Former Green Party Mayor candidate “Reverend” Billy Talen was found “not guilty” of trespass. The charges stemmed from a demonstration in 2010, where Reverend Billy and his choir entered a bank building to protest the bank’s support of Mountaintop Removal coal extraction.

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Both the Working Families Party and The Green Party have called for members and supporters to help Occupy Wall Street between now and tomorrow morning, when Mayor Bloomberg has threatened to evict them from Liberty Square.

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The Massachusetts Green Party affiliate made a statement about police actions against Occupy Boston: “The Occupy Boston movement is an important and long overdue effort to assert the rights of our citizens to have a government and a society that works for all the people…The people who are gathering are exercising their rights of free speech under the Constitution, as well as their inherent rights to ask for redress of their grievances…The police need to be told to back off, and solutions to problems need to be negotiated with the protest organizers.”

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Source:  ThirdPartyPolitics.us   Today West Virginia is holding a special gubernatorial election. Besides the Republican and Democratic candidates, there are two third party candidates, one independent candidate, and three write-ins. The third party candidates are the Mountain Party’s (West Virginia affiliate of the Green Party) Bob Henry Baber, former Mayor of Richwood, and Harry Bertram [...]

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Chris Hedges at OpEdNews features a long interview with Ralph Nader.  It is a bit heavy on editorializing but features some good quotes from the consumer advocate ranging from budget fights to neoconservatism. One bit is particularly relevant for political junkies. When I asked Nader, who mounted campaigns for the presidency in 2000, 2004 and [...]

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From a Green Party of Suffolk press release: “The Green Party of Suffolk is outraged to discover that Suffolk County has continued using Tasers against its residents…”

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The Obama Administration has withdrawn from the third, World Conference Against Racism, an event sponsored by the United Nations. Green Party leaders have attended past events, support this third conference, and urge President Obama to reverse his decision.

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Green Party Vs. Libertarian Party softball game this weekend in Los Angeles to raise awareness of our two party dictatorship! Yes, you heard that right. The Greens will be playing in a softball game against supporters of the Libertarian Party. The event will be taking place, more specifically, in the San Fernando Valley. …to raise [...]

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Green Party leaders expressed hope that news of the killing of Osama bin Laden marks a new stage, in which US troops are withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan; air assaults on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Libya are halted; the US presses Israel to observe full human rights and justice for the Palestinian people; and violations of domestic civil liberties are overturned.

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2010 Green Party Governor candidate Howie Hawkins will be one of the speakers at the April 9th rally against the wars, to be held in New York City, a project of UNAC/United National AntiWar Committee.

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From a release by the Green Party of the United States: For Immediate Release: Friday, April 1, 2011 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org ‘Winner take all’ apportionment of presidential electors in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas is not grounded in law and violates the 14th [...]

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From an article by Jill Terreri in the Democrat & Chronicle: The Green Party has selected Ian L. Murphy, editor of the irreverent Beast web site, based in Buffalo, to be its candidate for a special election in the 26th Congressional District… Murphy, of Amherst, gained national attention last month following a phone call he [...]

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The New York State Board of Elections has released a new version of its voter registration form, to reflect changes in party status resulting from the 2010 Governor’s race. The Green Party is now listed directly on the registration form, with its own box. There is still a line marked “other”, and the parties which are eligible to collect enrollees through the “other” line are: The Anti-Prohibition Party, The Freedom Party; The Libertarian Party; and The Rent Is Too Damn High Party.

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At Green Party Watch, there is a poll about potential Green Party Presidential candidates for 2012. The list includes Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party candidate for President in 2008.

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Last week three members of the Green Party (US) Steering Committee resigned their positions as co-chairs of the Party days before two of them were to face votes to “Recall” them from office. The two co-chairs facing recall were Mike Feinstein and Craig Thorsen.

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Third party activist Tom Cleland from Minnesota writes: “The main lesson of 2010 is that if Democrats ignore Green Party issues, they risk losing elections.”

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Green Party leaders urged House Democrats to stand firm and do what they can to block President Obama’s tax package, calling it a capitulation to the Republican Party that will expand the deficit and undermine Social Security.

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Siân Berry is a Green campaigner, writer and politician. She has written an opinion piece on how to think about and communicate about Christmas, with a Green Party and an atheist world view. One of her green examples is the Stop Shopping crusade of Reverend Billy Talen, 2009 Green Party candidate for Mayor of NYC.

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Business executive Cathie Black has been nominated by NYC Mayor Bloomberg to head the NYC School System, despite lacking the minimal educational qualifications. On Tuesday November 30, several current and former teachers from the Green Party of New York City will apply for the job of Chair of Hearst Magazines that Cathie Black is vacating.

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Excerpt from the Thanksgiving message of the Green Party of the United States. “We thank over 350 candidates who represented the Green Party in local, state, and federal elections this year, winning some huge victories for the party.”

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