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President
United States Senator
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PEACE AND FREEDOM CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT
For information about candidates running for President, click on the links below.
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WALTER F. "WALT" BROWN
Peace and Freedom
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16 S. W. Monticello Drive
Lake Oswego, OR 97035-1416
(503) 636-4150
coordinator@waltbrownforpresident.org www.waltbrownforpresident.org
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Walt Brown has clearly demonstrated a lifelong commitment to public service, peace and freedom, both at home and abroad. He would be a strong and credible candidate for president. Occupation: Volunteer attorney, Consumer Justice Alliance; tree reforestation farmer. Occupational Background: Aircraft riveter; mailman; construction laborer; warehouseman; faculty, Lewis and Clark Law School. Prior Government Experience: Navy JAGC Commander, public defender (1944-70); Oregon Senate (1975-87); Malheur County Counsel, Deputy DA (1989-91). Education: USC, BA Phi Beta Kappa, JD; Harvard (constitutional law); Boston University, MA (government); University of Oregon, MLS. Environment: Sierra Club life member (1957). Chief sponsor, Oregon's world first ban on chlorofluorocarbon aerosols (1975). Oregon Environmental Council honored his "100% environmental voting record" (10/12/83). Consumer Protection: Oregon Consumer League board, general counsel (since 1971, 1991). Taught consumer law, Lewis & Clark. Chair, Senate Consumer & Business Affairs Committee (1983). Civil Rights: Protested (1942), in published letters, Roosevelt's unconstitutional incarceration of Japanese Americans. NAACP member (since 1949). ACLU award for leadership in defeating death penalty bill (1983). Co-operatives: Consumer co-op, credit union activist (since 1948). Chief sponsor of bill to strengthen Oregon's credit union law (1975). Fair Trade: Active in Oregon Fair Trade Coalition's 1993 anti-NAFTA campaign. Public Power: Helped strengthen Oregon's PUD law (1981). Charter member, Oregon Citizen's Utility Board. Health Insurance: Board member, Health Care for ALL which sponsored single-payer universal health insurance initiative in (2002). Peace: Member, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. "Passionate and persuasive advocate for the little guy." (Willamette Week, 10/23/02)
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LEONARD PELTIER
Peace and Freedom
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I am a Native American who has suffered nearly 28 years in prison, even though government attorneys and courts acknowledge that the government withheld evidence, fabricated evidence, and coerced witnesses to fraudulently convict me. But the courts say they have no power to correct the wrongs of our government. If the Courts do not, who does? I will ensure that all peoples receive justice. Environmental protection is paramount for our survival. The earth is our sacred Mother who nourishes us. Our government is destroying the earth by allowing its usurpation for greedy purposes. I will protect the environment. All minorities must be allowed to maintain their languages and traditions with dignity. I personally suffered the indignity of being deprived of speaking my native tongue and following Lakota traditions. This country has engaged in genocidal policies to exterminate virtually every minority, especially those who express dissent and seek equal justice. Now is the time to end the continuing injustices of this government and ensure liberty and equal health care to all. Luther Standing Bear, a Sioux Chief, stated: "Out of the Indian approach to life became a great freedom - an intense and absorbing love for nature; a respect for life; enriching in a supreme power; and principals of truth, honesty, generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a guard to mundane relations." That statement exemplifies the basic truths of life. I will represent all people, not the entrepreneurs who care only how much money can be stuffed into their pockets.
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