The EcoAction Committee of the Green Party of the United States is organizing its annual Earth Day to May Day webinar on Monday April 13 at 8 PM ET. Register here for the zoom link.

The Earth Day to May Day theme highlights the interconnection between critical issues such as climate change, environmental justice, worker and immigrant rights, peace, anti-racism, and biodiversity. We won’t solve any of these problems without also addressing and solving the rest.

Speakers include:

• Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein;
  
• Michael Johnson, Democracy Campaign Manager at Third Act
  
• Professor Butch Ware, Green Party of California nominee for Governor of California.

This year, with Trump as climate-denier-in-chief and many Democratic Governors (e.g., Hochul in NY, McKee in Rhode Island, Sherill in NJ, and Shapiro in PA) in full-retreat on existing climate laws, the Green Party is working to reboot its ecosocialist Green New Deal. May Day is also important this year with many labor, immigrant groups, and Indivisible / No Kings coming together to promote a general strike. Michael will speak to this.

The Green Party in 2010 initiated the call for an ecosocialist Green New Deal, which combined a call for a ten year conversion to zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% clean renewable energy with a strong Economic Bill of Rights (single payer health care, living wage jobs and guaranteed income for all, housing, free college education) that centered on environmental justice and a Just Transition, along with public power. (See the March webinar on the Green New Deal.)  

Jill Stein has consistently used the period between Earth Day (April 22) and May Day to connect environmentalism with economic justice, labor rights, and anti-war activism. She has long advocated for merging climate action with a pro-worker agenda, promoting the "Green New Deal" as a way to create jobs while combating ecological destruction. Stein helped organize the Global Climate Convergence, an initiative designed to unite social, economic, and environmental justice movements.

The United States – and the planet – are facing existential challenges from accelerating climate change and the determination by Donald Trump to establish a dictatorship to further enrich himself and fellow oligarchs. The role of civil society and the rule of law are rapidly being dismantled, with many immigrants being kidnapped by ICE as Trump’s personal militia. The Green Party advocates for the abolition of ICE along with full legal protections for immigrants.

Third Act is a community of Americans over 60 that mobilizes elders to protect democracy and the climate, fighting voter suppression, supporting voting rights, and tackling authoritarianism through organized actions. They run national campaigns and local working groups focused on voter empowerment, legislative advocacy, and election integrity to ensure a sustainable, equitable future. 

The webinar will explore these issues and provide examples of actions that people can take in their own communities.

Register here for zoom link.