Activist marching band Rude Mechanical Orchestra on the move, photo by Michael ONeil
Photo by Michael ONeil
02/26 Candidate Thank You Party Cancelled Due To Snow
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 7:04pmThe venue for the party was closed due to inclement weather and we were unable to locate a replacement venue on such short notice.
New York Times: Bringing Democracy to New York
Submitted by Finn Mactaggart on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 6:33pm
By David Pechefsky
IN Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s State of the City speech on Wednesday, he spoke of the City Council as if it were an equal partner in government. Indeed, the mayor’s surprisingly close re-election, the unusual defeat of a handful of council members and some spirited races in the general election in a city where winning the Democratic primary is tantamount to victory, might lead one to expect the 51-member body to be imbued with new democratic vigor. However, the council members inaugurated this month have joined a body whose governance structure is hardly more democratic than a high school student council’s — where the principal calls the shots.
Statement of Ralph Nader on Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Submitted by Finn Mactaggart on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 4:00am.jpg)
Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission shreds the fabric of our already weakened democracy by allowing corporations to more completely dominate our corrupted electoral process. It is outrageous that corporations already attempt to influence or bribe our political candidates through their political action committees (PACs), which solicit employees and shareholders for donations. With this decision, corporations can now also draw on their corporate treasuries and pour vast amounts of corporate money, through independent expenditures, into the electoral swamp already flooded with corporate campaign PAC contribution dollars.
This corporatist, anti-voter decision is so extreme that it should galvanize a grassroots effort to enact a Constitutional Amendment to once and for all end corporate personhood and curtail the corrosive impact of big money on politics. It is indeed time for a Constitutional amendment to prevent corporate campaign contributions from commercializing our elections and drowning out the civic and political voices and values of citizens and voters. It is way overdue to overthrow “King Corporation” and restore the sovereignty of “We the People”!
FRIDAY ACTION 9am-7pm: Marathon Public Reading Of Senator Bernie Sanders' Single Payer Health Care Amendment @ Union Square
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 10:18pmThe Senate denied Single Payer a vote, so we're taking it to the street!
On December 16th the US Senate was to hold a historic debate on a Single Payer Health Care system for all Americans. Amid the barrage of compromises and disappointments surrounding Congress' handling of health care, this first-in-US history proposal on the Senate floor was considered a step forward in the Single Payer movement -- OR SO WE THOUGHT.
Because obstructionist Republican senators forced a reading of the entire 767 page bill (estimated at 10 hours), Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) had to withdraw his amendment due to Congressional recess deadlines -- denying Single Payer advocates even this symbolic progress!
IF THE SENATE CAN'T MAKE TIME FOR SINGLE PAYER, THEN WE WILL!
On Friday, December 18th from 9am-7pm, Green Party NYC and Single Payer activists will gather at Union Square in Manhattan to read the entire, 767 page amended bill that was denied debate on the Senate floor. Congress must know that we will continue to fight for Single Payer Health Care as the best and most cost-effective way of delivering medical care to *all* Americans!
- 46 million Americans currently lack health insurance
- 60 million Americans do not have access to primary health care
- Profit-making, private insurance companies waste $400 billion a year on administrative costs, CEO payouts, advertising -- while their customers are routinely and arbitrarily denied care!
Call 917-825-3562 or email michael@greenpartynyc.org if you can participate! We're looking for readers and Single Payer advocates to talk to New Yorkers about this issue. Please forward widely! Tell your community to stop by during the reading!
MARATHON PUBLIC READING OF SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE BILL
Friday, December 18th 2009 9:00am-7:00pm -- Activists welcome to step up and read pages from our copy of the bill
South Side Of Union Square, New York City
4/5/6/N/R/Q/W/L Trains To Union Square!
Contact: Michael O'Neil 917-825-3562 | michael@greenpartynyc.org
http://www.greenpartynyc.org
Green Party NYC needs your support to continue organizing for issues like Single Payer Health Care and Climate Justice. Please consider donating a few cents or even a dollar for every page of this historic public reading: http://greenpartynyc.org/donate
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