Suppose There Was a Green President During 9/11
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How would the world be different if the President of the United States was a Green at the time of 9/11?
Long time community organizer and political activist Mark Dunlea of Poestenkill, New York will be giving a reading from his debut novel, Madame President: The Unauthorized Biography of the First Green Party President on Monday, June 14th at 179 Atlantic Avenue. The reading will begin at 7pm.
Author to Discuss Book About First Green President of the United States
How would the world be different if the President of the United States was a Green at the time of 9/11?
Rachel Moreno, a nurse and single mom active in the movement for universal health care and anticorporate globalization, is the Green Party's vice-presidential candidate in the disputed Presidential election in 2000. When the election is thrown to the Electoral College, she is chosen VP in exchange for the Greens helping to elect the Democrat.
Under suspicious circumstances, Rachel assumes the Presidency on the eve of 9/11 and the tragic death of her son in the World Trade Center. She orders the third hijacked plane shot down, but rebuffs Congress' effort to launch military strikes against Afghanistan, instead pushing for the terrorists to be tried as criminals.
Her efforts to build a more just world are confronted by an angry Congress determined to go to war and CEOs outraged about her Justice Department's prosecution of corporate crime. Forced to confront the pressing social issues of our time, Rachel puts into practice a Green vision for the environment, health care, feminism, racism, energy and foreign policy.
Long time community organizer and political activist Mark Dunlea of Poestenkill, New York will be giving a reading from his debut novel, Madame President: The Unauthorized Biography of the First Green Party President on Monday, June 14th at 179 Atlantic Avenue. The reading will begin at 7pm.
Mark Dunlea is former Chair of the Green Party of NYS. He is cofounder of NYPIRG and has worked two decades for the Hunger Action Network of NYS. A longtime community organizer, he is a co-founder of the Hudson-Mohawk Indy Media Center.
To arrange a sit-down interview with Mark Dunlea, either the afternoon of June 14th or after the discussion, call Dave Atias at 732-9067
