It's a brave new Fascist world

[dmcqklaatu@netscape.net]

Now why would BushBoy and Company be hostile to Greens?  Think about it.  And there are Greens and then there are other Greens.  See today's Salon-dot-com for more.



"Bill Irwin" <billi@aloha.net> wrote:

>Welcome to the brave new world of Right Wing Christian Fascism.  Read below and weep.  Mike will be cheering this on.  Roger - please be careful and watch your ass.
>
>From http://www.greenparty.org/bangor.txt
>GREEN PARTY USA COORDINATOR DETAINED AT AIRPORT
>PREVENTED BY ARMED MILITARY FROM FLYING TO GREENS MEETING IN CHICAGO
>
>Armed government agents grabbed Nancy Oden, Green Party USA coordinating
>committee member, Thursday at Bangor International Airport in Bangor Maine,
>as she attempted to board an American Airlines flight to Chicago.
>
>"An official told me that my name had been flagged in the computer," a
>shaken Oden said. "I was targeted because the Green Party USA opposes the
>bombing of innocent civilians in Afghanistan."
>
>Oden, a long-time organic farmer and peace activist in northern Maine, was
>ordered away from the plane. Military personnel with automatic weapons
>surrounded Oden and instructed all airlines to deny her passage on ANY
>flight. "I was told that the airport was closed to me until further notice
>and that my ticket would not be refunded," Oden said.
>
>Oden is scheduled to speak in Chicago Friday night on a panel concerning
>pesticides as weapons of war. She had helped to coordinate the Green Party
>USA's antiwar efforts these past few months, and was to report on these to
>The Greens national committee. "Not only did they stop me at the airport
>but some mysterious party had called the hotel and cancelled my
>reservation," Oden said.
>
>The Greens National Committee -- the governing body of the Green Party USA
>-- is meeting in Chicago Nov. 2-4 to hammer out the details of national
>campaigns against bio-chemical warfare, the spraying of toxic pesticides,
>genetic engineering, and the Party's involvement in the burgeoning peace
>movement.
>
>"I am shocked that US military prevented one of our prominent Green Party
>members from attending the meeting in Chicago," said Elizabeth Fattah, a
>GPUSA representative from Pennsylvania who drove to Chicago. "I am outraged
>at the way the Bill of Rights is being trampled upon."
>
>Chicago Green activist Lionel Trepanier concluded, "The attack on the right
>of association of an opposition political party is chilling. The harassment
>of peace activists is reprehensible."
>
>
>


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