It’s hard to imagine a better time to consider parties other than the Democratic and Republican. In the sixteen days that the federal government was shut down and thousands of employees were furloughed or asked to work without pay, Washington demonstrated its inability to put people first, but for the first time.
Had enough of partisan deadlock? How about considering some other possibilities? GRITtv guest Jill Stein, two-time Green Party presidential candidate [sic], and proponent of The Green New Deal talks in this interview about the party’s platform of people, peace and the planet while reminding us that progressives on the ground still have the reserves to make change:
“This is about recognizing power that we already have. How we bring that power together… converge those very powerful movements…make them unstoppable, is not by going for the fringe reforms here, but by really fixing the problem. We don’t have a choice. We really are up against a wall.” Says Stein. You can hear in her sentiments an echo of that other Green Party presidential contender Ralph Nader, that power need not go unchecked.
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