McKinney speaks in NYC

Monica Moorehead and Cynthia McKinney, July 18. Photo: Johnnie Stevens

Cynthia McKinney, a U.S. presidential candidate, spoke of her goal of establishing a Department of Peace to oppose war at a July 18 news conference at the offices of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, a public-access cable television facility. She spoke in front of a number of political activists, supporters and independent media at the beginning of a three-day New York tour.

McKinney, a six-term former congresswoman from Georgia, won the presidential nomination at the national convention of the Green Party in Chicago on July 12. Her running mate is Rosa Clemente.

Karen Young, a local Green Party member, formally announced a statewide petitioning campaign to get McKinney and Clemente on the ballot. So far, their names will appear on 20 state ballots.

McKinney also spoke on single-payer health care reform, cutting military spending to meet people’s needs, her reasons for severing ties with the Democratic Party and much more. Evergreen Chou, a New York Green Party candidate for Congress, remarked on why a war on Iran must be opposed. Go to runcynthiarun.org/node to read more on the McKinney campaign, including efforts to obtain ballot access.

—Monica Moorehead