On Truthdig, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges recently wrote an opinion piece advocating that people join the Green Party.  Read the full thing here.
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 [...]

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http://www.gp.org/cynthia/display.php?ID=30
They shot this Black man in his genitals and in his back. It sounds like a hate crime to me. How else could one describe it?
Well, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was self-defense. But how many times have we heard self-defense by cops used as a cop out?
Well, what about Amadou [...]

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Found at OnTheWilderSide. By Cynthia McKinney.
Well, I do want as many of you as possible to participate in some way in our cross-country bike for peace. Some of you will ride, some of you will support, some of you will pray/chant/meditate for us and keep the positive vibrations with us while our core group [...]

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2008 Green Party candidate for US President, Cynthia McKinney comments on the snow she encountered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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On The Wilder Side:
from Cynthia:
Hello! I’m back from Munich with Peace Prize in my hands and on my way to the University of Chicago to speak. While in Munich, I spoke at the peace rally–I’ll tell you the Germans know how to put on a good peace rally!!!–and at the [...]

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The Green Party of the United States congratulated former Congresswoman and former Green Party US Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney on winning the “Peace through Conscience” award. The award will be presented this weekend during the Internationale Muenchner Friedenskonferenz (Eighth Munich International Peace Conference).

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Green Party leaders expressed sympathy and solidarity with the people of Haiti in the wake of Tuesday’s catastrophic earthquake, and urged President Obama to make peace, political self-determination, and economic self-sufficiency part of US relief efforts for Haiti. Party leaders also demanded that US forces not obstruct relief efforts, after a Doctors Without Borders cargo plane carrying medicine and other badly needed supplies was blocked from landing. (Update: There have been more incidents of Doctors Without Borders planes blocked from landing in Haiti.)

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Posted with other videos at EndUSWars.org:

Description on the youtube page: On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Ralph Nader, a political gadfly par excellence, a distinguished and best selling author and a persistent Third Party presidential candidate, was one of the featured speakers at the emergency End-the-U.S.-Wars rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The spirited event was held [...]

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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 Party ticket. She [...]

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Posted at OnTheWilderSide:

Cynthia McKinney
Chancellor Cantor:
I write this letter with fond memories of interactions with the wonderful students at Syracuse University. While on your campus, I found the students to be both thoughtful and welcoming: perfect for a university campus.
I write to lend my full support for Dr. Boyce Watkins and his tenure application [...]

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Following a protest outside the White House featuring many antiwar leaders, from Cynthia McKinney to Dennis Kucinich to Lynne Williams to Mike Gravel, journalist Chris Hedges wrote a piece titled “Gravel’s Lament.” A video is also included here featuring Gravel’s speech and him leading a chant, saying, “Hey, hey, Obama, say, how many kids did [...]

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Ralph Nader has just confirmed that he will speak at Saturday’s rally in front of the White House. Many of the speakers are Greens, including 2008 Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney.

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Cynthia McKinney writes, “…there is deep disquiet today within the ranks of the President’s own base in the Democratic Party, with independents, and with middle-of-the-roaders called “swing” voters. In unprecedented numbers, voters in the United States of all previous political persuasions went to the polls and invested their dreams and, most importantly, their votes in the “hope” and “change” promised by the Obama campaign…War-weary voters in this country are committed to peace.”

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Letter from Cynthia McKinney to Barack Obama found at On The Wilder Side:
This morning, I sent this letter to President Obama:
“Mr. President:
I are writing to urge you to announce an immediate cease-fire followed by a withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan in the fastest way consistent with the safety of our forces.
I [...]

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Cynthia McKinney was the Green Party candidate for President in 2008. Peace activist Cindy Sheehan has said, “If any American ‘politician’ got the NPP, it should have been Cynthia McKinney.”

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