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Announcement :: Elections & Legislation |
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Senate Candidate Harold Ford Jr. In Memphis |
by Hannah Burdine
Email: hcburdine (nospam) bellsouth.net |
04 Nov 2006
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 In his quest for the Senate Jr. has forgotten his base and now panders to the conservative agenda. In fact, his policies and voting record in the House are more in line with Republican credo. My conscience won't let me vote for him now. Sept. 27 he voted to approve the Military Commissions Act of 2006 which allows the death sentence for "alien unlawful enemy combatants" without a trial before our federal courts, but instead before a military tribunal. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Immigrants Stand to Tip the Balance in Tennessee this Election |
by David Lubell
Email: david (nospam) tnimmigrant.org |
02 Nov 2006
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 Nashville, TN) The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) is holding one of Tennessee’s biggest voter mobilization events on Saturday, November 4th at its annual convention. The goal of the convention is to identify priority issues and turn out eligible New American Voters. Joining a national “Get Out the Vote” (GOTV) effort, TIRRC has, for the past three years, played a leading role in registering immigrant voters in Tennessee. |
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News :: Environment |
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Environmental Activists Protest Metro Plans to Recycle Sewer Sludge as Fertilizer |
by Rachel Sumner
Email: rachelsumner (nospam) excite.com |
30 Oct 2006
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 Nashville, TN: There is a new Metro Water & Sewer facility under construction and due to open in fall of 2007, and it is moving in the direction of recycling sludge as fertilizer to be applied on grazing land, cropland and orchards. Bruce Wood, an environmental activist, with Bring Urban Recycling to Nashville Today warns, "Do not be tricked into believing this is a treat. Citizens must educate themselves on this issue and demand that city leaders not allow this to happen." Members of BURNT, the Green Party and concerned citizens will gather on Tuesday October 31, 2006 at 3 p.m. at the Sewage Treatment Facility, Metro Water Department at 1600 2nd Avenue North (37208) and Cement Plant Road to protest with the theme 'No More "Tricks" That Sewer Sludge Is a "Treat"' |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : International Relations : Media |
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Brad Will, Indymedia Reporter, Murdered While Reporting on Mexico Demonstration |
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by Al Giordano |
29 Oct 2006
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 Brad Will, 36, a documentary filmmaker and reporter for Indymedia in New York, Bolivia and Brazil, died today of a gunshot to the chest when pro-government attackers opened fire on a barricade in the neighborhood of Santa Lucia El Camino, on the outskirts of Oaxaca, Mexico. He died with his video camera in his hands.
Brad went to Oaxaca in early October to document the story that Commercial Media simulators like Rebecca Romero of Associated Press distort instead of report: the story of a people sick and tired of repression and injustice, who take back the government that rightfully is theirs. In that context, his assassination is also a consequence of what happens when independent media must do the work that Big Media fails to do: to tell the truth. My friend and colleague since 1996 when we labored together at 88.7 FM Steal This Radio on New York’s Lower East Side, I bumped into him again in Bolivia in 2004 during a public reception held by the Narco News School of Authentic Journalism, and again on the Yucatán peninsula last January where he came to cover the beginnings of the Zapatista Other Campaign – Brad died to bring the authentic story to the world. |
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News :: Peace |
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Peace Activists Plan Rally at US Senate Debate |
by Anna Thompson
Email: annathompson32 (nospam) yahoo.com |
26 Oct 2006
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 Nashville, TN: The Nashville Peace Coalition has called for a peace rally to be held on the evening of the scheduled statewide Senate debate in Nashville between Democratic Candidate Harold Ford Jr. and Republican Candidate Bob Corker at Vanderbilt University. The rally, which is being called "Give Peace a Voice" is being held to call attention to what many feel is the most important issue of the election season which is the ongoing occupation of Iraq. Peace Coalition members intend rally beginning at 6:30pm on the public sidewalk outside the main entrance to Ingram Hall. Green Party for US Senate candidate Chris Lugo will be in attendance at the rally although Lugo is not scheduled to participate in the debates. |
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News :: Environment |
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Citizens From Around the State Call For A Just Energy Future |
by Lauren McGrath
Email: lauren (nospam) socm.org |
07 Oct 2006
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 Canoeists in Hazmat Suits Join Concerned Tennesseans at State Capital
Legislative Plaza in Nashville, Tenn. was filled with citizens from around the state for the “Mountains Should Be Forever” press conference. As the press conference began, there was a sudden interruption. Canoeists in HAZMAT suits, who had just walked to the capitol instead of canoing because they were afraid the waters of Tennessee had become /too/ toxic from surface mining and mountaintop removal activities, came to the podium with an important announcement. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Green Party Candidate for Governor Howard Switzer Calls for Healthcare for All Tennesseans |
by Katey Culver
Email: Katey (nospam) GP.org |
29 Sep 2006
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 Howard Switzer Refers to the Major Party Candidates for Governor as 'Killer Bs'
Referring to both the Democrat and Republican candidates for governor, Bredesen and Bryson, the Green Party candidate, Howard Switzer, said "These guys are killer Bs because they both support policies that kill people unnecessarily." Primarily Mr. Switzer was referring to the estimated 18,000 people who die each year due to lack of access to the much touted great American, for-profit, healthcare system. Governor Bredesen has refered to single-payer insurance as "socialism," which it is not, and claims no one has died because he dropped them, 330,00 of them, from TennCare. "We need to join the rest of the industrialized world and provide healthcare for our people, said Switzer, "We have the most unhealthy population in the industrialized world because of our leader's penchant for profits." |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Green Party Files to Form Senatorial Campaign Committee |
by Scott McLarty
Email: mclarty (nospam) greens.org |
22 Sep 2006
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 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party became the first alternative political party in history to register a national senatorial campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission last week. The filing sets further precedent because the Democratic and Republican Senate campaign committees were grandfathered in when the FEC was formed. The FEC has never dealt with a request to form such a committee. "We are taking this step because Americans need a viable alternative to the two old parties, and the Green Party is serious about offering that alternative," said Teresa Keane, a former Green Senate candidate from Oregon and Chair of the eight-member Green Senatorial Campaign Committee. "Voters are upset with both the Republican and Democratic parties this year, and are looking for candidates who take principled positions on issues that are important to them." |
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