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Update on Green Campaign Schools From Jill Stein

May 2nd, 2013 · No Comments

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Ben Manski <HQ@jillstein.org> wrote: Dear paulie, Our spring wave of Green Campaign Schools are done, and thanks to you, nearly 500 people took part in our regional trainings across the country, in Minnesota and Massachusetts, Oregon and Texas, New York and California. Thanks to Craig Seeman, we have videos [...]

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Green Party Candidate Eugene Platt Tweets Responses to SC1 Debate Questions, Explores Exclusion

May 2nd, 2013 · 1 Comment

The following was posted on April 29th on Eugene Platt’s campaign website. On April 29th, the debate for the 1st congressional district of South Carolina special election was held and televised by C-SPAN. However, only Republican Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch participated, while Green Party nominee Eugene Platt was excluded.  Eugene Platt worked around [...]

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Green Shadow Cabinet: Full rights for immigrant workers on May Day

May 1st, 2013 · 1 Comment

The following was released on the Green Shadow Cabinet website today (http://greenshadowcabinet.us/).  MENESES SANDOVAL: Full rights for immigrant workers on May Day May 1, 2013 Gloria Meneses Sandoval A statement by Gloria Meneses Sandoval, Secretary of Immigration, for the Green Shadow Cabinet on May Day, 2013: The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of [...]

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Pennsylvania Green Party Called for Fracking Ban on Earth Day

May 1st, 2013 · No Comments

The following comes from an April 23rd article on PhillyBurbs.com: Rush-hour traffic zipped by them. The chilly wind blew through them. But that did not prevent some 30 determined environmentalists and conservationists from bringing their battle against “fracking,” a controversial drilling process using pressurized fluids to bring natural gas to the surface, to the streets [...]

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Green Shadow Cabinet resists drones in Empire State

April 30th, 2013 · 16 Comments

RELEASE: Green Shadow Cabinet resists drones in Empire State  Thursday, April 25, 2013 Ben Manski   (SYRACUSE) Members of the newly formed Green Shadow Cabinet, an independent voice in U.S. politics representing the views of super majorities of the American people that are ignored by the corporate duopoly, will be participating in this weekend’s anti-drones [...]

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Green Party Candidate In SC 1st District Special Election Excluded From Debate

April 28th, 2013 · 22 Comments

The following was posted on Green Party Watch on April 26th: From the Charleston City Paper: Patch, AOL’s online local news platform, will host a debate between candidates for South Carolina’s District 1 House seat on Monday at the Citadel, but only two of the three candidates will be present. Republican Mark Sanford will square off [...]

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Green Party Candidate Eugene Platt Hopes to Receive At Least 10% Of the Vote In SC 1st District Special Election

April 26th, 2013 · 42 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Post and Courier previously profiled all Republican and Democratic 1st Congressional District candidates. This profile is of the only third-party candidate in the race.   Published in The Post and Courier BY ROBERT BEHRE Compared with the major political party candidates seeking the 1st Congressional District seat, Green Party hopeful Eugene Platt is saying [...]

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Green Party Urges Passage of Wall Street Transaction Tax

April 25th, 2013 · 2 Comments

For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 25, 2013 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Green Party urges passage of Wall Street transaction tax • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on economic justice, taxation, and budget policy: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-economic-justice.php • Green Shadow Cabinet: http://www.greenshadowcabinet.us WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party of the United States [...]

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Green Party: Another Government Is Possible: Meet the Green Shadow Government

April 24th, 2013 · 4 Comments

From a Green Party email. Here is the Green Shadow Cabinet website: http://greenshadowcabinet.us/   This Earth Week, another government is possible . . . Meet the new Green Shadow Cabinet Dr. Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala, the 2012 Green Party presidential and vice-presidential nominees, have marked the beginning of Earth Week by announcing a new Green Shadow [...]

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Illinois Greens win in five local races in April 9th elections

April 23rd, 2013 · 4 Comments

Green Party Watch posted the following today: From the Green Party of Illinois: While most of Tuesday’s elections were officially nonpartisan, Illinois Green Party members competed in elections across the state, with five candidates winning their races, based on unofficial results. If these wins hold, the ILGP’s number of officeholders statewide would grow to 10. The [...]

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Green Party Releases New Website Design And Announces Formation of Green “Shadow Cabinet”

April 23rd, 2013 · 2 Comments

Green Party has released its brand new website design: http://gp.org/index.php On Earth Day “Another Government is Possible” (Distributed by the Green Party of the United States, http://www.gp.org) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 22, 2013 Green Shadow Cabinet Begins Operations This Week Green Shadow Cabinet: http://www.greenshadowcabinet.us Dr. Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala, the 2012 Green Party presidential and [...]

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Green Party Issues Statement On Boston Marathon Bombings

April 22nd, 2013 · 10 Comments

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement on the Boston Marathon Tragedy   [The following statement on the Boston Marathon tragedy was issued on behalf of the Green Party's Massachusetts affiliate by the state co-chairs, Jill Stein and John Andrews.] April 20, 2013 Contact: John Andrews, Tel. 781-862-6498 The terrible events that occurred at this year’s Boston [...]

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