Green Party Of Brooklyn

Fighting Obama’s wars: recruiting youth in Brooklyn

More than seven years into the occupation of Iraq, the war effort has lost popularity, especially among young people. Back in 2005, America’s all volunteer military began regularly falling behind its enlistment goals. As recruiters struggled to meet their targets, revelations of misconduct grew, even spurring the Army to suspend recruiting for a day.

But recruitment numbers rebounded after the military increased its efforts inside school in low income neighborhoods. The Pentagon reported its best year ever for recruiting in 2009, with every branch of the military surpassing its goals.

To examine why youth are joining the military today, reporters Jaisal Noor and Kieran Meadows take us to one of the most heavily recruited counties in the nation; Kings County, also known as Brooklyn, New York City. Stay with us for this special Memorial Day documentary.

Designated candidates of the Green Party of NY State:

Governor of New York State: Howie Hawkins

Lieutenant Governor of New York State: Gloria Mattera

Comptroller of New York State: Julia Willebrand

U.S. Senate: Cecile Lawrence

U.S. Senate: Colia Clark

Other candidates petitioning to be on the Green Party Ballot.

US Congress from the 13th district: Hank Bardel

US Congress from the 7th district: Anthony Gronowicz
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State Senate from the 33rd district: John Reynolds

State Assembly from the 76th district: Walter Nestler

State Assembly from the 82nd district: Carl Lundgren

State Assembly from the 83rd district: Trevor Archer

State Assembly from the 85th district: Daniel Zuger

State Assembly from the 119th district: Mike Donelly

Thanks to everyone who turned out to our clothing swap in North Brooklyn! And special thanks to 5 Boroughs Clothing Swap, BedStuy Blog and Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn for spreading the swap buzz. Attendance was great, there were some fabulous finds, and we donated over 10 bags of clothes to Housing Works!

Download a PDF flyer for the event by clicking here!

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Friday, May 7, 6:30 PM
The Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Suggested donation $10, $5 students/seniors – no one turned away.

Featured Speaker: Joel Kovel
Educator, activist, Green Party candidate for Senate and President, author of: The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or The End of the World? and Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel-Palestine.

Followed by Q & A and discussion.

Directions: 388 Atlantic is between Bond and Hoyt Sts, near the Atlantic Ave train station.

Sat, May 22 11AM-3PM
All Saints Catholic Church
115 Throop Avenue, Williamsburg/Bushwick
FREE

Clean out your closet…Shop in our closet…And keep clothes out of landfills! Bring your clean and usable women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing to the swap. Anything left over will be donated to charity. Brought to you by Greener Gotham Events.

Directions: Near intersection of Broadway and Flushing. J/M train to Flushing Ave or G train to Lorimer St.

Virtual Phone Bank:
Fundraising for 2010 Elections

Join Greens from around New York State as we make phone calls from wherever we are, to Greens and Green supporters to raise money for our 2010 candidates (who will be named at the May 15 Green Party of New York State convention). Some small groups will gather at peoples’ homes, and all will be joined via live chat and the web.

Click here to go to the chatroom.

Hot off the press:
http://bit.ly/cNujDz

MeetUp for northern Brooklyn, May Day, and more…

Sunday 4/18 @ 11am, Gowanus Canal Earth Day Flotilla Spring Clean Up

Meet up at 2nd and Bond and Canal in Brooklyn.

Presented by the Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy

GPBK is inviting Greens to join the Urban Divers and dozens of environmental stewards & waterfront access advocates for an Educational Ecocruise on the historic (and notorious) Gowanus Canal aboard a 32 Foot Indian Shipping Canoe. The canoe accommodates 21 paddlers at a time.

Last month, after decades of struggle, the Gowanus Canal was listed as an EPA Superfund Site, bringing national attention to the polluted site and carving a pathway toward effective clean-up and ecological restoration.

But for the Canal to get the clean-up our community deserves we must continue to organize and advocate! So let’s get on the water, learn something new, inspire, and educate!

To meet up with GPBK, email michael@gpbk.org or call 917-825-3562. For more informaion on the Urban Divers go to www.urbandivers.org

Tuesday April 27th @ 7pm, Monthly Meeting of GPBK Local 134 (Greenpoint/Williamsburg, BedStuy and Bushwick)

All Saints Catholic Church, 114 Throop Avenue (corner of Throop and Thorton) in Brooklyn. Take the J/M or G trains to Flushinv Avenue or the L train to Montrose Avenue.

Getting ready for spring and summer events and the 2010 campaign season!

- Attending actions on May 1st weekend

- Guest speakers and film screenings for future meetings

- Partnering up for tabling and outreach in Brooklyn

- Mobilizing Greens to community actions and events in the area — are you organizing one?

- Planning for 2010 elections: petitioning for the ballot, identifying issues

Email michael@gpbk.org or call 917-825-3562 with any questions.

Monday April 12, 2010 at 7:00pm
Park Slope United Methodist Church
410 6th Avenue (northwest corner of 8th Street and Sixth Avenue)
Brooklyn, New York Get Directions
The Park Slope Greens and Green Party of Brooklyn Present:

“EARTH 2100″ (ABC produced movie based on a possible scenario of global climate change)

+ roundtable discussion on climate justice after the film

No Admission Charge, but Donations Welcome – Mon., April 12th at 7:00 pm

For more info call: (718) 788-2260. or email dani@gpbk.org
Website: http://www.gpbk.org

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz delivers a tearful ode to the Atlantic Yards boondoggle and his crony Bruce Ratner. Filmed at Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn’s “ceremonial groundbreaking” of Burying The Soul Of Brooklyn. 2005 Green Party Candidate for Brooklyn Borough President Gloria Mattera was in attendance, wearing the Andrew Cuomo mask. Video by Michael ONeil.

Click here for more coverage from NY 1

What the elected officials won’t say, when they talk about jobs, is that service and chain store retail positions created in the Atlantic Yards footprint will rarely if ever provide living wages to Brooklyn families.

What: Two Groundbreakings to Protest Ratner’s Boondoggle Ceremony

Who: Three foot tall bobblehead Bloomberg, Markowitz, Pataki, Spitzer, Paterson, Schumer, Cuomo, Prokhorov and Ratner
Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn

Where: Outside of Freddy’s Bar, 485 Dean Street (corner of 6th Avenue)

When: Thursday, March 11. 12:30pm SHARP

Project opponents should gather at Freddy’s to start the protest at 1pm.

Bring your signs, whistles, noisemakers, effigies and anything else suitable for protest…

More info here: http://dddb.net/upcoming

Get ready to be informed and inspired to bring more people into Green Party activism!
Joan Minieri, co-founder of Community Voices Heard and co-author of Tools For Radical Democracy will give a talk at the next Park Slope Greens meeting, Monday March 8th at 7pm at the Park Slope Methodist Church (corner of 8th Street and 6th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn). We’ll talk about base building and developing grassroots campaigns.

Joan will be joined by Henry Serrano, a lead organizer with Community Voices Heard, who coordinates electoral organizing and movement-building strategies.

Park Slope Greens meetings take place on the second Monday of each month –7:00pm– at the Park Slope Methodist Church, corner of 8th Street and 6th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn!