News Release - Friday, February 08, 2002

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Green Party Joins the 9-11 Emergency National Network.

New coalition seeks to unite Americans concerned about Bush's threat to extend the war, violations of rights, and the corporate buy-out of politics in the wake of Enron.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Green Party of the United States has voted to join the 9-11 Emergency National Network (ENN), a broad-based national peace coalition. Green participation in ENN will add the political force of the U.S.'s most prominent third party to the growing peace movement, and will encourage Green participation in the March on Washington scheduled for April 20.

"When Greens take to the streets of the nation's capital on April 20, we'll join thousands of Americans for whom 'bipartisanship' has become a dirty word," said Ben Manski, a Green Party Co-Chair.  "Talk shows and diner counters are buzzing with anger over the bipartisan Enron scandal, with both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and both the Clinton and Bush Administrations bought off by Enron's tainted money. And millions of Americans are outraged by the uncritical bipartisan support for Bush's threats to extend military attacks to other nations."

Shortly after the September 11 attacks, the Independent Progressive Politics Network held a meeting to establish the Emergency National Network. The goal of ENN is to forge a visible and effective national activist movement in opposition to the Bush Administration's plans for an open-ended war on terrorism, attacks on civil liberties and democratic rights at home, and further shifting of resources away from services urgently needed by low-income and working people over to Pentagon contractors and other corporate interests. 

Since its first meeting in New York City, the group has established a diverse 'continuations committee' to guide the work of the network. The committee has since reached out to other coalitions and newly-formed groups to organize the April 20 demonstration in Washington, D.C., called for town meetings with members of Congress, established a website to coordinate national peace efforts, and agreed on a set of unity principles. 

The decision to join ENN was made by a vote of the Coordinating Committee of the Green Party of the United States, representing parties in 33 states and the District of Columbia.  

The following organizations have now joined the 9-11 Emergency National Network : Black Radical Congress, Center for Constitutional Rights, Center for Peace and Human Security, Citizen Soldier, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Communist Party USA, Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, Dynamics of Leadership, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space, Green Party of the United States, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Independent Progressive Politics Network, Kensington Welfare Rights Union, NYC Labor Against War, Pro Libertad, Solidarity, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, War Resisters League, Washington Peace Center, and Westchester People's Action Coalition. 


More Information
The Green Party of the United States www.gp.org & www.gpus.org 
Independent Progressive Politics Network www.ippn.org 

Contacts:
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net 
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, scottmclarty@yahoo.com 

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News Release - Friday, February 08, 2002

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