Illinois Green congressional candidate joins Coalition of Imokalee Workers demonstration
Green congressional candidate Laurel Lambert Schmidt will be present today at a demonstration outside of Trader Joe’s, in favor of the Coalition of Imokalee... Read more.
Jill Stein to respond to President Obama with ‘People’s State of the Union’ on January 25
From JillStein.org:On Tuesday, January 24th, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address. There will also be responses and commentary from... Read more.
Steven Higgs comments on Al Jazeera third party panel, on CounterPunch.org
Steven Higgs, the editor of the Bloomington Alternative, takes a critical look at the media’s lack of coverage of third party candidates, in light of a panel... Read more.
Rocky Anderson answering questions on Reddit.com
Rocky Anderson, the newly formed Justice Party‘s presidential candidate and former mayor of Salt Lake City, is currently answering questions on Reddit.com. ... Read more.
Audrey Clement to run for Arlington County, VA Board as a Green again
After receiving about 16.5 percent of the vote (and, since voters had two votes to distribute, a vote from about a third of the participants in the election) in... Read more.
Green and Libertarian Parties to join American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections in condemning President Obama’s signing of NDAA
Press release:WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — On Tuesday, January 3, representatives of the Libertarian Party and the Green Party will... Read more.
Former Illinois Green running in Democratic congressional primary
From the Patch:
As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Simon Ribeiro of Evanston filed nominating petitions to enter the March 20 Democratic primary against Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston).…... Read more.
NY Times invites letters regarding the necessity of a third party in the United States
Every week the New York Times prints one letter under the heading “Invitation to a Dialogue,” and then prints responses to it in the Sunday paper. …... Read more.
Rocky Anderson, co-founder and presidential candidate of the newly formed Justice Party, TV appearances
Rocky Anderson is the former mayor of Salt Lake City. In August, he denounced and left the Democratic Party. Earlier this month he announced the formation of... Read more.
Philadelphia Greens laud DA’s decision in stopping Mumia Abu-Jamal execution, but call for further action
From the Green Party of Philadelphia:
The City Committee of the Green Party of Philadelphia (GPOP, http://www.gpop.org) applauds Seth Williams’ decision on... Read more.