Morning News to Keep You Ranting - July 20th

Today -


Cheri Honkala's acceptance speech
Summer Slaughter kicks off today in California
Your band of the day is ... TAT!
James Mcdermott is your candidate of the day
MovetoAmend.org wants to hear from you
and
NoLabels.org continues to perpetuate the duopoly


Presidential Politics - 


Cheri Honkala (Green Party VP Nominee)

Cheri Honkala Acceptance speech for Vice President at Green Party Convention

Tours & Festivals - 


Summer Slaughter - 


Join Us For Our SUMMER SLAUGHTER Pre-Game LIVE Video Webcast This Friday At 3pE/12pP (From MetalInjection.Net)


You can read about the history of Summer Slaughter, here.


Find out where all your favorite festivals and tours are at today, here.

Band of the Day - TAT


TAT are a punk trio from Britain.


Click here to read more about them, follow them on social media sites and listen to their music.


Candidate of the Day - James Mcdermott


James Mcdermott is running to serve Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives.


James is a Libertarian. You can read more about his campaign, his views and his candidacy, here.

Activism - 


MovetoAmend.Org wants you to testify as to why corporations aren't people and money isn't speech!

Check it out here.

NoLabels.Org wants to give the president the line-item veto and has ten other ways they think they can help fix the presidency. You can view the eleven ideas and sign the petition here.

If you want to see Dr. Jill Stein in the debates, calling the polling companies and making sure her name is included is one way to go about it, donating to the campaign, either money for t.v. and radio or time to raise name recognition and support through word of mouth, is another, but, thanks to Change.org, you can now also sign and share this petition to get her into the debates.

Open the Presidential Debates to Dr. Jill Stein

Ranting Against the Mainstream Media - 


NoLabels.Org continues to perpetuate the duopoly.

Green Party's National Convention Keynote Speakers & Nominating Process

Watch live streaming video from greenpartyus at livestream.com

INVITATION: Green Media Workshops at the Convention, for all Green candidates & Greens interested in media outreach (From The Green Party)

(Please forward widely!)


Are you a Green candidate?
Are you working on a Green campaign?
Are you interested in media outreach to promote the Green Party?

If so, please join us at our Green Media Workshops, Thursday and Friday at the Green Party's 2012 National Convention in Baltimore, July 12-15.

Every Green campaign should have a media outreach component. Every state and local Green Party should have a media director or media committee. At the workshops, you'll learn all the basics of Green media work. Take one, two, or all three workshops.

For a taste of what we'll cover, visit "Media Tips for Green Candidates":http://www.gp.org/organize/organize-kit/downloads/candidate-media-tips.pdf


SCHEDULE of Media Workshops

THURSDAY, JULY 12

• 1:30-3 pm: Workshop: Media for Candidates, presented by Scott McLarty, co-chair of the Media Committee. Press releases, press conferences, internal media organizing in the Green Party, etc. Location: University of Baltimore Law Center, Room LC 203.

• 3:15-4:45 pm: Workshop: Part I, Social Media & Livestream/Video Training for Campaigns presented by Starlene Rankin, co-chair of the Media Committee, and Craig Seeman, Green Party of New York. Location: University of Baltimore Business Center, Room BC 135. This workshop will serve as a lab for taping and livestreaming at the convention.

FRIDAY, JULY 13

• 2-3:30 pm: Workshop: Part II, Social Media & Livestream/Video Training for Campaigns presented by Starlene Rankin, co-chair of the Media Committee, and Craig Seeman, Green Party of New York. Location: University of Baltimore Business Center, Room BC 135.

The Business Center is across the street (West Mount Royal Avenue) from the Law Center, where most of the convention will take place. Here is campus map for the University of Baltimore:http://www.ubalt.edu/map

Any questions? Send a message to Scott (mclarty@greens.org) or Starlene (starlene@gp.org). We'll see you in Baltimore!

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