Globalization

Resolutions for your Precinct Convention

If you vote in the Texas primary (or during early voting), be sure to come back to your individual precinct voting location (not an early voting location) for your precinct convention.

Precinct conventions start at 7:15 PM, or after the last person in line has voted, and are a great place to educate others about issues you care about, and get resolutions on them approved and sent up to the Senate District (SD) conventions and the state convention, so they'll get noticed by a lot more people.

Go to our resolutions list http://paa-tx.org/resolutions and pick out resolutions of interest to you -- just click on the titles of any of them. Download the pdf versions that are formatted for printing, and bring several copies of each to your precinct convention. If you want to write your own resolution on a topic we did not cover, refer to our Resolution-Writing Guidelines (see link at http://paa-tx.org/resolutions ) for suggestions on how to write a good resolution that is likely to be passed.

Some additional resolutions are also on the Burnt Orange Report web site http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/10038/2010-tdp-resolutions-thread -- please see these too.

If you don't vote in the primary, you are eligible to sign petitions to help get the Green Party on the ballot in Texas this year. For at least one state-wide office (Comptroller), there's no Democrat on the ballot, so this is not even a conflict for any Dem. See http://hcgp.org for details.


4th Friday Flicks - Immigration & Globalization

Submitted by Bill Crosier on September 21, 2006 - 1:39pm. :: |

This month, we are teaming up with the Houston Institute for Culture for the 4th Friday Flicks event, on Sep. 22, and it's FREE. There are two short movies ("The Other Side" and "Oaxacan Hoops") scheduled for that date. Both are on the topic of immigration and globalization. See http://www.paa-tx.org/node/2358 for descriptions of the movies.

We'll have refreshments before (starting at 6:30 PM) and after the movies shown on on Sep. 22, along with a discussion afterwards (including what films to show next). The complete schedule and descriptions of HIFC movies is at http://www.paa-tx.org/node/2358


Cheney/DeLay protest report. New CNN Poll

Submitted by Sarah Gonzales on December 6, 2005 - 1:35pm. :: | | | | | | |

See below for more updates on last night's protest from John Cobarruvias of Bay Area New Democrats.  He was one of the organizers of the event.  BAND can be counted on to have a significant prescence whenever DeLay is in town, even (like last night) when the event isn't even in the Clear Lake area nor in DeLay's district.

John counted 287 protestors.  I think that's a fairly accurate number, although it was difficult to count because we were spread out over such a big area, some people came late, etc.  The Houston Chronicle said police estimated about 250.


Workers' Rights are Human Rights..

Submitted by Sarah Gonzales on October 13, 2005 - 6:59am. :: | |

To get a copy of this resolution formatted for printing, so you can take it with you to your precinct convention, click on the link in the Attachment box below.

WHEREAS, All people have a right to have a job in a safe workplace, to earn living wages and secure benefits including retirement, and


Repeal NAFTA & Withdraw From WTO

Submitted by Sarah Gonzales on October 13, 2005 - 6:51am. ::

Note:  This is an old resolution that has been superceded by a new version. 

 

WHEREAS, Participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) has meant a race to the bottom for workers, family farmers and the environment, causing a $418 billion trade deficit and a loss of over 500,000 jobs; and

WHEREAS, Free trade has encouraged companies in the U. S. to leave the country in search of low wages, low commodity prices, anti-union climates, and lax environmental laws; and

WHEREAS, Free trade has stocked our retail shelves with goods produced by foreign workers under harsh working conditions that would be illegal if found in this country; and

WHEREAS, NAFTA shifts power away from state and local government and directly challenges our U. S. Constitution, as in the case when our "Buy American" laws were challenged by other countries; and

WHEREAS, Free trade favors multinational corporations, not citizens or communities and;

WHEREAS, Free trade agreements are not fair and beneficial to U. S. agriculture and are a threat to our national food security; and

WHEREAS, The September 2003 Cancun WTO negotiations on agricultural subsidies, domestic supports and market access and special treatment for developing nations were a failure and caused breakdown in overall negotiations; and

WHEREAS, Expansion of the General Agreement on Trades in Services (GATS) leaves water supplies, electrical services, healthcare, and education unprotected from the greedy tactics of multinational corporations; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That we support measures to restore control of trade from multinational corporations to the jurisdiction of the U.S. government and for the benefit of U.S. citizens, by:


Restore Rural Communities & Family Farms..

Submitted by Sarah Gonzales on October 13, 2005 - 6:41am. :: |

To get a copy of this resolution formatted for printing, so you can take it with you to your precinct convention, click on the link in the Attachment box below.

WHEREAS agribusiness monopolies now control all aspects of U.S. agriculture, with 20 Fortune 500 corporations subsidized by USDA and thus receiving most federal farm subsidies; and


Corporate Personhood..

Submitted by Sarah Gonzales on October 13, 2005 - 6:22am. :: | |


To get a copy of this resolution formatted for printing, so you can take it with you to your precinct convention, click on the link in the Attachment box below.

WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln said democracy refers to a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people", and only human beings should be able to participate in the democratic process; and


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