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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