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Newsletter of the Green Party of Ohio
Vol. II, No. 23 -- July 6, 2002
(This newsletter distributed to 2,734)
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FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE
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1) JOIN THE GREEN
PARTY: OHIO MEMBERSHIP AT 472
2) GREEN PARTY NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
3) THE CORPORATIZATION OF UNIONS
4) LABOR NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS
WEEK
5) OPPOSE THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN NUCLEAR DUMP
6) MANY FACTORS
MAKE RETIREMENT TOUGH FOR WOMEN
7) UPCOMING GREEN PARTY MEETINGS AROUND
OHIO
8) A TALE OF TWO COUPS: VENEZUELA AND ARGENTINA
9) THE
CORPORATE THEFT OF THE WORLD'S WATER
10) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS***************************************************
1) JOIN THE GREEN PARTY: OHIO MEMBERSHIP AT 472
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472 Ohio citizens have registered as members of the
Green Party of Ohio (GPO)
during the first 20 weeks
of registration. Add your name to the list at:
http://www.ohiogreens.org/membership/.***************************************************
2) GREEN PARTY NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
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http://www.ohiogreens.org/features/020706/PENNSYLVANIA:
PRINDLE ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR 85TH DISTRICT
MINNESOTA: PENTEL SEEKS CAMPAIGN,
ELECTION REFORM;
CHANGES WOULD GIVE LOBBYISTS, PACS LESS POWER
MAINE:
GREENS ENJOY HIGH VISIBILITY IN MAINE
IOWA: GOVERNOR'S RACE IS TIGHT
IOWA:
GREEN PARTY HOLDS CONVENTION
NEW YORK: PUBLIC LIVES; THE ANTI-CANDIDATE, OUT
TO ANGER THE RICH
MINNESOTA: COLEMAN, WELLSTONE REMAIN NEARLY TIED
MAINE:
GREEN POWER: AN OXYMORON? TWO BOWDOIN POLITICAL PROFS DEBATE
PENNSYLVANIA:
SMOKERS UNITE!
PENNSYLVANIA: GREEN CANDIDATES STAGE ASH PARTY
MAINE: LETTER
TO THE EDITOR...OUT WITH OLD GREEN CLICHÉ
CALIFORNIA: GREEN PARTY'S
WARREN CITES COLOR OF DIVERSITY***************************************************
3) THE CORPORATIZATION OF UNIONS
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Nearly every poll shows that workers favor having a
union by a large majority.
According to an AP poll
(8/30/01) "General approval for unions runs by
a
nearly 3-1 ratio, roughly the same as in recent years
but higher than
20 years ago, when it was less than
a 2-1 ratio." Yet, unions continue
to stagnate or lose
membership and also lose elections at an alarming rate.
Can this be attributed solely to employer resistance?
***More: http://labornotes.org/archives/2002/07/h.html***************************************************
5) OPPOSE THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN NUCLEAR DUMP
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Yucca Mountain, located 80 miles northwest of Las
Vegas, Nevada, is the only
site under consideration
for a proposed repository to store 77,000 tons of
high-
level radioactive waste from U.S. weapons sites and
commercial nuclear
reactors. After years of study and
billions of dollars spent, numerous technical,
environ-
mental, and policy problems plague the project. In addi-
tion
to problems with the Yucca Mountain site, the
prospect of transporting nuclear
waste across the
country to Nevada raises serious safety and security
concerns. Tens of thousands of shipments of this deadly
cargo would be slated
to pass through as many as 45
states, putting at risk millions of Americans
who live
near interstate highways and railroads.
**More: http://www.citizen.org/atomicroad/articles.cfm?ID=7122***************************************************
6) MANY FACTORS MAKE RETIREMENT TOUGH FOR WOMEN
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Two out of three working women earn less than $30,000
a year, and almost nine
in 10 earn less than $45,000.
Working women on average not only sit out of
paid work
11.5 years as caregivers, those who return to the work
force
may opt to work part time or in temporary jobs
or in small businesses, retail
or service-sector jobs
that pay less and may not come with retirement plans
and other benefits.
***More: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/money/77192_socsecfactbox05.shtml***************************************************
7) UPCOMING GREEN PARTY MEETINGS AROUND OHIO
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SOUTHWEST OHIO GREEN PARTY
http://www.swohgp.org
July 9, 2002 -- Tuesday -- 7:30 PM
243 Parkway Ave., Hartwell
For direction,
map, notes and agenda, see:
http://w3.one.net/~dclark/meeting.htmlCENTRAL
OHIO GREEN PARTY
http://www.centralohiogreens.org
August 1, 2002 -- Thursday
Social 6:30 PM
Coordinating Committee 7:00
PM
General Membership 7:30 PM
Northside Branch, Columbus Metro Public
Library
1423 N. High St., ColumbusSOUTHEASTERN OHIO REGIONAL GREEN
PARTY
http://frognet.net/~seogreens/
Muskingum, Washington, Athens, and other counties in Southeastern Ohio
August
3, 2002 -- Saturday -- 11:00 AM
Kate Love Simpson Library, Main St., McConnelsville***************************************************
8) A TALE OF TWO COUPS: VENEZUELA AND ARGENTINA
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April's big business-led coup in Venezuela failed,
but international finance's
coup in Argentina has
succeeded. Investigative journalist Greg Palast was
recently on assignment in Caracas and gives us the
inside track on two very
different power-grabs. He
notes that Venezuelan President Hugo offers a model
that challenges the free trade agenda and irritates
Big Oil and the local
business class. Argentina, on
the other hand, has had little choice but to
capitu-
late to the World Bank, IMF and international finance
institutions.
Palast turns his critical eye towards
the two Latin American countries.
***More: http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=2908***************************************************
9) THE CORPORATE THEFT OF THE WORLD'S WATER
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The first in a new series of book excerpts:
Water, according to the "Washington
Consensus," is a
human need, not a human right. These are not sernan-
tics: a human need can be supplied in many ways,
especially for those with
money. But no one can sell
a human right.
***More: http://tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5875
There are places in the world where it's not a future
crisis, it's now.
There are farmers going to their wells,
and the wells have gone dry because
Coca-Cola got in
there and bought up the water table.
***More: http://tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5880***************************************************
10) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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US prepares for invasion of Iraq
http://heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4657630%255E401,00.html***************************************************
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of the author or organization
noted and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of the Green Party
of
Ohio.
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