Green MP Metiria Turei was elected as the new female co-leader of the New Zealand Green Party yesterday at the party’s convention. Long time party co-leader Jeannette Fitzsimons stepped down garnering praise and recognition from across the political spectrum for her principled leadership. Party rules call for gender equality as one co-leader must be a [...]

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Democracy Unlimited of Humbolt County, CA will host a Deep Democracy retreat in early August. The deadline to register is June 1st.
Deep Democracy Retreats are right for you if you are:
* An activist, leader, organizer, trainer, or elected official engaged in issues of economic, environmental or social justice in your [...]

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Kashmir born actress Joanna Lumley has endorsed the Green Party in upcoming EU Parliamentary elections. Lumley, co-star of the TV show Absolutely Fabulous and the Timothy Burton film Corpse Bride has recently won concessions from the British government in support of Nepalese Gurkhas right to settle in the UK.
Her decision, reported in the [...]

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In a press release the California Green Party called the California Supreme Court ruling in support of Proposition 8, which banned marriage equity in that state, a sad day for the state, and accused the Democratic and Republican parties of complicity in the state’s continued failure to recognize the rights of gay Americans to marry.
The [...]

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Former Green Party national co-chair Greg Gerritt of Rhode Island, Green Party mayor of the Village of Greenwich, NY and national party web manager David Doonan and Campaign Foundations and Georgia Green Party co-founder Hugh Esco have founded a new business to help Greens running for office win their elections.
This business, a cooperative, will focus [...]

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As reported earlier here at Green Party Watch, former Czech President and leader of the Velvet Revolution that ended communist domination of the Czechoslovakian government twenty years ago has thrown his support behind that nation’s Green Party. Their website is in Czech.
Now the poet and non-violent political leader has reiterated his support for his [...]

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Greens prepare for the national Day of Action promoting Single-Payer national health care on Saturday May 30. In a press release the Green Party announced plans across the nation to draw attention to the need for healthcare for all.
According to the press release there are actions planned in Maricopa County, Arizona as well as [...]

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I got this in my inbox this morning. Pass the word. If you live in Illinois, please contact your state rep/senator to show your displeasure with this bill. And most importantly, call or write to Governor Quinn to urge him to veto this bill.
You can find contact information here. PLEASE call, email, and write to [...]

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Maria Kuriloff died Tuesday, May 26th. A mother, wife, acupuncturist, Green Party activist, and co-star of the “Chats with Dr. Phinash.” film, Kuriloff is fondly remembered by all who knew her.
She was campaign manager for Malachy McCourt’s gubernatorial campaign in New York in 2006, served as co-chair of the national Accreditation Committee and the [...]

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Called Green Focus (PDF format), the newspaper of the California Green Party issued their latest edition. This summer issue is 16 pages long, includes articles from our own Wes Rolley. The paper covers recent propositions rejected by the state’s voters, water issues, the militarization of the northern coast, a possible state constitutional convention, [...]

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KOAT is reporting on a ballot access lawsuit brought by the New Mexico Green and Libertarian parties News West 9 is carrying the same AP story.

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The Arkansas Green Party website, which was taken down for upgrades and improvements, is now back up and operational.
Arkansas Greens are undertaking a fresh ballot access drive. Despite electing a member of the state legislature and drawing close to 20% in a US Senate race, the Arkansas Greens will loose their ballot status soon [...]

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The Charleston Green Party have adopted a set of residential streets for clean-ups. As they point out at their website, being able to adopt a set of residential streets gives them a chance to meet people who are outside working or going in or out of their homes.
The Charlotte Area Green Party has adopted [...]

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Scott Gibbs, writing at Examiner.com covers the Green Party and our Ten Key Values. The first five are at the link provided above, and the second five are here. Gibbs lives in New Hampshire, where there is no Green Party.

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I apologize for the prolonged absence. Here’s what’s happening around the world! Most notably, Greens will be contesting elections in Nova Scotia, Canada June 9th for provincial elections and elections to the European Parliament will be held all across Europe next week.
Canadian Greens
The British Columbia Greens fielded candidates in all provincial ridings in the BC [...]

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