#StandingWithStandingRock: Q&A with Green Activist, Diane Moxley, about Her Time in North Dakota
The North Star: How long have you been an activist?
Diane Moxley: In some ways I have been an activist my whole life, but got more involved when Occupy Wall Street started, in the fall of 2011.
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New Green Party chapter in Colorado
This year citizens of Longmont have come together in support of the Green Party and have created their own group, and potentially their own Chapter in the near future. The group was initially created to campaign locally for Green Party Candidates on the ballot in Colorado. They have a core of dedicated people who canvassed many Saturdays at the Longmont Farmers Market, canvassed at street fairs, festivals, door to door, community college, and other important Longmont locations and local events.
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#NoDAPL Scores Major Victory: No Final Permit For Pipeline
Cannon Ball, North Dakota (Oceti Sakowin or Council of the Seven Fires Camp) – Today, the people won a major victory in the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The US Army Corps of Engineers sided with the Water Protectors and refused the final permit that would have allowed Energy Transfer Partners to drill under Lake Oahe. There will be battles ahead but this was another amazing people-powered victory. When people unite, we have power. This time people power defeated big oil and big finance.
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Green Party is keeping democracy alive in US
Providence, RI – I spent much of the summer petitioning to put Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on the Rhode Island ballot. It was the easiest petitioning I ever did. I received quite a bit of flak from supporters of Hillary Clinton, but even more often the conversations were around keeping democracy alive.
Now that the election is over and we are into recount season, it is quite obvious that it is the Green Party that is keeping democracy alive, a democracy in which every vote is properly counted.
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Activist report from Mississippi Stand & Standing Rock
The Jill Stein campaign has been very active in giving support to Standing Rock and Mississippi Stand. Mississippi Stand was the proactive group that were peacefully demonstrating at the site where Dakota Access was boring under the Mississippi River to install their rusty leaking oil pipeline.
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A Letter to Illinois Public Officials in Support of Sustainable Energy
A letter to Illinois public officials in support of sustainable, affordable community-based renewable energy and energy efficiency; and opposing a nuclear power bailout and rate hike.
November 27, 2016 – To Our Elected Officials:
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Election observer training
The Stein/Baraka campaign has filed for a recount in Wisconsin to verify that there was integrity in the recent election. The campaign is looking for observers throughout the State of Wisconsin to oversee the recount in each county.
Training sessions for election observers will be scheduled throughout Wisconsin in the very near future. The first one is targeted for people who reside in the 1st, 4th, and 5th Congressional Districts and will be held in the Milwaukee suburb of Muskego:
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Baltimore Green Party Statement on Election Integrity
November 25, 2016 – The Baltimore Green Party believes every vote should be counted. Accuracy of the final tally, however, is only one of many deficiencies in US elections.
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We Are All Muslim
The time is now. We are hearing reports of Donald Trump's plans and who he will appoint in his administration. We need to RESIST!
The Trump administration plans to target disenfranchized communities of color and has already called for a mass registration of Muslims. This is absurd.
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Sowing the seeds of the future
As we approach this traditional Harvest Holiday, we contemplate the gratitude and love for our community that motivates us to work toward a world in which considerations for people, peace, and planet are placed above profit in our social priorities.
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