Palestinian death toll in the Gaza strip

By Joe Conn, Northwest Indiana Green Party chair The U.S. role in the slaughter in Gaza is massively worse than you might think. As two-time Green Party presidential nominee Ralph Nader has written recently at Naked Capitalism and Common Dreams, the Palestinian death toll in the Gaza strip is likely being under-reported by a factor of ten. Continue reading

If you vote your values with a third party, they will shame you

By Justin Paglino In the Democratic Party, the leadership is fighting against progressives. The DNC, the DCCC the DSCC, there are myriad examples of them throwing their weight into primary races to thwart the more progressive, less donor-pleasing candidate. They use every trick under the sun and they’ve been doing it a long time (see below). They are fighting against you. Then, when the moderate wins, they implore you to vote for the moderate (corporate) nominee. This is almost invariably done by extorting your vote with fear of the greater evil. They are using you. Continue reading

Why I chose to Green Enter

The TL:DR - Helps w Ballot Access and I was No Party Preference Anyway Recently, I decided to Green Enter. It was not a decision I came to immediately or haphazardly. I thought about it for a long time, and decided it was the most constructive thing I could do in the electoral sense. Here’s a list at to why, as well as some of the common responses you’ll get from Naysayers. Continue reading

Who has the muscle to stop the genocide?

By Laura Wells How can it be that those of us who do not want war are not getting what we want? We who do not want war are the majority. When South Africa brought its case to the International Court of Justice, there was some doubt that the court would rule in its favor, but the court did hand down a near unanimous ruling that there was a “plausible” case that Israel was violating the Genocide Convention. So now what? Continue reading

Imperial Costs: Two Stories Summarize the Cost of Empire to Democracy

Two press reports stood out to me this week: the release of the names of two US Navy SEALs who drowned two weeks ago in the Arabian Sea and the Air Force’s production authorization for the B21 Raider bomber. Both stories symbolize an imperial inertia that defines American national security policies, an inertia that is damaging our democracy and jeopardizing futures. Continue reading

Running more candidates down-ticket would help our national campaign

We should encourage activists to come forward to run campaigns … at all levels of offices. Robust Green campaigns are inspiring; they get publicity and they help build the party. This year they’ll also increase visibility for the Jill Stein campaign. In my state, specifically, fielding down-ticket candidates results in better ballot placement for all Green Party candidates. Continue reading

"Have you no sense of decency?"

Sign a petition urging Congresswoman Stefanik to resign Dear Congresswoman Stefanik, We, the undersigned, urge you to resign immediately for your aiding and abetting genocide of Palestinians in Gaza by voting to send arms to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to perpetrate the crime in violation of the Genocide Convention. It is altogether fitting and proper that you do this. Continue reading

Cornel West, Jill Stein, and the Green Party

By Howie Hawkins The Green Party persists because it is needed. Hundreds of thousands of progressives vote for Green candidates because they want an alternative to the neoliberal corporate Democrats, not to mention the increasingly neofascist Republicans. On issue after issue—climate, inequality, wars—Green voters find most elected Democrats fight their progressive demands. The Green Party’s ranks are constantly replenished by progressives disillusioned and angry at Democratic resistance to progressive policies. Continue reading

A Statement on Israel and Palestine

As a potential 2026 candidate for Governor of Maryland, as a human being, and as a member of the Maryland Green Party, I am committed to peace, justice, and democracy for Palestinians and Israelis alike. I am deeply saddened by the violence, the occupation and the system of Israeli apartheid. I am angry at the United States federal government, and numerous state governments, for the direct and material enabling of Israeli regimes that continue to defy international law and make peace impossible. Continue reading

Shut It Down For Palestine Roundup

I was able to attend two of the many, many actions in solidarity with Palestine in my state this week. On Friday evening I joined 150 at a demonstration held outside the state capitol building fence, sponsored by the newly minted Maine Coalition for Palestine (which I've now joined). Truly excellent speeches by well-informed activists were interspersed with chants like "Free, free Palestine" and a whole lot of honking from passing motorists. The crowd assembled was quite different from the group I stood with about a month ago at a same time, same place demo. Not nearly as many people of color or Arabic-speaking college students this time. Maybe they have peeled off to join demos nearer to them in our sprawling, sparsely populated state? The crowd last Friday had more oldsters but was predominately white 20 and 30 somethings from coalition orgs like the PSL* and Student for Justice in Palestine. Continue reading