In a tweet sent to GPUS supporters it is suggested that one way to “celebrate” the first 100 days of the Obama administration would be with a donation to the Green Party.
On a more personal note, I used to donate to my local NPR station, but since they virtually never cover the Green Party and [...]

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In a press release issued April 29th, the Green Party of the United States called for a full investigation of Bush era officials who provided justification for torture. The press release calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor, and says that any attempt by the Obama Whitehouse to limit the investigation will be [...]

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The Harris County Green Party (TX) is sponsor of a local cable TV program titled GreenWatchTV. Harris County is home to Houston, and the program, shown Wednesday nights from 9 to 10 PM, recently featured Liaquat Ali Shaikh, co-chair of the Pakistani Green Party, in their show titled South Asia Geopolitics.
Many of their programs [...]

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Former Maine Green Independent Party candidate for Governor and Vice Presidential nominee in 2004 Pat LaMarche has been publishing columns in the Bangor Daily News for some time. The link takes you to a listing of 36 of her columns. The latest is Support a happy ending for women. In the column [...]

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Richard Carroll, the only Green currently in a state legislature, has announced that he plans to leave the Green Party to become a member of the Democratic Party. The Associated Press has an article here and IPR has one one here. In addition there are articles at WXVT, Arkansas News, and The Arkansas [...]

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In an article at the Daily Chronicle, reporter Elena Grimm reports that the success of the Green Party in Illinois has generated so much interest that a new local chapter is being established in DeKalb County. The article says that this first meeting is to be held tonight at the DeKalb Public Library.

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In an email sent to Independent Political Report, the Green Party’s national office announced that registration is now open for the 2009 Annual National Meeting. According to the email, the first 70 registrants will be able to take advantage of an “early bird” discount. The $130 registration fee can be paid here. [...]

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In an article at Op Ed News, California Green Mato Ska discusses Arlen Spector’s decision to leave the Republican Party and cast his lot with the Democrats…and why he hasn’t done the same.
The work that needs to be done needs a new vision and a new agenda. It’s all too much to expect from [...]

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In a message from his campaign, the Rev. Billy Talen explains why “It’s up to US New York.”
After reading the text, watch the video. The personal statements of these people, who so clearly know Billy well, is very moving, and speaks to how the Green Party is being seem as a political party concerned [...]

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One of the harsh realities for smaller political parties in the United States is difficult ballot access. The Arizona Green Party is undertaking that task again. In a brief article at ABC15.com reporter Joe Balian says that the Green Party of Maricopa County has kicked off their part of the statewide effort, with [...]

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An Action Alert from the Illinois Green Party, which is being threatened by a bill working its way through the Illinois State Legislature that is being billed as the “Protect Incumbents Act”:
A hearing on HB723 – the “Protect Incumbents Act” – will take place before the Senate Elections Committee on Tuesday, April 30 at [...]

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Report from Ballot Access News:
On April 27, the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office said that it recognizes the Independent Party and the Constitution Party as being ballot-qualified. It said the Green Party and the Libertarian Party are not ballot-qualified.
The Green Party does appear to meet the statutory qualifications to be a major party. [...]

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Tony Palmeri, re-elected to the Oshkosh Common Council on April 7, was nominated by new Mayor Paul Esslinger and elected Deputy Mayor on a 4-2 vote of the Council. Mayor Esslinger had often sided with Palmeri on issues over the last two years although Esslinger is a conservative and Palmeri is a Green.
While Palmeri, [...]

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From Brent McMillan:
On April 25, 2009 Michael Cornell ran unopposed in his re-election bid for River Hill representative on the Columbia Association in Howard County Maryland.
This is a two year term. This is Mike’s second term on the Council.
Columbia Maryland was ranked the 8th best city to live by Money magazine in 2008.
http://www.columbiaassociation.org/content/getinformed/CA_board/current_board.cfm?expand=2
http://www.explorehoward.com/news/61517/schwind-swatek-dragovich-win-board-posts/

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In an article at American Chronicle titled The Preacher and the Billionaire - the Battle for New York’s soul, the author argues that Rev. Billy Talen will use the freedom that comes from perceived weakness to reach out one-on-one and one neighborhood at a time in his effort to unseat billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg. [...]

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