Free & Equal Elections is sponsoring the Chicago launch of Theresa Amato’s new book Grand Illusion. The premier will be held at the Union League Club on Thursday, June 4. Amato will also be participating in a forum on Printer’s Row this Sunday.
Amato, who was the campaign manager for Ralph Nader’s 2000 & 2004 Presidential runs, presents a scathing indictment of the current state of ballot access in America in her new book.… Read more ...
Former Green Party national co-chair Greg Gerritt of Rhode Island, Green Party mayor of the Village of Greenwich, NY and national party web manager David Doonan and Campaign Foundations and Georgia Green Party co-founder Hugh Esco have founded a new business to help Greens running for office win their elections.
This business, a cooperative, will focus on helping Greens with a wide variety of tasks associated with elections.… Read more ...
In an article published at The Exception Magazine, Bar Harbor attorney Lynne Williams discussed the Green Party’s Ten Key Values and the connection between the economy and the environment.
… Read more ...About a year or so ago I was interviewed by a reporter for the Ellsworth American and he asked me what I would like Mainers to know about the Greens.
A set of proposals will be voted on soon in California. The propositions will be decided in a May 19th ballot, and the Green Party in California is panning them all.
NewsBlaze.com reports that the California Nurses Association, which supported Ralph Nader in his Green Party backed 2000 run, has also voted to recommend against voters passing the proposals.… Read more ...
Dennis Spisak is co-editor of GreenBeat and Green Party Watch’s newest writer.
GreenBeat April 25, 2009
In this Issue …
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Clean Energy Economy – Dennis Spisak
Bad Dreams and Earth Day – Anita Rios
National call for “FIRST FRIDAY Actions to demand good jobs for all NOW!” – Logan Martinez
Ohio Green Party Co-Convener Elected Chairperson of Toledo NOW – Anita Rios
In what the Alexandria Gazette Packet called an “Election Shocker”, independent Alicia Hughes was elected to Alexandria’s city council.
As reported by Michael Lee Pope, outgoing Democratic Councilman Ludwig Gaines called for a new party leadership after this defeat, saying “The buck stops with Susan Kellom.”
According to the article, Hughes was “adopted” by the local Republican Party when she made a habit of asking incumbents to justify their votes.… Read more ...
In a letter published in the Charleston Post and Courier, Green Party spokesperson Eugene Platt called for an end to plans to extend Interstate 526 onto Johns and James Islands.
Platt, an elected member of the James Island Public Service District Commission, pointed to a resolution against the proposed extension passed unanimously by the Town of James Island Council on April 7 as evidence that the communities most impacted by this proposed road are united in their opposition to the project.… Read more ...
The program has just ended. It would appear that I had technical difficulties on my end as my attempts to connect to two callers failed. Cavlan called in to the show at about 7:05 EST, so feel free to skip forward to that part of the show. Placing your cursor just under the “C” in Cavlan’s last name should get you to the right spot.… Read more ...
The program is scheduled for Wednesday, May 6th from 7PM to 8PM East Coast Time. To listen live, or after the webcast, click here. To participate in the show on Wednesday dial (646) 478-3778. Cavlan says he has plans to bring someone representing the other side of his position onto the show, but will be able to take calls as well.… Read more ...
The Harris County Green Party (TX) is sponsor of a local cable TV program titled GreenWatchTV. Harris County is home to Houston, and the program, shown Wednesday nights from 9 to 10 PM, recently featured Liaquat Ali Shaikh, co-chair of the Pakistani Green Party, in their show titled South Asia Geopolitics.… Read more ...
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… Read more ...Last week there was a meeting of Third Party activists in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and strategize on building an effective electoral resistance to the current pro-war, corporate corrupted two party system.
The good Reverend will join Green Party Watch Radio for a very special program. Tuesday, April 14th at 5pm he will join GPW Radio for a conversation about his campaign for Mayor of New York City on the Green Party ticket, the ideas behind the Church of Life After Shopping, what it’s like being the subject of a Morgan Spurlock film and answers the question, what would Jesus buy?… Read more ...