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    The Green Party of New York State regained automatic ballot status by getting over 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. Look for us soon on your voter registration form and your ballot.

    Gaining ballot status enables the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer candidates, more anti-fracking candidates, and more sustainable energy candidates.

    The last time that the Green Party of New York State had ballot status it set the record for running the most Green candidates of any state.

    The Green Party is an alternative party to the Democrats and Republicans. The four pillars of the Green Party are: Nonviolence/Peace; Grassroots Democracy; Social and Economic Justice; and Ecological Wisdom.

    If you are interested in getting involved in the Green Party of Suffolk,you can call 631-351-5763 or email info@gpsuffolk.org

    You can enroll in the Green Party by checking the box marked "Green Party" on the voter registration form and writing in the word "Green" on the line next to it. Click here to find a voter registration form.

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Green Party CA Presidential Forum 5/12/12 with LWV & KALW’s Rose Aguilar

Posted on May 9, 2012 by wilderside

Presidential candidates Roseanne Barr, Kent Mesplay and Jill Stein will face-off the evening of May 12 as Green Party members all across California are getting ready to go to the polls and vote.

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Jan 2012: BAN reviews 3 books for political junkies

Posted on January 2, 2012 by wilderside

As hopeless political junkies, we are long-time fans of Richard Winger and his publication, Ballot Access News.  Winger has been a champion of ballot freedom, and has become a recognized expert nationwide.  His is a generous and giving man who holds a nonpartisan mission to grant equal access for voters.  He edits a monthly newsletter [...]

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Everyone Benefits from CSA (via thegreenschoolhouseseries)

Posted on June 14, 2011 by wilderside

Build a better relationship – with your produce. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way for consumers to get their weekly produce fix with locally grown vegetables directly from a farmer in their community.  How it Works A farmer provides a “share” (usually a box of vegetables, but other products like fruit and dairy [...]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Ecology, Environment, Food, health, News, Organics, safe, suffolk, suffolk county, sustainability, sustainable | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

CA Green Party Demands Immediate Closure of Nuclear Plants

Posted on May 3, 2011 by wilderside

Green Party of California makes major announcement Tuesday urging immediate closure of nuclear power plants at Diablo Canyon, San Onofre to ‘promote safety’ for humans, state Greens launch campaign to close down CA’s two nuclear power plants tomorrow at 1030am at PG&E HQ, 1 Market St, SF. #DiabloCanyon #SanOnofre May 2, 2011 7:15 pm via [...]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Ecology, economy, energy, Environment, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, green, Green Party, health, nature, News, politics, Press Release, safe, safety, sustainability, sustainable, third party, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Environmental watchdog, with family in Japan, says U.S. must ‘examine’ posture toward nuclear power; insists alternatives safer and more economically viable

Posted on March 16, 2011 by wilderside

A Green Party environmental watchdog – whose wife’s entire family resides in Japan – said today that it is “inevitable that the United States must re-examine its own posture regarding not only the future of nuclear power, but also the management of the 104 nuclear power plants already operating” in the U.S. “The Green Party, [...]

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Karl Grossman: Nuclear Emergency in Japan

Posted on March 14, 2011 by wilderside

There are numerous lessons to be learned from the situation now underway in Japan including why a nation situated on a string of volcanic islands would build nuclear power plants, vulnerable as they are to earthquakes. Of course, Japan is not alone on this score: in the U.S., the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility in California [...]

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Radical self reliance: Homesteading outside L.A. (via Food Freedom)

Posted on February 7, 2011 by wilderside

Meet the Dervaes family. These new urban homesteaders, a family of four, are not employed- living comfortably on $30,000/ year.  Growing their own food on 1/5th of an acre outside of Los Angeles, CA, they have meat, dairy and vegetables- all they need.  They even sell to local restaurants and neighbors. Yes, a lot of [...]

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Green Party of CA warns Gov. Brown that, like Egypt, the “have not’s” can only take so much

Posted on January 31, 2011 by wilderside

Urge Governor to fix financial crisis by taxing the wealthy as they do the rest of us The Green Party of California warned Gov. Jerry Brown today – minutes before he gives his “State of the State” address – to not go down the same path as ex-Gov. Schwarzenegger by trying to solve California’s financial [...]

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There’s One Huge State Budget Crisis That Everyone Is Refusing To Talk About

Posted on January 10, 2011 by wilderside

h/t M. Emperor So why haven’t we heard more about Texas, one of the most important economy’s in America? Well, it’s because it doesn’t fit the script. It’s a pro-business, lean-spending, no-union state. You can’t fit it into a nice storyline, so it’s ignored. via There’s One Huge State Budget Crisis That Everyone Is Refusing [...]

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ACLU: The Single Greatest Chart Ever (At Least if You Want to Know Where Your Personal Information Goes)

Posted on December 13, 2010 by wilderside

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report (PDF) on Wednesday that provides an outstanding start on describing the problems of data collection both on and offline. Buried in that FTC report is a small gem: On pages 107 and 108 is Appendix C, a chart prepared by technologist Richard Smith which conveys all of [...]

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Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY): Need Letters to the Editor, Halloween

Posted on October 24, 2010 by wilderside

Today would be a good day to write a letter to the editor of your local paper(s). There is just enough time for election day for them to print them. This is one of the best ways to publicize Howie Hawkins and the Greens.If mail today or Monday, has a chance of being printed before [...]

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Anti-War, election, Election 2010, elections, energy, Global Warming, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, health, health care, Healthcare, howie hawkins, international politics, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, progressive politics, third party, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Green Party New York: Howie Hawkins, from The New Republic

Posted on October 24, 2010 by wilderside

“When the debate veered into a discussion about capping the state’s sky-high property taxes, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins wasn’t afraid to point out that Proposition 13 has straitjacketed California’s budget.” And: “Hawkins pointed out that congestion pricing on traffic into New York City could create a dedicated funding stream for mass transit a far [...]

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CA Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate Arrested at Debates video

Posted on October 16, 2010 by wilderside

Amidst the cacophony of insulting chants from both Democratic and Republican protesters, the party that wants to be heard most at the so-called “green” debate was the California Green Party, whose candidate, Laura Wells, had been invited but then barred from the debate. Wells and other third party candidates were told they could qualify to [...]

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Statement from Laura Wells: CA Governor candidate arrested at debate

Posted on October 13, 2010 by kwilder

Green Party Governor Candidate, Laura Wells, has a great website and a blog. What interesting news she had from last night! Laura Wells presented a ticket to go to the California Governor debate. Though, instead of being allowed to attend, she was taken away in a squad car. Below is the beginning of her recent [...]

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