Green Party member’s civil action against Electoral College Mal-Apportionment goes to court 1/14/09

Green Party calls Asa Gordon’s action a demand for fair elections, voters’ rights, and racial justice
A major voting rights civil action filed by Green Party leader Asa Gordon is scheduled for oral argument in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (No. 09-5142) on Thursday, January 14, 2010.
The civil action seeks enforcement [...]

Where is the progressive third party to pick up a few seats in Congress?

our friend John Keenan was asked this question recently:
. . . now would seem a good time for a third party to come forward with some good progressive ideas that the majority of the people of the country could get behind.  Maybe said third party could pick up a few seats in Congress if it [...]

Green Party Supports Huntington, NY Council District Vote 12/22/09

“The Green Party of Suffolk supports the proposition to bring council districts to Huntington town,” said its chair Roger Snyder, a Huntington resident. “A key value of the Green Party is Grassroots Democracy, and it is clear that at-large districts are the farthest from that ideal.”
On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009,  voters in the Town of [...]

Tonight in Illinois: Rich Whitney attends Green Holiday Party

Announced via a press release from the Rich Whitney campaign:
Gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney
to attend campaign event in Cicero, Illinois.|
Who: Green Party Gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney
What: Meet the candidate event/fundraiser
When: Thursday, December 17th – 7 PM
Where: Serenata Restaurant & Bar
6009 W. Cermak Rd
Cicero, IL.

Global Green Parties call for honest, scientifically sound climate agreement

As the Copenhagen COP enters its second week, the Global Greens today called for an honest climate agreement, based on science not tricky accounting.  The Global Greens are concerned that rich nations are building loopholes into the agreement to give the appearance of strong targets without the reality.
Land-use and forestry in particular are being used [...]

Today at 11am in Wisconsin: Green Party protests Mayoral Control

from a Milwaukee Green Party press release posted at Green Party Watch
Milwaukee Green Party Protests Mayor Take Over of School Board
December 16th, 2009
Madison – The Milwaukee Green Party will hold a press conference on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, to announce their opposition to Mayoral Takeover at the capitol. The press conference is to begin at [...]

PA Green Party Endorses House Bill 1994 to Outlaw Juvenile Life Sentences without Parole

Eight other states already ban juvenile life sentences without parole
Pennsylvania has highest number of juveniles serving life sentences without parole in nation
Last night, the Steering Committee of the Green Party of Pennsylvania votes to endorse PA House Bill 1994 to outlaw juvenile life sentences without parole. This comes as a follow-up to its earlier call [...]

Three Green Party of Suffolk members elected chairs of National Committees

Amityville Record & Babylon Beacon
The Green Party of Suffolk is proud to announce that its chair Roger Snyder and secretary Ian Wilder have been elected to be cochairs of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) Accreditation Committee (AC) and Presidential Campaign Support Committee (PCSC) respectively. Also Green Party of Suffolk executive board member [...]

Video of Green Party Prez cand McKinney @ 12/12/09 peace rally

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, ex-Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, directly opposite the White House. Rep. McKinney ran for President of the United States in the 2008 election on the Green [...]

Green Party Prez cand McKinney anti-war speech 12/12/09

Cynthia McKinney
Emergency Anti-Afghanistan Escalation Rally
December 12, 2009
My fellow Americans,
Millions of us are drinking dirty and contaminated water;
4 million of us will get foreclosure notices by the end of this year;
25 million of us are un- or underemployed;
47 million of us have no health insurance and millions more are under-insured.  My aunt was killed by the [...]

Lawsuit Over Discriminatory Public Funding Set for January 13, 2010

KW: Because so many progressives want public campaign funding (which probably has its merits), some duopolists co-opt that message, and then write bills that promise “public campaign funding” in a sunshiney way, but have the more drastic effect of funneling lots of money to Democratic and Republican politicians, and making life pointedly harder on independent/third [...]

In Copenhagen: Global Greens forum to address global warming

based on a press release from the Green Party of The United States:
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Global Greens forum on December 13 to address global warming during UN Copenhagen Climate Conference
Green Party leaders from around the world–including  Wangari Maathai, José Bové and Elizabeth May–to participate; US Greens challenge Obama to stop appeasing corporate polluters and peddling [...]

Oral arguments scheduled for: Democratizing the Electoral College Civil Action

Excerpts from the actual civil suit at the readmore…

Asa Gordon is Chair of the DC Statehood Green Party Electoral College Task Force and Executive Director of Douglass Institute for Government. Gordon’s civil suit concerning reform of the Electoral College will have oral arguments in the United States Court of Appeals on January 14, 2010.
The lawsuit, [...]

Canadian Green leader protests detention of American journalist Amy Goodman

KW: Sometimes when overzealous government law enforcement go too far, it becomes so comical, it is difficult to realize the travesty of justice that occurred. But, the victim was still harmed and the practices are still in place. So, we should acknowledge the violation of rights, try to learn from what happened, and use the [...]