> Jello Biafra was nominated for the Green Party Presidential Primary
> in New York State. Biafra will be an official candidate in the March
> 7 election. Also on the ballot are consumer advocate Ralph Nader,
> Stephen Gaskin, founder of The Farm - a commune in Tennessee, and
> Joel Kovel, a doctor, peace activist, and college professor.
>
> Jello Biafra's Platform for 2000 Green Party Presidential Primary
> (State of New York; March 7):
>
> - Enactment of a maximum wage
> - Withdrawal of the US from NAFTA and the World Trade Organization,
> ideally forcing the latter's dissolution
> - A moratorium (or at least the forced labeling) of irradiated and
> genetically engineered "frankenfood"
> - End the "War on Drugs", disband the DEA, and commute the prison
> sentences of all small time drug offenders to "time served"
> - Abolish the military and CIA, and destroy all nuclear weapons
> - Citizen election of police officers
> - Shift the United States Government to Parliamentary rule, with
> proportional representation, and a sixty day limit on election
> campaigns
> - "None of the Above" option on all ballots, whereby a majority of
> dissatisfied voters can force a new election
> - Allow individual taxpayers to determine exactly where the
> government directs their money
> - Legalize squatting in abandoned buildings
> - Eradicate all SUV's!!!!!!!!
>
> Biafra does not plan to actively campaign. For further information
> concerning the Green Party (including volunteer positions) contact
> Craig Seeman at (718)797-0045 or cseeman at earthlink.net. Direct press
> inquiries related to Jello Biafra or Alternative Tentacles Records to
> Michelle at (415)282-9784 or michelle at alternativetentacles.com.
>
> Full press release at :
> http://www.alternativetentacles.com/page.gsp?id=pr20000124