WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders called on President-elect Barack
Obama to appoint a Cabinet that will pursue real reform, in accord
with Mr. Obama’s promise of change in the new administration.
“Democratic and Republican presidents alike have a record of naming
industry chiefs, corporate board members and lawyers, and others loyal
to wealthy, elite interests,” said Holly Hart, secretary [...]

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In a post at their website, the Colorado Green Party is promoting the Transpartisan Alliance, which claims to be a way to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians, greens, independents and everyone else together.
Transpartisanship acknowledges the validity of truths across a range of political perspectives and seeks to synthesize them into an inclusive, pragmatic whole beyond typical [...]

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There are many Green Party candidates on the ballot for local offices, from County Board, City Council, School Board, and others.
We will post election results for those races as we learn of them here.
Comments welcome, especially election results and updates for Green Party candidates for local offices.

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An interview with Adele Nieves

Rosa Clemente is one of the most prominent activists of our generation. She is a nationally renowned speaker, writer, and journalist - one of the most important independent journalists covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - and in 2001 was a youth representative at the United Nations World Conference against [...]

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Green Party Political Director Brent McMillan addressed the  Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation  in Europe (OSCE.) on Friday, October 31st.  According to Brent:
Approximately 100 Parliamentarians from Europe and  Central Asia are about to disembark around the country to observe the  U.S. Elections over the next several days [...]

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District 120 in Maine (Munjoy Hill area of Portland) is an open seat. Three political newcomers are running for it: Republican Peter Doyle, a software developer; Democrat Diane Marie Russell-Natera, self-employed; and Green Party candidate Sandy Amborn, a research assistant at Idexx Laboratories. This is the kind of race that anyone could win, especially in [...]

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73 Green Party candidates are seeking election to state legislative offices around the nation.
Illinois is fielding the largest slate of state legislative candidates at 18, followed by Maine with 10, Michigan with 7, Arkansas & Connecticut with 6 a piece. Other states with state legislative candidates include Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, [...]

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The Green Party has XX candidates running for state legislative office across the US. The last Green to hold a state legislative seat was John Eder in Maine.
The Green Party (US) today released a short list of state legislative races to watch, on top of a much more thorough profiled list of candidates for [...]

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Sent in by Tom Abram, the Champaign County Greens in Illinois are hoping to build on a growing green trend at the home of the University of Illinois. With three candidates running for County Board, they have a strong local platform, good candidates, and…a commercial!
By Tom Abram:
The Prairie Greens are a local [...]

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Portland, Maine is one of the epicenters of the Green Party in America. The last Green to serve in a State Legislature, John Eder, was elected in a Portland district, in fact District 118, right next door to Dan Jenkins race for State House in District 119. Portland has elected Greens to the City [...]

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A video produced by Joe Truss of Oakland Greens and some of all parts has hit the YouTube with a series of brief glimpses of actual Greens explaining why we support Green and independent political action. In my opinion, all of us need to find our own way to do this sort of thing. [...]

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This website carries a Brighter Planet “patch”, part of their 350 campaign, which was designed to get their patch on 350 websites. I believe it is at more than 1000 sites now.
The sight has solicited videos about global climate change, and has selected their Top Four, which are being packaged into a DVD.
Brighter Planet [...]

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Steve and Lisa Kramer have a podcast they host called “Secret Frequency”, and from a brief listen to the latest edition, Pallin Around with Terrorists, I can say that I believe it’s worth your time…even if they do go into a bit more baseball than some.
Very entertaining and Steve and Lisa do a great job.

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be handing out fliers to voters as they leave the polling place inviting them to a meeting of the York Greens. I figure folks will be saying things like “I’ve already voted” to which I’ll answer, “We figure you might be disappointed.”
On the flier I will list the Ten Key Values of the Green [...]

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Plans are in the works between Green Party Watch, GreenChange.org and other Green Bloggers to put together an Election Night Green Blogging party.  What and how (and where) it will happen is still being discussed, but the goal is to give Greens scattered around the nation (and the world) some virtual “parties” to come to [...]

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