[Peace-discussion] Correcton to Media Release on Greens at Encampment - Rebecca Rotzler will be speaking in NY

[Dee Taylor]

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Monday, September 24, 2007

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
starlene@gp.org
Deanna Taylor, Co-chair, Green Party Peace Action
Committee (GPAX), 801-631-2998,
deesings@xmission.com
Ann Wilcox, GPAX, 202-441-3265,
wilcox_ann@yahoo.com

Greens join September 22-29 antiwar encampments in Washington, DC, and =20
Los Angeles, in demand for cancellation of war funding

WASHINGTON , DC ? Green Party activists are joining thousands of other =20
Americans in Washington, DC, and Los Angeles, California for
the week-long Encampment to End the War, which will culminate in a =20
march and rally on September 29.

The events have been organized by the Troops Out
Now Coalition <http://www.troopsoutnow.org>, of which the Green Party =20
is a member.

The Green Party of the United States has called for full and immediate =20
withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and has urged Congress to cancel =20
funding for the war, and to use federal funds for human needs and =20
services in the US, including restoration and rebuilding in the Gulf =20
Coast.

Events include:

WASHINGTON, DC: Sarah ?echo? Steiner, Florida Green and national Green =20
Party co-chair, will
co-emcee the September 29 rally. Malik Rahim,former Green city council =20
candidate in New
Orleans and organizer of the Common GroundCollective =20
<http://www.commongroundrelief.org>,
and DC Statehood Green Party member Jared Ball,candidate for the Green =20
Party?s presidential
nomination <http://www.jaredball.com>, will speak at the rally. On =20
Wednesday, September 26, DC
Statehood Party leaders will lead a discussion on
DC statehood, affordable housing, and preservingneighborhood libraries =20
threatened with closing.

Mr. Rahim will also speak on Thursday, addressing the national =20
response to Hurrican Katrina and
rebuilding the Gulf Coast. Greens have set up a tent at the rally, =20
near the Reflecting Pool on
the Mall.

? LOS ANGELES, CA: Utah Green Deanna Taylor, who serves as co-chair of =20
the Green Party?s Peace

Action Committee (GPAX)<http://www.gp.org/committees/peace>, and SKCM
Curry of the Green Party of California will speak at the September 29 =20
rally in front of the Federal
Building. Ms. Curry has announced her Vice Presidential candidacy and =20
is a member of the
party?s Black Caucus<http://gpblackcaucus.blogspot.com>.

? SYRACUSE, NY: Greens will participate in a ?Soldiers & Civilians =20
Speak Out? antiwar march
and rally on Saturday, September 29, an event initiated by New York =20
Iraq Veterans Against the
War and hosted by the Syracuse Peace Council & SEIU-1199.   New York =20
Green Rebecca Rotzler member of the GPUS Peace Action Committee and =20
Deputy Mayor of New Paltz, scheduled to speak at the rally. More =20
information:
<http://www.peacecouncil.net> or <http://www.upstateantiwar.net> or =20
<http://www.myspace.com/spcspace>.

Greens have especially targeted Democrats in Congress, criticizing =20
Democratic leaders and
presidential candidates for offering vague and delayed withdrawal =20
timetables for troop
withdrawal.

The party has also demanded impeachment of President Bush and Vice =20
President Cheney for
numerous high crimes and misdemeanors, including
deceiving the American public on the need to invade Iraq, which Greens =20
have called a serious
violation of the US Constitution and numerous international laws.

MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
Green Party News Center
http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
Green Party Speakers Bureau
http://www.gp.org/speakers
?2007 national Green Party meeting in Reading,
Pa.: video footage, blog and media coverage
http://www.gp.org/meeting2007/

Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX)
http://www.gp.org/committees/peace
GPAX Blog http://gpax.wordpress.com

?Open Letter to Michael Moore? from the Green Party on ?Sicko,? health =20
care reform
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_07_09.shtml

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0710-03.htm

http://www.gp.org/organize/sicko.html

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Deanna "Dee" Taylor, Co-Chair
Green Party of the United States Peace Action Committee (GPAX)
www.gp.org/committees/peace/
deesings@xmission.com
801-631-2998