Sunday | October 07, 2007

Greens, urging immediate withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq, blast Clinton, Obama, and Edwards for refusing to guarantee withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq by 2013

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

Friday, September 28, 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

Reports, upcoming events at the Encampments to End the War in DC and other cities

WASHINGTON , DC -- Green Party leaders participating in the week-long Encampment to End the War in Washington, DC and other cities across the US pressed their demands for an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, with a plea to Congress to cancel further war spending.

The events, which will culminate in a march and rally on Saturday, September 29, have been organized by the Troops Out Now Coalition <http://www.troopsoutnow.org>, of which the Green Party is a member.

On Friday, video interviews with Greens at the DC encampment will posted on line at the blog page <http://gpax.wordpress.com> of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee (GPAX).

Summary of Green positions on the war:

The Green Party of the United States has called for full and immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, the occupation of which is entering its sixth year; the party opposes a US military attack on Iran and warns Americans not to believe the new flood of deceptive war propaganda.

Greens stress that Congress could end the war quickly if Democrats refused to move on bills for war funding, including the latest request for nearly $190 billion the Pentagon says is necessary to keep combat troops in Iraq for another year. Greens urge Congress to divert federal funds from war spending to human needs and services in the US, including restoration and rebuilding in the Gulf Coast.

The Green Party has called for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for numerous abuses of power, including misleading the American people about the reasons for invading Iraq. Greens have called the invasion a criminal breach of the US Constitution and international law, motivated by desire for political and corporate dominance in the region, control over Iraqi oil and other resources, and cooperation with Israel's aggressive strategic objectives.

Greens have sharply criticized Democratic leaders for supporting the invasion, offering vague and delayed timetables for troop withdrawal, approving bills for continued war spending, and retreating from impeachment. Green leaders strongly condemned recent statements by presidential aspirants Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards that they could not promise the removal of all US combat troops from Iraq by 2013 <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070927/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_debate>, warning that the Iraq War (as well as the threat of war with Iran) will continue whether a Democrat or Republican is elected in 2008.

Updates from various Encampments to End the War:

WASHINGTON, DC: GPAX <http://www.gp.org/committees/peace> and the DC Statehood Green Party <http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org> have set up a tent at the encampment site on the Mall near the Reflecting Pool. Sarah "echo" Steiner, Florida Green and national Green Party co-chair, will co-emcee the September 29 rally, which is set to follow a mass march. Malik Rahim, former Green city council candidate in New Orleans and organizer of the Common Ground Collective <http://www.commongroundrelief.org>, and Jared Ball, candidate for the Green Party's presidential nomination <http://www.jaredball.com>, will speak at the rally. On September 26, DC Statehood Green leaders led a discussion on DC statehood, affordable housing, and preserving neighborhood libraries threatened with closing. Mr. Rahim spoke on Thursday, addressing the national response to Hurricane Katrina and rebuilding the Gulf Coast. Greens also joined a September 25 demonstration in front of the White House against a military attack on Iran, organized by the Troops Out Now Coalition. DC contact: Ann Wilcox, 202-441-3265, wilcox_ann@yahoo.com

LOS ANGELES, CA: Greens have joined other groups setting up a tent city in front of the Federal Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street. Utah Green Deanna Taylor, who serves as co-chair of GPAX, and Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry of the Green Party of California will speak at a September 29 rally outside the Federal Building, which will take place after a Mass March to Bring the Troops Home. Ms. Curry has announced her Vice Presidential candidacy and is a member of the party's Black Caucus <http://gpblackcaucus.blogspot.com>. Contact: Deanna Taylor, 801-631-2998, deesings@xmission.com

SYRACUSE, NY: Greens will participate in a "Soldiers & Civilians Speak Out" antiwar march and rally on September 29, an event initiated by New York Iraq Veterans Against the War and hosted by the Syracuse Peace Council & SEIU-1199. Rebecca Rotzler, former Deputy Mayor of New Paltz and former national co-chair of the Green Party, will speak at the main rally. A Green Party rally to kick off the Green feeder march to the main rally will feature Bob Gumbs, veteran and Green Party member who has announced his candidacy for the 15th Congressional District in the US House (Charles Rangel's seat), as well as local Green activists Gary Bonaparte and Aggie Lane.

More information:
<http://www.upstateantiwar.net>,
<http://www.syracusegreens.org>. Contact: Howie
Hawkins, Syracuse Green Party, 315-425-1019,
hhawkins@igc.org

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

 

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Greens, urging immediate withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq, blast Clinton, Obama, and Edwards for refusing to guarantee withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq by 2013

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

Friday, September 28, 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

Reports, upcoming events at the Encampments to End the War in DC and other cities

WASHINGTON , DC -- Green Party leaders participating in the week-long Encampment to End the War in Washington, DC and other cities across the US pressed their demands for an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, with a plea to Congress to cancel further war spending.

The events, which will culminate in a march and rally on Saturday, September 29, have been organized by the Troops Out Now Coalition <http://www.troopsoutnow.org>, of which the Green Party is a member.

On Friday, video interviews with Greens at the DC encampment will posted on line at the blog page <http://gpax.wordpress.com> of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee (GPAX).

Summary of Green positions on the war:

The Green Party of the United States has called for full and immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, the occupation of which is entering its sixth year; the party opposes a US military attack on Iran and warns Americans not to believe the new flood of deceptive war propaganda.

Greens stress that Congress could end the war quickly if Democrats refused to move on bills for war funding, including the latest request for nearly $190 billion the Pentagon says is necessary to keep combat troops in Iraq for another year. Greens urge Congress to divert federal funds from war spending to human needs and services in the US, including restoration and rebuilding in the Gulf Coast.

The Green Party has called for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for numerous abuses of power, including misleading the American people about the reasons for invading Iraq. Greens have called the invasion a criminal breach of the US Constitution and international law, motivated by desire for political and corporate dominance in the region, control over Iraqi oil and other resources, and cooperation with Israel's aggressive strategic objectives.

Greens have sharply criticized Democratic leaders for supporting the invasion, offering vague and delayed timetables for troop withdrawal, approving bills for continued war spending, and retreating from impeachment. Green leaders strongly condemned recent statements by presidential aspirants Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards that they could not promise the removal of all US combat troops from Iraq by 2013 <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070927/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_debate>, warning that the Iraq War (as well as the threat of war with Iran) will continue whether a Democrat or Republican is elected in 2008.

Updates from various Encampments to End the War:

WASHINGTON, DC: GPAX <http://www.gp.org/committees/peace> and the DC Statehood Green Party <http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org> have set up a tent at the encampment site on the Mall near the Reflecting Pool. Sarah "echo" Steiner, Florida Green and national Green Party co-chair, will co-emcee the September 29 rally, which is set to follow a mass march. Malik Rahim, former Green city council candidate in New Orleans and organizer of the Common Ground Collective <http://www.commongroundrelief.org>, and Jared Ball, candidate for the Green Party's presidential nomination <http://www.jaredball.com>, will speak at the rally. On September 26, DC Statehood Green leaders led a discussion on DC statehood, affordable housing, and preserving neighborhood libraries threatened with closing. Mr. Rahim spoke on Thursday, addressing the national response to Hurricane Katrina and rebuilding the Gulf Coast. Greens also joined a September 25 demonstration in front of the White House against a military attack on Iran, organized by the Troops Out Now Coalition. DC contact: Ann Wilcox, 202-441-3265, wilcox_ann@yahoo.com

LOS ANGELES, CA: Greens have joined other groups setting up a tent city in front of the Federal Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street. Utah Green Deanna Taylor, who serves as co-chair of GPAX, and Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry of the Green Party of California will speak at a September 29 rally outside the Federal Building, which will take place after a Mass March to Bring the Troops Home. Ms. Curry has announced her Vice Presidential candidacy and is a member of the party's Black Caucus <http://gpblackcaucus.blogspot.com>. Contact: Deanna Taylor, 801-631-2998, deesings@xmission.com

SYRACUSE, NY: Greens will participate in a "Soldiers & Civilians Speak Out" antiwar march and rally on September 29, an event initiated by New York Iraq Veterans Against the War and hosted by the Syracuse Peace Council & SEIU-1199. Rebecca Rotzler, former Deputy Mayor of New Paltz and former national co-chair of the Green Party, will speak at the main rally. A Green Party rally to kick off the Green feeder march to the main rally will feature Bob Gumbs, veteran and Green Party member who has announced his candidacy for the 15th Congressional District in the US House (Charles Rangel's seat), as well as local Green activists Gary Bonaparte and Aggie Lane.

More information:
<http://www.upstateantiwar.net>,
<http://www.syracusegreens.org>. Contact: Howie
Hawkins, Syracuse Green Party, 315-425-1019,
hhawkins@igc.org

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

 

search: lwcj, spol

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Email: office@gp.org 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN

 
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 http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news

Spain faces court action to protect Iberian Lynx

20th Oct 2006


Greens back Commission call for Spain to halt motorway plan

Spain has been given a final warning by the European Commission before possible court action over a road plan that threatens the endangered Iberian Lynx.

The Iberian Lynx, Europe's most endangered big cat, is on the brink of extinction. Less than 200 remain in the wild, mainly living in Spain and Portugal.

But human activity - including road-building and infrastructure development funded with EU cash - is pushing the species to the brink of extinction.

Green Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has been to visit the cats' territory in Andalusia and worked closely with Portuguese NGO 'SOS Lynx' to demand the Spanish government protects remaining Lynx habitats and the EU withdraws funding from any projects that threaten the species' survival. She commissioned a report into the cats' future - and the threat posed to it by EU development projects - in 2004.

This week, the European Commission warned the Spanish government that plans for a road project in the Donana National Park would harm the Lynx population - and that Madrid could face legal action in the European Court of Justice unless it improves the plans or scraps the project entirely.

Dr Lucas, who is a vice-president of the European Parliament's cross-party animal welfare group and the RSPCA, said: "I welcome the decision of the European Commission to threaten court action to persuade the Spanish government to take seriously its legal responsibilities to protect the Iberian Lynx.

"But we must not forget that this crisis has been precipitated in part by the Commission itself, whose economic and regional development policies are in direct contradiction of its conservation commitments.

"If the EU is to be a serious force for protecting biodiversity it must call time on all such projects affecting the Iberian Lynx and other threatened species.

"Failure to save the species would be a dark day for conservation: the Iberian Lynx would become the first big cat species since the sabre-toothed tiger to be driven to extinction, and the EU would effectively be giving the green light to the rest of the world to prioritise development and road-building over the protection of endangered species."

 

Related news - Animal Rights

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Saturday | August 25, 2007

COMINICATED OF IZQUIERDA UNIDA DE MAZARRÓN ( IUMz)- COMUNICADO DE IZQUIERDA UNIDA DE MAZARRÓN (IUMz).

 

 IZQUIERDA UNIDA  DE MAZARRON, DESCRIBES AS COARSE FARCE, the ANNOUNCEMENT OF MERCADER AND DE FRANCISCO BLAYA, TO PROMOTE the CATALOGUING OF the “GREDAS OF MAZARRON” LIKE NATURAL MONUMENT, SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT PUTS TO PUBLIC EXHIBITION the PROJECT OF URBANIZATION OF the ZONE, PROJECT ELABORATED IN the 80,s BY the PARLIAMENTARIAN OF the PP, ANDRES AYALA

 

We considere like an impertinent hipocresy the embarrassing spectacle that the past Tuesday offered the team of government of the city council of Mazarrón and the chiefs of a main directorate of the “Council of Sustainable Development and Arrangement of the Territory”, with Benito Mercader and Francisco Blaya at the top, announcing the protection of “ Erosions of Bolnuevo ”, simultaneously they puts to public exhibition the city-planning project by which “ Gredas de Mazarron ” will be locked up between tons of concrete and bricks.

 

We don´t considered accidental that the project of city-planning, which in 1985  was promoted by mercantile “ Promociones Trianamar, S.A., whose unique administrator was the present parlamentarian of the PP, Jose Andrés Ayala Sanchez, and written up by the architect Rafael Amat. Ayala was later legal adviser of the famous project of “ Lo Poyo ”, and later with the arrival of the PP to the regional government, Secretary General of the Council of Territorial Policy, to the control of which was located  his friend Jose Ramon Bustillo, and in whom his partner was placed like Chief of a Main Directorate of Urbanism Rafael Amat. In addition ,Ayala  is in relaccion with  the company “ Isim Carthago ” that is property of one of the owners of “ Urbincasa ” that bought the lands of the present urbanization “ El Faro ” of Puerto de Mazarrón, to Carlos Sanchez one of the main involucredes  in the“ Malayan Operation ”.

 

The project “ Trianamar ” miraculously has survived 22 years  to all type of problems, like the successive modification of the “Law of Land” and the legal norms in the matter of projection of environment, to the economic break of the Trianamar company, althought that  any partial plan has an lapsing time for four years.

 

From IZQUIERDA UNIDA OF MAZARRON, we considered that project  not fulfills present “Law of Land” approved in  the pastJuly ,  that  requiered a report of evaluation  environmental average impact ,and of the mandatory report of the river basin organism that guarantees the water provision too, and not fulfill the own “Regional Law of Land” written up by the Popular Party, wich in the “Directives of the Coast” prohibits the construction of residential complexes to less than 500 meters of the coastline.

 

Also, we want to put record public of the ties that from the municipal administration put to the citizens to be able to accede to the documentation, wich presumes to be in “ public exhibition ”, trying of this form ,to steal to the citizenship the information of the true dimension of this project, to be able to perpetrate this attack against the patrimony of all mazarroner@s with total impunity.

 

 What we considered as a ridicule continued to all mazarroner@s by  the different administrations from the PP, is not but that the obvious example of how our city council and our regional government understand the protection of environment and our natural spaces. For them the natural spaces are not more than the idyllic frame destined to the city-planning speculation, usurping, like usurious way, the patrimony of all mazarroner@s, to greater benefit of the wealthy friends of our governors.

 

Finally IZQUIERDA UNIDA DE MAZARRÓN, it will make use of all the tools that the civil society and the state of right puts to our reach to avoid that the execution of this project is at the cost of the destruction of the natural patrimony of all mazarroner@s.

 



IZQUIERDA UNIDA DE MAZARRON , CALIFICA DE BURDA FARSA , EL ANUNCIO DEL CONSEJERO MERCADER Y DE FRANCISCO BLAYA , DE PROMOVER LA CATALOGACION DE LAS GREDAS DE MAZARRON COMO MONUMENTO NATURAL, A LA VEZ QUE SE PONE A EXPOSICION PÚBLICA EL PROYECTO DE URBANIZACIÓN DE LA ZONA , PROYECTO ELABORADO EN LOS AÑOS OCHENTA POR EL PARLAMENTARIO DEL PP ,ANDRES AYALA

Consideramos como una desvergonzada hipocresía el espectáculo bochornoso que ofrecieron el pasado martes el equipo de gobierno del ayuntamiento de Mazarrón  y los directores generales de la Consejeria de Desarrollo sostenible y Ordenación del territorio ,con Benito Mercader y Francisco Blaya a la cabeza , anunciando la protección de las “Erosiones de Bolnuevo” ,a la vez que se pone a exposición pública el proyecto urbanístico por el cual las “Gredas de Mazarron” quedarán encerradas entre toneladas de hormigón y ladrillos .

De igual forma no consideramos casual  que sea el mismo proyecto urbanístico, que en 1985 fué promovido por la mercantil “Promociones Trianamar, S.A.”, cuyo administrador único era el actual diputado del PP José Andrés Ayala Sánchez, y redactado por el arquitecto Rafael Amad. Ayala fue posteriormente asesor jurídico del famoso proyecto de “Lo Poyo”, y más tarde con la llegada del PP al gobierno regional, secretario general de la Consejeria de Política Territorial, al mando de la cual se situaba su amigo José Ramón Bustillo, y en la que se colocaba como Director General de Urbanismo su socio Rafael Amat. Además el diputado Ayala se le relaciona con la empresa “Isim Carthago” propiedad de uno de los dueños de “Urbincasa” quien  compró los terrenos de la actual urbanización “El Faro” del Puerto de Mazarrón, a uno de los principales encausados en la “Operación Malaya”, el conocido empresario afincado en los años ochenta en Mazarrón, Carlos Sánchez.

El proyecto  “Trianamar” ha sobrevivido milagrosamente  22 años a todo tipo de contrariedades, a la modificación sucesiva de la Ley del Suelo y de las normativas legales en materia de proyección del medio ambiente, a la quiebra económica de la empresa Trianamar, y a la propia caducidad de cuatro años de cualquier plan parcial.

Desde IZQUIERDA UNIDA DE MAZARRON , consideramos que el proyecto en cuestión no cumple la actual Ley del Suelo aprobada en julio pasado  , ya que carece de un informe de evaluación de impacto medio ambiental actualizado y también  del informe preceptivo de el organismo de cuenca que garantice el suministro de agua ,y lo que es mas sangrante , incumple la propia Ley del Suelo regional redactada por el mismo Partido Popular , que en Las Directrices del Litoral prohíbe la construcción de complejos residenciales a menos de 500 metros de la línea de costa .

También queremos dejar constancia pública de las trabas que desde la administración municipal se ponen a los ciudadanos para poder acceder a la documentación  que se supone estar en “exposición pública”, intentando de esta forma hurtar a la ciudadanía la información sobre la verdadera dimensión de este proyecto, para poder perpetrar este atentado contra el patrimonio de todos los mazarroner@s con total impunidad.

 Lo que nosotros consideramos como una burla continuada a todos los mazarroner@s por parte de las distintas administraciones del PP, no es mas que el ejemplo palmario de como entienden nuestro ayuntamiento y nuestro gobierno regional la protección del medio ambiente y de nuestros espacios naturales. Para ellos los espacios naturales no son más que el idílico marco destinado a la especulación urbanística, usurpando de manera usurera el patrimonio de todos los mazarroner@s, a mayor beneficio de los adinerados amigos de nuestros gobernantes.

Por último IZQUIERDA UNIDA DE MAZARRÓN, hará uso de todas las herramientas que la sociedad civil y el estado de derecho pone a nuestro alcance para evitar que la ejecución de este proyecto sea a costa  de la destrucción del patrimonio natural de todos los mazarroner@s.

 

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Sunday | August 19, 2007

Green Party urges quick repeal of bill expanding Bush Administration's surveillance powers. El partido verde impulsa la derogación rápida de la ley que amplía los poderes de vigilancia de la administración de Bush

Green Party urges quick repeal of bill expanding Bush Administration's surveillance powers

 

Green Party of the United States
www.gp.org

 

Greens blame Democratic Party leaders for the bill's passage, and warn that mounting 'police state' measures are nullifying the Constitution and basic civil liberties

 

WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders called on Congress to repeal recently passed legislation expanding the White House's surveillance powers, and urged all Americans concerned about the Bush Administration's abuses of power to express their outrage to their Senators and Representatives. 

 

"Congress should be impeaching President Bush and Vice President Cheney for shredding the US Constitution and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Instead, Republicans and Democrats have rewarded Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney for warrantless wiretapping by giving them even greater extra-constitutional power," said Sarah 'Echo' Steiner, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. 

 

The 'Protect America Act of 2007' allows the federal government, without a court-ordered warrant or minimal oversights enacted under FISA, to listen in on communications between people inside and outside the US. Greens are demanding immediate repeal of the bill, in advance of its six-month expiration. 

 

"The responsibility for this assault on the Fourth Amendment doesn't only lie with the Democrats and Republicans who voted for it. It also lies with Democrats like Sen. Harry Reid who claim to have opposed it, but declined to block the bill with a filibuster," said Carl Romanelli, 2006 Green candidates for the US Senate in Pennsylvania. 

 

Greens have accused Democratic leaders of posing as an opposition party while giving President Bush a free pass on much of his agenda, especially continued funding for the Iraq war and confirmation of extreme right-wing ideologues and operatives for the Supreme Court, Justice Department, and other key positions. 

 

Green Party leaders expressed alarm that measures like the surveillance bill and USA Patriot Act, in combination with the Bush Administration's loose interpretation of prohibitions against torture, use of 'signing statements,' executive order criminalizing antiwar protest <http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_07_26.shtml>, and doctrines of unitary executive power, executive privilege, and official secrecy may be setting the stage for a greater collapse of US democracy and the rule of law. 

 

"If another attack similar to 9/11 occurs in the US, the White House is already armed with a dozen different ways to override the US Constitution, crush dissent, and turn the US into a police state," said Kristen Olson, co-chair of the Green Party. "We've already witnessed the breakdown, thanks to Republican officials, of fair and accurate elections in Florida in 2000 and in Ohio and other states in 2004. It's time for Americans to stand up and defend our freedoms, before both Republicans and Democrats abolish them in the name of security and patriotism." 

 

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El partido verde impulsa la derogación rápida de la ley que amplía los poderes de  vigilancia de la administración de Bush

 

Partido verde de los Estados Unidos
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Los verdes culparon a líderes del partido demócrata por la aprobación de la autorización, y advierten que montando un “estado del policía”  están anulando la constitución y las libertades civiles básicas

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Los líderes  del PARTIDO VERDE invitaron al Congreso a derogar la legislación recientemente aprobada que ampliaba los poderes de vigilancia de la Casa Blanca, e instaron a todos los americanos afectados por los abusos de la administración de Bush , a expresar su rechazo a sus senadores y representantes. 

 

“El Congreso debe acusar al presidente Bush y al vicepresidente Cheney de destrozar la Constitución de los E.E.U.U. y otros altos crímenes y delitos menores. En lugar, los republicanos y los demócratas han recompensado a Sr. Bush y al  Sr. Cheney con la interceptación de los teléfonos móviles  dándoles incluso mayor poder constitucional,” dijo  Sarah  Steiner, co-secretaria del partido verde de los Estados Unidos. 

 

El proyecto de la “Acta Americana del 2007“ permite al gobierno federal, sin una autorización  judicial que garantize los mínimos decretados por la FISA (Agencia Federal de Información), para escuchar las  comunicaciones entre el interior  y el exterior los E.E.U.U. Los Verdes están exigiendo la derogación inmediata de la autorización, antes de su expiración dentro de seis meses. 

 

“La responsabilidad de este asalto a la cuarta enmienda es un engaño de los demócratas y los republicanos que votaron por ella. También es un engaño de demócratas como  el Senador Harry Reid que dice oponerse, pero ha declinado bloquear la autorización, en una actitud filibustera,” dijo  Carl Romanelli,  candidato de Los Verdes al senado de los E.E.U.U en Pennsylvania , en las elecciones del 2006. 

 

Los Verdes han acusado a los líderes demócratas de presentarse como partido de la oposición,  mientras que dan al Presidente Bush barra libre para la ejecución de gran parte de su agenda, especialmente en lo que concierne al financiamiento continuado de la guerra de Iraq y la confirmación en sus cargos de ideólogos y de operarios de la derecha extremos para el Tribunal Supremo, Departamento de  Justicia, y otras posiciones dominantes. 

 

Los líderes de los partidos verdes expresaron su alarma por medidas como la autorización  de la vigilancia y la llamada “Patriot Act” de los E.E.U.U, que  actúan conjuntamente con la interpretación debil de la administración de Bush a cerca de las prohibiciones contra la tortura, uso de “declaraciones juradas” , o  la orden de criminalizar la protesta pacifista ( http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_07_26.shtml ), y las doctrinas del poder ejecutivo unitaria, del privilegio ejecutivo, y del secreto oficial ,  pueden fijar la etapa del mayor derrumbamiento de la democracia de los E.E.U.U. y de sus normas legales. 

 

“Si  ocurriera otro ataque similar al 11-S  en los EE.UU., la Casa Blanca se armaría ya con una docena de diversas maneras  de eliminar la constitución de los EE.UU., eliminar cualquier frente opositor, y convertir  a los EE.UU. en un estado  policial,” dijo  Kristen Olson, co-secretario del Partido Verde. “Hemos atestiguado la interrupción, de elecciones justas y exactas en la Florida en 2000 y en Ohio y otros estados en 2004, gracias  a los funcionarios republicanos. Es hora para  que los americanos frenen esta situación y de defiendan sus derechos, antes de que los republicanos y los demócratas los supriman en nombre de seguridad y de patriotismo.” 

 

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Partido verde de los Estados Unidos
http://www.gp.org 

 

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The War Is Over! Rally and Vigil at the Texas State Capitol . ¡La guerra terminó! Reunión y vigilia en el Capitolio de Tejas

GREEN PARTY OF TEXAS

 

The War Is Over! Rally and Vigil at the Texas State Capitol

 

Start: 08/17/2007 - 17:30

 

End: 08/17/2007 - 20:00                   

 

The War Is Over!
Friday, August 17, 5 pm
Texas State Capitol

 

On August 17, 2007 we will have an End Of The War rally and formally
declare the end to the war in Iraq and elsewhere. The event will be
complete with a march, music and poetry mourning the loss and
celebrating the peace.

 

This will be an effective and positive event addressing a government
refusing to acknowledge the opposition within its own citizens and
political parties. If the government won't end the war, why not we the
people? After all, we die for it, we pay for it - certainly we have
the right to end it.

 

http://txgreens.org/drupal/

 


¡La guerra terminó! Reunión y vigilia en el Capitolio de Tejas  

 

Comienzo: 08/17/2007 - 17:30

 

Fin: 08/17/2007 - 20:00

 

¡La guerra terminó!
Viernes 17,5 de agosto P.M.
Capitolio de Tejas

 

El 17 de agosto de 2007 declararemos formalmente el  final  de la guerra en Iraq y en cualquier otra parte del mundo. El acontecimiento
se completará con una marcha,  música y poesía, como muestra de
celebración de la paz.

 

Esto será un acontecimiento eficaz y positivo, contra un gobierno que
rechaza reconocer la oposición dentro de sus propios ciudadanos y
partidos políticos. Si el gobierno no termina la guerra, ¿por qué no  lo hacemos nosotros, el pueblo?
 Después de todo, nosotros morimos por ella, nosotros  la costeamos - tenemos la determinación de acabar con ella.

 

http://txgreens.org/drupal/

 

 

 

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Thursday | August 16, 2007

Man found dead on rock festival beach.Hombre encontrado muerto en la playa del festival de Rock

He was at the Leyendas de Rock festival in Mazarrón this weekend

An autopsy is to take place on the body of a 35 year old man from Palma de Mallorca, who was found dead on Bolnuevo Beach in Mazarrón early on Saturday.
Named by La Opinión de Murcia as Estefan V.O., he was at the Leyendas de Rock – Rock Legends – Festival held on the beach this weekend, which was attended by some 10,000 people. The paper reports that he may have collapsed from drug and alcohol poisoning.

The Civil Guard are meanwhile trying to identify the body of a male Caucasian which was found floating off the coast of Mazarrón on Sunday morning, seven miles off the beach in Las Percheles. Reports indicate that he may have been dead for some days.

 

 

Estaba en el festival de Leyendas de Rock de Mazarrón el pasado fin de semana .

La autopsia fué realizada sobre  el cuerpo de un hombre de 35 años de Palma de Mallorca, que fue encontrado muerto en la playa de Bolnuevo en Mazarrón a principios del Sábado.

Según la información del diario “La Opinión de Murcia” , el fallecido se llamaba Estefan V.O., y estaba en el “Festival  de Leyendas de Rock” llevado a cabo en la playa el pasado fin de semana, al que asistieron unas 10.000 personas. El diario publicó que el fallecido pudo deberse al consumo de drogas y  alcohol.

 La Guardia Civil, mientras tanto , está intentando identificar al cuerpo de un caucásico masculino que fue encontrado flotando frente  la costa de Mazarrón el la mañana de domingo, siete millas de la playa en Las Percheles. Los informes indican que pudo llevaba muerto varios días.

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Friday | August 03, 2007

FLODD CHAOS A TASTE OF WHAT´S TO COME.INUNDACIONES: EL AROMA DE LO QUE ESTÁ POR VENIR

23rd Jul 2007

 

Why isn't the government better prepared?

 

Green Party Principal Speaker Dr. Derek Wall today condemned the government's management of floods in the UK:

 

"The chaos caused by flooding over the last few weeks is just a tiny taster of what climate change will mean in the future. Climate change will lead to more extreme weather rather than simply warming Britain.

 

"We are undertaking a huge experiment with the climate, this muststop, the dangers are simply too great.

 

"Flooding, storms, damage to buildings, the transport network and other elements of the infrastructure will grow.

 

"It's as if Evesham has been hit by Hurrican Katrina and Gordon Brown is showing all the signs of leadership of his climate change-denying ally, George Bush.

 

"Government failure to prepare for the flooding is matched by government failure to tackle the causes of climate change. On the one hand the government is encouraging the building of new houses on flood plains, on the other it is expanding Heathrow and our motorway network.

 

"We need to cut CO2 by 90 per cent in the next few decades.

 

"At present Britain is neither cutting greenhouse gases nor prepaparing to deal with the consequences of climate change. It is like a Doctor would will neither prevent nor attempt to cure an illness.

 

"We must stop building on flood plains, invest in flood protection but above all, cut back on the expansion of roads, airports and new fossil fuel power stations.

 

"Greens at a local level are fighting climate change in practical ways, but only national and international action will end further climate chaos."

 

Green Party Principal Speaker Siân Berry, who is from Gloucestershire, also commented:

 

"I want to congratulate the emergency services for everything they are doing, despite the government's lack of preparation for this situation.

 

"Events like this really bring home the reality of what the weather can do when it reaches extremes - events we will see more of as a result of climate change.

 

"I was born and brought up in the areas worst affected by this week's disaster, and my family are currently suffering without power or fresh water and expecting things to get worse. I want to know why things were allowed to get this bad.

 

"It is clear that the government needs a more coherent and better funded programme of flood planning. Budget cuts, as have been forced on the Environment Agency this year, are the last things that should be happening.

 

"And crucially, more houses must not be built in areas of great risk. Continuing to build on flood plains means we will end up with large numbers of people unable to get household insurance, unable to sell their houses and condemned to a slow decline into poverty and slum housing conditions.

 

"Arguably, government's 'job number one' is to plan for and provide secure homes for those who elect them. Things like flood risks are simple enough problems to identify, and the consequences of failure potentially so appalling, that the current culture of neglect is inexcusable.

 

"Will it take a much bigger tragedy, a British New Orleans, to sort this out?"

 

http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/3082

 

 

¿Por qué no está el gobierno mejor preparado?

 

 El portavoz del  Partido de los Verdes de Gran Bretaña, Dr Derek Wall, criticó hoy la forma con la que el gobierno  ha afrontado las inundaciones en el Reino Unido:

 

“El caos producido por las inundaciones de las últimas semanas, es un  minúsculo síntoma de lo que significará el cambio del clima en el futuro. El cambio del clima conducirá más bien a un tiempo más extremo  a que simplemente Gran Bretaña  se calienta. Estamos emprendiendo un experimento enorme con el clima, esto se bebe detener, los peligros son, simplemente demasiado grandes. Las inundaciones, las tormentas, los daños a los edificios, la red del transporte y otros elementos de la infraestructura, crecerán. Es como si Evesham haya sido golpeado por el huracán Katrina y Gordon Brown está demostrando todas las muestras de la dirección de su aliado -que niega el cambio del clima- George Bush. Los errores del gobierno para prepararse para las inundaciones está emparejada a los errores del gobierno a la hora de abordar las causas del cambio del clima. En  una mano el gobierno está animando la construcción de casas nuevas en zonas inundables, en la otra está ampliando Heathrow y nuestra red de autopista .Necesitamos cortar el CO2 un 90 por ciento en las décadas próximas. En la actualidad Gran Bretaña no corta la emisión de gases invernadero, ni está preparada para ocuparse de las consecuencias del cambio del clima. Es como si un doctor que ni previene ni procura curar una enfermedad. Debemos parar la construcción en las zonas inundables, invertir en la prevención contra  la inundación, pero sobretodo, la reducir  la extensión de caminos, aeropuertos y nuevas centrales eléctricas del combustible fósil. Los Verdes en un nivel local están luchando contra el  cambio del clima en maneras prácticas, pero  solamente la acción nacional e internacional terminarán el caos adicional del clima.”

 

 El principal portavoz del Partido Verde, Siân Berry , que es de Gloucestershire, también comentó:

 

“Deseo felicitar a los servicios de emergencia por todo que están haciendo, a pesar de la carencia del gobierno en su preparación para esta situación. Los acontecimientos como estos ,  realmente viene a hogar la realidad de lo que puede hacer el tiempo cuando alcanza los extremos - acontecimientos que veremos más como resultado de cambio del clima-.Nací y fui traído en una de las áreas más afectadas  por el desastre de esta semana, y mi familia está sufriendo sin energía o agua dulce y está esperando actualmente que las cosas empeoren. Deseo saber porqué se permitió que las cosas llegaran a esta situación. Está claro que el gobierno necesita un programa más coherente y mejor financiado del planeamiento de la inundación. Los cortes de presupuesto, como se ha forzado en la agencia del ambiente este año, son las últimas cosas que han sucedido crucial, más casas no se deben construir en áreas de gran riesgo. La continuación de construir en zonas inundables significa que terminaremos  con una gran cantidad de gente incapaz conseguir el seguro de la casa, incapaz vender sus casas y condenado a una declinación lenta en condiciones de  pobreza y de transformación en  tugurios. Discutible, el trabajo número uno del gobierno es planear para  proporcionar a los hogares seguros, para los que los elijan. Las cosas, como riesgos de la inundación son problemas bastante simples a identificar, y las consecuencias de la negligente falta de planificación de la cultura actual y es imperdonable. ¿Tendremos que esperar una gran tragedia como la New Orleans británica, para cortar con  esto?”

http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/3082

 

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Tuesday | July 31, 2007

The Mayor of mazarrón meets with a part of the residents in CAMPOSOL.El alcalde de mazarrón se reúne con una parte de los residentes en CAMPOSOL

Accompanied by the councilwoman of Attention to the Foreign Residents, Jacqueline Gálvez, the Mayor, FRANCISCO BALAYA, has given to the representatives of sector B six hundred keys corresponding to the mailboxes of this urbanization located in the residential zone of CAMPOSOL, according to an informative note  published in the Web of the city council.

 

Howeber, the rest of sectors that exist in CAMPOSIL, C, D, ..., seems that  do not have importance for Mr. FRANCISCO BLAYA, who more is interested in those residents that helped to him to win the last elections.

 

About problems like, the mailboxes of the rest of sectors, the public transport, the completion of urbanization works or the problem of the certificates of habitability for the rest of sectors, do not worry for the Mayor.

 

ACTION MAZARRÓN,  borned with the intention to defend the interests of all the residents in CAMPOSOL, independently of their political position or  in which part of the urbanization they resides , and  in this way, we animated to send to us  your complaints and suggestions , so that in just a short time we pruned to constitute our own association.

 

 

Acompañado de la concejala de Atención a los Residentes Extranjeros, Jacqueline Gálvez, el alcalde Blaya ha entregado a los representantes del sector B seiscientas llaves correspondientes a los buzones de esta urbanización ubicada en la zona residencial de CAMPOSOL , según una nota informativa publicad en la Web del ayuntamiento.

 

Sin embargo  el resto de sectores que existen en CAMPOSIL, C, D, E ..., parece que no tienen importancia para el señor FRANCISCO BLAYA, que está más interesado en aquellos residentes que ayudaron al actual alcalde a ganar las pasadas elecciones .

 

De problemas como,  los buzones del resto de sectores, el transporte público, la terminación de las obras de urbanización o el problema de las cédulas de habitabilidad para el resto de sectores, parece que no preocupen  al alcalde.

 

ACTION MAZARRÓN, nació con la intención de defender los intereses de todos los residentes en CAMPOSOL, independientemente de su posición política o de en que parte de la urbanización resida, y de esta manera os animamos a mandarnos vuestras quejas y sugerencias, para que en poco tiempo podamos constituir nuestra propia asociación.
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