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	<title>Green Party Watch &#187; Social &amp; Economic Justice</title>
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		<title>Reparations: &#8220;No mere paycheck, but the whole enchilada&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/08/10/reparations-no-mere-paycheck-but-the-whole-enchilada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Hardy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Committee of the Green Party of the United States is currently debating proposed revisions to the national Party Platform. Among the changes under consideration is a proposal to strengthen existing langauge in support of Reparations which already exists in the document:
http://green.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=510
In response to a Delegate speaking in opposition to Proposal #510 fearing that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CA Green Party supports Proposition 19, marijuana legalization initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/07/21/ca-green-party-supports-proposition-19-marijuana-legalization-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/07/21/ca-green-party-supports-proposition-19-marijuana-legalization-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Boxer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meg Whitman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proposition 19]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An article posted at Bay Area Indymedia notes that the California Green Party supports Proposition 19, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, as does the Peace &#38; Freedom Party. The Democratic Party has taken a neutral official stance on the initiative, the results of which are likely to be close, according to polls. Leading Democrats like US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green governor candidates push state banks in CA, NY, IL</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/06/11/green-governor-candidates-push-state-banks-in-ca-ny-il/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/06/11/green-governor-candidates-push-state-banks-in-ca-ny-il/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Wide Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howie Hawkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Wells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Whitney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Uncovered Politics has an article on the growing push for state-owned banks, which makes mention of Green Party gubernatorial candidates Rich Whitney (IL), Laura Wells (CA) and Howie Hawkins (NY):
In Illinois, the Green Party’s Rich Whitney is also championing the idea of a state-owned bank. Whitney, who startled political observers four years ago by polling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware Green: We have way to maintain education funding</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/06/11/delaware-green-we-have-way-to-maintain-education-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/06/11/delaware-green-we-have-way-to-maintain-education-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delaware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desmond M. Kahn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=2570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Desmond M. Kahn of the Delaware Green Party has a letter on DelawareOnline.com offering a Green solution to proposed cuts in education funding:
Democratic Gov. Jack Markell is proposing to cut Delaware’s education budget by $55 million, which would require widespread teacher layoffs and larger class sizes, and have many negative effects on the education of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cynthia McKinney condemns Israeli massacre of activists</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/31/cynthia-mckinney-condemns-israeli-massacre-of-activists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/31/cynthia-mckinney-condemns-israeli-massacre-of-activists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregg Jocoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cynthia McKinney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Gaza Movement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=2420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don DeBar offers this article about the Israeli Defense Force&#8217;s action against a flotilla from the Free Gaza Movement which apparently resulted in the deaths of at least ten people.  McKinney, Green Party presidential nominee in 2008, was involved in two earlier attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza via ship.
Cynthia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green activist faces prison time over green jobs banner</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/25/green-activist-faces-prison-time-over-green-jobs-banner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/25/green-activist-faces-prison-time-over-green-jobs-banner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Glick]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=2335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ted Glick, noted climate change activist and chair of the Essex County Green Party in New Jersey, is facing possible prison time for unfurling banners calling for green jobs on Capitol Hill. Story from the Chesapeake Climate Action Network:
Despite the Gulf disaster, no one from BP has been arrested and sent to jail. Despite safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporters rally around Rev. Elston McCowan, facing trial after St. Louis Tea Party incident</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/25/supporters-rally-around-rev-elston-mccowan-facing-trial-after-st-louis-tea-party-incident/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/25/supporters-rally-around-rev-elston-mccowan-facing-trial-after-st-louis-tea-party-incident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Turner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward Pinkney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elston McCowan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Missouri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=2332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Elston McCowan, a prominent Green Party member in St. Louis, is facing trial in the aftermath of an altercation that occurred outside a St. Louis town hall meeting in 2009. As Green Party Watch previously reported,
Elston McCowan, a Baptist minister and SEIU union official who ran for mayor of St. Louis in 2009 on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Green Party leaders and moms call for comprehensive immigration reform</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/10/arizona-green-party-leaders-and-moms-call-for-comprehensive-immigration-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/10/arizona-green-party-leaders-and-moms-call-for-comprehensive-immigration-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Party News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angel Torres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Macias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca DeWitt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=2185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Phoenix, AZ—In honor of Mother’s Day, Arizona Green Party (AZGP) leaders &#38; mothers formally oppose SB 1070 (Arizona’s new anti-immigrant legislation), and call for comprehensive immigration reform. The AZGP leaders say that they stand firmly for social justice for all those living in this country, regardless of their immigration status.
Linda Macias, AZGP vice co-chair, mother, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jill Stein: Investigate the big fish first</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/06/jill-stein-investigate-the-big-fish-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/06/jill-stein-investigate-the-big-fish-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deval Patrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jill Stein]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nat Fortune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Cahill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jill Stein, the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor, released the following statement yesterday:
BOSTON (May 5, 2010) – Today Green-Rainbow gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein rejected the suggestion of Republican Charlie Baker who was quoted yesterday as saying that state assistance in housing and legal defense could be withdrawn from state residents on the basis of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado Green Party: Stop the Piñon Canyon Land Grab by the US Army</title>
		<link>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/06/colorado-green-party-stop-the-pinon-canyon-land-grab-by-the-us-army/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/05/06/colorado-green-party-stop-the-pinon-canyon-land-grab-by-the-us-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social & Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following resolution was endorsed by the Green Party of Colorado at their convention in Florence, CO on May 1st 2010:
The Green Party of Colorado supports the property rights of the ranchers and farmers in Southeastern Colorado. And we do not support the US Army’s decision to expand their mechanized vehicle maneuver area so that [...]]]></description>
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