Wisconsin Green Party endorses October 27th Stop the War Now! Rally in
Chicago
Greens from Wisconsin and region to attend

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22nd, 2007

Chicago Rally Participant Contacts:
Ruth Weill Co-Chair, Wisconsin Green Party, ruthweill@gmail.com 414-350-2107
Jill Bussiere, Media Committee, Wisconsin Green Party, jdt@itol.com 920
255-2175

The Wisconsin Green Party joins over 120 groups and coalitions in endorsing
the October 27th Stop the War Now! rally in Chicago. The Chicago rally is
one of eleven regional demonstrations centered in these major cities
throughout the United States: Boston, Chicago, Jonesborough, Tenn., Los
Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City,
San Francisco, Seattle.

The Wisconsin Green Party, which opposed the war in Iraq since before the
invasion, has repeatedly called for the immediate withdrawal of US troops
from Iraq.

The coalition of groups endorsing the October 27th rally in Chicago calls
for the United States to:
· Fund human needs, not the war
· Stop the violence at home and abroad, no wider wars
· Defend our civil liberties & immigrant rights
· Bring all our troops home NOW

Wisconsin Greens will be joining other Wisconsinites on over 20 buses
scheduled to carry participants to Chicago on October 27th. Greens from
Wisconsin and Illinois will meet up at the rally.

“We were misled into this mess in the wake of 9/11 by an inept
Administration that has no sense of public responsibility. Iraq had no
weapons of mass destruction and nothing to do with 9/11,” said Merritt
Bussiere, who will be representing the Kewaunee/Door WGP chapter in Chicago.
“Al Queda, which had zero presence in Iraq in 2003, has used the US
occupation as a major program for recruiting terrorists there. Since the
Fall 2006 elections, Congress has just started to hold this Administration
more accountable, but we’re still waiting for real leadership and action
from our representatives to end the war. The best way to support our brave
men and women serving in Iraq is to get them out of this civil war and bring
them home.”

“Not one more death – not anyone’s children, not anyone’s grandchildren,”
said Debbie Ruddock, representative of the Wisconsin Green Party Women’s
Caucus, who will be making the trip to Chicago.

Buses are available from Green Bay, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Milwaukee, Racine,
Madison, Oshkosh, Wausau, Prairie du Chien, Dodgeville, and more.

For information on buses going from Wisconsin to Chicago contact Judy Minor
at the Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice : 608-250-9240
info@wnpj.org, or visit http://www.wnpj.org/node/8633

Wisconsin Green Party
http://www.wisconsingreenparty.org