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The national
Green Party's International Committee (represented by Alan
Kobrin, Tony Affigne, Annie Goeke, Jim Polk, Brian
Lutenegger, Alan Kaufman) has been working with the
Miami-Dade Green Party to organize Green participation in
the Miami mobilization, concurrent with the FTAA
Ministerial in Miami, on November 20. Our Green FTAA
planning group, including the International Committee,
Campus Greens, Miami-Dade Greens and others, has been
holding weekly teleconferences.
Plans are
underway for Green representatives to participate on anti-FTAA
panels and workshops, concerning the privatization of
water, and the Global Greens' support for the
anti-corporate globalization movement; there will also be
a Green Party press conference. We expect at least one
Green to be a speaker at the major rally on November 20,
co-sponsored by the national AFL-CIO and the Citizens
Trade Campaign.
WE ARE WORKING
TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF GREEN PARTICIPATION IN THE
PROTESTS AGAINST THE FTAA. For example, we have agreed to
purchase a significant number of green
"banners," under which we can march. These
banners will heighten the visibility of Greens at the
protest, raise the spirits of Greens who have come from
around the country to protest, and inform our allies in
the anti-FTAA struggle of the significant contribution
Greens continue to make in this effort. Considerable
effort has also been made, both in Miami and around the
nation, to deepen the contact between the Green Party and
others opposed to the FTAA.
At the
International Committee's request, the Steering Committee
on October 2 authorized a national Green Party endorsement
of the "FTAA Call to Action." National Co-Chair
Ben Manski is coordinating additional endorsements by
state Green parties, 23 of which have already signed on.
We encourage all Green parties which have not already done
so, to endorse the FTAA Call to Action -- as soon as
possible! More information is available on the USGP
website:
http://www.gp.org/ftaa2003.html
... where
you'll also find the complete current list of Green
endorsements, from state and local Green parties across
the country.
WE NEED YOUR
HELP! There is, of course, much more we could say. For
now, we urge you to make a concrete, material effort to
assist our colleagues in Florida. See you in Miami!
For a Green
future,
The Green/FTAA Planning Committee
Alan Kobrin
Steve Showen
Annie Goeke
Jim Polk
Ben Manski
Alan Kaufman
Medea Benjamin
Brian Lutenegger
Scott McLarty
Tony Affigne
Brian Sandberg
Adam Eidinger
Steve Eisenmenger
Sean Sellers
Mike Elder
Brian Keaney
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