By Victor James Green Party leaders said today that efforts to clean up the Gulf region after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill have not restored the ecosystem or removed the threat to public health. Furthermore, plans for more offshore drilling, such as Exxon Mobil’s development of the Julia oil field in the Gulf...
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By Victor James March Against Monsanto planned for May 25 in cities throughout the world In a statement last week Green Party leaders stated that biotech giant Monsanto and other powerful biotech companies and agribusinesses are wreaking havoc with the environment, exploiting farmers, and endangering the health of plants, animals, and humans throughout the...
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By James Lane A year and a half after NYPD officers under orders of Michael Bloomberg surrounded the #OccupyWallStreet occupation in Zuccotti park in lower manhattan and proceeded to “evict” the non violent protest against the inqualities in our society, the city settled with a some of the groups who were working in the...
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By James Lane On April 15 people in communities across the United States will be leafleting, marching, doing street theatre, committing civil disobedience, and picketing at post offices, IRS offices, federal buildings, among other public spaces, using materials calling attention to the harmful effects of military spending. A list of U.S. Tax Day events...
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By James Lane Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2012 presidential candidate today condemned the recently released Obama 2014 budget proposal, issuing the following statement: “Despite his campaign promises to protect Social Security and make the economy fair, Obama’s budget throws the American people under the bus. And it gives the economic elite a free...
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By James Lane Green Party challenges US State Dept. on conflict of interest in consultant’s environmental impact statement for Keystone XL pipeline and note recent pipeline ruptures, including Friday’s Canadian crude-oil spill in Arkansas. The Green Party of the United States has sent the U.S. State Department a strongly worded objection to TransCanada’s proposed...
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By James Lane Green Party on Marijuana: Legalize, Not Trivialize it, Cuomo Needs to Stop Blowing Smoke The Green Party dismissed Governor Cuomo’s efforts to allegedly decriminalize the possession of a small amount of marijuana as a “public relations gimmick, trying to obscure the fact that the NYC Police Department has been ignoring the...
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By James Lane Several Green Party candidates are drawing attention for their campaigns in local elections that will take place in April 2013. The candidates are profiled below. “The Green vision for people, peace, and the planet is more needed than ever — and it’s gaining traction at the local level. Green officeholders are...
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By James Lane The Green Party of the United States is urging party members and all Americans to organize and join various protests against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in the coming weeks, including a major demonstration in Washington, DC, on February 17. President Obama rejected the initial application for the pipeline in January...
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By James Lane Free and Equal Elections Foundation last week announced the political correspondents and media covering the November 5 Presidential debate. The debate will be held from 9:00 to 10:30pm EST at RT America Studios in Washington, DC, broadcast live worldwide. Political correspondent coverage will occur from 8:00 to 9:00pm. Confirmed political correspondents...
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