PHILADELPHIA – President Donald Trump was recently recorded making this threat: “Well, I'm going to do something. That I can tell you -- because we're not going to -- New York and Chicago and Philadelphia, Detroit and Baltimore and all of these -- Oakland is a mess. We're not going to let this happen in our country. All run by liberal Democrats.” Like usual, Trump blamed the Democrats for the civil unrest, and the Democrats blame Trump and the Republicans. Continue reading

Washington Green Party supporters and organizers ... Reminder: TODAY Saturday JULY 25TH is the final day to sign our nominating petition to get Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker on the ballot! IF YOU NEED A COPY OF THE PETITION TO SIGN Download & print the petition here:  https://greenpartywashington.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GreenParty_NominatingPetition_2020_v2.pdf Continue reading

Zoom webinar hosted by the Maine House Green Independents and the Maine Green Independent Party July 21, 2020, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET This webinar will feature presentations by three former Maine state representatives who served in the House Green Independent minority caucus. Three Maine Legislatures, the 121st, 122nd and 128th sessions, have had a Green Independent minority office. Rep. John Eder (G--Portland) was the first Green elected to a state legislature in a general election. Eder was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2004. Continue reading

Ballot Access Update for the General Election The Green Party of Washington still needs to collect more signatures to get our Green Party Presidential candidate Howie Hawkins on the ballot in November! We're asking ALL Green Party supporters in Washington to sign our petition to help make this happen! If you have already signed the petition and sent it to us, THANK YOU! If you can help gather more signatures, please do -- we need your help! Continue reading

Green Party of Tennessee Newsletter July 2020 Give American workers a voice, Put Howie Hawkins on the ballot in Tennessee. We need to get 275 signatures before August 15.  The Green Party of Tennessee is setting up a social distant signing opportunity at 4018 Nebraska Ave, Nashville TN, on Saturday, July 25, 2020, from 8:00 am until noon. Socially distant arrangements: table with petition, hand sanitizer, wipes, and pens (or bring your own pen). Six-foot intervals will be marked on the driveway. Exit along front walk to avoid walking close to those waiting to sign. Masks required. Continue reading

GRAY, ME – Join U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Savage, former Green VP candidate and Black Alliance for Peace leader Ajamu Baraka, Director of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition Joseph Jackson, and Co-Founder of Bangor’s Racial Equity and Justice Desiree Vargas, in the second of a 5-part webinar series. "Racial Justice at Home & Abroad" will explore the systems, policies, and practices designed to limit and shape opportunities for people of color. Continue reading

PHILADELPHIA – On July 14, the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of PA, ruled against the Green Party’s request for a temporary waiver of some ballot access requirements. The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) Steering Committee is calling for volunteers and launching a two-week flurry of petition activity to place Green candidates on the ballot. The Green Party had sought relief from the Court before the August 3 deadline for nominating petitions, but the Court ruled that granting relief during a deadly global pandemic would “seriously and irreparably harm the State.” Continue reading

Congressional Candidate Kim O’Connor at the first Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Panama City, Florida BOYNTON BEACH, Fl – When I wrote "Florida under Siege" published May 14, the official Florida Covid-19 death count stood at 1,898 (among 42,402 confirmed cases). Today the death score is 3,546 dead out of 146,341 cases. On May 14th, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had just appointed his Re-Open Florida Task Force. Now we reap the harvest. Continue reading

NEW YORK CITY – Green Party officers responded to the passage of New York City's FY 2021 budget with the following statement: "In the face of a massive month-long social uprising demanding the end of police violence against Black and Brown communities and a massive reduction in the NYPD budget, the Mayor and City Council instead used accounting tricks to maintain funding for the department, while attempting to claim otherwise," said Chris Archer, chair of the Green Party of New York County. "We are disgusted by the half-truths and lies emanating from city government, and the continued police violence against our communities as well as peaceful protesters. In a time when the elimination of 22,000 city jobs is being proposed, the Mayor and City Council's refusal to cut the NYPD shows where their priorities lie: maintaining a police state above all else." Continue reading

June 2020 Newsletter HOUSTON – You don’t need the Green Party of Texas (GPTX) to tell you that the current moment is a crisis of authoritarian capitalism. Abuse of authority, police brutality, white supremacy, systemic racism – heartbreaking economic & social conditions – sheer incompetence and waste, all are on full display for anyone to observe.  How can we navigate a pandemic without healthcare for all? How can we loosen environmental restrictions and disregard responsible climate action in a time of looming climate crisis? How can we be so completely dysfunctional? Continue reading