[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [campusgreens] Digest 18 Nov. 2004

Thu Nov 18 20:46:05 PST 2004

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>Campus Greens Digest 18 November 2004
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>In this issue:
>1.	Oppose Bush Cabinet Nominees
>2.	Subscribe to the Campus Greens PAC List-serve
>3.	Organize for the People of Bhopal
>4.	Apply for the Campus Greens Steering Committee
>5.	Convergence: Counter-inaugural Jan. 20th in Washington, DC
>6.	Demand an Investigation into what happened in Falluja
>7.	Donate to riseup.net
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>1. Oppose Bush Cabinet Nominees
>Where do we start? Members of Bushís first 
>administration are fleeing right and left and in 
>their place, Bush has appointed some of his 
>closest friends and allies. All of the 
>appointees are extremely partisan and will not 
>provide the impartiality necessary to accurately 
>advise the president. Additionally, they have 
>all taken controversial stands against human 
>rights and social justice.
>
>So- what can you do?
>-	Urge your Senator to question President 
>Bush's nominee for Attorney General, Alberto 
>Gonzales, on his human rights views using Human 
>Rights Firstís website at 
>http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/gonzales. 
>As White House Counsel, Gonzales has taken 
>extreme positions on fundamental constitutional 
>principles and U.S. human rights obligations.
>-	Do the same for other controversial 
>nominees such as hawk Condoleezza Rice for 
>Secretary of State and Margaret Spellings, the 
>main crafter of the No Child Left Behind Act, 
>for Secretary of Education. For contact 
>information, visit the Senate webpage at 
>http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
>
>2. Subscribe to the CG PAC List-serve
>Looking for a way to plug in your energy after 
>the election? We have just the thing! Subscribe 
>to the newly created Campus Greens 527 
>list-serve at 
>http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/cg527 and start 
>making a difference for the next election cycle.
>
>The 527 organization is the candidate campaign 
>arm of Campus Greens-- whereas our 501c4 
>organization (this list) works on nonpartisan 
>issue-based campaigns.
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>3. Organize for the People of Bhopal
>Campus Greens has recently become a member 
>organization of the International Campaign for 
>Justice in Bhopal. The SC is calling on our 
>chapters to organize events for the 
>International Day of Action, Dec. 3, which is 
>the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical 
>plant disaster.
>
>Hundreds of students from around the world have 
>committed to join the Day of Action, demanding 
>justice for Bhopal as a part of the first 
>nationwide student movement against Dow since 
>the Vietnam War. Join them by organizing one of 
>the events at 
>http://www.studentsforbhopal.org/GDA.htm and by 
>registering at 
>http://www.bhopal.net/gda2004.php. Because 20 
>years is long enough to wait for justice.
>
>Hereís a little background on the campaign: The 
>ongoing efforts of both Union Carbide and its 
>new owner Dow Chemical to evade their pending 
>liabilities in Bhopal represent a classic case 
>of corporate crime gone unpunished. As in 
>Bhopal, corporations around the world are today 
>getting away with crimes against humanity and 
>the environment, and dictating policies that 
>affect all life on earth. Communities everywhere 
>have learnt that the only way they will regain 
>control of their lives and health is by fighting 
>corporate crime directly.
>
>After twenty years, the survivors of Union 
>Carbide's massacre, beset by extreme poverty, 
>debilitated by illness and loss, starved of 
>justice, have refused to accept defeat. Instead, 
>against almost insuperable odds, they have 
>carried on an unrelenting fight for justice and 
>a disease-free, dignified life. Its a fight they 
>can still win. The twenty-year-long struggle for 
>justice in Bhopal, and numerous other people's 
>struggles around the world, demonstrate an 
>extraordinary resilience and carry the 
>indomitable hope that corporate globalization 
>can be reversed by the solidarity of public 
>interest groups, individuals and people's 
>organizations.
>
>One simple action you can take is to get your 
>chapter to sign the Student Declaration, by 
>sending an e-mail to 
>rbodanyi at studentsforbhopal.org with your 
>organization, campus, and contact phone and 
>e-mail. Visit http://www.studentsforbhopal.org 
>for more information.
>
>4. Apply to be on the CG Steering Committee
>The Steering Committee (SC) is still one male 
>member short. Additionally, Shannon Anderson 
>will be resigning at the end of the semester. 
>Thus, we are looking for two members- one who 
>identifies himself with the male gender and one 
>who identifies herself with the female gender.
>
>The SC serves as the Board of Directors for 
>Campus Greens and is the main body charged with 
>directing and administering the organization. If 
>youíre interested in getting some great 
>first-hand experience in managing a nonprofit 
>organization, the SC is for you! If you would 
>like more information, or an application, please 
>reply to this e-mail or write 
>shannon at campusgreens.org
>
>5. Counter-inaugural Convergence (From the DC-based coalition)
>We cannot wait another 4 years to stand against 
>the war and rampant social injustice of another 
>Bush Administration. A coalition of social, 
>political, and religious activists have come 
>together to protest the coronation of George W. 
>Bush. We invite you and all your friends and 
>family to join hundreds of thousands in the 
>streets of Washington, DC.
>
>On November 2nd and 3rd as the votes were being 
>counted residents of Washington DC took to the 
>streets to show opposition to an inherently 
>corrupt system, no matter who won the 
>presidential election. Now the inauguration 
>looms on the horizon and in DC where 91% voters 
>rejected Bush energy is high to organize visible 
>resistance to another 4 years of Bush through 
>linking the national and even global struggle 
>against the Bush regime to our local struggle 
>for democracy here in the District. Come out and 
>help shape this resistance!
>
>Join us for a week of action January 15-Janurary 
>20, 2005. We're here to help plug you in to all 
>the action. Visit 
>http://www.counter-inaugural.org/ for more 
>information.
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>6. Demand an Investigation into what happened in Falluja (From UFPJ)
>We urge you to call the White House 
>(202-456-1111) and your Congressional 
>representatives (Congressional switchboard: 
>202-225-3121) to demand an investigation into 
>the civilian casualties and humanitarian crisis 
>in Falluja, and to insist that the Red Cross and 
>Red Crescent be allowed to bring relief supplies 
>into the devastated city. We also urge you to 
>write letters to the editor of your local 
>newspaper, making the same demand.
>
>There are many urgent questions that the Bush 
>administration is refusing even to address: How 
>many civilians were killed? How many homes 
>destroyed? How many hospitals, schools, mosques, 
>and other community institutions were destroyed 
>or had major damage done to them? When will the 
>residents of Falluja be allowed to return to 
>their homes?
>
>The information that is emerging about the 
>humanitarian disaster in Falluja, while still 
>sketchy, is extremely disturbing; the two 
>articles that follow give some of this 
>background.
>
>For regular updates on the situation in Iraq, we 
>encourage you to sign up for the email bulletins 
>of the Occupation Watch Center at 
>http://www.occupationwatch.org
>
>7. Donate to riseup.net
>Riseup.net, an amazing radical alternative to 
>corporate-ran list-serve managers like yahoo, 
>has been graciously hosting Campus Greens 
>list-serves for a year now. If you are devoted 
>to non-corporate alternatives in our society, 
>please consider donating a few dollars to their 
>cause. Visit 
>http://help.riseup.net/about-us/donate/
>
>****
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Paul Etxeberri

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