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Ralph Nader and Howie Hawkins to visit Buffalo |
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Sunday, 18 July 2010 00:00 |
Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate
Howie Hawkins, Green Party of New York State, candidate for Governor
Mike Kuzma, candidate for New York State Senate, 58th District
To discuss, “Ways to Mobilize the People for Long Overdue Changes, No More of Our Money for War and Wall Street" Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 7pm (speakers begin) Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center
562 Genesee St
Buffalo, NY
Doors at 6pm: Community group fair - Ralph Nader book signing - (food and drink available)
Discussion, question & answer session, book signing to include Nader's latest work
of “political science fiction,” “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!”
Admission Free with suggested donation $5
no one turned away for lack of funds
Bring the children, dinners and drink available at event. RSVP on Facebook and help spread the word. For more information and advance interviews with Nader, Hawkins, or Kuzma contact Matthew Zawisky, 716-479-2351
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or visit: nader.org
howiehawkins.com
eriecountygreens.org
people4kuzma.com
ukrainiansofbuffalo.com 
11 x 17 poster
8.5 x 11 flyer
4-UP hand bill |
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Hawkins Calls for Military spending cuts, Bring Troops Home Now |
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Friday, 23 July 2010 00:00 |
Will Speak at National Peace Conference in Albany on Sunday, July 25Hawkins Calls for at Least 50% Cut in State Spending on the Military, Invest Peace Dividend in Job Creation and Clean Energy Transition
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor, who will speak at the National Peace Conference in Albany this weekend at the Crowne Plaza hotel, said that as Governor he will rally other states to demand large cuts in the military budget to provide fiscal relief to state and local governments, support the conversion to a green energy system, and to create jobs through increased investments in housing, child care, anti-hunger programs, mass transit, schools and environmental initiatives. Hawkins supports a WPA-style direct government employment in public works and services. |
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Hawkins Calls for a State Single Payer Medicare for All Health System |
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 00:00 |
Calls for a Green New Deal to Provide Jobs for All, Hike State Minimum Wage to $10 an hour (Ithaca, NY) Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor, spoke today in Ithaca in favor a state single payer health care system; guaranteeing living wage jobs for all New Yorkers through a Green New Deal; and resolving the state budget crisis by making Wall Street bail out Main Street. Hawkins also advocated raising the state minimum wage to at least $10 an hour in order to enable workers to provide their families with basic necessities. Under NYS Labor Law, the Governor has the power to administratively raise the minimum wage without legislative approval. |
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Greens Call for Instant Runoff Voting, Proportional Representation Voting for NYC |
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Monday, 19 July 2010 00:00 |
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The Green Party candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor urged the NYC Charter Commission to include preferential voting - also known as Instant Runoff Voting (or IRV) - for all single member elections. The Greens also urged the Charter Commission to adopt proportional representation for City Council elections. Proportional representation, the election system used by almost all of the world's democracies, allocates seats in legislative bodies based on the percentage of votes that each party represents. The Greens said proportional representation would be far more democratic than Bloomberg's push for non-partisan elections. While the Greens would benefit from non-partisan elections, since the Greens win about a third of the non-partisan elections they enter nationwide, they also said that in NYC it would greatly benefit rich, self-financed candidates like Bloomberg. The three current Green Party Mayors in New York were elected in nonpartisan village elections. |
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Green governor candidate pushes for reform during Ithaca visit |
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 00:00 |
By Stacy Shackford of the Ithaca Journal
ITHACA -- Progressive voters can no longer rely on Democrats to reform state government, gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins told Green Party members on Thursday.
At a gathering at the Tompkins County Workers' Center, the activist from Syracuse compared progressive Democrats to Charlie Brown and the party leadership to Lucy, who repeatedly dangles promises of reform like her famous cartoon football, only to pull it away at the last moment.
Like Charlie Brown, it is time for Democrats to learn their lesson, stop falling for the same old tricks and pursue other solutions, Hawkins said.
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