Green Party condemns Israel’s massive air attack on Gaza, calls on US to rein in Israel and seek a ceasefire
WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party of the United States calls for an immediate end to Israel’s bombing attacks on Gaza, which in the past four days has already caused at least 364 deaths, including Palestinian [...]

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From Kim Wilder:
Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was the Green Party candidate for President in 2008. Ms. McKinney traveled aboard the boat “Dignity”, which tried to bring doctors and medical supplies to Gaza, as a humanitarian response to the recent bombing of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli government.The Dignity is a project of www.freegaza.org. [...]

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From the Washington Times:
The father of former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Georgia Democrat, said Tuesday his daughter may try again to take medical supplies to war-battered Gaza.
The father, Billy McKinney, one of Atlanta’s first black law enforcement officers, quoted his daughter as telling him by telephone Tuesday that an Israeli patrol boat three times rammed [...]

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Green Change has a petition circulating calling for Barack Obama to slash the military budget and invest the money in education, health care, green energy and mortgage security.
Sign the Secure Green Future petition to President-elect Obama

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A relief ship carrying medical supplies to Gaza as well as reporters and Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was intercepted in International Waters by Israeli gunboats early today. One Israeli ship rammed the “Dignity”, a ship owned by the Free Gaza movement sailing under the flag of Gibraltar. The Dignity took damage, and was reportedly being escorted [...]

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News from FreeGaza.org:
Dignity Leaves for Gaza on Emergency Mission of Mercy
(Larnaca, Cyprus) The Free Gaza movement will hold a press conference at 16:30, Monday, December 29 at the port in Larnaca. The organization is sending in the DIGNITY on an emergency mission of mercy to Gaza loaded with three to four tons of urgently [...]

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Todd Price, a long-time Green Party activist has decided to run for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction in this Spring’s election. The state wide race is non-partisan.
Price is an impressive and qualified candidate. Todd Alan Price is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Inquiry in the National College of Education, National-Louis University. Price [...]

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The Co-Chair of the Michigan Green Party issued the below statement regarding the “Auto Industry Bailout”, stating “…Not one job saved, not one community protected…” by the bailout plan.
Statement of Fred Vitale, Chairperson, Green Party of Michigan
The Green Party of Michigan strenuously opposes the $17.4 billion bailout for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.
The agreement by [...]

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Rosa Clemente has written an article for the Green Institute on the Hip Hop Movement, Barack Obama, and the movement she she wants to fight for.
I’m looking forward to more articles like this!
Why President Elect Barack Obama is not the first Hip Hop President
By Rosa A. Clemente
The Green Institute
http://www.greeninstitute.net/clemente_obama
“Each generation out of relative [...]

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The Green Party has issued a press release calling the selection of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural prayer, noting his influential anti-gay rights positions. The Greens also call for the U.S. to sign the United Nation’s statement endorsing universal decriminalization of homosexuality.
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party activists challenged gay voters and advocates of [...]

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Interview with Malik Rahim about aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
(You Tube Video)

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Found in the Hartford Courant

When Jean de Smet was elected last year as Windham’s first selectman, she said she wanted to shake up the office by turning “town hall into a public service.”
De Smet’s goal almost was overshadowed by her triumph. She was the first Green Party candidate to be elected first selectman in the [...]

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TRAVELING TO D.C. FOR OBAMA’S INAGURATION? PLEASE TAKE SHOES WITH YOU!
The D.C. Statehood Greens are participating in the Shoes for Bush event being held in tandem with the inaguration of Obama.
I received this in my email box recently:
www.shoebush.org
JOIN US IN WASHINGTON,DC
January,19th
SHOES FOR BUSH action “For the widows, the orphans, and those killed in Iraq.”
send me your old shoes to take to DC. ALL SHOES [...]

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When the President of the United States has a pair of shoes thrown at him the story covers the front pages and the video is repeatedly played on cable news programs for a week. When the leader of a Kurdish women’s group is assassinated and beheaded, the story is given a brief AP notice. The [...]

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