[Marxism] Cynthia McKinney Supports Reconstruction Party

[Walter Lippmann <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Rolandgarret@xxxxxxx
Sent: Sep 14, 2007 10:54 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients@null, null@null
Subject: FYI: Cynthia McKinney Supports Formation of Reconstruction Party, 
Endorses Malcolm Suber for City Council Campaign in New Orleans

UNITY & INDEPENDENCE
Supplement to The Organizer Newspaper
P.O. Box 40009
San Francisco, CA 94140
Tel. 415-641-8616
Email: U&I@ilcinfo@earthlink.net

IN THIS MESSAGE

1) Statement by Cynthia McKinney

2) Sign-On Endorsement Statement for Reconstruction Party Organizing
Committee and Malcolm Suber for City Council in New Orleans

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1) Statement by Cynthia McKinney

September 13, 2007

I, Cynthia McKinney, former Member of Congress for the people of
Georgia, would like to hereby declare my full support for the
formation of an independent Reconstruction Party in the United
States. I also declare my full support for Brother Malcolm Suber's
candidacy for New Orleans City Council in the October 20, 2007
elections.

Brother Suber is a long time revolutionary fighter for Black and
working class liberation, a dedicated community organizer, and a
staunch internationalist.

Brother Suber has recently offered himself as a founding member of
the  Reconstruction Party Organizing Committee, which will embody the
fighting spirit and organizing form to lead the people into a new New
Orleans and new Gulf Coast, where the lives of the people will come
before the profits of capitalist corporations.

Brother Suber and I strongly believe that the Reconstruction Movement
move to its next and logical phase, which is the contest for
political power if we are truly to have a just and equitable
reconstruction of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. The facts on the
ground clearly demonstrate that we cannot rely on failed politicians
and failing political parties which are complicit in the lack of
preparation, the failure to rescue, and the continued refusal to
advance the right to return for  hundreds of thousands of people who
continue to be displaced. 

I join Brother Suber in calling on our friends and supporters from
around the country to support the formation of the Reconstruction
Party, which is needed to address the myriad problems of
institutional racism, class domination, historical poverty, and
sexism which plague working people in the cities throughout this
country. The problems faced in these cities are no different than the
problems faced by those in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

The politicians and machinery of both these parties have been proven
complicit in the genocidal policies against our people.  The
systematic and intentional crimes associated with Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita were submitted for evidence at the International Tribunal on
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, held in New Orleans from August 29th
through September 2nd on the two-year anniversary of the disaster.
The Tribunal's conveners and judges were representative of workers'
and democratic peoples' movements in the U.S. and abroad. The U.S.
government at all levels -- federal, state, and local -- were proven
responsible for these atrocities.

Brother Suber and the Reconstruction Party have my full and
unequivocal support, and I will do whatever is in my power to advance
their platform, a platform of the people.

Sincerely,

Cynthia McKinney

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2) SIGN-ON ENDORSEMENT STATEMENT OF
RECONSTRUCTION PARTY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE TO BUILD THE PARTY
AND SUPPORT MALCOLM SUBER FOR NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL

We, the undersigned, support the formation of the Reconstruction
Party, which is needed to address the myriad problems of
institutional racism, class domination, historical poverty and sexism
which plagues working people in cities throughout this country. We
hereby agree to be part of a Reconstruction Party Organizing
Committee.

We call upon friends and activists across the country to assist us in
developing and contributing to the platform of a Reconstruction Party
that can really begin to ignite the Black Liberation Movement and the
workers' struggle for power. You can send your comments to the
Organizing Committee and to Malcolm.

We call upon you to form Reconstruction Party/Malcolm Suber Campaign
Committees in cities across the country.

Financial contributions are needed urgently and can be made via the
PayPal link on the campaign website -- which is
http://www.malcolmforcitycouncil.com -- or by sending a check or
money order (in U.S. dollars), payable to Malcolm Suber Campaign, to
1631 Elysian Fields Ave. New Orleans, LA 70117.

For more information about the campaign or how you can help, please
call (504) 931-7614.

- -- Statement supported by Reconstruction Party Organizing Committee members:
(list in construction)

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ENDORSEMENT/SUPPORT COUPON

* I authorize my name to be listed publicly as a member of the RP
Organizing Committee

[    ]  Yes. You can list my name publicly.

[    ]  No. I wish to be a committee member but cannot have my name
listed publicly.

* I pledge $ ____ to the Malcolm Suber/Reconstruction Party Fund. I
will send my contribution:

[    ]  via the PayPal link on the website

[    ]  via snail-mail, with check payable to Malcolm Suber Campaign

Name:

City:

State:

Country:

Phone:

Email:

[Note: This statement was endorsed by approximately 50 activists at
the International Tribunal on Katrina the weekend of Sept. 1-2, 2007.]

Please fill-in this endorsement coupon and send to
<malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and to
<reconstructionparty@xxxxxxxxx>


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WALTER LIPPMANN
Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
writer - photographer - activist
http://www.walterlippmann.com
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