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Green Party candidate to address Unity Dinner
The keynote speaker at the 12th annual Unity Dinner will be Cynthia McKinney, who served six terms as a Democratic congresswoman from Georgia and was the 2008 Green Party candidate for president of the United States.
2009-11-12
Cynthia McKinney's Triumph Tour Aug. 20-24 to benefit SF Bay View Newspaper
The rumors are true: Former Congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney, the people's advocate, is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area Aug. 20-24 for a tour of fundraisers around the Bay to rescue the SF Bay View newspaper (yes, we're in danger again of going down for the count) and to tell the story of her three valiant attempts and final success at entering Gaza to show solidarity and provide humanitarian aid to its besieged people. You'll hear all about her week in an Israeli prison where, she discovered, most of the prisoners are Black Africans.
2009-08-12
Day 3: Cynthia McKinney speaks to Greens, though not in person
2008 Green Party presidential nominee, and former U.S. Representative (D-GA), Cynthia McKinney was scheduled to deliver a keynote speech to the roughly 100 Green Party members who attended last week's convention in Durham. Due to health issues, she instead spoke to the group about her recent brush with the Israeli Navy, and her involvement with the "Free Gaza" movement, via online video.
2009-07-27
How Cynthia McKinney Honored America On The 4th Of July From An Israel Jail
Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney returned home today after 6 days being held by the government of Israel while attempting with 21 colleagues to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza on the vessel, the Spirit of Humanity.
2009-07-07
Cynthia McKinney: I'm in jail in Israel
Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney revealed in a phone call posted online that she is in an Israeli prison with others who attempted to run a blockade to deliver supplies to Gaza.
McKinney and about 18 other activists in Israeli custody for the past three days will likely be released by Sunday, according to the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.
2009-07-02
Cynthia McKinney Demands Immediate Release After Her Gaza-Bound Boat is Seized by Israeli Navy
Former U.S. lawmaker and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney, whose relief boat was seized by an Israeli naval ship Tuesday for the second time in a year, is demanding the immediate release of her and 20 other activists.
2009-06-30
Green Party files lawsuit against Davenport over petitions
The Green Party of the United States has filed a lawsuit against the city of Davenport and DavenportOne, complaining that its members were prevented from collecting petitions for a presidential candidate at last year's Bix Street Fest. A lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court on Friday, says three Green Party members tried to gather signatures last July 25 and 26 at the Street Fest so Cynthia McKinney could be on the Iowa presidential ballot.
2009-06-29
US Presidential candidate preventing from speaking at human rights conference
U.S. Officials blocked former Green party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney from traveling to Syria for a conference on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this week. McKinney was scheduled to give a speech at the conference, with the subject 'Human rights and the denial of the right of return for Palestinians'.
2008-11-29
Ten Greens I'm Thankful For
Ten Greens I'm Thankful For:
Cynthia McKinney, for taking the plunge into the Green Party and being our standard bearer in 2008, for inspiring and exciting Greens across the country, for brilliantly articulating a message of radical yet common sense change for America, and for bringing new folks into the party. I was proud to campaign for her.
2008-11-27
African Americans, Peace and the Plight of Palestinians
Former Georgia congresswoman and recent Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney was scheduled to give the following address in Damascus, Syria at a Conference to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She notes that this year also marks "the 60th year that the Palestinian people have been denied their Right of Return, enshrined in that Universal Declaration." However, Delta Airlines personnel prevented Ms. McKinney from boarding her flight. She describes the incident as "a dispute over my paperwork."
2008-11-26
Cynthia McKinney thanks Noam Chomsky for endorsement
Cynthia McKinney today expressed her appreciation for the support of Professor Noam Chomsky, noted linguist tenured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In private emails with campaign supporters this week, the respected social critic noted that he had voted Green in 2004, and would be voting for the party ticket next Tuesday, as well.
2008-11-04
McKinney and the Culture of Death in America
Cynthia McKinney couldn't make the Thursday debate, she was at an execution in Texas.
2008-11-02
McKinney, Nader also on ballot
With all the attention paid to the historic presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, Mainers might be surprised to see two other names on the ballot. Independent candidate Ralph Nader and Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney are there alongside their much-publicized traditional party counterparts, although most political experts agree that neither will affect the race.
2008-11-01
Election 2008: Some students opt to vote third party, or not at all
Though the effort to "get out the vote" for Obama has been non-stop on Macalester's campus as of late, come election day some students will be voting for a third party candidate or not voting at all. "It will sort of depend on how I feel [on election day]," Brendan Rogers '10 said. If he does go to the polls, Rogers said, it will be most likely be to vote for Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party presidential candidate, because, he said, "the Green Party is the lesser of three evils."
2008-10-31
Swayed Green, Cynthia McKinney Supporters at Swathmore
As November 4th draws nearer, there is an increasing buzz of anticipation as well as anxiety on this campus over the outcome of the election. The overwhelming majority of Swatties are supporting Democratic hopeful Barack Obama with a few vying for McCain, but another possibly smaller minority of students intend to or have already voted for Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney. McKinney, a former Democratic Congresswoman from Georgia, is running for office with activist-journalist Rosa Clemente as Vice Presidential candidate.
2008-10-31
The Other Nominees
Meet Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente, the presidential and vice presidential nominees for the Green Party of the United States. One would expect McKinney, former congresswoman representing the Fourth CD of Georgia, and Clemente, community organizer, journalist and political activist, to be propelled onto the national stage with the same vigor shown at least to the other third-party candidates. After all, McKinney, who is African American, and Clemente, an Afro-Puerto Rican, are the first ever minority female ticket in U.S. history. So why is it in a time of 'firsts' and an election termed the most 'diverse and progressive' have so few Americans even heard of McKinney, Clemente or their platform?
2008-10-31
Other presidential candidates offer options on the ballot
Health Care
McKinney believes that healthcare is a right and she believes in a "Medicare-for-all" system. She states that doctors prefer single-payer health care. "Other countries with a single-payer system perform better on health measures like infant mortality and life expectancy, yet we pay more in the U.S. and get poorer results."
2008-10-31
Green Party Poised to Collect Big Victories in State On Nov. 4
Twenty-three members of the Green Party are on the California ballot Tuesday - including presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney - with the party poised to collect several big victories, including two supervisor seats in San Francisco. Greens already hold about 50 elected posts throughout the state.
2008-10-31
Third parties: not likely to succeed
. . . Sophomore Ashley Slupski said she will cast her vote with McKinney. "She speaks my values," said Slupski. "She is against war, all war, not just those in Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan. She is pro-choice and promises to pass the Equal Rights Amendment within the first thirty days of her presidency. She is against big business and oppressive capitalism that promotes sweatshop labor and the abuse of our environment."
2008-10-31
Vote Your Values: An Interview with Rosa Clemente
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 Xenophobia, Racism, and Related Intolerance. She continues to organize conferences focused on the empowerment of young people of color, working in colleges, community centers, and prisons. In 2008, she accepted the Green Party nomination for vice-president on the Cynthia McKinney presidential ticket. This is an interview conducted by Adele Nieves in mid-October.
2008-10-31
Third party hopeful bucks party lines at Naperville stop
Cynthia McKinney's journey toward becoming a member of the Green Party started years ago when she was in the Georgia state Legislature.
A lifelong Democrat, she remembers the outbreak of the 1991 Gulf War.
"I saw the Gulf War on television, and it looked beautiful, if you didn't know they were bombs (falling)," McKinney said Wednesday in Naperville.
McKinney didn't know it at the time, but when her legislative colleagues walked out on her protest speech given on the floor of Congress and blocked all of her subsequent legislation, she was headed down the road that would result in her becoming the Green Party's nominee for president of the United States.
2008-10-30
Green Party candidate's campaign hits Dallas
The combative former congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., is now the U.S. Green Party presidential candidate. She and her running mate, journalist/hip-hop activist Rosa Clemente, will visit the Dallas area during their final Texas campaign swing before Tuesday's election.
2008-10-29
Green Party presidential candidate to stop in Alton
Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney on Wednesday will be in Alton to meet voters. McKinney will join Green Party congressional candidates Rodger Jennings, running for the 12th Congressional District, and Troy Dennis, running for the 19th Congressional District, to talk to residents. All the candidates will be available from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 3800 Homer Adams Parkway in Alton.
2008-10-28
David Cobb: McKinney for president
I am proud to say that I will be voting for Green Party member Cynthia McKinney for President of the United States this year. Ms. McKinney is a former member of the United States Congress. While serving in Congress, she introduced Articles of Impeachment against George Bush, Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice. She supported universal access to health care as a fundamental human right, sponsored legislation to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, and proposed concrete steps to address global climate change.
2008-10-28
Presidential candidate to visit Naperville
Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party candidate for president, is scheduled to visit Naperville Wednesday during a campaign swing through Illinois. McKinney is set to meet voters from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Egg Harbor restaurant, 175 W. Jackson Ave. in downtown Naperville. During a swing through the state today and Wednesday, McKinney also plans stops in Chicago, Springfield and Alton.
2008-10-28
Support Obama, and Vote McKinney? Not a contradiction.
The Green Party Presidential ticket of Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente brings something special and unprecedented to U.S. politics. Not only are they the first all women-of-color ticket for President and Vice President. These women take racial justice seriously, and have made strides to put gender at the center of a progressive agenda. For these two, it's more than skin deep.
2008-10-28
Cynthia McKinney's back on the trail
Cynthia McKinney is back on the campaign trail and still "talking truth to power." The firebrand congresswoman, twice sent packing by voters, has shed her Democrat brand and her metro Atlanta home and now carries the Green Party banner as its presidential nominee.
2008-10-26
Green McKinney interviewed by NPR
The full audio of Green presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney's six-minute interview with NPR's Weekend Edition can be heard here. McKinney said in part, "The Green Party has been very conveniently put into a box. And it's convenient for the other political parties to say, ‘Oh, well, you know, they're just that environment party.' Yes, the Green Party is committed to a healthy environment. But the Green Party is not solely committed to just that. In fact, the policy prescriptions that the Green Party advocates are based on four pillars. Those pillars include not only ecological wisdom but also peace, social justice and grassroots democracy. And you could see the Green Party actually living out those pillars when they consistently did not support the war, consistently supported those who had an anti-war record."
2008-10-26
Final Papers Submitted in Last Two Active Presidential Ballot Access Cases
On October 16, the Vermont Green Party submitted its final brief in the case to get Cynthia McKinney on the Vermont ballot. On October 17, the Vermont Attorney General notified the court that the state will not submit any response. A decision is likely on Monday, October 20.
2008-10-18
Where are you, Cynthia McKinney?
. . . Eighty percent of NBC is owned by GM, a company that directly profits from war. This might partially explain why they will not give adequate airtime to a person like McKinney. TV news corporations don't even adequately investigate the policies and controversies of the Democrat/Republican race. We could all use more intelligent criticisms from "the mainstream," ones that invoke more than Obama's middle name or McCain's Italian shoes.
2008-10-18
Cynthia McKinney connects Green Party values to Indigenous principles
While many people have celebrated the historic inclusion of a black man and a woman in the 2008 presidential primaries, there has been less said about the equally notable participation of a presidential candidate who is both black and a woman. Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and her Puerto Rican vice presidential candidate, Rosa Clemente, also represent another first – the first all-women of color ticket in U.S. presidential history.
2008-10-17
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Third-Party Candidates Ralph Nader & Cynthia McKinney Respond to Final McCain-Obama Debate
Senators Barack Obama and John McCain met last night for the final debate before the November 4th presidential election, sparring over the economy, tax policy, negative campaigning, trade agreements, abortion and the educational system. As with the other debates, third-party candidates were not invited to participate. We break the sound barrier and hear from Green Party presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader.
2008-10-16
Four Greens Fight For Their Party's Nomination
Supporters of Cynthia McKinney, an African-American who served 12 years in Congress as a Georgia Democrat, say that choosing a presidential nominee doesn???t have to mean selecting between a black and a female candidate.
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Cynthia McKinney goes green
Want to see the state’s multibillion dollar budget deficit disappear? Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney says it’s a snap. If we cease spending money on the war in Iraq today, the state budget could be balanced overnight. Well, almost overnight. The controversial former congresswoman from Georgia estimates the United States spends $1 billion on the war every two days, so it would take 40 days to cancel out the state’s $20 billion deficit.
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McKinney Poised to Challenge Obama For Left-Wing and Black Voters
As Senator Barack Obama continues pivoting away from those primary-election positions and promises that once galvanized his Democratic base, he may have a new worry looming on the horizon in the person of Cynthia McKinney. A former Georgia Congresswoman, McKinney is said to be a shoo-in as the Green Party's 2008 presidential nominee when their convention is held in Chicago, July 10-12.
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Cynthia McKinney picks Rosa Clemente as her running mate
Rosa Clemente accepting a bid to run as VP on Cynthia McKinney's Green Party ticket is big news. In fact its great news. First Rosa is no joke. This Bronx born-Puerto Rican-African sista is sharp on the issues and uncompromising on the principals she stands for. She stands tall and fights fiercely for the communities and people she has long represented. She is more than qualified.
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McKinney expected to get Green Party nomination this week
Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's trek back from defeat takes her to Chicago this week and an improbable political rebirth. She is expected to be nominated as the presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States and could appear on the ballot in as many as 36 states as the extreme long-shot rival to Republican John McCain and Democratic candidate Barack Obama, making McKinney the second black presidential candidate in the November race.
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Green Party To Tap Hip-Hop Activist For VP
Signaling it is serious about courting the hip-hop vote, Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney has tapped respected hip-hop activist Rosa Clemente as her Vice Presidential pick. If the Green Party accepts McKinney's nomination this weekend at its convention, Clemente will make history as the first hip-hop generation candidate on a presidential ticket, and together with McKinney make up the first all-female of color ticket in U.S. history. McKinney is African American. Clemente identifies herself as Puerto Rican of African descent
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Green Party Presidential Candidate
Cynthia McKinney, the former Congresswoman from Georgia, submitted petitions to be a write- in candidate for President in North Carolina for the Green Party. McKinney says she submitted signatures to every county Board of Election to qualify as a write in candidate.
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First All-Women-of-Color Presidential Ticket in US History: Green Party Nominee Cynthia McKinney and Running Mate Rosa Clemente on War, Democracy and Hip Hop
The Green Party made history last week when it nominated the first all-women-of-color presidential ticket in US history. Former Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who was the first African American woman elected to Congress in Georgia, won the Green Party’s nomination last Monday. She named longtime community organizer, journalist and former director of the Hip Hop Caucus, Rosa Clemente, as her running mate earlier this month.
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Green Party presidential candidate to visit Mich.
Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney plans to spend much of the Labor Day weekend campaigning in Michigan.
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McKinney on the Record
Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney sums up her energy policy with a simple, memorable rhyme: "Leave the oil in the soil. Right now we've got two energy policies in this country," McKinney told Grist. "One is war, the other is drilling. And neither one of them works." It's a message she hopes will win over voters who have tired of both the Democratic and Republican parties.
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Third-party presidential candidates seek gay support
. . . "Neither of these two parties supports gay marriage," said Giselda Rendon, an Atlanta lesbian who is volunteering for the campaign of Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney, a former Democrat who used to represent Georgia in Congress.
"The Democratic Party is the party of the Defense of Marriage Act, it's the party of Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Rendon said. "They use us as a bargaining chip".
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Rosa Clemente, Green Party VP candidate speaking in Florida, September 27
Rosa Clemente, vice presidential candidate for Cynthia McKinney's Green Party presidential bid, will be a featured speaker on Saturday, Sept 27 at the annual convention of the Int'l People's Democratic Uhuru Movement being held in St. Petersburg.
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Rosa Clemente, Green Party VP candidate
Our guest today is Rosa Clemente, vice presidential candidate for the Green Party this year. She's running with Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. Clemente is a Puerto Rican hip hop activist and journalist, born in New York and a graduate of the University of Albany and Cornell University. In 2003, she helped form the first ever National Hip Hop Convention. She will be campaigning in St. Petersburg this weekend. She joins us live now on the phone.
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