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Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 15:42:31 PM EDT
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| [A note from the Stein campaign] Dear friends and supporters,
40 years ago tomorrow, millions of people around the country took part in the first-ever Earth Day. The event was designed "to shake up the political establishment and force the environment onto the national agenda," according to Gaylord Nelson, a US Senator from Wisconsin who was one of the driving forces behind it.
Despite 40 years of successful Earth days, our environment is at greater risk today than ever before. We face an increasingly threatened climate, unabated oil addiction, expansion of polluting coal and biomass plants, degradation of forests and fisheries, shrinking open space, ongoing toxic threats and senseless wars that are as harmful to the climate as they are to global security. On this Earth Day, let us make a new commitment to the vision of a whole and healthy planet - to a revitalized grassroots democracy, new leadership, and green economic transformation. Each of these are critical if we are to stop the ongoing destruction and achieve the healthy, just, secure green future we deserve.
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That's why we're asking our supporters to redouble their effort to "shake up the political establishment" in 2010 by doing three things to help this campaign. We're asking you to 1) donate money; 2) volunteer time; and 3) host an event with your friends and neighbors so that they can become part of the movement that will bring true green solutions to the Commonwealth
For forty years, we have set aside one special day to recognize the importance of the environment to our survival. But imagine an administration on Beacon Hill that treated every day like Earth Day. That's what's within our reach this year, if we're willing to make it happen. Please donate and volunteer your time today, and get in touch with us about coming to your city or town in the near future.
Upward,
Jill
P.S. The campaign is looking for volunteers with web design or development experience. If you're interested in becoming active in our web design team, please E-mail info@jillstein.org.
SAVE THE DATE!
We have opened our campaign headquarters in Fields Corner, in
Dorchester, and invite all our supporters to join us for the
office-warming party!
Saturday, May 15th 3-7p
1558 Dorchester Ave
Boston, MA 02124
More details to follow, but expect fun, food, friends, & music. This is a community-building campaign, and we walk the walk!
Organizers Call-in THURSDAY!
We are convening a statewide group of campaign organizers each Thursday night to coordinate our outreach and compare notes on strategy across the commonwealth. Your voice is vital to this discussion - this is what democracy looks like! Please join us for the call if you would like to be involved:
Call in information for Thursday's phone call for campaign volunteers:
Thursday, April 22 - EARTH DAY EDITION!!
Time 8:30-9:30 PM
Telephone Number 1-605-475-4333
Passcode: 248259#
Signature Collecting for Jill & Rick
Sunday 4/25/2010
Big Y Foods
650 Memorial Dr.
Chicopee, Ma
11:30-3pm
contact Rick Purcell at 413-374-5118
Stein Campaign HQ
Sunday, 4/25/2010
12n-3p
1558 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester
Jill in the News:
Governor candidate Jill Stein makes a house call in Easton
Stein: Casinos a bad bet for Massachusetts
To find out how your Representative voted on the bill to bring casinos and slot machines to Massachusetts, go to http://www.greenmassgroup.com/diary/166/the-casino-vote
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Green Mass Group is an online forum for Green thought and collective action in Massachusetts. It is a community forum for justice, sustainability, democracy and health in the Commonwealth and beyond.
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"Now, is this the deal I would have preferred? No. I believe that we could have made the tough choices required - on entitlement reform and tax reform - right now, rather than through a special congressional committee process. But this compromise does make a serious down payment on the deficit reduction we need and gives each party a strong incentive to get a balanced plan done before the end of the year. Most importantly, it will allow us to avoid default and end the crisis that Washington imposed on the rest of America."
--President Barack Obama on the debt ceiling "deal"
"Despite Democratic control over the White House, despite Democratic control over the Senate, despite overwhelming opposition from the American people, a small minority of the members of the Republican-controlled House have successfully pushed an extreme right-wing agenda onto the American political landscape. It is an ideology which believes that despite the fact that the rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and poverty is increasing, all - all of the burden for deficit reduction should rest on working people."
--Independent Senator Bernie Sanders on the debt ceiling "deal"
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Then and Now
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Then...
"Last year Evergreen, a Massachusetts company, agreed to establish their first-ever United States based manufacturing facility here in Massachusetts. They did so, or are doing so, at Devens. They have now agreed and chosen to triple their size at Devens. Their next phase of expansion, right here in Massachusetts, a signature company in a signature sector, and we congratulate all of the folks at Evergreen and look forward to continuing to work with you...
We made a personal commitment to Evergreen for the sake of Evergreen, but also because we wanted to show that there are ways in which state government, in working together with private industry and with the utility companies, could begin to create a different kind of environment, a different kind of business climate here, to grow that sector, and it is happening. It's happening. Evergreen is one of the most prominent examples, but there are a whole host of examples."
--Governor Deval Patrick, April 7, 2008, boasting about state investment in Evergreen.
and Now...
"Evergreen Solar Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, completing a stunning reversal of fortune for a high-flying alternative-energy company that once seemed to herald a new era for the Massachusetts economy... At its peak, Evergreen employed roughly 900 people locally and attracted more than $50 million in state support, as its stock price soared above $100 a share.
Yesterday, Evergreen's stock closed at 18 cents. The company shuttered its manufacturing plant in Devens earlier this year and now has only 85 employees left. Massachusetts is one of its top creditors, owed $1.5 million in rent."
--Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe, August 16, 2011
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