France’s two leading environmental parties start on the path to a merger
From MonstersandCritics.com:
Les Verts (the Greens) and the Europe Ecologie (EE) parties meet Saturday in Lyon for a congress to approve the merger and agree on... Read more.
John Anderson, independent presidential candidate in 1980, comments on today’s politics
An interesting column from Dennis Mikolay (the full thing can be read here):
Anderson received six percent of the vote, and while he didn’t get to move into the... Read more.
Capital New York features Howie Hawkins’ succesful effort to garner 50,000 votes and ‘save the Greens’
An interesting article on CapitalNewYork.com examines the personal and Green Party history of Howie Hawkins, the Greens’ 2010 gubernatorial nominee in New... Read more.
Green Party of PA and Philadelphia holding 3 events in the city this weekend
There will be a meeting of the state party’s committee, a fundraiser dinner featuring Green Party activist Mike Nance answering the question, “Was Hericletus... Read more.
Green mayor Gayle McLaughlin thanks supporters for her re-election, and more
Gayle McLaughlin – the mayor of Richmond, California, which is, at over 100,000 people, the largest city in the nation with a Green mayor – sent the... Read more.
Green Ben Manski thanks his supporters, blames straight ticket voting for loss
Ben Manski, a high profile Green candidate for state representative in Wisconsin who got over 30 percent of the vote but lost, sent the following email to his supporters:
On... Read more.
Activists hope for a ‘mass party of labor’
At Hugh Giordano’s election night party in Philadelphia, there were two volunteers from this effort present, collecting signatures. Incidentally, the numbers... Read more.
Lynne Williams thanks her supporters
The 2010 Green candidate for governor, who then dropped out to run for State Senate, sent the following email to the supporters of her Senate race (Williams received... Read more.
Green candidate for PA state rep. Hugh Giordano thanks supporters; announces effort to organize local Greens, possible 2012 run, and more
From the Hugh Giordano campaign in Philadelphia (I volunteered for Hugh’s campaign, and he received about 18 percent of the vote, while winning a few precincts):
To... Read more.
Independent Eliot Cutler in the lead in Maine gubernatorial race
In an unexpected final surge of support in the only poll that really matters, independent for Maine governor Eliot Cutler looks to be headed toward a possible win. …... Read more.