Discontented voters could go Green Happy Valentine's Day to the Illinois Green Party. Their Valentine arrived early in the form of the Feb. 2 primary.
Why? Because the dreadfully low turnout coupled with extremely tight races on both the Democratic and Republican sides suggest that voters might actually be in search of a candidate called "None of the Above." 2010-02-13
Green Party candidate Don MacLeay running for Oakland Mayor
In a day filled with John Mayer, Megan Fox, snow storms in New York and DC, and new 9-11 photos, it's important to stop and take a look at local citizens who want to make Oakland better. Don MacLeay is one, and he's the Green Party candidate for Mayor of Oakland. 2010-02-10
Green party hopeful taps anger Lexington doctor Jill Stein launched her second long-shot campaign for governor yesterday with a forceful attempt to tap the populist anger that propelled Republican Scott Brown into the US Senate last month.
"If you've had enough business as usual, if you've had enough of the culture of influence, if you've had enough payoffs and layoffs and rip-offs and bailouts, this is the campaign for you," Stein, a Green-Rainbow Party candidate, told about three dozen supporters, speaking from the steps of the State House.
2010-02-09
Maine Gov Hopeful Opts For Private Funds A Green Independent candidate in Maine's gubernatorial race announced Wednesday she would seek private donations instead of public campaign financing, increasing the chances that the state will be able to cover election costs for other candidates who qualify for the money.
Lynne Williams said she decided to forego public funding for her campaign in light of Maine's budget crisis, although she supports the concept.
2010-02-03
Green Party's California gubernatorial candidate steps up With approval ratings at record lows for Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic-dominated Legislature, it wouldn't be a surprise if Californians started looking outside the two major parties for a savior. Green Party gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells would like to be that alternative. The Oakland woman toured Sacramento this week to announce her candidacy while preaching her message of budget reform and higher taxes on wealthy Californians. 2010-01-16
Green Party Candidate Gets 13 Times Party Registration in Assembly Race Green Party State Assembly candidate Jane Rands collected an astounding 13 times her party's registration here Tuesday night in the 72nd Assembly District seat vacated by a lawmaker nabbed boasting about sexual affairs with lobbyists. Ms. Rands said the relatively high vote for an underfunded political party reflects growing voter disenchantment with the GOP and Democrats, and special interest money.
2010-01-14
The Green Party's nadir This should be a great time for the Green Party. Its namesake color is being cited by every corporation and politician who wants to get in good with the environmentally-minded public; voters in San Francisco are more independent than ever; and progressives have been increasingly losing the hope they placed on President Barack Obama. 2010-01-13
Activist Claims State Police Engaged In 'Political Spying' Online A political activist and free-lance journalist who is suing the police over his arrest in Hartford at Gov. M. Jodi Rell's 2007 inauguration parade says he has found evidence that state police used phony e-mail identities to gather information on political activities.
The state police engaged in "political spying" using "cloaked Connecticut State Police addresses" to "subscribe to e-mail bulletin boards and lists ... that contain political information relating to the Green Party, the Democratic Party" and political activists, plaintiff Kenneth Krayeske of Hartford says in federal court papers. 2009-12-20
Kairis survives ballot challenge, will run as Green candidate in 14th District A South Elgin man has secured his opportunity to campaign for the local congressional seat.
Thursday, the Illinois State Board of Elections ruled that Dan Kairis had collected enough signatures on his nominating petition to have his name placed on the ballot for the February 2010 Green Party primary election in Illinois' 14th Congressional District. 2009-12-19
Milwaukee Green Party Protests Mayor Take Over of School Board The Milwaukee Green Party will hold a press conference at 11:00am to announce their opposition to Mayoral Takeover on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at the capitol. The press conference is to begin at 11:00 am on the steps facing State Street and is scheduled to coincide with the Special Session and introduction of legislative bills concerned with education reform in the city of Milwaukee. 2009-12-16
As Congress Collapses, a Call to Greens and Libertarians: Get Ready to Govern ... In reality, greens and libertarians appreciate two views of the same system - the ecosystem, economic and ecological. They know it is beyond our capacity to control that system, and that attempts to do so will often backfire. And they know that our real hope lies in understanding, aligning with, and harnessing the benefits of those systems, not in controlling them. 2009-12-10
Crashing the Chamber of Commerce's SF Conference ... San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, a Green Party member, who called upon the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, which was attending the event, "to boldly stand up and say that what the US Chamber is doing is wrong." 2009-11-19
Why Democrats and Republicans Won't Confront Black Mass Incarceration, and Why The Green Party Will With less than 5% of the world's population, the US accounts for a quarter of the world's prisoners. While African Americans are only an eighth the population, we account for almost half the locked down. America's widely acknowledged but rarely discussed social policy of black mass incarceration has been a decisive fact of African American family and community life for a generation. 2009-11-18
Portland City Council Chooses Mayor, Overlooking Green Candidate In the past, councilors took turns being mayor, based on seniority. But for the second year in a row, the council overlooked Green party members who were next in line, the paper reports, choosing Mavodones instead. Green party councilor David Marshall, a declared candidate for the job, called the selection process a "fallacy." 2009-11-17
Green Party candidate to address Unity Dinner The keynote speaker at the 12th annual Unity Dinner will be Cynthia McKinney, who served six terms as a Democratic congresswoman from Georgia and was the 2008 Green Party candidate for president of the United States. 2009-11-12
Green Party Candidate Challenges Primary Rival's Affiliation ... Green Party candidate Tom Tresser, who made a name for himself as the leader of the anti-Olympics group No Games Chicago, has challenged the petitions of his Green Party primary opponent Sean Burke upon finding out that Burke is associated with the web address for the Cook County Young Democrats.
Perhaps Dems fear that that Tresser's candidacy could draw enough reformers and liberals to hand the race to a Republican, particularly if Terry O'Brien is the Dems' candidate candidate.
Or maybe Democrats are just being mean. 2009-11-12
Underdog Green party raise big cash in push for upset of Peter Vallone Jr. Aspiring to topple Queens' most enduring political dynasty, an upstart City Council candidate in Astoria will have more than double the campaign cash of Democratic incumbent Peter Vallone Jr. in the race's final stretch.
The camp of Green Party contender Lynne Serpe plans to use her $100,000 war chest - about $80,000 from public matching funds - to inundate voters with mailings and TV commercials ahead of the Nov. 3 election. 2009-10-21
Student Activism Needs Revival During Recession, Speaker Says Rosa Clemente M.A. '98, the first ever female Hispanic vice presidential candidate, urged Cornell minority students to organize and revive the University's tradition of racial activism at a lecture on Friday.
Representing the Green Party, Clemente was already well-known for her involvement with hip-hop political organizations before running for federal office. Born in South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, she defines her career as an activist by the motto "service through leadership." She opened her lecture at the Mews Hall lounge by recalling the particularly significant history of racial activism at the University. 2009-10-05
South Carolina Green Party Case Moves Ahead in 4th Circuit The U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th circuit, has set a briefing schedule in South Carolina Green Party v South Carolina Election Commission. All the briefs will be in by October 30. The case concerns the constitutionality of a South Carolina law that says if one party has already nominated its candidate for a particular office, and then that nominee tries and fails to get the nomination of another party, then the first party is no longer able to run that candidate in the November election. In the particular incident which triggered the lawsuit, the Green Party nominated Eugene Platt for the legislature. Later, Platt tried to get the Democratic nomination as well (South Carolina permits two parties to jointly run the same nominee). Because Platt tried to get the Democratic nomination and failed, the Green Party was told that it couldn't run Platt as its own nominee.
2009-09-21
Ward Two: Gordon, Aigbogun and … no DFLer The Minneapolis City Council's lone Green Party member, Cam Gordon, is used to anything-might-happen electoral outcomes in Ward Two, which straddles the Mississippi River and includes the city's sprawling University of Minnesota campus.
But in this year's race, Gordon knows one thing for sure: He isn't going to finish within 150 votes of a DFL Party candidate, as he has twice before. That's because the only barrier to his re-election is Republican - and Independence Party - endorsed Allen Aigbogun.
2009-09-21
Not Like Mike Reverend Billy Tallen bursts onstage wearing a white tuxedo and a black priest's habit, his platinum hair sprayed into an Elvis bouffant. A 35-member gospel choir breaks into a soulful hum and within seconds, the packed New York City auditorium erupts in shouts of "Amen" and "Hallelujah."
"I know some of you are shopping too much," Tallen bellows to a room packed with aging hippies and twenty-something hipsters. "Consuming too much, sneaking off to the big box. You gotta push back!" And with that, his back-up singers launch into their first anti-consumerist anthem of the night. "Who are these politicos? Have you ever seen one lie?" the choir sings, as the Reverend wings his head up and down, his arms reaching to the heavens. "They gotta live uptown. Somewhere where they can hide. Who buys them all that TV time? He's the one who broke your lease. Officials slick their palms with grease"
This is tried-and-true material for "the Rev," as William Tallen, 59, is known. Ever since he founded the Church of Life After Shopping, after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, he has been spreading the gospel that Americans cannot buy their way out of their problems. In the years since, Tallen has amassed hundreds of followers and become arguably the most entertaining champion of embattled mom-and-pop retailers in the city. But this year, he upped the ante.
2009-09-07
An Open Challenge to San Diego Green Party Members First of all a personal note for those who don't know me... While I don't claim to be an expert on politics or activism; I am one of only a half dozen San Diego Greens to ever get elected to local office (the mid-city planning board) and the only Green to serve on a city-wide task force (the Needle Exchange Task Force). I am, also, one the few Greens who can walk into half the City Council offices (all Democrats) without an appointment and speak with a Council person. 2009-08-22
Green Party launches College Greens Today, the Green Party U.S.A. is launching College Greens, the new nationwide network of college Green Party chapters. The Green Party aims to help all students, faculty members, alumni, and parents meet College Democrats' and Young Republicans' challenge by organizing a better, Greener option at schools. 2009-08-21
Senate candidate is wise beyond his years LeAlan Jones has never let youth or inexperience hold him back.
That's why at 30 Jones is bold enough to join the race for the U.S. Senate seat recently held by his fellow South Sider, President Obama. Jones is running on the Green Party of Illinois ticket.
2009-08-13
Cynthia McKinney's Triumph Tour Aug. 20-24 to benefit SF Bay View Newspaper The rumors are true: Former Congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney, the people's advocate, is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area Aug. 20-24 for a tour of fundraisers around the Bay to rescue the SF Bay View newspaper (yes, we're in danger again of going down for the count) and to tell the story of her three valiant attempts and final success at entering Gaza to show solidarity and provide humanitarian aid to its besieged people. You'll hear all about her week in an Israeli prison where, she discovered, most of the prisoners are Black Africans.
2009-08-12
Green Fest at AU this weekend The Alfred University campus turned green this weekend as it kicked off Green Fest 2009 Friday afternoon. Crafters, artists, exhibitors, activist group members and Green Party members gathered at the university for a weekend of education on topics including politics, sustainablilty, energy efficiency and conservation. 2009-08-08
So Much for the Promised Land LeAlan Jones, the 30-year-old Green Party candidate for Barack Obama's old Senate seat in Illinois, is as angry at injustice as he is at the African-American intellectual and political class that accommodates it. He does not buy Obama’s "post-racial" ideology or have much patience with African-American leaders who, hungry for prestige, power and money, have, in his eyes, forgotten the people they are supposed to represent. They have confused a personal ability to be heard and earn a comfortable living with justice. 2009-08-03
Day 3: Cynthia McKinney speaks to Greens, though not in person 2008 Green Party presidential nominee, and former U.S. Representative (D-GA), Cynthia McKinney was scheduled to deliver a keynote speech to the roughly 100 Green Party members who attended last week's convention in Durham. Due to health issues, she instead spoke to the group about her recent brush with the Israeli Navy, and her involvement with the "Free Gaza" movement, via online video. 2009-07-27
Day 2: Greens take a hard look at themselves in Durham Day Two of the Green Party's 2009 National Meeting in Durham featured a forum on single-payer health care (though "forum" may be a stretch; the consensus was that single-payer is the best, and only, option) and press conferences introducing Green Party elected officials, and candidates, to the world. 2009-07-25
Day 2 (Part Two): Green Party pitches single-payer health care "Live longer: pay less."
That was the mantra offered by 2004 vice-presidential nominee Pat LaMarche during the Green Party's single-payer health care forum, held on Friday at N.C. Central University in Durham. 2009-07-25
Day 1: Green Party's 2009 National Meeting in Durham At first glance, the Green Party;s agenda for its 2009 National Meeting in Durham is a bit, well, all over the map. Major topics include single-payer health care, mountaintop removal mining, a former presidential candidate's excursions into the Gaza Strip, and–in the words of steering committee member Holly Hart–"strategic messaging workshops and planning." 2009-07-24
Illinois Green Party looks ahead to elections Illinois' Green Party, one of only three established political parties in Illinois, held its state-wide semiannual meeting at the Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign this weekend to discuss goals for the state and potential candidates for upcoming elections. 2009-07-20
Florida Green Party Filing Fee Case Delayed In 2008, five individuals filed in the Florida Green Party primary to run for the state legislature. Green Party leaders were unaware of these individuals before they filed, and the candidates shunned all publicity and all contacts with party activists. The suspicion grew that Republican Party activists had recruited these candidates and had paid their filing fees. 2009-07-20
Illinois Green Party holds 2009 Summer Convention The Illinois Green Party held its 2009 Summer Convention in Champaign, today (Saturday, July 18th). The meeting was held in the conference center of the Champaign Amtrak terminal.
The big star was Richard Whitney of Carbondale. Rich is a candidate for Governor. Rich said that the Green Party is going to run the people's campaign that stands up for social justice. Rich also spoke emphatically in support of the need to move America to both wind energy and solar energy.for non-transportation electricity needs. 2009-07-18
Green Party's Whitney gets into 2010 governor's race The Green Party's Rich Whitney is running for Illinois governor again.
A Carbondale lawyer, Whitney ran unsuccessfully in 2006.
But Whitney got about 10 percent of the vote in that election, more than enough to establish the party and make it easier for the Greens to gain ballot access and be eligible for primaries.
2009-07-15
Lawsuit Filed Today Against Washington Secretary Of State: Claims One Million Voters Deprived Of Constitutional Right To A Secret Ballot This morning, four Washington voters and a local political party sued Washington's chief elections officer, seeking to prohibit placement of unique bar code identifiers on ballots.
The suit alleges that actions of Secretary of State Sam Reed required approximately one million voters to vote on ballots that contained unique bar code identifiers, in violation of the State Constitution's guarantee of "absolute secrecy" of the ballot and statutes requiring uniform ballots within a precinct. The suit also claims that Reed has encouraged and subsidized an uncertified ballot tracking "audit" system that links the ballot identifiers to voters' identities, further undermining ballot secrecy by potentially permitting vendors and officials to inspect how a citizen voted. 2009-07-14
How Cynthia McKinney Honored America On The 4th Of July From An Israel Jail Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney returned home today after 6 days being held by the government of Israel while attempting with 21 colleagues to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza on the vessel, the Spirit of Humanity. 2009-07-07
Cynthia McKinney: I'm in jail in Israel Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney revealed in a phone call posted online that she is in an Israeli prison with others who attempted to run a blockade to deliver supplies to Gaza.
McKinney and about 18 other activists in Israeli custody for the past three days will likely be released by Sunday, according to the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. 2009-07-02
Silence decried as family calls Israel to free Gaza aid activists Hamas officials criticized "international indifference" to Israel's seizure of a civilian ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza and detaine human right activists, officials said Wednesday.
Israeli warships surrounded and boarded on Tuesday the Free Gaza Movement boat, the Spirit of Humanity, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia, raided the vessel in Gazan waters. 2009-07-02
Hawaii Green Party founder dies Ira Rohter, a long-time University of Hawaii political scientist and founder of the Hawaii Green Party, died this morning at Kaiser Hospital, according to University of Hawaii associates. He was 69.
2009-06-30
Green Party files lawsuit against Davenport over petitions The Green Party of the United States has filed a lawsuit against the city of Davenport and DavenportOne, complaining that its members were prevented from collecting petitions for a presidential candidate at last year's Bix Street Fest. A lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court on Friday, says three Green Party members tried to gather signatures last July 25 and 26 at the Street Fest so Cynthia McKinney could be on the Iowa presidential ballot. 2009-06-29
Howie Hawkins to run in city In Hawkins' most successful run, four years ago in the mayoral contest, he outshone current incumbent Democrat Matt Driscoll and current County Executive Republican Joanie Mahoney in forums and debates, hammering on the issue of public power. He brought the issue to the table, put it on the city's agenda, and finally maneuvered it into the city budget for a study of the concept. The phrase most often heard about that effort then was, "If only Howie were a Democrat, I could vote for him." That effort and its results got local Greens thinking maybe they could win an election, if they could find the right one. 2009-06-12
New York City Green Party Candidate Supports Marriage Equality at Astoria Rally "Respect For Diversity" is one of the Green Party's Ten Key Values as per City Council candidate Lynne Serpe's campaign web site, and her participation in this past weekend's Rally for Marriage Equality at Athens Square Park in Astoria was very well received. She was among the 2,500 people who came out in support of same-sex marriage. 2009-06-01
Surveillance Of Citizens Bared In Files The state police Central Criminal Intelligence Unit set up a surveillance operation to watch Green Party supporters during an Oct. 18, 2006, gubernatorial campaign debate at the studios of WVIT, Channel 30, in West Hartford.
2009-05-31
Despite Slight Schism, Green Party Gets Religion with Rev. Billy Aside from the spiraling disco ball lights and the large "ELECT-ALUJAH" sign on the wall, it could almost have been any campaign meeting.
Rev. Billy Talen - performance artist, fake preacher and now mayoral candidate - had left his cobalt-blue polyester suit and white preacher's collar at home. After a lengthy discussion on defining commercial rent control policy, the conversation turned to campaigning in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza greenmarket that Saturday. 2009-05-22
California Greens and San Francisco Greens Endorse Labor Teach-In On May 9th workers in the San Francisco Bay Area will be gathering to discuss the recent economic crisis and will plan the moves ahead for a unified effort for the difficult days ahead. The gathering was initiated by the San Francisco Labor Council, South Bay Labor Council, and Workers Emergency Recovery Campaign. It was endorsed by the Green Party of California and the San Francisco Green Party. The effort is being organized by labor unions, community organizations, student groups, single payer healthcare advocates and various political organizations in the region. 2009-05-03
Starting over in Carlisle Pat LaMarche has traveled the world. She ran for governor of Maine and even vice president of the United States. She has also been the host of a successful morning radio program and penned a book - all while raising two children.
But don't think for a minute that LaMarche is out of touch with the struggles of those who aren't as fortunate as she. As the director of Maine's largest children's charity, The Children’s Miracle Network at the Eastern Maine Medical Center, LaMarche has worked to secure needed services and equipment for ill and injured children throughout central and northern Maine. 2009-05-03
Green Party lawmaker switching Rep. Richard Carroll of North Little Rock, the Green Party's lone member of the Legislature, said Wednesday that he plans to seek re-election next year as a Democrat.
He said his switch from Green to Democrat will take effect Friday, after the 2009 legislative session officially adjourns. 2009-05-02
Hope Fleet to Gaza
In most of the world, May 1st is a day of international labor solidarity. It is a day of joy as workers picnic together with their families and celebrate the achievements of one of the most phenomenal movements of the 20th century.
It is fitting, then, that the Free Gaza Movement chooses May 1 to announce the launching of the HOPE FLEET TO GAZA. We are leaving on June 1 as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians, a people who have been massacred, terrorized and suffocated by the Israeli military. 2009-05-02
Arizona Green Party is Petitioning for 2010 Ballot The Arizona Green Party is petitioning to be on the 2010 ballot. It needs 20,449 signatures by March 2010, and already has 4,000 signatures. 2009-04-29
Mr. Carroll goes to Little Rock With his silver hair, sunglasses, and crisp black suit, Richard Carroll certainly looks the part of a state legislator. A resident of the Baring Cross neighborhood near Fort Roots in North Little Rock, Carroll was elected on the Green Party ticket to represent District 39 back in November, winning more than 80 percent of the vote. Currently, he's the highest-ranking Green in the United States. 2009-01-29
John Nichols: A capital 'G' green mayor for Racine? Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz was before his election a full-time environmental activist, and he is certainly one of the greener mayors in the United States. 2009-01-27
A Green Party first: contested primary in race for Emanuel's seat ... Because the party's candidate won more than 5 percent of the vote in the 2006 gubernatorial race, it's now a lot easier for Greens to get on the ballot in Illinois. In order to run in the upcoming primary, for example, Green Party candidates had to gather 30 signatures; independent candidates must collect at least 12,586.
"That's ridiculous, to collect that in three weeks," said Illinois Green Party Representative Patrick Kelly. "There's just no way. I'm not even sure Ralph Nader could do that." 2009-01-21
Obama's silence over the atrocities in Gaza speaks volumes Gaza is being bombed by Israel, the frightened children; their hungry mothers and the rest of their poor families are being bombed. Schools, hospitals, mosques, markets and other public places are being bombed. The cover for this, the terrible excuse, is that they are attacking terrorists. 2009-01-10
Green Party's Bill Holloway Passes Away
The Green Party of Texas mourns the tragic loss of Bill Holloway. Bill was a dedicated leader who was currently serving as the Co-Chair of the Travis County Green Party in Austin, TX. He will be missed as a mentor and a friend. 2009-01-10
The myth of balance in conflict over Gaza We hear in response to Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza that Israel has the right to defend itself from the Hamas government. While both sides had previously violated a truce begun in June 2008, Israel's massive attack inside Gaza on Nov. 4 predictably elicited Hamas rockets. Already blockading Gaza since June 2007, Israel sealed it off completely on Nov. 5, causing life-threatening shortages of basic necessities -- food, fuel and medical supplies. Under international law, neither Israel killing Palestinian civilians nor Gazans targeting Israeli civilians is justified. But as Americans we need to understand that the true root of this violence is an illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing. 2009-01-10
Green Party offers Paterson alternatives New York's Green Party is taking up the governor's challenge to provide alternative ideas. They detailed ways to cut in to the state's $15 billion shortfall without the many taxes and fees the governor is proposing. 2009-01-08
Lew Tremaine running for CA Governor? A message from Lew:
I have served on the Fairfax, CA. Town Council since December of 1999. In 2010 I will serve as Mayor, and I am exploring my interest in being the Green Party Nominee for Governor of California. I have served two pervious terms as Mayor, in 2002 and 2005.
I am currently the President of the Ross Valley Fire Authority, Vice Mayor of Fairfax, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Marin Clean Energy Authority. 2009-01-04
We Lived to Tell the Story; Lebanon Rescued Us Yesterday, we met with the President of Lebanon, the Chief of the Military, and the Interior Minister who all thanked us for responding and risking our lives on a mission of mercy; we profusely thanked them for rescuing us. What would we have done, stranded out at sea, prohibited from reaching our destination, low on fuel, with a badly damaged boat if Lebanon had not accepted us? Lebanon sent their ships to find us. Lebanon rescued us. Lebanon welcomed us. And we are truly thankful. 2009-01-01
Israeli patrol boat collides with aid ship off Gaza An Israeli naval vessel collided on Tuesday with a boat carrying activists and medical supplies that was trying to break the blockade of Gaza, forcing it to divert to a port in Lebanon.
Passengers on board the 20-metre (66-foot) Dignity said the Israeli patrol boat rammed their vessel causing extensive damage, but Israel insisted the two boats collided as the Israeli navy was trying to contact its captain. 2008-12-31
Green Party of Suffolk opposes FERC decision supporting Broadwater The Green Party of Suffolk is opposed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision to deny the requests of the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to be heard on the Broadwater Energy liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. The NYSDOS and NYSDEC wanted to speak in opposition to the March 20, 2008 FERC order authorizing the Broadwater terminal to be built in the Long Island Sound. 2008-12-31
Our clear choice for the crucial position is ... . . . Our clear choice is Sup. Ross Mirkarimi. He's compiled an excellent record in his first term, crafting environmental legislation (like the ban on plastic bags), leading the community choice aggregation (CCA) effort, and pushing effective, progressive approaches to crime. 2008-12-31
First Selectman's Goal: A More User-Friendly Windham When Jean de Smet was elected last year as Windham's first selectman, she said she wanted to shake up the office by turning "town hall into a public service." De Smet's goal almost was overshadowed by her triumph. She was the first Green Party candidate to be elected first selectman in the largely Democratic town. Third-party candidates rarely succeed in getting elected, but de Smet got the win by rallying voters around a specific issue. She beat Windham's three-term Democratic First Selectman Michael Paulhus by campaigning to make local government more open to the public and to give residents easier access to town hall. 2008-12-22
Clean Elections On Trial: Day 2 A Yale University professor told a federal judge Wednesday that minor party candidates get "a fantastically good deal" under the state's new clean elections system.
The testimony, by political science professor Donald Green, was in stark contrast to the portrait painted a day earlier by the Green Party of Connecticut's lawyer, who spent seven hours describing the hurdles third parties face trying to get funds through the Citizens Election Program. 2008-12-11
Maine Green party chairwoman to run for governor An attorney who has championed numerous environmental and human rights causes in Maine has announced that she intends to run for governor in 2010. Lynne Williams, 58, is state chairman of the Maine Green Independent Party and serves on the planning board in Bar Harbor. She has lived in Maine for 10 years, first in Augusta and then in Rockland before moving to Bar Harbor four years ago. In 2004, she ran unsuccessfully for the Maine House of Representatives as a Green party candidate in Rockland. 2008-12-10
Malik Rahim: Another Candidate in Louisiana's 2nd District However, there is a strong Green Party candidate in Malik Rahim. Malik founded the Common Ground Collective and brought 13,000 volunteers to the area after Hurricane Katrina. Malik and his volunteers provided free health care, housing, and other assistance to those in need. His efforts were covered on 60 minutes, ABC News, Democracy Now!, the Times-Picayune, and several others. Now he's running a strong campaign for Congress. Local volunteers and Greens across the nation are hitting the streets and making calls to get him elected. He's raised tens of thousands of dollars in small donations from individuals. However, his local paper severly underreported his donations, since they only counted large donations. Although Obama took his share of large and corporate donations, can you imagine if they didn't report the millions of small donations he received? Why is it acceptable to massage the numbers for a Green? 2008-12-06
In Final Days of Congressional Campaign, Green Party Candidate Fights Local Media Blackout in New Orleans In the years following the collapse of the federal levees after Hurricane Katrina, activist Malik Rahim was busy organizing one of the most influential recovery organizations in the Gulf South. The organization he founded and currently leads, Common Ground Collective, was gutting houses and providing medical and legal services to tens of thousands of New Orleans residents.
"I'm from New Orleans, and I stayed here after the flood to serve my community, at a time when neglect from the federal government was as chilling as it was apparent," said Rahim.
Even the local paper in New Orleans the Times-Picayune featured him in an article after the storm, stating that his work was "so far-reaching that it has brought over 10,000 volunteers to New Orleans since the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina."
But the media coverage ended once he decided to run for office this fall. 2008-12-04
North Carolina Minor Party Election Lawsuit Now Docketed in State Court of Appeals The lawsuit Libertarian Party of North Carolina v State Board of Elections is now docketed in the State Court of Appeals in Raleigh. It is case number 08-1413. The Green Party is a co-plaintiff. The case was filed in 2003 and challenges all the North Carolina election laws that make life difficult for minor parties in that state. The main thrust of the lawsuit attacks the ballot access laws, but many other issues exist as well, including the ability of voters to register as members of parties that are not currently qualified. Although the Libertarian Party is now back on the ballot through the 2012 election, the Green Party is not, so the case is not moot in any sense. 2008-12-04
Iowa's alternative parties analyze election outcome Only two percent of Iowa voters supported third party presidential candidates this year, but Iowa’s third party activists are more analytical than disappointed when they examine their levels of support.
"My suspicion is that there is a kind of 'automatic' knee-jerk third party vote which is almost always guaranteed," said Holly Hart of the Iowa Green Party. "None of the third party candidates since Nader’s 2000 run have broken past that." 2008-12-02
US Presidential candidate preventing from speaking at human rights conference U.S. Officials blocked former Green party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney from traveling to Syria for a conference on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this week. McKinney was scheduled to give a speech at the conference, with the subject 'Human rights and the denial of the right of return for Palestinians'. 2008-11-29
Ten Greens I'm Thankful For Ten Greens I'm Thankful For:
Cynthia McKinney, for taking the plunge into the Green Party and being our standard bearer in 2008, for inspiring and exciting Greens across the country, for brilliantly articulating a message of radical yet common sense change for America, and for bringing new folks into the party. I was proud to campaign for her. 2008-11-27
Community Organizer VS Corrupt Politician: The December 6 New Orleans Congressional Election The December 6 New Orleans congressional election isn't just a local choice between a privatizing "minority" Republican, a notoriously corrupt Democrat and a caring, competent community organizer running on the Green Party ticket. In these times when anyone, anywhere can contribute to the efforts of real progressives with the click of a mouse, or volunteer to reach undecided voters, the days leading to this election are a test of whether there exists even the shadow of a national movement mature enough to hold any black Democrats the least bit accountable to the needs of his constituents 2008-11-26
African Americans, Peace and the Plight of Palestinians Former Georgia congresswoman and recent Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney was scheduled to give the following address in Damascus, Syria at a Conference to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She notes that this year also marks "the 60th year that the Palestinian people have been denied their Right of Return, enshrined in that Universal Declaration." However, Delta Airlines personnel prevented Ms. McKinney from boarding her flight. She describes the incident as "a dispute over my paperwork." 2008-11-26
Peter Camejo's clarion call More than 400 people gathered at the University of California-Berkeley on November 23 to honor the life of Peter Miguel Camejo, a veteran of half a century of struggle, who passed away September 13.
The memorial service represented the many parts of Peter's life in the movement, from his leading role in the struggles of the 1960s to his years as a member of the Socialist Workers Party to his activities and campaigns in the Green Party, among many others. 2008-11-26
Memorial Service For Green Party Candidate Peter Camejo Friends and family are holding a public memorial service in Berkeley today for the life of Green Party activist Peter Camejo.
Camejo died in September after a long battle with the cancer lymphoma. 2008-11-23
Malik Rahim for Congress Dec. 6 Three years since Katrina and the government continues to fail us. Malik Rahim has spoken out with courage, asked the difficult questions and built viable community alternatives. He is a strong organizer who acted while the politicians waited. Now he wants to take his courage to Congress. 2008-11-22
Boston Progressives Should Not Jump to Conclusions About Councilor Chuck Turner If there's one politician that Boston community and labor activists can count on to "afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted" it's Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner (G/R - District 7). One of the vanishingly few African-American politicians in this "majority minority" city, he has energetically represented the interests of his largely low-income constituency of color. But he has also been a rare progressive voice in a sea of conservative politicians - most of whom are Democrats, but that's Massachusetts for you - and a bridge-builder to other communities and constituencies around the region. Not coincidentally, he is the only Green-Rainbow Party elected official in Boston. Yet today the city awoke to the startling news that Turner was arrested by the FBI at 7 a.m. this morning at City Hall, and charged with accepting $1000 in bribes from the same government informant who gave over $23,000 in bribes to former state Senator Dianne Wilkerson in exchange for assistance getting a liquor license for the Dejavu nightclub on Melnea Cass Blvd. in Roxbury. 2008-11-21
Malik Rahim: 'This is a Winnable Seat' from Malik Rahim:
Dear friends in the struggle,
As you may be aware, I am seeking election to the United States House of Representatives on December 6. I apologize in advance for the impersonal nature of this letter. I wish I would have had time to call my friends to discuss the details of this campaign. I’m sending this message because I need your help. 2008-11-20
House budget panel appoints Maloch leader . . . "I think his feelings may change because, of course; we'll seek a Democratic candidate for House District 39 in two years if he is still a Green Party candidate, so we are going to talk him into changing parties," Harrelson said.
Editor's Note: an example of the pressures Greens face once elected to office 2008-11-07
Cynthia McKinney thanks Noam Chomsky for endorsement Cynthia McKinney today expressed her appreciation for the support of Professor Noam Chomsky, noted linguist tenured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In private emails with campaign supporters this week, the respected social critic noted that he had voted Green in 2004, and would be voting for the party ticket next Tuesday, as well. 2008-11-04
Cynthia McKinney & Rosa Clemente represent the kind of politics we all need to see in our own countries I read the other day that Toni Morrison will be voting for Obama. A couple of weeks ago it was Alice Walker writing what I described as "driveling bullshit." and one more example of the mainstreaming of the progressives - Rosa Clemente has a more definitive list here. Obama talks about bringing "fundamental change" but the only fundamental change is his colour and when one looks more closely even his colour is not that fundamental after all. Obama is intrinsically tied to the mainstream, pro-Zionist war mongering American superstructure. Though disappointing it is not so surprising that so many millions all over the world have been drawn in by Obama who panders to black and white notions of a "post racial" America and world. An imaginary world of convenience particularly for the millions of white people who will vote him into the White House.
2008-11-03
McKinney, Nader also on ballot With all the attention paid to the historic presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, Mainers might be surprised to see two other names on the ballot. Independent candidate Ralph Nader and Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney are there alongside their much-publicized traditional party counterparts, although most political experts agree that neither will affect the race. 2008-11-01
Why I Am Supporting the Candidacy of Cynthia McKinney A recent think piece in the Washington Post declared that this has been "a transformative year for women in politics." This pronouncement was based primarily on Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's attempt to brand herself as a feminist who happens to hold opinions contrary to traditional feminist values and important changes like women not having to dress like a man to be taken seriously in politics. 2008-10-31
Election 2008: Some students opt to vote third party, or not at all Though the effort to "get out the vote" for Obama has been non-stop on Macalester's campus as of late, come election day some students will be voting for a third party candidate or not voting at all. "It will sort of depend on how I feel [on election day]," Brendan Rogers '10 said. If he does go to the polls, Rogers said, it will be most likely be to vote for Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party presidential candidate, because, he said, "the Green Party is the lesser of three evils."
2008-10-31
Swayed Green, Cynthia McKinney Supporters at Swathmore As November 4th draws nearer, there is an increasing buzz of anticipation as well as anxiety on this campus over the outcome of the election. The overwhelming majority of Swatties are supporting Democratic hopeful Barack Obama with a few vying for McCain, but another possibly smaller minority of students intend to or have already voted for Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney. McKinney, a former Democratic Congresswoman from Georgia, is running for office with activist-journalist Rosa Clemente as Vice Presidential candidate. 2008-10-31
The Other Nominees Meet Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente, the presidential and vice presidential nominees for the Green Party of the United States. One would expect McKinney, former congresswoman representing the Fourth CD of Georgia, and Clemente, community organizer, journalist and political activist, to be propelled onto the national stage with the same vigor shown at least to the other third-party candidates. After all, McKinney, who is African American, and Clemente, an Afro-Puerto Rican, are the first ever minority female ticket in U.S. history. So why is it in a time of 'firsts' and an election termed the most 'diverse and progressive' have so few Americans even heard of McKinney, Clemente or their platform? 2008-10-31
The San Franscisco Chronicle has endorsed Ross Mirkarimi and Mark Sanchez. With seven of 11 Board of Supervisor seats on the ballot, San Francisco voters can remake the district-elected panel. Here are our recommendations for the board.
Editors Note: Ross is running for re-election to the Board of Supervisors. Mark, current President of the Board of Education, is running for a seat on the Board of Supervisors. 2008-10-31
Other presidential candidates offer options on the ballot Health Care
McKinney believes that healthcare is a right and she believes in a "Medicare-for-all" system. She states that doctors prefer single-payer health care. "Other countries with a single-payer system perform better on health measures like infant mortality and life expectancy, yet we pay more in the U.S. and get poorer results."
2008-10-31
Green Party's Larrick Seeks Cleaner World Steve Larrick, the Green Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska, said his campaign is all about peace and fixing the environment. "We really feel our country needs to invest in green technologies and green solutions to our challenges," Larrick said. "We could begin to reduce our dependence on wars for oil, and we could build a whole new economy with local materials being used in the production process." 2008-10-31
Green Party Poised to Collect Big Victories in State On Nov. 4 Twenty-three members of the Green Party are on the California ballot Tuesday - including presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney - with the party poised to collect several big victories, including two supervisor seats in San Francisco. Greens already hold about 50 elected posts throughout the state. 2008-10-31
Third parties: not likely to succeed . . . Sophomore Ashley Slupski said she will cast her vote with McKinney. "She speaks my values," said Slupski. "She is against war, all war, not just those in Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan. She is pro-choice and promises to pass the Equal Rights Amendment within the first thirty days of her presidency. She is against big business and oppressive capitalism that promotes sweatshop labor and the abuse of our environment." 2008-10-31
Vote Your Values: An Interview with Rosa Clemente Rosa Clemente is one of the most prominent activists of our generation. She is a nationally renowned speaker, writer, and journalist - one of the most important independent journalists covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - and in 2001 was a youth representative at the United Nations World Conference against Xenophobia, Racism, and Related Intolerance. She continues to organize conferences focused on the empowerment of young people of color, working in colleges, community centers, and prisons. In 2008, she accepted the Green Party nomination for vice-president on the Cynthia McKinney presidential ticket. This is an interview conducted by Adele Nieves in mid-October.
2008-10-31
Third party hopeful bucks party lines at Naperville stop Cynthia McKinney's journey toward becoming a member of the Green Party started years ago when she was in the Georgia state Legislature.
A lifelong Democrat, she remembers the outbreak of the 1991 Gulf War.
"I saw the Gulf War on television, and it looked beautiful, if you didn't know they were bombs (falling)," McKinney said Wednesday in Naperville.
McKinney didn't know it at the time, but when her legislative colleagues walked out on her protest speech given on the floor of Congress and blocked all of her subsequent legislation, she was headed down the road that would result in her becoming the Green Party's nominee for president of the United States. 2008-10-30
Pinkney Takes up Green Party Banner vs. Upton In a Presidential election year where change has become the buzzword of choice, the Rev. Edward Pinkney is hoping his upstart campaign will resonate beyond the Ojibway Correctional Facility, and sweep him past Republican incumbent Fred Upton -- who's held down his seat since 1986. The Benton Harbor minister has joined a Green Party slate that is fielding candidates in 13 of Michigan's 16 Congressional districts. He is serving a three-to 10-year sentence for a parole violation at Ojibway, which is in the Upper Peninsula's Gogebic County - some 15 to 17 hours from Benton Harbor. 2008-10-30
Green Party candidate's campaign hits Dallas The combative former congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., is now the U.S. Green Party presidential candidate. She and her running mate, journalist/hip-hop activist Rosa Clemente, will visit the Dallas area during their final Texas campaign swing before Tuesday's election. 2008-10-29
Green Party presidential candidate to stop in Alton Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney on Wednesday will be in Alton to meet voters. McKinney will join Green Party congressional candidates Rodger Jennings, running for the 12th Congressional District, and Troy Dennis, running for the 19th Congressional District, to talk to residents. All the candidates will be available from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 3800 Homer Adams Parkway in Alton. 2008-10-28
Fertile pasture for Illinois Green Party Keeping with the statewide trend, two Coles County candidates are running on the Green Party ticket for the upcoming election. 2008-10-28
Green Party to run TV political ads locally Palo Altan Carol Brouillet, who is the Green Party candidate running against Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, will get her message on TV with a 30-second ad scheduled to start running Wednesday.
2008-10-28
David Cobb: McKinney for president I am proud to say that I will be voting for Green Party member Cynthia McKinney for President of the United States this year. Ms. McKinney is a former member of the United States Congress. While serving in Congress, she introduced Articles of Impeachment against George Bush, Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice. She supported universal access to health care as a fundamental human right, sponsored legislation to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, and proposed concrete steps to address global climate change. 2008-10-28
Presidential candidate to visit Naperville Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party candidate for president, is scheduled to visit Naperville Wednesday during a campaign swing through Illinois. McKinney is set to meet voters from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Egg Harbor restaurant, 175 W. Jackson Ave. in downtown Naperville. During a swing through the state today and Wednesday, McKinney also plans stops in Chicago, Springfield and Alton. 2008-10-28
Support Obama, and Vote McKinney? Not a contradiction. The Green Party Presidential ticket of Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente brings something special and unprecedented to U.S. politics. Not only are they the first all women-of-color ticket for President and Vice President. These women take racial justice seriously, and have made strides to put gender at the center of a progressive agenda. For these two, it's more than skin deep. 2008-10-28
FAIR criticizes the corporate media The media watchdog group FAIR recently issued a media advisory criticizing the media’s general ignorance of minor candidates for president and the misinformation they issue when they do cover them. They also pointed out the important role that minor party and independent candidates play 2008-10-28
Illinois Green Party Proud of Candidates Supporters of the Illinois Green Party say they've already won some victories ahead of election day. Rich Whitney is a party leader in the state. He also ran for governor in 2006. Whitney says the Green Party this year has more candidates on the Illinois ballot than any third party in decades. He also says going door-to-door has been a bit easier. 2008-10-28
5th District Green Party Candidate Wages Campaign Of Principle He was a teenager working at a golf course in his hometown of Kennebunkport, Maine, when a well-heeled patron came in with a question: Who among all of these caddies could run a lawn mower without running over their feet? Harold H. Burbank II could, and thus began his long and complicated relationship with the Bush family. Burbank worked as a groundskeeper at Walker's Point, the Bush family's compound on the Maine coast, all through high school. He forged a connection with George H.W. Bush that continues in the form of sporadic correspondence about world affairs. And now he's running for Congress on a Green Party platform that calls for the impeachment of Bush's son. 2008-10-27
McCain, Obama not the Only Choices With virtually all of the media's attention focused on the campaigns of Sens. Obama an McCain, many voters lose sight of the fact that several others are making a bid for our nation's highest office. 2008-10-27
Cynthia McKinney's back on the trail Cynthia McKinney is back on the campaign trail and still "talking truth to power." The firebrand congresswoman, twice sent packing by voters, has shed her Democrat brand and her metro Atlanta home and now carries the Green Party banner as its presidential nominee. 2008-10-26
Newcomer seeks Cook County Circuit Court Clerk job from Green Party The saying "go big or go home" certainly applies to political newcomer Paloma Andrade, Green Party candidate for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk. In 2007, Andrade ran as an Independent for Chicago's 14th Ward alderman seat against Democratic incumbent Edward Burke, who has held that seat for 39 years. On Nov. 4, she takes on Democratic incumbent Dorothy Brown and Republican candidate Diane Shapiro for the position of circuit court clerk, who's responsible for maintaining the files of the largest consolidated court system in the world. 2008-10-26
Green McKinney interviewed by NPR The full audio of Green presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney's six-minute interview with NPR's Weekend Edition can be heard here. McKinney said in part, "The Green Party has been very conveniently put into a box. And it's convenient for the other political parties to say, ‘Oh, well, you know, they're just that environment party.' Yes, the Green Party is committed to a healthy environment. But the Green Party is not solely committed to just that. In fact, the policy prescriptions that the Green Party advocates are based on four pillars. Those pillars include not only ecological wisdom but also peace, social justice and grassroots democracy. And you could see the Green Party actually living out those pillars when they consistently did not support the war, consistently supported those who had an anti-war record." 2008-10-26
3rd party candidates charge Dems, GOP avoid key issues One is an inventor who runs a sawmill. The other is a photographer.
Peter Boyce, of the Constitution Party, and Jason Grover, of the Green Party, are both trying to do something few have done in the last century: win election to Congress as a third-party candidate. They have showed up at debates, reached out to voters and articulated their positions on important issues from health care to federal spending. Neither has a major party apparatus behind him. No army of volunteers, no paid staff, no vast array of yard signs. They face a well-funded incumbent in U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd. But they are running because each believes the two major parties have failed to address key issues. They feel unrepresented and believe other people do, too. 2008-10-25
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Won't Re-Open 2006 Green Party $80,000 Case On October 21, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to re-open the question of whether the 2006 Green Party U.S. Senate candidate must pay approximately $80,000 in costs to the people who challenged the party's statewide petition. 2008-10-25
For the Illinois House The Tribune begins endorsements today in contested races for the Illinois House.
2nd District (Southwest Side): Democratic Rep. Edward Acevedo, a police officer, revels in his political clout. Green Party candidate Ante "Tony" Marijan of Chicago would push for more transparency in government. Marijan, a tax consultant and paralegal, is preferred. 2008-10-25
Green Party Becomes First Political Party to Endorse Election Integrity Pledge Standing For Voters, an internet-based campaign asking candidates to pledge their commitment to fair elections, congratulates The Green Party for becoming the first political party to call on its candidates to take the Standing For Voters pledge. 2008-10-22
Green Party Provides Political Competition One Arkansas senator and three of the four House of Representatives members are facing challenges by Green Party candidates. "I have been very unhappy with the job Mark Pryor has been doing representing me as an Arkansan." That is the primary reason Rebekah Kennedy says she is running against him. 2008-10-22
Who is the Mountain Party? Mountain Party Gubernatorial candidate Jesse Johnson has had a seat at the last two debates to share his party's views on West Virginia. Many people may be asking themselves, what is the Mountain Party's platform? 2008-10-20
Green Party candidate in race to win Green Party candidate Jason Wallace tells visitors to his Web site: "It's OK to dream," . . . He's well overlooked by most mainstream media outlets, and rarely gets a mention from his two heavyweight opponents, Republican Marty Ozinga and Democrat Debbie Halvorson. His opponents have raised close to $1 million, while Wallace has voluntarily capped his expenses at $10,000, or about what his opponents will spend on yard signs alone. 2008-10-19
Final Papers Submitted in Last Two Active Presidential Ballot Access Cases On October 16, the Vermont Green Party submitted its final brief in the case to get Cynthia McKinney on the Vermont ballot. On October 17, the Vermont Attorney General notified the court that the state will not submit any response. A decision is likely on Monday, October 20. 2008-10-18
Where are you, Cynthia McKinney? . . . Eighty percent of NBC is owned by GM, a company that directly profits from war. This might partially explain why they will not give adequate airtime to a person like McKinney. TV news corporations don't even adequately investigate the policies and controversies of the Democrat/Republican race. We could all use more intelligent criticisms from "the mainstream," ones that invoke more than Obama's middle name or McCain's Italian shoes.
2008-10-18
Cynthia McKinney connects Green Party values to Indigenous principles While many people have celebrated the historic inclusion of a black man and a woman in the 2008 presidential primaries, there has been less said about the equally notable participation of a presidential candidate who is both black and a woman. Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and her Puerto Rican vice presidential candidate, Rosa Clemente, also represent another first – the first all-women of color ticket in U.S. presidential history. 2008-10-17
Third party candidates provide extra choices While all the focus is on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, when you pick up this year's ballot, you'll see a lot more choices in the run for the White House. 2008-10-17
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Third-Party Candidates Ralph Nader & Cynthia McKinney Respond to Final McCain-Obama Debate Senators Barack Obama and John McCain met last night for the final debate before the November 4th presidential election, sparring over the economy, tax policy, negative campaigning, trade agreements, abortion and the educational system. As with the other debates, third-party candidates were not invited to participate. We break the sound barrier and hear from Green Party presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader. 2008-10-16
VIDEO: Senate candidates meet for final debate Mike Johanns, Scott Kleeb, and Steve Larrick squared off in their final debate before November's election. Candidates from the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and Green Party answered a variety of questions Thursday night from where the U.S military should be focused to how the government needs to handle illegal immigration. 2008-10-16
Do we have a democracy when candidates are excluded? The Gazette's Sept. 25 editorials, "Unfit: Palin as president" and "Tepid: Weak Democrats," along with Phil Kabler's report, "Broadcasters debate excludes Mountain Party," present sobering realities for West Virginia citizens. Like frogs slowly boiling in a pan of water refusing to jump, we have allowed ourselves to be seduced by the spin of leaders. Have they led us into a different form of government? Where are we now? 2008-10-03
Real maverick could be West Virginia's governor . . . West By God Virginia is blessed to have a homegrown maverick, Jesse Johnson, who is seeking the all-important office of governor. Although I don't have much faith that either presidential nominee will change Washington, I'm excited by the opportunity for real change in West Virginia, a state where I have some longstanding knowledge because of my service under Senate Public Works Chairman Jennings Randolph and Bob Byrd, whom I nominated for the Whip leadership position. Yes, I'm that old. 2008-10-02
Four Greens Fight For Their Party's Nomination Supporters of Cynthia McKinney, an African-American who served 12 years in Congress as a Georgia Democrat, say that choosing a presidential nominee doesn???t have to mean selecting between a black and a female candidate. 0000-00-00
Greens ultimately to decide whether radar base gets green light or not How likely is it that the parliament will approve the stationing of the radar base on Czech soil - a crucial prerequisite? Where are the potential pitfalls? We analyse what lies ahead for Mirek Topolnek's centre-right coalition. 0000-00-00
Green Party nominee rallies to reduce military spending Barry Hermanson's crusade for Congress started with a giant pie chart painting and a Volkswagen van at the Burning Man festival. The San Francisco Green Party candidate says he is running solely to reduce Pentagon funding. When he arrived at Burning Man in Nevada last year, he draped over his Volkswagen camper van a 6-foot-by-6-foot painting of a pie chart showing how more than half of the national budget is devoted to the Pentagon and Iraq. 0000-00-00
UA student enters race for congressional seat FAYETTEVILLE -- Abel Tomlinson began thinking about running for Congress when he realized U. S. Rep. John Boozman could be re-elected without challenge this year. With no Democrat in the race, Tomlinson decided about a week ago that he will seek the Green Party nomination in his bid to unseat Boozman, a Republican. 0000-00-00
Germany's Green Party Opens Chapter in Washington Germany's Green Party is setting up a branch in the United States. The bottom-up initiative aims to bring a more international perspective to the party's work and combat anti-Americanism among some members back home.
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Green Party fills November ballots Buoyed by Rich Whitney's showing in his 2006 run for governor, the Green Party of Illinois has placed a record number of candidates on the November general election ballot. 0000-00-00
Cops and Former Secret Service Agents Ran Black Ops on Green Groups
A private security company organized and managed by former Secret Service officers spied on Greenpeace and other environmental organizations from the late 1990s through at least 2000, pilfering documents from trash bins, attempting to plant undercover operatives within groups, casing offices, collecting phone records of activists, and penetrating confidential meetings. According to company documents provided to Mother Jones by a former investor in the firm, this security outfit collected confidential internal records-donor lists, detailed financial statements, the Social Security numbers of staff members, strategy memos-from these organizations and produced intelligence reports for public relations firms and major corporations involved in environmental controversies. 0000-00-00
Editorial: Greening democracy If American democracy were to submit to a checkup — blood pressure, cholesterol, weight — some troubling symptoms would be recorded on its chart. Topping the list is low voter participation. Barely 50 percent vote in national elections, and even fewer in local and off year elections. That’s like someone who brushes his teeth every other day — not good for his health, and not good for those around him. 0000-00-00
The 2008 Presidential Campaign: On the Left, the Greens and the Nader Campaign With the Democratic Party presidential contenders offering little more than tepid reforms on the margin of drug policy and the Republican nominee largely promising more of the same old drug war (look for an article next week on major party contender crime and drug policies), people seeking radical reforms in US drug policy are looking beyond the two major parties. Last week, Drug War Chronicle examined the alternative on the right, the Libertarian Party, and its presidential campaign. This week, we turn our view to the left, to the Green Party and the independent campaign of Ralph Nader. 0000-00-00
Green Party nominates challenger to Courtney NORWICH, Conn. -- An environmental scientist has won the Green Party nomination to challenge Rep. Joe Courtney in November. 0000-00-00
Arizona Green Party wins separate status on Nov. ballot The Arizona Green Party won ballot status earlier this month, which means its candidates will be listed on this fall's ballots as Green Party members, rather than unaffiliated. 0000-00-00
Letter from the Green Party: measures for the creation of confidence The Turkish Cypriot politician Alpay Durduran presented yesterday in the meeting of Cypriot parties at the Ledra Palace a frame of eight proposals of real measures for the creation of confidence.
The measures were agreed at the last meeting of the Secretary General of the Cyprus Green Party Mr. George Perdikes and the Secretary General of the Tourkish Cypriot Party “New Cyprus” Mr. Murat Kanatli at 31st March 2008. 0000-00-00
McKinney Poised for Green Nomination for President With media attention focused almost exclusively on the dramatic contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, millions of U.S. voters probably have no inkling that there is a ballot option beyond the Democratic and Republican Parties. 0000-00-00
Green Party joins fall election fray If you thought November's 14th District congressional race was between Democratic Congressman Bill Foster and Republican Jim Oberweis, think again. The Illinois Green Party has slated candidates in 34 state and national races, including six in the Fox Valley area. 0000-00-00
Green Party to kick off Colo. convention season Colorado's Green Party - at times dubbed "The Spoilers" by Democrats - hosts its statewide convention this weekend, the first of several political conventions to be held in Colorado this year. 0000-00-00
Green Party candidate wants Punt's seat The race for a state Senate seat is going Green. Waynesboro resident Andy Johnson announced this week he is running as a Green Party candidate for the 33rd District state Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Terry Punt, R-Waynesboro. 0000-00-00
Maine Greens to hold convention May 18 The Maine Green Independent Party will hold its annual state convention May 18 in Yarmouth, a gathering that will apportion delegates to the national Green Party convention in Chicago. 0000-00-00
Green, Libertarian parties' lawsuit goes to trial The Libertarian and Green parties filed a lawsuit that argues the state law that defines a political party is onerous and violates party members' rights to free speech and association. 0000-00-00
Kat Swift, Green Party Presidential Candidate, Crusades for Ballot Access The youngest candidate to run for President this year is Kat Swift. Green Party buttons sprayed on her clothes, dreds draped down her back and 10 pounds of petition placards in hand, Kat embodies the Green Values of a grassroots organizer. Kat runs for office as an activist, which is quite different than a career politician. 0000-00-00
Cynthia McKinney goes green Want to see the state’s multibillion dollar budget deficit disappear? Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney says it’s a snap. If we cease spending money on the war in Iraq today, the state budget could be balanced overnight. Well, almost overnight. The controversial former congresswoman from Georgia estimates the United States spends $1 billion on the war every two days, so it would take 40 days to cancel out the state’s $20 billion deficit. 0000-00-00
Weapons can't be green More and more green parties are emerging around the world. Green party representatives from 88 countries, including three from Israel, gathered this month in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the Second Global Greens Congress. The conference was dedicated to Ingrid Betancourt, the former leader of Colombia's Oxygen Green Party, who was kidnapped by a guerrilla group in 2002 and is still being held hostage. 0000-00-00
BULGARIAN GREENS ESTABLISHED The newest green political party Zelenite (Bulgarian Greens) was established on May 18 in Sofia by a number of environmental non-government organisations (NGOs). 0000-00-00
Greens commit to Real ID veto drive The Maine Green Independent Party, fresh off its convention in Yarmouth last weekend, said it will play an active role in collecting signatures for two petition drives. 0000-00-00
Anti-war activist Sheehan speaking to Olympia fundraiser National anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is coming to Olympia on June 8 to speak in an evening fundraiser sponsored by the Green Party of South Puget Sound and other groups critical of the Iraq occupation. 0000-00-00
Brennan slammed by Greens As the race for the 1st Congressional District heats up, Democrat Michael Brennan is trying to get as many people to vote in the June 10 primary as possible. And that includes members of the Maine Green Independent Party. 0000-00-00
Green Party candidate says he's running for PRC seat A Green Party member plans to run for a northern New Mexico seat on the Public Regulation Commission, challenging the Democrat who is the only candidate on the ballot. 0000-00-00
San Francisco's Green Party endorses Cindy Sheehan in bid against Speaker Pelosi Shortly after an extended question and answer session, Cindy Sheehan, anti-war activist and nominative challenger to the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in California's California's 8th congressional district, easily secured an endorsement from the San Francisco Green Party last night. 0000-00-00
Green Party candidate launches campaign The Green Party candidate in the 11th Congressional District race says he will spend just $10,000 on his campaign, a tiny fraction of the several millions expected to be spent by the major party candidates. 0000-00-00
SC Greens have their first elected official Eugene Platt joined the South Carolina Green Party formally earlier this year, and sought the Green Party nomination for South Carolina House of Representatives from District 115. Platt won that nomination at the state convention on May 3rd. 0000-00-00
Green Party gives green light to fight in House District 39 Richard Carroll of the Green Party is now taking on former Democratic lawmaker Dewayne Dobbins. Carroll says he wanted to run because Dobbins' trouble with the law showed a lack of judgement in his opinion. He doesn't want Dobbins to bring that bad judgement back to the General Assembly. 0000-00-00
South Carolina Green to go before Elections Commission Friday Eugene Platt has agreed to allow this writer to speak before the South Carolina Green Party. Why? Because the Commission staff has sent a message to the state's political party officials in which he said that the state would refuse to place on the ballot in November any candidate who lost a Democratic or Republican primary, regardless of other party's nominations. The email referenced South Carolina Code of LawsTitle 7, Chapter 11, Article 1, Section 7-11-10. 0000-00-00
Ark. Green Party nominates man to run against Dobbins A Union Pacific boilermaker hopes to do what the state's Democratic and Republican parties have been unable to - challenge a former legislator trying to regain the House seat he left after being accused of fondling a teenager. 0000-00-00
SF Greens aim to help Cindy Sheehan get on the ballot against Pelosi Cindy Sheehan's endorsement by San Francisco's Green Party today will give the anti-war activist's longshot campaign for Congress a boost, but not because it adds much to her chances of beating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in November. 0000-00-00
Green files for PRC seat A Green Party candidate has filed to run for a seat on the Public Regulation Commission from a northern New Mexico district. 0000-00-00
Tahoe Green Party marks four years The Tahoe Green Party celebrated its fourth anniversary June 11 in Lake Tahoe Community College's Aspen Room. Members and guests socialized while enjoying a special cake and beverages. 0000-00-00
An Opportunity to Open Presidential Debates The latest CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey of registered voters nationwide puts Democrat Barack Obama at 46 percent. Republican John McCain pulls 44 percent. Is everyone else undecided? No. 0000-00-00
McKinney Poised to Challenge Obama For Left-Wing and Black Voters As Senator Barack Obama continues pivoting away from those primary-election positions and promises that once galvanized his Democratic base, he may have a new worry looming on the horizon in the person of Cynthia McKinney. A former Georgia Congresswoman, McKinney is said to be a shoo-in as the Green Party's 2008 presidential nominee when their convention is held in Chicago, July 10-12. 0000-00-00
Cynthia McKinney picks Rosa Clemente as her running mate Rosa Clemente accepting a bid to run as VP on Cynthia McKinney's Green Party ticket is big news. In fact its great news. First Rosa is no joke. This Bronx born-Puerto Rican-African sista is sharp on the issues and uncompromising on the principals she stands for. She stands tall and fights fiercely for the communities and people she has long represented. She is more than qualified. 0000-00-00
McKinney expected to get Green Party nomination this week Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's trek back from defeat takes her to Chicago this week and an improbable political rebirth. She is expected to be nominated as the presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States and could appear on the ballot in as many as 36 states as the extreme long-shot rival to Republican John McCain and Democratic candidate Barack Obama, making McKinney the second black presidential candidate in the November race. 0000-00-00
Green Party To Tap Hip-Hop Activist For VP Signaling it is serious about courting the hip-hop vote, Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney has tapped respected hip-hop activist Rosa Clemente as her Vice Presidential pick. If the Green Party accepts McKinney's nomination this weekend at its convention, Clemente will make history as the first hip-hop generation candidate on a presidential ticket, and together with McKinney make up the first all-female of color ticket in U.S. history. McKinney is African American. Clemente identifies herself as Puerto Rican of African descent 0000-00-00
Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney, the former Congresswoman from Georgia, submitted petitions to be a write- in candidate for President in North Carolina for the Green Party. McKinney says she submitted signatures to every county Board of Election to qualify as a write in candidate. 0000-00-00
Transgender Write-In to Challenge Blunt In the General election in November, voters will have an opportunity to vote for at least one non-traditional candidate. Midge Potts is not you ordinary politician. The Self-proclaimed "progressive conservative" transgender activist will be running as a write-in candidate for U.S. Representative in Missouri's 7th Congressional District. 0000-00-00
Senate Debate Three of the four candidates vying for Nebraska's U.S. Senate seat faced off in debate at state fair park Saturday morning. Republican Mike Johanns, Democrat Scott Kleeb and Green Party candidate Steve Larrick went head to head, while Nebraska Party candidate Kelly Renee Rosberg opted out. More than 100 people attended, as the three candidates squared off, answering questions from the war in Iraq to the future of ethanol. 0000-00-00
2nd District Race: Third-party contenders seek spots on ballot With a few months to go in Connecticut's 2nd District congressional race, two more candidates have made strides to be added to the ballot. Green Party candidate Scott Deshefy and Libertarian Party candidate Dan Reale plan to join incumbent Democrat U.S Rep. Joe Courtney and Republican challenger Sean Sullivan in the race for Congress. Deshefy and Reale submitted petitions to the Secretary of the State's Office with more than the required number of signatures needed to qualify for candidacy. 0000-00-00
Farmers fuel forum The Kankakee County Farm Bureau had prepared half a dozen questions for the area's three congressional candidates for its Friday morning forum.
But when it came time to open up the field for audience comments, it was clear what rose to the top--the cost of "inputs" as Gary Paarlberg of Bradley said. For a farmer, "inputs" equates to the cost of energy--vital ingredients in fertilizer, farm chemicals and fueling tractors and combines. 0000-00-00
McKinney on the Record Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney sums up her energy policy with a simple, memorable rhyme: "Leave the oil in the soil. Right now we've got two energy policies in this country," McKinney told Grist. "One is war, the other is drilling. And neither one of them works." It's a message she hopes will win over voters who have tired of both the Democratic and Republican parties. 0000-00-00
Green Party hopeful A former congresswoman from Georgia turned Green Party presidential candidate on Wednesday said the political era dominated by the two major "corporate parties" is near an end. 0000-00-00
McKinney/Clemente ticket also makes history As the Democratic National Convention celebrates its first African American Presidential nominee in grand fashion - on a national stage with prime time TV coverage, the Green Party is also making electoral history, boasting the first ever all-women of color presidential ticket. 0000-00-00
Green Party sues to get onto ballot The Green Party is using a recent federal ruling in an attempt to get included on the presidential ballot in Ohio. 0000-00-00
Meet the Real Social Justice Candidates: A Chat with the Green Party Ticket Although the corporate media is transfixed on the spectacle of a convention centered on a candidate that promises "hope" and "change," a real agenda for social justice was being pushed forward Aug. 25 just blocks away from Pepsi Center at the Mercury Cafe on California Street. 0000-00-00
Peter Camejo dies - helped found Green Party Third-party political activist Peter Camejo, a perennial candidate for state and national office who helped pioneer the financial market niche of socially responsible investments, died Saturday. He was 68. 0000-00-00
Third-party presidential candidates seek gay support . . . "Neither of these two parties supports gay marriage," said Giselda Rendon, an Atlanta lesbian who is volunteering for the campaign of Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney, a former Democrat who used to represent Georgia in Congress.
"The Democratic Party is the party of the Defense of Marriage Act, it's the party of Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Rendon said. "They use us as a bargaining chip". 0000-00-00
Greens endorse Brinton and Ornelas for City Council The Humboldt County Green Party announced Thursday that it is endorsing Shane Brinton and Susan Ornelas for Arcata City Council. The endorsements were decided after evaluating the candidates at a public forum Monday that was organized and hosted by the Humboldt Greens. 0000-00-00
Eugene Platt to be on Green Party Watch Radio Green Party Watch Radio will host South Carolina's only elected Green, Eugene Platt, this Sunday from 3 to 3:30 East Coast Time. 0000-00-00
Green: A color outside the lines The Editorial Board recently sat down with G. Scott Deshefy, the Green Party candidate for Congress in the 2nd District. This is the time of year when the candidates are kind enough to visit with the board, helping it decide who The Day will endorse in the coming election. 0000-00-00
Green Party Shut Out of Debates in Connecticut Green Party congressional candidates are protesting that they won't be allowed in League of Women Voters debates in the state. 0000-00-00
Rosa Clemente, Green Party VP candidate speaking in Florida, September 27 Rosa Clemente, vice presidential candidate for Cynthia McKinney's Green Party presidential bid, will be a featured speaker on Saturday, Sept 27 at the annual convention of the Int'l People's Democratic Uhuru Movement being held in St. Petersburg. 0000-00-00
Use the Electoral College for real change When conservative working-class voters chose the big-money/corporate-anointed Republican candidate over the big-money/corporate-anointed Democratic candidate in 2004, some liberal commentators pointed out that these people voted against their own best interests. These commentators demonstrated how Bush's tax cuts primarily benefited the rich, not the middle class or the poor. They also pointed out that Bush's Department of Labor actively worked to undermine workers' rights to organize, to fair pay and decent benefits, and to safe working conditions. 0000-00-00
Green Party candidate for Congress qualifies for ballot; supports impeaching Bush Richard Duffee has qualified for the ballot as the Green Party candidate for Congress in the Fourth Congressional District, which includes Bridgeport. Duffee said he has received notification from the secretary of the state's office. Duffee has unsuccessfully run for the seat in the past 0000-00-00
Rosa Clemente, Green Party VP candidate Our guest today is Rosa Clemente, vice presidential candidate for the Green Party this year. She's running with Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. Clemente is a Puerto Rican hip hop activist and journalist, born in New York and a graduate of the University of Albany and Cornell University. In 2003, she helped form the first ever National Hip Hop Convention. She will be campaigning in St. Petersburg this weekend. She joins us live now on the phone. 0000-00-00
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