Erroneous reports yesterday suggested former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura had filed an intent to run for President as a member of the Green Party. Ventura has taken to Twitter to dispel the rumors:
… Read more ...Throughout my life, “journalists” have written salacious click bait articles about me & now I see misleading tweets in hopes that I comment directly to them to correct their errors so they get a bump in their feed.
The Green Party published the following release today about the economic stimulus in response to the coronavirus pandemic:
An online copy of this release is available at gp.org.
Green Party of the United States
gp.org
For Immediate Release:
April 22, 2020
Contacts:
Michael O’Neil, Communications Manager, meo@gp.org, 202-804-2758
Holly Hart, Co-chair, Media Committee, media@gp.org… Read more ...
By Howie Hawkins
The Extinction Rebellion Hunger Strikers are challenging the power structure with their own suffering. In Washington, DC the strikers are focused on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and refusing to eat until Pelosi agrees to a one-hour public meeting with them over the climate crisis.
This Thanksgiving while many will be feasting with family and friends, they will be risking their health by not eating.… Read more ...
By Howie Hawkins
The next president should declare a Climate Emergency, which will give the president powers to act rapidly and decisively to confront the climate crisis. The president should also create a cabinet-level Office of Climate Mobilization for the coordination of all federal agencies in mobilizing the nation’s resources to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% clean renewable energy by 2030.… Read more ...
Howie Hawkins, a Green Party candidate for president, is the first candidate to endorse the candidate pledge of 350.org
Posted by Kevin Zeese
Above: European Green parties rode a green wave in the European elections because of their policies for action climate chaos were consistent with the people’s demands for action on climate.
The Green Party of the United States congratulated Green Parties throughout Europe for their strong showing in the recent elections for European Parliament, where the Greens won 71 seats, up from 52.… Read more ...
“The United Nations climate summit (COP21) has failed to take the action necessary to prevent global climate catastrophe,” said Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as she prepared to depart Paris, where she had participated in several COP-related events.
According to Stein, “The voluntary, unenforceable pledges being produced by COP21 are entirely insufficient to prevent catastrophic climate change.… Read more ...
Speaking in Paris at a Women Facing Climate Change forum, Jill Stein, a candidate for the Green Party presidential nomination said “It is critical that we stand up and stand together across issues, and across borders, to be a unified political force for people planet and peace over profit. The minute we stand up, we are unstoppable.… Read more ...
U.S. government: Greatest obstacle to international action on global warming
Capitalism stands in the way of climate change remedies
By the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)
MAY 31, 2013
The following is an email from 2012 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein:
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Jill Stein for President <HQ@jillstein.org> wrote:
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Dear paulie,They were the largest climate protests in U.S. history, with over 50,000 marching in Washington D.C. and tens of thousands more taking part in protests across the country.
From an article by Caroline Lucas, the first Green Member of Parliament in the UK, in the Guardian:
… Read more ...The new report – entitled The New Home Front – looks at the wartime experience of those on the “home front” in Britain and the lessons we can learn in facing today’s threats from climate change and the looming energy and resources crisis.
Open letter from Ralph Nader and several other people (see end of article for list) to Barack Obama posted at Nader.org:
Dear President Obama,
The U.S. government bailout of, and acquisition of a majority share in, General Motors was an exceptional action, taken in response to exceptional circumstances. The U.S. stake in GM obviously poses novel managerial challenges to the government.… Read more ...
