[Peace-discuss] Who's running for Vice President?

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

On Aug 26, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Ricky Baldwin wrote:

Cynthia McKinney has a very good speech reprinted in this month's Z 
Magazine, and she has been courageous on several fronts.
Basically, I like her.  But as a friend recently pointed out to me, her 
running mate confuses Iran and Iraq when speaking and just generally 
isn't that great in talking about issues - so, though a Green vote 
would be good, I'd be worried about my "protest vote" getting tallied 
in the "crackpot vote" column too easily.
Ricky Baldwin

"Only those who do nothing make no mistakes." - Peter Kropotkin

"So those who do something might make some mistakes"........ Let's name 
Cynthia McKinney's running mate: "Rosa Clemente".
She apparently made a mistake.
.......and when it comes to casting your vote and the possibility of it 
being tallied in the crackpot column.......
I guess I can think of some folks I'd call "crackpots" and somehow they 
are in charge of things locally, at the state level and and in DC...
(both congress and the white house)....... so I'm not too worried about 
a vote of conscience even if it's for a person who has made a 
mistake....
For those interested here is more about Cynthia McKinney's running 
mate: Rosa Clemente:  It looks like she has done "something"  and 
according to Peter Kropotkin that means she's probably made a few 
mistakes too................

http://www.rosaclemente.com/index.html

Rosa Clemente

Rosa Alicia Clemente is a community organizer, journalist and Hip-Hop 
activist. Born and raised in the South Bronx she is a graduate of the 
University of Albany and Cornell University. A much sought after 
commentator, political activist, community organize and independent 
reporter, Rosa has been delivering workshops, presentations and 
commentary for over ten years. Chuck D says “When you need a dynamic, 
stylish women to get your campaign going or to get your organization 
excited about activism, Rosa is the person you are looking for, she 
speaks from the heart with truth, fire and passion. She is one of this 
generations’ most important political voices and community organizers.”

Rosa’s academic work has been dedicated to researching national 
liberation struggles inside the United States, with a specific focus on 
the Young Lords Party and the Black Liberation Army. While a student at 
SUNY Albany, she was President of the Albany State University Black 
Alliance (ASUBA) and Director of Multicultural Affairs for the Student 
Association. At Cornell she was a founding member of La Voz Boriken, a 
social/political organization dedicated to supporting Puerto Rican 
political prisoners and the independence of Puerto Rico.

Rosa has written for Clamor Magazine, The Ave. magazine, The Black 
World Today, The Final Call and numerous websites. She has been the 
subject of articles in the Village Voice, The New York Times, Urban 
Latino, and The Source magazine. She has appeared on CNN, C-Span, 
Democracy Now and Street Soldiers. In 2001 she was a youth 
representative at the United Nations World Conference against 
Xenophobia, Racism and Related Intolerance in South Africa and in 2002 
was named by Red Eye Magazine as one of the top 50 Hip Hop Activists to 
look out for. In 1995 she developed Know Thy Self Productions, is a 
full service speakers bureaus, production company and media consulting 
services. Seeing a need for young people of color to be heard and taken 
seriously she began presenting workshops and lectures at colleges, 
universities, high schools, and prisons. In the past ten years she has 
presented at over 200 colleges, conferences and community centers on 
topics such as; African-American and Latino/a Intercultural Relations, 
Hip-Hop Activism, The History of the Young Lords Party, and Women, 
Feminism and Hip Hop. KTSP now includes an expanded college speakers 
bureau which has produced three major Hip Hop activism tours, Dare to 
Struggle, Dare to Win with M1 of dead prez and Fred Hampton Jr.; The 
ACLU College Freedom Tour with dead prez, DJ Kuttin Kandi, Mystic and 
comedian Dave Chapelle; and the Speak Truth to Power Tour a 
collaborative tour of award winning youth activists.

In 2003 Rosa helped formed and coordinate the first ever National Hip 
Hop Political Convention that drew over 3000 activists who came 
together to create and implement a national political agenda for the 
Hip-Hop generation. . As an independent journalist 10 days after 
Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts of the south, Rosa traveled to the 
areas as an independent journalist and her on the ground reports were 
reported on independent radio stations all over the world, including 
Air America, NPR, Pacifica Radio, Democracy Now, Indymedia, Hard Knock 
Radio and many more independent and mainstream media outlets. Davey D, 
prominent hip hop historian and founder of the largest Hip Hop website 
www.davdyd.com, says about Rosa, “Hip Hop activist Rosa Clemente is one 
of the few ‘non-mainstream journalist allowed into New Orleans where 
the flood waters and damage has occurred. She brings to us a 
heart-wrenching eye opening account of what’s really going on… She 
talks about the smell of death in the air and how things are much worse 
then we could ever imagine.”
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