When Cynthia McKinney was campaigning for President on the Green Party ticket, Pete Karas was one of Wisconsin’s statewide coordinators for her campaign. Karas also set up several great events for McKinney in Racine, Wisconsin including speaking in front of a packed gymnasium at Racine’s unique public charter school Walden III.
Cynthia McKinney knows Pete, [...]

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This is a fascinating youtube video - three members of the Dane County Democratic Party Executive Board recorded this:
“Brenda Konkel may not be one of us, but her hard work and her independence far outweigh the importance of what party she belongs to.”

Please support Brenda Konkel for Madison Common Council on April 7
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Voting has begun this week on four proposals before the GPUS National Committee, and official discussion has begun on one more. There could be some exciting and interesting discussion on the National Committee lists about a few of these, namely voting online for Steering Committee Officers, the resolution affirming opposition to the death penalty, and [...]

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The Green Party of Florida has official permission to investigate the “Florida Five”, five previously unknown candidates last fall for state legislative races that all paid $2,000 filing fees at the last minute in hotly contested races between Democrats and Republicans.
See past coverage of the Florida Five here.
On Friday the Palm Beach Post [...]

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From On the Wilderside:
Hello! I’m currently in London, invited by the Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War, to participate in a Forum for Palestine sponsored by the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event is taking place at the Marriott Grosvenor Hotel on March 31, 2009. This one-day Forum will feature [...]

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We can not forget those wrongfully arrested in the Twin Cities before & during the Republican National Convention under anti-terrorism laws that shouldn’t exist. An article by Coleen Rowley at Huffington Post puts it in perspective.
Sign the petition calling for Ramsey Co. Attorney Susan Gaertner to drop the charges against the RNC8. It reads: [...]

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In Nebraska the Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Nebraska Party have all been notified that they are no longer recognized parties in Nebraska. Letters have been sent to all registered voters in those parties that their registrations will be changed to unaffiliated.
What was the crime of these three parties? None of them earned over [...]

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This fresh video from the Konkel Campaign is a montage of supporters speaking about why they are backing Brenda Konkel and how affective she is as the Common Council representative for District 2 in Madison. Note Green Electeds Barbara Vedder (Dane County Board) and Satya Rhodes-Conway (Madison Common Council) speak as well as John Stauber, [...]

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Interesting….
Top 5 Politicians Receiving AIG Donations 1989-2008

Name
Total Contributions

Dodd, Chris (D-Conn)
$281,038

Bush, George W (R-Texas)
$200,560

Schumer, Charles E (D-NY)
$111,875

Obama, Barack (D-Ill)
$110,332

McCain, John (R-Ariz)
$99,249

The numbers speak for themselves. It is not surprising to hear that Senator Dodd was responsible for putting in an amendment in the stimulus bill leaving the door open for the AIG Exec bonuses….
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000123&type=P&state=&sort=A&cycle=A

This is why [...]

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In the Czech Republic the Christian Democrat-Civic Democrat-Green Party coalition government fell as a “no-confidence” vote passed in the national legislature today. I recently wrote a blog post about the Czech Green Party’s troubles recently which you can find here.
Well, that means the Czech Greens are out of government for the time being. This does [...]

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Sorry, I guess I could have picked a shorter title. The Prairie Green Party local here in Urbana, IL have three candidates for local office (which I am working on a little blog post on for later) and the Urbana city clerk did not hold a lottery (in violation of state election law) for candidate [...]

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Considering the Green movement is a global movement, I thought we could use more news and commentary about our sister parties abroad.
Green Parties around the globe have seen more success than us here in the U.S. with some gaining representation in national legislatures and local councils.  There are even a few Green Parties that have [...]

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From the Matt Reichel Campaign:
We have exciting news to share! Former senator Mike Gravel of Alaska has endorses Matt Reichel for Congress! This high-profile endorsement from a political figure on the national stage is a major boost to our already dizzying campaign.
Here is Mr. Gravel in his own words:
“I am happy to [...]

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