Above image: People participate in a workers’ rights protest on September 14, 2017. By Ben Smith for The Daily Iowan.
By Howie Hawkins
As someone who has been a union member since I was a Marine with the American Servicemen’s Union until I retired last year as a Teamster as well as a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, I have lived the reality of mistreatment of workers in the United States.… Read more ...
By Howie Hawkins Green for President
Green Party Presidential candidate Howie Hawkins saw serious shortcomings in what he heard from the Democratic candidates in the recent presidential debates and provided insights on how Green policy proposals differ significantly with those of the Democrats. Howie discussed Medicare for All, immigration reform, gun violence, socializing public safety net programs, the real ecosocialist Green New Deal, international trade and nuclear disarmament.
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 ...
Posted By Kevin Zeese
Howie Hawkins announced in Brooklyn today that he is seeking the Green Party nomination for president.
The centerpiece of Hawkins’ campaign for president is an ecosocialist Green New Deal. He is calling upon the nation to declare a climate emergency and mobilize a crash program to convert the economy to 100% clean renewable energy with zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.… Read more ...
By Howie Hawkins
Posted By Kevin Zeese
Note: Howie Hawkins, who is exploring whether to run for the Green Party nomination, puts forward the dangerous situation the Earth is facing with many environmental disasters occurring. Hawkins was the first Green New Deal candidate in 2010. Since then more than 60 Greens have run in support of the Green New Deal.… Read more ...
Featured image, Hawkins speaking at the People’s Climate March, New York City, Sept. 14, 2014. Photo courtesy of Colin D. Young.
By Kevin Zeese
This week, the New Republic published, Will the Democrats Kill the Green Party by Stealing Its Best Idea?… Read more ...
Green Party Watch held a presidential poll with the following results:
1,792 votes cast, Jill Stein received 1,223 of them, or 68%. Roseanne Barr, who had just entered the race in the last week, picked up 526 votes, or 29%. There were 35 votes for Kent Mesplay, and 8 votes for Harley Mikkelson
GPW reports that Roseanne Barr is very active on Twitter, and had tweeted a challenge to Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to have both herself and Jill Stein on their programs.… Read more ...
An opinion piece by Michael O’Neil, Secretary of the Green Party of New York State:
Editorial: Andrew Cuomo Wants Your Child To Compete In The Hunger Games
Kids from rich and poor districts compete against each other in a high-stakes game designed to reinforce a rigid class system. The plot to Suzanne Collins’ smash hit The Hunger Games, or Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new scheme for $200 million in “competitive school grants”?… Read more ...
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will be delivering her own response to the State of the Union address tonight, in what she is calling “The People’s State of the Union.” The text is now available – it can be read below and the original is here – and there will be about thirty house parties across the US tonight to watch Stein give the address. … Read more ...
(excerpt from a Howie Hawkins for Governor Press Release)
For Immediate Release: November 14, 2011
Howie Hawkins for Governor – Green Party
Media Release
http://www.howiehawkins.org – http://www.gpny.org
Hawkins Blasts Cuomo for Arrests at Occupy Albany:
“Governor 1% Assaults Political and Economic Rights of the 99%”
… Read more ...Howie Hawkins, the Green Party’s 2010 gubernatorial candidate, blasted Governor Andrew Cuomo for the arrests of Occupy Albany demonstrators over the weekend.
Source: Green Party Watch
(BOSTON, MA) Jill Stein, a physician and former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate, announced today she is running for President of the United States to provide an alternative to the “Wall Street parties” on issues such as jobs, universal health care, peace and climate change. She is seeking the nomination of the Green Party of the United States.… Read more ...