The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer [...]
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Green Party’s Hawkins wants a government ‘for the people’
[From: The Legislative Gazette] By Sarah L. Evans Green Party activist Howie Hawkins declared he will be running for governor during a visit to Albany last week. Hawkins so far is the only contender for the Green Party’s nomination. On May 15, during the party’s statewide convention, an official announcement of the party’s ticket will [...]
Howie Hawkins for Governor of New York: Why We Are Running
The basic issue in this campaign is: Will our state government be for the people, or continue to serve the super-rich and the giant corporations? We are running because we are on the side of the people. We are running – we, not me – because I cannot win the goals of our campaign alone. [...]
U.K. Green Party Wins First Commons Seat in Brighton
[From: Businessweek ] By Thomas Penny May 7 (Bloomberg) — The Green Party won its first seat in the House of Commons as leader Caroline Lucas took Brighton Pavilion on England’s south coast from Gordon Brown’s Labour Party. Lucas, a member of the European Parliament since 1999, won 31.3 percent of the vote, compared with [...]
Green Party Governor campaigns to watch in 2010
[From On the Wilderside ] Green Party Governor campaigns to watch in 2010: CA, IL, MA, NV, OH & NY Several Green candidates have launched campaigns in their states’ races for governor in 2010. The Green Party of California will have a contested primary election for the gubernatorial race, with Laura Wells and Deacon Alexander [...]
Ron Hardy for Oshkosh Common Council
[From Vote for Ron!] GENERAL ELECTION – APRIL 6 Who is Ronald Kane Hardy? Head of Information Resources at Polk Library at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, a librarian specializing in collection development and licensing online content for research Chair of the City of Oshkosh Sustainability Advisory Board, facilitating sustainability actions and greenhouse gas mitigation [...]
Ralph Nader Was Right About Barack Obama
[From Truthdig] By Chris Hedges, Mar 1, 2010 We owe Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney an apology. They were right about Barack Obama. They were right about the corporate state. They had the courage of their convictions and they stood fast despite wholesale defections and ridicule by liberals and progressives. Obama lies as cravenly, if [...]
