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The fight against the [UK budget] cuts is central to green politics, including the fight against climate change. Green politics is also not simply about the environment – one of the core values of green politics, together with non-violence, ecology and grass-roots democracy, is social justice. US biologist professor Barry Commoner puts it rather well. [...] “Somehow the Greens managed to do a complete turnaround and stabilise the Fianna Fáil Government, and they have stayed there through thick and thin. It’s a very sad thing. It’s not just true of the Green Party, but it is very true of them – power tends to corrupt,” says the Archbishop. Derek Wall, Green [...] In an open letter to the leaders of the Philadelphia labor movement, the young and energetic organizer for UFCW Local 152 Hugh Giordano has challenged the city’s unions to have the courage to support the Green Party. Giordano ran an exceptionally strong campaign as a Green for state legislature this year, which I wrote about [...] Derek Wall in the UK says the Irish Green Party didn’t have to join the ruling coalition, ignore the financial chaos, and betray their base in return for well-paying jobs. The Irish Greens are calling for a General Election, they will no doubt lose all or all but one of their seats….however even now they [...] Just a note before I begin. These are just the candidates that I know of from my work in the Green Party and what I can glean online. There are plenty of other strong Green candidates for state offices all over the country. Not to mention, there are tons of strong local Green candidates. You [...] LA Times photo As Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown prepare for their final gubernatorial debate, the Green Party candidate for governor, Laura Wells, has been arrested outside the debate site. Wells was protesting her exclusion from Tuesday’s debate, according to a spokeswoman. The California Green Party has ballot status as do several other [...] One of Bob’s most frequent criticisms of the Democratic Party states that Democrats no longer stand for anything, except, perhaps, the reproduction of the reigning status-quo. Green Party candidates across the country, on the other hand, have come together in support of a “Green New Deal.” What is the Green New Deal? As Green Party [...] This after stealth and unknown candidate Alvin Greene won the Democratic primary for senator in South Carolina, even though no one has heard of him and he ran no campaign. The Aiken County Democratic Party is suggesting voters consider the Green Party candidate instead. Via Third Party and Independent Daily who also brings news that [...] The Green Party has come through a serious bad patch and may be poised to become a major third party force again. I was Co-coordinator of the Green Party of Los Angeles County from 2001-2002. It was an extremely dysfunctional time for the GP, now apparently over and ancient history. Good. Their National Meeting [...] Green candidate Caroline Lucas has a significant lead over the other parties’ candidates in Brighton Pavilion constituency, according to the first publicly released standard-size constituency opinion poll of local voters. If repeated at the general election with a similar turn out, the result would see the Greens winning their first parliamentary seat, taking the constituency [...] |  | ||||
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