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--></style><b style><span style="color:black">Tim DeChristopher</span></b><span style="color:black">,
nationally renowned environmental activist, will deliver the keynote speech
"S<em><span style="font-family:Verdana">tanding Up for People and the Planet</span></em>"
at the state convention of the Green-Rainbow Party this year.<span style> </span>DeChristopher gained national attention in
2008 when he attempted to prevent drilling on</span><span style> 22,500 acres of
public land by bidding at a Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease
auction.<span style> </span>For this protest, he was
arrested and served 21 months in prison.<span style>
</span>His story is told in the documentary film </span><a href="http://www.bidder70film.com/#!trailer/cxbx"><span style>Bidder 70</span></a><span style>.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>The </span><a href="http://www.green-rainbow.org/2013_annual_convention?e=8500c9ed9c420562277a7633b8f93f6490286379&utm_source=greenrainbow&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2013_conv_10_23&n=3"><span style>GRP
State Convention </span></a><span style><span style> </span>will be held on <span class=""><span style="color:black">November 9, 2013, 9:00am-5:00pm</span></span> at the <span style="color:black">First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St., Worcester,
Massachusetts.<span style> </span>Christopher is scheduled
to speak at 10:45am.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Other speakers include:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:black">Chuck Turner</span></b><span style="color:black">, Former
Boston City Councilor and longtime human-rights organizer, will speak on "<em><span style="font-family:Verdana">Entering the Lion’s Den: Organizing white, male workers, 35—55, to
fight back". <span style> </span></span></em></span><span style>After
a lifetime of standing up to moneyed interests and corruption, and speaking up
publicly against FBI abuses, Turner was the victim of an FBI sting operation </span><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black">in which an FBI informant was sent to Turner's office
to hand Turner an unsolicited bundle of cash that the FBI then claimed
represented a bribe. </span></em><span style><span style> </span>In this case that smacked of pure political
retribution, Turner was sentenced to three years in prison, from which he has recently
returned to rejoin the struggle for justice in Massachusetts.</span><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black"></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:black">Jill Stein</span></b><span style="color:black">, 2012 Green
Party Presidential Candidate, founder of the Green Shadow Cabinet, will report
on the Green uprisings around the nation, and how the Green Party is
increasingly becoming the vanguard of change.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:black">Joe Carvalho</span></b><span style="color:black">,<span style> </span>candidate for mayor of Fall River, will
discuss his recent campaign and the ways we can offer voters real alternatives
to politics-as-usual.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Registration includes a delicious vegan or pizza lunch.<span style> </span>You do not have to be a member of the
Green-Rainbow Party to attend.<span style> </span>Registration fees are $35
supporter, $25 regular, $10 student or low income,<span style> </span>$2 unemployed/no income.<span style> </span>A $5 discount off the regular price can be
obtained by pre-registering (pay only $20).<span style>
</span>Pre-registration is encouraged to speed entry on arrival and to let
organizers notify attendees of any last-minute changes to the agenda. <span style>To
register, </span><a href="http://www.green-rainbow.org/2013_annual_convention"><span style>click
here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(227,108,10)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">According to Green-Rainbow
Party co-chair John Andrews "With 60% of the American public saying that
we need alternatives to the Democrats and Republicans, and Congressional
approval ratings at 5%, people are hungry for alternative voices.<span style> </span>We are the party that supports universal,
single-payer health care that covers everyone and bankrupts no one.<span style> </span></span><span style>We are the party that
supports education as a human right, including free public higher education and
abolishing student debt.<span style> </span><span style="color:black">We are the party that opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership
that would ship our jobs abroad.<span style> </span>We are
the party that supports raising the minimum wage to a living wage.<span style> </span>We are the party that would end corporate
personhood.<span style> </span>We are the party that would
stop Obama's ongoing<span style> </span>$85 billion per
month Wall Street bailout and use our nation's money to revive our struggling
cities and pay off student loans.<span style> </span>We are
the party that would stop the Keystone XL pipeline, close the Fukishima-style
nuclear reactors, ban fracking, and vigorously promote binding international
agreements to save the climate.<span style> </span></span>We
are the party that supports a full employment green economy to end the scourge
of unemployment and halt impending climate catastrophe. This convention will
lay the foundation for advancing these fronts of struggle in Massachusetts and
beyond.<span style="color:black">"</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For more information and a
detailed agenda </span><a href="http://www.green-rainbow.org/2013_annual_convention"><span style>click
here</span></a><span class=""><span style> .</span></span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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