Here is a story at The Boston Globe.
According to the story Zinn’s family reports that he was traveling in Santa Monica and suffered a heart attack.
The story includes this quote by linguist and activist contemporaries Noam Chomsky:
“His writings have changed the consciousness of a generation, and helped open new paths to understanding and its crucial [...]

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From the Whitney for Governor campaign:
Rich Whitney for Governor 2010
www.whitneyforgov.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- January 24, 2010
Contact: Brandon Punke, Communications Director, 618-434-0046
RICH WHITNEY’S RESPONSE TO RULING IN CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Carbondale, IL- Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney issued the following statement Friday in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United [...]

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In a press release the Green Party of the United States addresses the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v FEC.
Greens predict that the decision, which strikes down laws limiting the use of corporate money for campaign advertising, will have extremely damaging consequences for democratic elections and for the existence of the US as [...]

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I have to apologize for not posting as often here lately, and I am now offering my excuse. Having reported here on so many candidates and campaigns, I find myself now on the other end!
I am running for City Council in Oshkosh, Wisconsin this spring. I am running for local office because I feel [...]

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In a story posted to Digital Journal California Green Ann Garrison writes about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the influence memories of that time will have on elections to be held in that nation in 2010.
U.S., UK, and their allies justify their military support of Rwanda with the genocide narrative that identifies Rwanda as [...]

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The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party has released a statement on the reasons for the Democratic Party’s loss of the US Senate seat formerly occupied by Ted Kennedy (from Green Mass Group, highly recommended reading for anyone interested in MA Green politics):
With the surprise victory of Scott Brown over Martha Coakley in Tuesday’s special Senate election, the [...]

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Title: GP of Minnesota Winter Membership MeetingLocation: North Regional Library, 1315 Lowry Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis.Link out: Click hereDescription: The Green Party of MN Winter Membership Meeting will be held at North Regional Library, 1315 Lowry Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis.
All members are welcome to attend.
We\’ll have a very short business meeting, then we\’ll hear about energy storage [...]

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The Green Party of Texas has announced that 21 Greens have filed to run for office in 2010, from Governor to four candidates for County Clerk. This looks like a great field, and a great year to do it.
If the GP of Texas can get the signatures to qualify for the ballot, a 5% showing [...]

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On Jan. 16th, the Sacramento Bee ran an article entitled “Green Party’s California gubernatorial candidate steps up”:
With approval ratings at record lows for Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic-dominated Legislature, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Californians started looking outside the two major parties for a savior.
Green Party gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells would like [...]

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The Ohio State Green Party is meeting Saturday January 23 in Columbus, OH. They are also seeking candidates for public office, candidates for State Party positions, and help collecting signatures for Dennis Spisak and other candidates.
Details below from the Ohio Green Party’s GreenBeat:

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The Green Party of Michigan State Membership Meeting is Feb 27-28 in Lapeer, MI. Reverend Edward Pinkney will be speaking in Detroit on MLK day.
Information about both of these plus State and Local meetings and news below from the Green Party of Michigan:

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The Wall Street Journal has shined a flashlight at the San Francisco Green Party in this article, stating: “Declines in Membership, Donations Mirror National Organization’s Struggles; Headquarters Close but Meetings Remain”.
I highly recommend reading this article, it offers so many different angles to Green Party growth, stagnation, decline, purpose, mission, etc.
Matt Gonzalez:
Mr. [...]

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Press Release from the Whitney for Governor campaign:
Rich Whitney for Governor 2010
www.whitneyforgov.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—January  12, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY
CONTACT: Brandon Punke, Media Relations Coordinator
Whitney for Governor
618-434-0046
media@whitneyforgov.org
WHITNEY TO DELIVER RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR QUINN’S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
Carbondale, IL- Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney will be holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon ( Wednesday, January 13th)where he [...]

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According to this piece in the Ballard News Tribune, the Green Party of Washington State is holding a convention in Ballard to “formally reconstitute the state party.”
The convention will be a working assembly, grappling with many important questions facing our nation and the Green Party of Washington State.
Topics of immediate concern include growing local [...]

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In the most recent piece the Arizona Green Party is covered as they go to go to US District Court hoping to overturn laws that shorten the deadline for filing petitions and which forbid out-of-state petitioners.
Only slightly older is this piece which discusses recent polls which indicate that the Green Party of England and Wales [...]

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