Thursday, July 10, 2008

Cynthia McKinney Names V-P Running Mate

Rosa Clemente

On July 9, the news leaked out that Cynthia McKinney’s choice for the Green Party vice-presidential nomination is Rosa Clemente, 35, of New York. See here for more about her. Zentronix blog says that the McKinney-Clemente ticket would be the first in U.S. history of two women of color. However, in 1992, the New Alliance Party ticket was Lenora Fulani and Maria Elizabeth Munoz. Also in 1996, the Workers World Party ticket was Monica Moorhead and Gloria La Riva.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this article about the McKinney campaign. Even though it was published on July 9, it doesn’t contain the news about Rosa Clemente. Instead it says the announcement about a vice-presidential candidate will come on July 11.

Thanks to IndependentPoliticalReport for the news.

http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/07/09/cynthia-mckinney-names-v-p-running-mate/

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FREE IMAM JAMIL AL-AMIN!

August 2, 2007--Imam Jamil Al-Amin has been moved to federal custody!

Correspondence with the commissioner should be put on hold for now, updates will be announced as they occur

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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT IMAM JAMIL AL-AMIN
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Real killer confesses--again--to the killing of Kinchen--Atlanta deputy sheriff for whose shooting death Imam Jamil was convicted and sentenced to life in prison! The State refuses to consider his confession, while continuing to keep Imam Jamil wrongfully imprisoned and isolated.

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BLACK CAUCUS MISSION STATEMENT

Adopted March 10, 2004

Statement: The mission of the Black Caucus of the Green Party of the United States (BC-GPUS) is to maximize the participation of men and women of African and African American descent in the political and policy-making process of the Green Party of the United States. It is further to introduce the Ten Key Green Values and the Green Party Platform to the African American community. The mission of BC-GPUS is to increase the participation and election victories in United States electoral politics of African and African Americans who support the GPUS Platform, and to ensure that the GPUS conducts and implements programs that concretize its platform in the interests of communities of African-American and African descent addressing community needs and disparities.

Groundbreaking Study Examines Drug Imprisonment in 198 Counties;

97 Percent Experienced Racial Disparities

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The Vortex: The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties
12/4/07
Author(s): Phillip Beatty, Amanda Petteruti and Jason Ziedenberg

Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Drug Policy

Full Report Counties Ranked by Drug Imprisonment Rate

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Counties Ranked by the Ratio of African American to White Drug Imprisonment Rates

"WASHINGTON - New report released today by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) finds that 97 percent of the nation's large-population counties imprisoned African Americans at a higher rate than whites. The report documents racial disparities in the use of prison for drug offenses in 193 of the 198 counties that reported to government entities..."
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Cynthia McKinney Names V-P Running Mate

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