant=20
workers are here because NAFTA <BR>> >collapsed wages in =
Mexico and=20
people were desperate, and when they came <BR>> >north we =
subjected=20
them to a system like slave labor. We need to stop <BR>> =
>blaming=20
the victims, Kucinich said. They need a path to citizenship. =
<BR>> >=20
<BR>> >In my first week in office, I will send the Justice =
Dept to=20
federal court <BR>> >and seek to overturn the PATRIOT Act. =
Throw out=20
Military Commissions Act. <BR>> >No more illegal spying. =
LGBT=20
rights. Abortions less necessary through <BR>> >health care. =
<BR>> > <BR>> >Impeaching Cheney is a defense of the=20
Constitution. We take a sacred oath <BR>> >to protect the=20
Constitution. The vice presidency and the presidency have <BR>> =
>to=20
have to have the highest standards. I ask every member of congress =
to=20
<BR>> >join me in holding the vice president fi nally =
accountable.=20
[BIGGEST <BR>> >APPLAUSE YET.] <BR>> > <BR>> =
>Kucinich=20
said he would support international law, re-sign treaties, and =
<BR>>=20
>work to abolish all nuclear weapons. He would bring the world =
back=20
<BR>> >together with America. A nation at peace with full=20
employment, health care <BR>> >and education and civil =
liberties and=20
love for all. This is a new America. <BR>> > Let's call it =
forward.=20
America. America. America. <BR>> > <BR>> >They cranked =
up Neil=20
Diamond again to be heard over the long loud applause. <BR>> =
<BR>>=20
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