<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><b>Will the Presidential Elections Be Stolen? </b><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>=======================================<br>Come to a screening of <b>"American Blackout"</b><br>
<b>6 pm -- Friday, Oct. 10</b><br>The Democracy Center, 45 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA 02138<br>
(Harvard Sq T-stop)<br><br>"American Blackout" is a critically acclaimed documentary about the stolen Presidential elections in 2000 and 2004, and voter disenfranchisement. By examining then Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's efforts to draw attention to election fraud and her subsequent ousting, the film raises questions about the racist obstruction of democracy, Democratic and Republican complicity, and media silence.<br>
<br>The film lends urgency to the need for us to take back our voting system and government!<br><br>Followed by discussion on voter disenfranchisement, and the historic 2008 Green Party Presidential ticket of Cynthia Mckinney & Rosa Clemente. <br>
Questions? <a href="mailto:kaveri.rajaraman@gmail.com" target="_blank">kaveri.rajaraman@gmail.com</a><br><b><br>American Blackout<br>2006 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize</b><br><a href="http://americanblackout.org" target="_blank">http://americanblackout.org</a><br>
=======================================<br><br>Many have heard of the alleged voting irregularities that occurred during the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004. Until now, these incidents have gone under- reported and are commonly written-off as insignificant rumors or unintentional mishaps resulting from an overburdened election system.<br>
<br>American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of voter disenfranchisement from Florida 2000 to Ohio 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Mckinney not only took an active role investigating these election debacles, but has found herself in the middle of her own after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.<br>
<br>Whatever you think you know about our election systems or Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, this film will make you question further why the news media fails to accurately inform the public. Directed by GNN's Ian Inaba, creator of Eminem's "Mosh" music video, American Blackout critically examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence voices of political dissent.<br>
<br>Featuring: Congressional members John Conyers, John Lewis, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Bernie Sanders and jounalists Greg Palast and Bob Fitrakis.<br><br>--<br><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cynthia Mckinney / Rosa Clemente</b><br>
<br><i><b>Green-Rainbow Party Candidates for</b><br><b>
President / Vice President of the United States!</b></i><br></div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="6">5% </font><font size="4">of the Vote = National Party Status</font></b><br><br>= Federal Funding + Exposure + Ballot Access in the Majority of States for 2012<br>
</div><br></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><b>"I want to be at that table. I don't want to be outside</b>… Once we're treated as a legitimate major party… what we could do with that money in <b>spreading the platform</b> and principles of the Green party" would structurally change US politics "in 4 to 8 more years" – Rosa Clemente<br>
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<b><font size="2"><br></font></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><b><font size="2">"A vote for the Green Party is a vote for the </font></b><b><font size="2"><font size="4">movement </font></font></b><font size="2"><font size="4">that will turn this country right side up."</font> </font> – Cynthia McKinney<br>
<br></div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="6">POWER TO THE PEOPLE!<br></font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">========================================================<br></div>McKinney / Clemente are a historic, first <b>all women-of-color</b> Presidential ticket, who stand for:<br>
<br></div><div><div style="margin-left: 40px;">* Reparations; right of return for Katrina survivors<br>* Universal, single-payer healthcare<br>* Full employment<br>* Immediate withdrawal from both Iraq and Afghanistan<br>
* Cut military spending & redirect billions saved to fund human needs<br>* Amnesty for undocumented immigrants; opposes guest worker program as riddled with abuses; end the raids and stop funding the border wall. Address the trade, economic, & military policies fueling migration.<br>
* End the privatization of prisons; end the "War on Drugs"<br>* Transgender-inclusive employment non-discrimination law<br>* Expand women's access to reproductive healthcare & domestic violence resources<br>
* Repeal and reverse Bush tax cuts for the rich<br>* Moratorium on foreclosures; housing is a human right<br>* A living wage for all workers; ensure workers rights and repeal Taft-Hartley as well as Free Trade Agreements like NAFTA</div>
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</ul></div><div><b>Cynthia McKinney, Green Party candidate for President</b>, is a six-term former Member of the United States Congress, and the first African American woman elected to Congress in Georgia. <b>Rosa Clemente</b>, her running mate for <b>Vice President</b>, is a longtime community organizer, journalist and former director of the Hip Hop caucus.<br>
<i><b><br><u>Only</u> Cynthia (among the Presidential candidates):</b></i><br><br>- calls for the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan; consistently opposed funding for bloated military and secret intelligence budgets;<br>
<br>- cosponsored every bill in Congress to create a system of universal health care under a single payer model;<br><br>- authored a bill in Congress to institute a genuine living wage for all workers;<br><br>- supports amnesty for undocumented immigrant workers;<br>
<br>- introduced the National Forest Protection and Restoration Act;<br><br>- sought the repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Military Commissions Act;<br><br>- introduced Articles of Impeachment for George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice;<br>
<br>- challenged Pentagon Secretary Rumsfeld and Chairman Myers of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the $2.3 trillion missing Pentagon money and on U.S.-sponsored war games taking place on September 11, 2001;<br><br>- currently serves on (a) International tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, (b) Brussels Tribunal on Iraq, and (c) is participating in War Crimes prosecutions in Spain.<br>
<br><b>More on differences between McKinney and other candidates:</b><br><a href="http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=95" target="_blank">http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=95</a><br><a href="http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=97" target="_blank">http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=97</a><br>
<br>A Gift for a Generation: A U.S. Financial System of Our Own<br><a href="http://votetruth08.com/index.php/component/content/article/271-a-gift-for-a-generation-a-us-financial-system-of-our-own" target="_blank">http://votetruth08.com/index.php/component/content/article/271-a-gift-for-a-generation-a-us-financial-system-of-our-own</a><br>
<b><br>McKinney on the economic crisis:</b><br><a href="http://www.rgtitleagency.com/audio/NEWS100108bailout.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.rgtitleagency.com/audio/NEWS100108bailout.mp3</a><br><br><br>Join us in building a movement for real change! Under the electoral college ("winner takes all") system, Massachusetts is certain to go Obama. Every vote for McKinney / Clemente counts: make your vote count towards 5%!<br>
<br>"We are in this to build a movement. We are willing to struggle for as long as it takes to have our values prevail in public policy." -- Cynthia McKinney<br><br><a href="http://votetruth08.com/" target="_blank">http://votetruth08.com/</a><br>
<br><br>--<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N14HYcopWEU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N14HYcopWEU</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1NPlQjkqo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1NPlQjkqo</a><br>
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5% of vote = Major Party Status + ballot access + exposure + public funds<br><br><a href="http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/08/26/comedy-central-joins-in-the-marginalizing-actually-that-should-read-invisibilizing-of-presidential-candidate-cynthia-mckinney/" target="_blank">http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/08/26/comedy-central-joins-in-the-marginalizing-actually-that-should-read-invisibilizing-of-presidential-candidate-cynthia-mckinney/</a><br>
<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>...when your innocent eyes glance<br>at this confused, beginningless book,<br>you will see a deep-rooted, lasting rebellion<br>blooming in the heart of every song. ...<br><br>-- Forough Farrokhzad, translated<br>
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