[Imc] NEWS for the radio show

[Zachary C.Miller]

Two major news items from this week's green party meeting.

http://urbana.indymedia.org/active/news/display.php3?article_id=42

Prairie Greens to host Illinois Green Party Conference 

The Prairie Greens will be hosting a conference of the Illinois State
Green Party on January 27 at the Crystal Lake Park Lakehouse. Time and
other details are TBA. The IMC should plan to cover this event which
is open to the public.

http://urbana.indymedia.org/active/news/display.php3?article_id=41

Green Party supports David Johnson in Free Speech Struggle

The Green Party recently passed this resolution in support of David
Johnson. Mr. Johnson supported Ralph Nader during the presidential
elections even though the AFL/CIO with which he is affiliated endorsed
Al Gore.

"As supporters of free speech and democracy at every level of society,
the Prairie Greens of East Central Illinois object to the charges
brought against David Johnson by the Executive Board of the Champaign
County AFL/CIO. We believe that there is a fundamental right of
individuals to disagree with the views of organizations to which they
belong. While Mr. Johnson, as an individual, publicly supported Ralph
Nader, he has never suggested that the AFL/CIO has endorsed Ralph
Nader or the Green Party. We believe that Mr. Johnson always offered a
specific disclaimer that his support for Ralph Nader was individual
and not organizational. In all our numerous media appearances,
advertisements, and fliers we never published any endorsement from the
AFL/CIO; we never believed that we had received AFL/CIO endorsement of
any kind and never led anyone else to believe that. We believe this
issue strikes to the heart of issues of free speech and democracy in
unions and we respectfully entreat the Executive Board to dismiss
these charges." - resolved by consensus 1/2/2000

This resolution will be presented to the Executive Board of the
AFL/CIO by a representative of the Prairie Greens at David Johnson's
trial and will also be mailed to the AFL/CIO Champaign County office.

The trial will be on Wednesday January 17th 5pm, carpenters union
hall, show up between 4:30 and 5pm. 402 S. Duncan
Road. Champaign. Mr. Johnson encourages his supporters to be present
at the trial to serve as public witnesses to the proceedings against
him.

-- 
Zachary C. Miller - @= - http://wolfgang.groogroo.com/
IMSA 1995 - UIUC 2000 - Just Another Leftist Muppet
 Social Justice, Community, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Feminism,
 Sustainability, Responsibility, Diversity, Democracy, Ecology
Ya Basta! - http://www.greens.org