October 29, 2011 — For Immediate Release
Greens of Adams/Jefferson Counties Stand in Solidarity
with Occupy Movement
The Adams-Jefferson Greens announce our support of the Occupy movement in Denver, Boulder and surrounding cities as well as cities across Colorado and America. By way of the 10 Key Values of the Green Party of Colorado and the articulated platforms of the national Green Party, our local Green chapter is aligned with and fully supportive of the approach, the stated issues, and the full exercise of the Occupy movement members’ rights, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America for individuals to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances.
We wish to express our solidarity with the Occupy cause and our empathy with those intrepid souls mobilized to demonstrate for that cause, peacefully revolting against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations. We believe it is of utmost importance to the citizens of our counties and the nation to expose how the richest 1 percent of people are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on the future of the 99 percent.
Further, we express our sense of aversion to all militaristic police force used in the suppression of Occupy demonstrators, such as in Denver and New York City. We are appalled by the recent police violence in Oakland, Calif., which has resulted in the hospitalization of an Occupy Oakland supporter who was also a two tour Iraq war vet, Scott Olsen. Our deepest sympathies go out to Mr. Olsen, his friends and family, as do our wishes for his full and speedy recovery.
The 10 Key Values of the Colorado Green Party, which guide all political and policy decisions of its members, candidates and elected officials, are:
- Grassroots Democracy
- Social Justice and Equal Opportunity
- Ecological Wisdom
- Non-Violence
- Decentralization
- Community Based Economics and Economic Justice
- Feminism and Gender Equality
- Respect for Diversity
- Personal and Global Responsibility
- Future Focus and Sustainability
For more information on the Green Party of Colorado, go online to coloradogreenparty.org, and to connect with the Adams-Jefferson Greens, go online to facebook.com and search Adams-Jefferson Greens to locate the local web page.
