ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, July 4, 2008 Send Announcement items to news@sfgreens.org. Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meeting is held 7:30 p.m. every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) Meeting Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem ========================================================= EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * "Red State" San Francisco Mime Troupe's Satirical Summer Opening: July 4-6; 1:30 p.m., Free (donations) Dolores Park, 18th & Dolores Streets It's Election Day in America and, due to an Electoral College tie, the entire Presidential Election comes down to the one small town called Bluebird, Kansas, the one district that -- due to a voting machine glitch -- didn't report any results. For a complete schedule and more information, call 415.285.1717 or visit http://www.sfmt.org . Green volunteers will be there by 1 p.m. collecting signatures for candidates Mark Sanchez, Bruce Wolfe and Cindy Sheehan. Look for the Green Party and Mark Sanchez for Supervisor banners. * National Green Party Convention: July 10-13, Chicago, IL Palmer House Hilton, 7 East Monroe St. Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. Most Workshops will be conducted at the Palmer House for a couple of days of give-and-take learning. The National Nominating Convention will select the Green Party candidate for the 2008 Presidential Election on Sunday, July 13. Follow link for more information: http://www.greenparty2008.org/ * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, July 16, 7:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ * California Green Party General Assembly: Aug. 23-24 Dana Point, Orange County Look for details at http://cagreens.org/plenary * Open Government Assembly: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18 UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism The event brings current First Amendment and freedom-of-information issues into focus and includes presentation of CFAC's Beacon Awards recognizing First Amendment and FOI champions. Program details TBA. http://www.cfac.org/content/index.php/cfac-assembly/index _______________________ NEWS The Dirty Fight Over Clean Power http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6654&catid=&volume_id=317&issue_id=38... In The Spotlight: Nancy Pelosi http://www.greenchange.org/display.php?modin=51&uid=27 The Carfree Challenge http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6649&volume_id=317&issue_id=385&volum... What The New NSA Spying Decision Means for the Immunity Debate http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/new-decision-immunity-myths Sanders to Introduce Solar Roofing Act http://www.progressive.org/mag/wx070108 Supreme Court Shoots Down DC Gun Ban http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/06/8822_supreme_court_gun_... Will Covert Operations Lead to Overt Military Attacks Against Iran? http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/6/29/18920/5632 The New Snoops: Terrorism Liaison Officers, Some from Private Sector http://www.progressive.org/mag/mc070208 Google must divulge YouTube log http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7488009.stm White House Tried to Silence EPA Proposal on Car Emissions http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062502... Cheney Repeatedly Met With Auto Execs Before White House Killed California�s Emissions Law http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/21/cheney-epa-califronia/ Iceland is Whaling Again https://community.hsus.org/campaign/hsi_whaling_iceland The Whale Man http://www.newsweek.com/id/143406 Obama and the School of the Americas http://nacla.org/node/4777