Malachy’s Bio Vote Green Party on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 !Author of A Monk Swimming, a NY Times Best-Seller !Wrote playA Couple of Blaguards with brother Frank McCourt 1F !Radio Host: WBAI, WMCA, WABC Green !TV and Movie actor !Union Member: SAG, AFTRA, USW Malachy McCourt !Peace and Justice Activist (Gov) !NYCLU Florina Lasker Award !New York Magazine Best of NY !Married to disability activist Diana Malachy McCourt for 40 years. Has 5 children and 4 grandchildren. for Malachy’s Issues Governor !Born in Brooklyn; Raised in Limerick Peace Mom Bring Home the National Guard Cindy Sheehan says: 4 Pillars Abolish the Death Penalty “I am supporting Repeal Rockefeller Drug Laws Malachy McCourt...He is a of the Green Party man of courage, integrity, Legalize Medical Marijuana he’s a dear friend of mine. ! Nonviolence Healthcare for All I believe the people of !Ecological Wisdom NY want peace. Curb Global Warming !Grassroots Democracy And, people really are !Social & Economic Justice Rid NY of Nuclear Power tired of the same party politics as usual.” Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Green Party www.LongIslandforMalachy.com You may bring this brochure into Local Contact: Ian Wilder 631-422-4702 Row F the voting booth with you Why Vote Green Party? The Green Party is Resisters League Co-Secretary America’s Peace Party David McReynolds for US Senate. The only way for the Green McReynolds has also endorsed Party to be able to run hundreds Author/actor Malachy McCourt is Malachy McCourt. of peace candidates in New York the Green Party candidate for Governor. Both Democratic candidate next year is for Green Party gover- Eliot Spitzer and Republican Vote Green Party for nor candidate Malachy McCourt candidate John Faso support Better Elections to get 50,000 votes this year. the Iraq War. Both Spitzer and The Green Party supports Under NYS election law, 50,000 Faso support the death pen- Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) votes for a Governor candidate gives the alty. The Green Party is proud where the voter ranks the Green Party an automatic ballot line. That to offer New Yorkers a candidates in order of prefer- would level the playing field for Greens, so progressive choice on the ence, like for the MVP and they can get on the ballot as easily as ballot. McCourt has spoken Heisman Trophy. IRV always Democrats and Republicans. out loudly against the death has a majority winner; elimi- This opportunity only comes around penalty. And McCourt’s cam- nates spoiler fears; decreases once every four years…And it is only the paign calls for an immediate negative campaigning; and governor’s race that matters for regaining withdrawal from Iraq: combines the power of the ballot line. progressive voters. Please, help build the Green Party. “Every dollar we send to Vote for Malachy McCourt for Washington supports this war, One last thought Governor on Row F. so we must find ways to not send money to Washington. from Peace Mom Our State Legislature must Cindy Sheehan: Why We Need You condemn this war. And we must condemn war as a way of solving The Democrats and Republicans “We will never have a viable third problems.” both take money from corporations. Cor- party, though, as long as we vote porations are the only ones profitting from out of fear and not out of integrity. war. Corporate donations and corporate Local peace activists like Bill Instead of voting for the “lesser of lobbyists make your voice count less and McNulty are supporting Malachy McCourt two evils” we should be voting for a less to your elected officials. Green Party for Governor. (In fact, Bill has just become candidate that reflects our “beati- candidates do not accept corporate contri- a Green Party of NY State Committee- tudes” and not the war machine’s.” butions. Since the Green Party does not man.) Nationally, Peace Mom Cindy take money from corporations, we cannot Sheehan has called for NYers who sup- depend on buying our way to ballot port peace to support Green Party success. Governor candidate Malachy McCourt. In 2004 , the Green Party ran War Green Party: Row F.