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

[LAURIE]

Interesting and well put.

 

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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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