[okeefe-updates] O'Keefe Campaign Update
James O'Keefe for State Treasurer
info at jamesokeefe.org
Fri Sep 27 14:57:44 EDT 2002
JAMES OfKEEFE FOR STATE TREASURER E-MAIL UPDATE
IN THIS E-MAIL:
1. COME AND SUPPORT JAMES AS HE PARTICIPATES IN STATE TREASURER DEBATE MONDAY
9/30!
2. JUSTICE FOR JANITORS RALLY SATURDAY 9/28
3. GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY
4. OfKEEFE CAMPAIGN URGES MA DELEGATION TO VOTE FOR PEACE AND
AGAINST INVASION OF IRAQ
5. PROTEST JILL STEINfS EXCLUSION FROM GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE TUESDAY
6. REGISTER TO VOTE!
7. ASK JAMES A QUESTION AT WEBSITE
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1. COME AND SUPPORT JAMES AS HE PARTICIPATES IN STATE TREASURER DEBATE MONDAY
9/30!
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This Monday, September 30, from 5-6 pm, James OfKeefe will participate in a
debate for State Treasurer candidates. We have spaces for 35 of our supporters
to sit in the studio audience. It would be great if we could fill up all of
those 35 seats and show the dominant partiesf candidates the support we have!
Please email vanessa at jamesokeefe.org if youfd like to join us.
The debate is sponsored by WBIX 1060 AM and Suffolk University. It will be
aired live on 1060's "Market Wrap." The candidates will take questions from the
moderator, a panel, and from the audience. Mark Mills, Program Director for
1060 will be the moderator, and the panel will include Steve Bailey of 1060 AM
and columnist for the Boston Globe a Suffolk University Professor, and a
Suffolk University student majoring in public policy.
WHERE: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, and live on the
air: WBIX 1060 AM
WHEN: Monday, September 30, 5-6 pm
Join us and show your support for James OfKeefe and for the Massachusetts Green
Party!
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2. JUSTICE FOR JANITORS RALLY SATURDAY 9/28
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2 days before the janitors strike, theyfre having a rally to ramp up the
pressure. UNICCO just acquired the cleaning of this popular mall, and we will
tell all shoppers, store managers, and mall owners there will be NO MORE
BUSINESS AS USUAL when the janitors strike! James OfKeefe will join protesters
at 12 Noon @ COPLEY PLAZA MALL, COPLEY PLAZA, BOSTON. If youfd like to join
him and hold the James OfKeefe for State Treasurer banner, call 617-628-2922.
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3. GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY
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With less than six weeks left until Election Day, there is much work to be
done! The OfKeefe, Stein, and Lorenzen campaigns have been working in earnest
to spread the word about the Green Party alternative, and we need your help!
No matter where you are in the state, you can help out the statewide campaigns
in several ways. If you call our campaign office at 617-628-2922, therefs a
good chance that we can put you in touch with Greens in your local area. As a
group, there are many ways that you can support the campaigns, including:
1. Give out campaign information at a local event, concert or fair! If there
are any events, concerts or fairs coming up in your community, let us know.
Wefll provide you with campaign literature, buttons, etc., for you to give out
at the event. We may even be able to get a candidate there to meet some
voters! Let us know as soon as possible so we can try to reserve table space
for you.
2. Organize a voter identification effort in your community. This is vital to
the success of the campaigns and to the success of the Mass Green Party.
Coming out of this election, we want to know who our supporters are, and you
can help figure that out! The campaigns can provide you with lists of
registered voters in your precinct, ward or town, and help you organize a voter
i.d. effort. By going door to door and/or calling registered voters, we can
try to determine whofs supportive of our campaigns.
3. Host a house party! Just invite friends, family and neighbors to your
home for an evening meal, a Sunday brunch, or even a pizza party, and wefll
provide the candidate. House parties are an excellent way for the candidates to
connect directly with potential campaign supporters and raise money and
volunteers. And theyfre fun!!
4. Hold a speak-out. This is where you invite individuals and people from
local organizations, from advocacy groups to activist organizations and non-
profits to come and talk with the candidate directly about what their concerns
are. It helps our candidates understand the issues that people are concerned
about, and demonstrates to activists in the community that our candidates care
about their concerns.
If you are interested in getting involved in any of the above ways, or if you
have other ideas, just call us at 617-628-2922, and wefll help you!
We encourage everyone to visit the "Ask James" link on the website and
participate in some discussions. Ask any questions you have concerning
campaign issues, and James will get back to you.
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OfKEEFE CAMPAIGN URGES MA DELEGATION TO VOTE FOR PEACE AND
AGAINST INVASION OF IRAQ
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Our nation is on the verge of launching a war against Iraq. The James OfKeefe
for State Treasurer is calling on our congressional delegation to vote against
Bushfs proposal for a virtually limitless supply of resources to be used
against Iraq. Following is the letter the OfKeefe campaign is sending to our
congressional delegation.
September 26, 2002
To the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation:
Reports in the press and the position statements of prominent
members of the Bush Administration found on the Project for the
New American Century web site (www.newamericancentury.org), convince us that
the actions of that administration are undermining activism towards future
world peace.
Rather than allow the military strength of the United States to support
the peace efforts of the United Nations, the Bush Administration has:
œ rejected or failed to ratify the international treaties designed to
prevent war and bring criminal leaders like Saddam Hussein before the World
Court
œ violated its own commitments to free trade by selective protectionism
œ acted to weaken peaceful regional alliances such as the European Union.
œ asserted that it will act to prevent any state or alliance of
states from threatening through free competition its economic
superiority
œ declared that it will take any military action it sees
necessary to maintain supremacy in all areas of interest
œ sought to justify this policy by asserting the cultural and
political superiority of the values of American society.
We believe that most Americans do not seek world domination. Thus we
ask that the Massachusetts congressional delegation, all members of
the Democratic Party, to expose the Bush party agenda for world dominion and
the suppression of dissent within our country. Let us not thwart the desire of
other nations to find ways of prospering with greater social equality and less
damage to the earth than is our way. Put a stop to Unilateralism, doctrines of
American Exceptionalism, and other
expressions of Manifest Destiny. These can only lead to devastating
wars and destructive hatreds. The rhetoric of the bully has no place in
international affairs. Despite terrorist attacks, despite the failures
of our government to protect the lives and the welfare of the American
people, we remain strong. Let us learn to walk softly.
We expect the Democratic Party to offer us an alternative to Bushfs
imperialism in the coming election. Any compromise with imperialist
agendas will abet them. The ideology of the Republican Party leaves no
space for a bipartisan foreign policy.
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5. PROTEST JILL STEINfS EXCLUSION FROM GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE TUESDAY!
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This Tuesday, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, therefs a gubernatorial
debate to which only 2 of the 5 candidates appearing on the Nov 5 ballot have
been invited. We are going to need to have a demonstration at least ten times
as big as last Tuesdayfs in Springfield. Please start identifying people you
can turn out NOW, and check in with the Stein campaign (617-623-4733,
info at jillwill.org, www.jillwill.org) for details in the coming days. Buses will
be leaving from Boston on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. Buses will also be
leaving from Northampton and Amherst. Call John Pepi at 413-268-9276 or email
him at jpepi at admi.umass.edu for details. Please make arrangements to get out
of work a little early if you need to.
Thanks to everyone who has been calling and urging the media consortium
to let fairness prevail by allowing Jill and Carla Howell to debate next
Tuesday. If you haven't contacted these people, the info is below.
Contact the corporate media executives who are keeping Jill out of the
debates:
NECN
Iris Adler
Executive Editor
Phone: 617-630-5000
Email: iadler at necn.com
Channel 5-WCVB
Linda Polach
Phone: 781-433-4537
Email: lpolach at hearst.com
Channel 7-WHDH
Ed Kosowski, News Director
Phone: 617-725-0777
(has no email)
Channel 4-WBZ
Bob Dumas, Managing Editor
Phone: 617-787-7025
Email: rdumas at boston.cbs.com
Channel 2-WGBH
John Carroll
Phone: 617-300-2531
Email: john_carroll at wgbh.org
The Boston Globe
Martin Baron, Editor
Phone: 617-929-2411, then say "Martin Baron" and youfll be connected.
Email: baron at globe.com
Tell them we want "Real, Open, Fair debates," not the sham debates that
we're getting with just the two major parties represented. Let us know
what they say in response (info at jillwill.org).
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6. REGISTER TO VOTE GREEN!
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Be sure to register with the Greens to show our growing party support. You
have until October 16th to register so that you can vote in the General
Elections on November 5th.
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7. ASK JAMES A QUESTION AT WEBSITE
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We encourage everyone to visit the "Ask James" link on the website
(www.jamesokeefe.org) and participate in some discussions. Ask any questions
you have concerning campaign issues, and James will get back to you.
James O`Keefe
Green Party candidate for Massachusetts State Treasurer
www.jamesokeefe.org | 617-628-2922 | info at jamesokeefe.org
Office Address: 240B Elm St., #B2, Somerville, MA 02144
Mailing Address: PO Box 441031, Somerville, MA 02144
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