Fall 2004

FEATURES

Greens make mark at RNC
Hold own festival, join mass protest
by Daniel Starling
Green Party of New York State
As hundreds of thousands of Americans converged on New York City to oppose the Republican agenda during that party's national convention, the Green Party established an independent presence by hosting "A Green World Is Possible: A Festival of Non-violence, Grassroots Democracy, Ecological Wisdom, Social and Economic Justice" on Saturday, Aug. 28 in the city's historic Washington Square Park.

Cobb keeps issues at the forefront
by Eric Prindle
Green Party of New York State
With the time until November's presidential election now being counted down in weeks, the presidential and vice presidential campaign of David Cobb and Pat LaMarche is getting Greens motivated to keep the party's message prominent in the din of the campaign.

Greens crash Democrats' party
Members vocal at convention
by Charles Shaw
Illinois Green Party
The Democratic Party held its national convention in Boston during the week of July 26-29, 2004. Despite public opinion polls that
showed that more than half of Americans - and nine out of 10 Delegates to the convention - opposed the war in Iraq, the peace and anti-war community was grossly underrepresented in the streets.

LaMarche tours homeless shelters
Candidate seeks to draw attention to poverty, possible solutions
by Stacy Malkan
D.C. Statehood Green Party
During what's seen as the most important election of recent years, while the Democrats and Republicans debate about how purple John Kerry's purple heart is, Green Party vice presidential candidate Pat LaMarche is taking to the streets - literally - to highlight the real issues facing the country.

Historic convention motivates activists
Cobb wins close-fought victory in second round
by Susan Cava
Special to Green Pages
While the Democrats took to the historical site of Boston for their convention and the Republicans went for the media jugular in New York, it was the Green Party that went to the heart of America for its "Forward 2004" national convention in Milwaukee.

Creativity raises party funds
by Rebecca L. Weber
D.C. Statehood Green Party
On the eve of the national convention, 50 Greens gathered in Milwaukee for an experimental fundraising event.

Hot off the press
by Green Pages Staff
Greens say Bush should be removed from Fla. ballot; Cobb, LaMarche call for universal health care

ELECTION NEWS

Green hopefuls build party
Campaigns based on variety of objectives
by Eric Prindle
Green Party of New York State
As the close presidential election draws most of the media attention this year, Greens are fighting the electoral battle on a variety of fronts, running 323 candidates in the Nov. 2 elections as of press time.

Greens running for selected public offices
U.S. Senator; U.S. Representative; State row officers

PROFILES

Rotzler gets started on priorities
Green trustee bolsters team efforts with unique perspective
by Emily Anderson
Green Party of California
Rebecca Rotzler, who was elected trustee in May, has begun work on a series of improvements in the village of New Paltz, New York, including the creation of an affordable housing task force and the installation of a sewage system that converts methane gas into heat for local residences.

Ornelas wraps up 12 years on council; Arcatan was part of first Green municipal majority
by Mike Feinstein
Green Party of California
For Bob Ornelas, it seems like just yesterday that he first ran for city council in Arcata, California. Ornelas became the first California Green (and the third in the U.S.) ever elected to a city council. Fourteen years and three successful elections later, Ornelas has decided not to run again.

INTERNATIONAL

Visiting journalists, leaders critique U.S. Green politics
by Jonathan Gardner
Green Party of Washington State
In two separate meetings sponsored by the World Affairs Council in Seattle, visitors from several countries met with local Greens to discuss third party politics in the U.S.

COMMENTARY/OP-ED

GP-US encourages post-election fundraising parties
by Kara Mullen
Fundraising Director
Election Day 2004 brings an enormous opportunity to the Green Party. From beneath the exhausted soil of a nation that sows war to reap profit, the voice of peace and humanity shall spring and flourish.

'Die-in' leads to arrests
Action demanded attention for Iraq dead
by Charles Shaw
After a weekend of stunning mass actions during the Republican National Convention - thousands of Critical Mass bicycle riders on Friday, the Green World festival on Saturday, the half-million strong United for Peace and Justice march on Sunday and the explosive Poor People's Marches on Monday - it was time for a different kind of action, to communicate a very different message.

9/11 report fulfills political mission
Omissions save face for Bush
by Mark Dunlea
Controlling the damage to the president, Congress, the foreign policy establishment and the two major parties was the true mandate of the commission members.

Party's values drive campaign
Cobb, LaMarche address issues that Kerry, Bush push to the side
campaign statement by David Cobb & Pat LaMarche

Basic income key to Green hopes
New platform plank deserves greater notice
by Steven Shafarman

Editorial cartoon: (th)ink
The 2004 Republican convention has the largest percentage of black delegates (6.7%) attending since 1912…
by Keith Knight

PARTY REPORTS
Caucuses, Committees, States
by various