The Wisconsin Elections Commission and the Wisconsin Supreme Court have done their best to silence the Wisconsin Green Party, but we are not submitting to the corporate duopoly. We are still fighting and will continue to fight beyond November for the real change Wisconsinites need: universal healthcare, a clean and healthy eco-system, peace, and justice for real humans - not "corporate persons".

While the WI Democratic Party and the WI Supreme Court succeeded in taking away the ballot line we worked so hard for, Wisconsin will still be able to vote Green.  We have become a hidden choice, but you can still help build a powerful grassroots political force adding to over a million courageous people around the nation.

• Candidate for PA House District 64 Wants End To Per Diem Pay

Michael Bagdes-Canning is the Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) candidate for PA House District 64, and he is a man of the people. "For too long the politicians who govern us have promised us the world, only to sell it to the highest corporate bidder," said Michael. "The corruption of our two major parties has been the millstone around the neck of our once thriving working-class community. How many good, high paying jobs must move away before we stand up and say we won't take it anymore? The jobs we have lost are gone, and we cannot bring them back."

Last week, I wrote about what is needed in this moment and urged people to look more deeply, beyond the Biden-Trump spectacle, to understand where we are as a country and what we must do to change course. I cited the work of Gabriel Rockhill. Read his three recent articles in Counterpunch and the fourth in the series here at Black Agenda Report for an enhanced understanding of how we got here and what we are up against.

By Angela Walker, October 23, 2020

Republicans spoil elections by suppressing the Democratic vote and the Black vote. They orchestrate voter roll purges, most notably in the 2000 election in Florida, and restrict the number of polling places in Black and Brown communities. The GOP encourages voter intimidation at polling places, which seems to be higher this year.

Democrats spoil elections by trying to suppress the Green vote, kicking us off the ballot, instead of embracing the proven nonpartisan solution to spoiled elections. The solution is replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote using ranked choice voting.

We’re reaching out because we need your help to save the Green Party here in New York. 

Election Day is two weeks away. We’re asking Greens and Green allies to sign a pledge to vote for Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker. 

Why?

It's hard to overstate the effect of voter suppression. Every election, countless people are prevented from being able to cast their votes thanks to strict requirements, misinformation, and foul play.

As expected, we're seeing evidence of this foul play all over the country. There's no low that Trump's team won't stoop to which means it's up to all of us to stay alert and call out voter suppression when we see it.

The Green Party is hoping that a presidential ticket topped by New Yorker Howie Hawkins will help bring voters to the polls for their candidates up and down the ballot. We chatted with Peter LaVenia, Co-Chair of the New York State Green Party, about the party's future.

Members of the Green Party and supporters of Steve Greenfield's campaign for Congress in New York's 19th District will gather tonight at 7:00 p.m., outside the studios of WMHT in Troy, to protest the rescinding of Steve's invitation to take part in the debate. They will call upon the management of WAMC and WMHT, as well as candidates Kyle Van Der Water and Antonio Delgado, to allow Greenfield into the debate.

Video by Jon Flanders

• Join us in protesting Steve Greenfield's exclusion from tonight's CD-19 Debate!

• Open the debates to all ballot-qualified candidates!

Green Party congressional candidate Steve Greenfield has been barred from participating in tonights debate between Rep. Antonio Delgado and Republican challenger Kyle Van De Water.

The debate is being hosted by public television station WMHT and co-sponsored by public radio station WAMC and the Albany Times Union. Greenfield participated in the debates two years ago. Ask the sponsors why he's been excluded this year.

We're not going to sugar-coat it. We have less than three weeks to save the Green Party in New York State. Gov. Cuomo and the Democrats changed the law this year so that if we don’t get at least 150,000 votes, the Green Party will disappear from the ballot.

That means your vote for Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker is necessary to save your Green Party’s ballot line!