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Elections & IRV
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links
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We continually
gather and organize information for this section. If you would like to
help, please contact hcgp@txgreens.org.
This section aims to be chock full of position papers, articles, and links
to other organizations. A related page of our web site: Local
Progressive Groups.
Peace
Not War
- Latinos
Por La Paz: a
grass-roots organization committed to the fulfillment of human, civil,
and cultural rights for all citizens of the world
- Houston
Peace and Justice Center
now invites progressives to do their copying for 2 1/2 cents at its
Center, 1627 W. Alabama (just east of Dunlavy). The facility is open
M-F 2-5, but access at other times is possible by calling 713.522.9850
- The
Peace Test
Where attitudes toward violence are put to the test.
Test and boost your resistance to “war fever” at PeaceTest.org,
an educational project of the University of Texas School of Public Health
and the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
(IFMSA). PeaceTest
measures users’ risk of moral disengagement and explains how this
cognitive process affects attitudes and policies regarding violence.
Police Accountability
- Houston
CopWatch: a
nonviolent all-civilian group that strives to help end police misconduct,
brutality, and abuse of power through direct observation of the police
in the streets, and advocating for their victims after the event.
- Corpus
Justice: Leader of the movement for civilian oversight
of the police.
- Civilians
Down
a memorial website for those killed by law officers in our area.
Universal
Health Care
Women's
Rights
Reproductive
Rights
Water
Resources
- Texas
Water Matters
Collaborative effort of National Wildlife Federation, Environmental
Defense Fund, and Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club; follow their links.
Includes valuable science, photos, conferences, you name it they've
got it with respect to water. (Water Conference in Houston happened
27 Sept 2003; others to follow in New Braunfels, Dallas, Midland.)
- NWF
Texas Living Waters
Part of the above coalition; video available.
- Facts
about Texas Water
An engaging manual for personal action. Download pdf in English and/o
en Español.
Energy
/ Environment
Elections:
Instant Runoff Voting, Research, Reforms
Public
Radio and Free Speech
Independent
/ Alternative News & Media
Anti-Death
Penalty
People from associated state green parties met in Denver in June,
2000, and adopted a platform that states in Section F, on Criminal Justice,
Item 14: "We do not support, as a matter of conscience, the DEATH
PENALTY." ASGP
Platform 2000
- CHILD
EXECTIONS specially dedicated links: American
Bar Association, International
Justice Project, Amnesty
International
- Ray
Hill
Eternal beacon of reason and hope in Houston
- Texas
Defender Service
Fact
filled reports on how injustice results in death in Texas. A few dedicated
lawyers tell tales that beat all the tired old jokes. Problem is, it's
not funny.
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Texas Department of Criminal **justice STATISTICS
The
grim reaper's meticulous records. Schedules. Last meals. Last words.
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Amnesty International DP Abolition
AI-USA
has fantastic resources about DP with respect to Juveniles, Deterrence
(not), Racial imbalance, Innocence, Cost, etc. Don't curse the darkness,
light one candle.
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ACLU Death Penalty Campaign
ACLU
gives updates countrywide, often with legislative initiatives
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Religious
Organizing against the DP
American
Friends Service Committee once hosted this site; it's become much wider.
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Texas Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty
TCADP,
Houston. Meets 2nd Tuesdays at ACLU office on Montrose at Alabama, SW
corner, 2nd floor. (See Houston Peace News.)
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Texas Moratorium Network
Organizing Annual
March to end executions.
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Citizens United for
Alternatives to the DP
Abe
Bonowitz met with southern activists in San Marcos May 2000
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The Lamp of Hope -- Europeans watch Texas
Texas
executed a co-founder; a Dane carries the torch.
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Campaign to
End the Death Penalty
A
nationwide organization, CEDP has some good links too
Genetically
Modified Food; other good food stuff
Other
Resources:
Government
Links:
Other
Links to check out:
Green
Party Links (the global network):
resources
If you
want more information on Green Issues, check out the links
below
For a
weekly newsletter from the national GP, see http://www.gp.org/greensweek/index.html
where you may subscribe for e-mail.
(Does
anyone know what became of the Green Path website that explored Green
Thinking (grown courtesy of Carl Manz, who recently moved from Bastrop
County, Texas to Arizona)?
If you
want Texas Green Party Materials, click
here
last
updated: 2005-02-05
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