Press Release - Cavlan condemns passage of Senate resolution 534

Cavlan condemns passage of Senate resolution 534

Saturday, 22 July 2006

The Cavlan for United States Senate campaign condemns this resolution, which was passed unanimously.

Michael Cavlan, Green Party candidate for United States Senate states "we condemn this resolution and the unbelievable political cowardice of those who support it as well as the Israeli government without any question or reservations."

Cavlan also states "no-one can claim to support human rights and support this bill and the actions of the Israeli government at the same time."

He further states"in this time of conflict, our country desperately needs voices for peace and sanity. Our campaign will be proud to stand for these noble principles and values, held so dearly by many decent people in Minnesota and elsewhere."

Cavlan then directed his comments to members of the Minnesota Peace and Justice community."We challenge those people in Minnesota who hold these principles and ideals to join in our campaign immediately. The time for courage and decisive action is now."

He ended his statement directed at the mainstream, corporate owned media and journalists working within it. "We will also hold the media in this country responsible for their coverage of this critical issue. Thomas Jefferson called a 'free and independent press' indispensable to democracy. He called you the "Fourth Estate" of democracy.

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