... the Green Party supports Single-Payer/Medicare For All. It has always been in our national platform -- and Green candidates Continue reading

[From the PBS web site] BY ROSA CLEMENTEGreen Party 2008 Vice-Presidential candidate Continue reading

In the election of 2008 Barack Obama became a commodity sold to voters as an agent of change, regardless of his status quo platform, that spoke volumes about the mediation of human desire into instruments of control. It can not be denied that on the election night of 2008 there literally was dancing in the streets. This phenomenon illuminated the fact that the past eight years was in many ways a time of immense darkness. In possibly no other time in the history of the United States was the country so close to an actual dictatorship as it was during the George W. Bush administration. There were concrete cases of a centralization of power within the executive branch, and especially within the office of the president and vice president. The Patriot Act, sanctioning of torture, increased internal surveillance, and the detaining of suspects without filing of charges all eroded the protections found in the Constitution and the Bill Of Rights. These decisions all did lasting damage to the idea of the United States as a representative democracy. Unfortunately, this centralization of power was the culmination of other actions taken by previous presidents during times of war. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War, Wilson enacted the Alien and Sedition Act with the Palmer Raids during WWI, Roosevelt interned Japanese-Americans during WWII, and Nixon used COINTELPRO and an enemies list during the war in Vietnam. All of these men were gravely wrong, but what distinguished the Bush administration was the creation of an artificial state of emergency after Sept. 11th, 2001 that lead to a fabricated war for hegemony in the Middle East. Therefore, there were reasons to celebrate the election of a new president, one who was considered a real agent of change. Continue reading

Frustrated by yet another setback in the Pennsylvania Courts, Green Party US Continue reading

We are gathered together, both here and within the Green Party overall, because we want to engage in the great Continue reading

From the Executive Committee of the Green Party of New York State (GPNYS) The Executive Committee of the Green Party Continue reading

State Illegally Barring Green Party Access To BallotFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 27, 2009LITTLE ROCK, ARThe Continue reading

From: WNBC's Video Voter GuideMore info on the Rev. Billy Green Party Campaign. Continue reading

WASHINGTON, DC -- A record number of Green Party candidates are running for public office throughout the US, with many Continue reading

The following is my presentation at the 2009 Green Fest. We are gathered together, both here and within the Green Party overall, because we want to engage in the great political work of the day. It is a day that is truly benighted where peace, civil liberties, communities, and our own environment is threatened by a comprehensive system of power. If we are to fight this power then there is the necessity to understand its operation, how it functions and consolidates its influence to such a degree that at first blush it seems impossible to oppose it. This is where theory comes in as a supplement to political action. I will give some examples of what theory can do to enrich our work, and illustrate that theory is not only an embellishment or flavoring to action, but a vital binding agent that makes our actions sensible. Continue reading

Says Events Since He Announced Last Month Underscores the Reasons for Electing a Green Party Member to Common Council Continue reading

Videos produced by Cris McConkey(More videos at: The Blog of the Social Justice Council of the First Unitarian Continue reading

The following is part three of a series that explores various current economic aspects in a way that illustrates the possibility for new alternatives rather than mapping out detailed new plans. The cooperative is the epitome of economic democracy, as well as the direct alternative to the corporation. The corporate model has existed for so long, since the creation of the British East India Company in 1600, that it has firmly entrenched itself into the unconscious of humans living within capitalism. Corporations have subsumed attempts to fight it throughout history and has incorporated a false language of freedom without any structural background behind it. The cooperative, in contrast, may at first appear utopian or idealistic. But the cooperative, as the expression of economic democracy, is a working assemblage of a principle that empowers humans much more than being mediated by undemocratic corporations and a commodified culture. To understand the importance of a particular cooperative in a community, it is vital to understand the relationship of economic democracy to the idea of democracy in general. Continue reading

[From NY Press]By: Gwen OrelMidway through the "Elect-a-llujah" for Reverend Billy Talen’s mayoral benefit at the Highline Ballroom Continue reading

The Green Party will present a public forum on the need for a Single-Payer Continue reading

2010 is fast approaching. For the Green Party of New York State that means a chance to regain ballot status. Continue reading

National meeting at North Carolina Central University takes place July 23-26McKinney, now in Egypt on the Viva Palestina convoy, will Continue reading

2010 is fast approaching. For the Green Party of New York State that means a chance to regain ballot status. We need to find a slate of candidates who will best represent our core values and also excite the people of NY. We are hoping to announce our candidates by February 2010, which means we need to start thinking about the selection process now.Our candidate for Governor is the key to future ballot access. If s/he receives at least 50,000 votes then all GP candidates for all offices in NY State will have ballot status in subsequent elections, at least until the next race for Governor, without the onerous petitioning requirements we have now. (Ballot-status parties have dramatically reduced petitioning requirements.) Ballot status also gives us more standing politically when we ask to be included in debates, seek coverage in the news media, etc. Continue reading

Citing Democrats' votes for war funding and retreats on health care, Greens call Dems "the new wing of the GOP" Continue reading

[Via On the Wilderside]The Working Families Party sold the pro-war candidates of Clinton and Spitzer as Continue reading

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From: Green Party WatchJuly 2nd, 2009 by Gregg Jocoy Fox Newsis reporting that the authorities in Israel Continue reading