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Tue 6 Mar 2018 2:23PM

Endorse the No Trump Military Parade protest

KZM Kevin Zeese (Delegate, Maryland Green Party) Public Seen by 334

Trump has ordered the Pentagon to go ahead and start planning the military parade for Veterans weekend in November. This is the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day weekend, a holiday to celebrate peace. A coalition of antiwar, peace and justice groups of come together to form a united protest against the parade. We've set up a website and have about 40 organizations signed on so far. The MGP should be a signer as a state Green Party right next to DC .

KZM

Kevin Zeese (Delegate, Maryland Green Party) Tue 6 Mar 2018 2:24PM

Here is Margaret and my most recent article about the protest, https://popularresistance.org/mass-mobilization-militarism/

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Robert Smith ⋅ West Virginia Tue 6 Mar 2018 7:32PM

Sounds good to me! @kevinzeese you should start a proposal / decision.

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Virginia Rodino Wed 7 Mar 2018 2:36AM

I agree we should endorse.

KZM

Kevin Zeese (Delegate, Maryland Green Party) Wed 7 Mar 2018 3:20AM

Thanks. I started a vote. It would be good to get this done quickly so we can be added soon. This is gaining momentum and Greens should be visible as it grows.

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Chris Dudley Fri 9 Mar 2018 5:27PM

I can't find the vote here.

KZM

Kevin Zeese (Delegate, Maryland Green Party) Fri 9 Mar 2018 5:28PM

Maybe I am doing something wrong on Loomio or people are busy but I am very disappointed there has been no response to the vote on endorsing this protest. Progressive Democrats of America are on the endorsement list but only a couple of small local Green Parties. The national party and the peace caucus have not responded and now neither has MGP. Sometimes, I just want to give up on the Green Party. It seems so dysfunctional. Maybe Loomio was not the right way to get this endorsed. It seems like such a no brainer but the silence in response is defeaning.

KZM

Kevin Zeese (Delegate, Maryland Green Party) Fri 9 Mar 2018 5:29PM

I have re-started the vote here. Hopefully, this works for everyone https://www.loomio.org/p/MVXODdFP/maryland-green-party-endorses-the-no-trump-military-parade-protest

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joanpontius Sat 10 Mar 2018 11:29AM

I had voted, but noticed all the other votes were from "Anonymous users" or something like that. I think maybe a setting must have been wrong? Even when I follow your "new" link, there are 9 votes, but I only see my name listed, all the others are Anonymous

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Andy Ellis-Baltimore City-Delegate-He/Him Sat 10 Mar 2018 1:05PM

there was a setting that i changed in order to get this fixed.it shows names now.