Marisa was arrested filming the police pepper spraying peaceful OWS protestors at Union Square on Sept. 24th.  Go to YouTube (Marisa Holmes).  She is 24 years old, former student at the School of Art Institute of Chicago and member of Students For a Democratic Society.  Come and hear her first hand account on how OWS started and how it has blossomed into an unprecedented and historic movement challenging the worldwide economic and political system.

Chris is an adjunct professor of Physics and Ecology and the Environment at Pace Univ.  He spoke at the OWS event on Climate Change last Saturday and will speak  this Sunday on how OWS relates to the economic and environmental crises in Capitalism.

Bring your friends.  Subways:  #1,  B, C to West 86th Street.  

TIME:            6:00 – 8:00 PM

PLACE:            LGBT CENTER

208 WEST 13 ST., ROOM 410

NEW YORK, NY 10011

THERE WILL BE A MEETING AS NOTICED ABOVE FOR GREEN PARTY MEMBERS ACTIVELY ENROLLED IN THE GREEN PARTY WITH THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS OF AUGUST 1, 2011 AND CURRENTLY RESIDING IN NEW YORK COUNTY.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WILL BE TO ORGANIZE THE STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH NEW YORK COUNTY GREENS WILL AUTHORIZE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE ON THE GREEN PARTY BALLOT LINE.   THERE WILL BE A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE GREEN PARTY OF NEW YORK STATE ON MAY 21, 2011.  THERE WILL BE VOTING AFTER DISCUSSION.  SAID VOTING IS LIMITED TO PARTICIPATION BY PERSONS FITTING THE ABOVE MENTIONED CRITERIA.

Permanent high unemployment and a lower standard of living is predicted for the U.S. and Europe. Young people in particular are hit hard with no prospect of getting jobs. Despite efforts of governments whether military dictatorships in the Mideast or so-called social “democracies” in Europe and the United States to suppress protests or misinform the public through a controlled or corporate mass media, people are developing a new awareness of their power, summed up in the phrase that Obama used, but hardly imagined would
characterize recent events, “Yes we can!”

People in Tunisia and Egypt have already toppled their governments. People in Yemen. Bahrain, Syria and Israel are on the streets opposing the political and economic system that can no longer work. The Greek working class is on the verge of a prolonged general strike and mass demonstrations are happening in Italy, Spain, Portugal and England. Public sector unions in Europe and the U.S. have organized protests and strikes as the economic collapse has caused debt crises and governments, banks and corporations try to cut pensions and lay off workers. Recent examples in the U.S. are the closure of Pacific coast ports by long shore workers, protests by postal workers, and the strikes of the Verizon workers, the California healthcare workers and nurses and the Tacoma teachers. These protests and strikes, however, are not sustained and do not force the ruling elite to make significant changes. But a new tactic coming out of events in the Middle East has the ruling class worried—people taking over the centers of cities and refusing to go home until
the government resigns or makes significant changes. This tactic was not lost on Wisconsin’s public sector workers’ prolonged occupation of the state capitol.
Your occupation of Wall Street, first by mostly young people, now joined by people of all ages including organized labor, has brought the struggle for change in this country to a new level. As Mayor Bloomberg observed, “You have a lot of kids graduating college and can’t find jobs. That’s what happened in Cairo and Madrid. You don’t want those kinds of riots here”. Growing numbers of people realize that bourgeois “democracy” and capitalism cannot solve the economic and environmental crises. Finance capital and corporations are antithetical to democracy and environmental wisdom. You realize that through the militant tactic of sustained occupation you can circumvent the corruptpolitical establishment and mass media. Police attacks and arrests have only strengthened your resolve. Just as Tahrir spread throughout out the Mideast, your occupation of Liberty Square is spreading to other cities in the U.S. and Canada. Just as at Tahrir Square, as the word gets out, more and more people will either join your occupation or bring you food, blankets and money as you call for a society that puts people ahead of profit!
In solidarity,
The Green Party of Manhattan
manhattangreens.org

Shut Down Indian Point Now! Flyer 2

Location: 244 West 74th Street, Apt. 5-C
Sue Peters, a resident of Manhattan’s Westside and a graduate of NYU has worked in computer technology specializing in accounting systems.  In 2000 she was hired by Citibank to work in its corporate checking accounting system.  This was Sue’s first experience working for a bank and she asked, “What does a bank do?”  She did not find the answer  from those at the bank but from following the money and discovering  where it came from and who it went to.

Sue’s presentation will cover one of the basic causes of our nation’s problems and how the monetary platform of the Green Party addresses a fundamental issue of all societies—who controls the money and for whose benefit?

Daniel Lee, John Baldwin, Richard Fitzer, Ann Egan, Chris Archer, Claudia Flanagan

Manhattan Greens showed up to help paint the roof of Democracy Prep on West 133 St. in Harlem.  White roofs lessen energy costs.  This project started on 10/9 and was completed on 10/11 with our help.  It was one of the 10/10/10 projects here in NYC that occurred over the holiday weekend- all part of the 10/10/10 effort launched by 350.org.  While we painted, we also networked with other participants from Stopoilnyc.org, Greenpeace and ‘Cool Roofs.’