NY Green Party members needed to put a peace candidate in Congress

William Stevenson needs New York State Green Party members to circulate ballot petitions for the 2nd Congressional District (Suffolk and Nassau counties).

Credo supports war-mongering, nuclear-loving politicians

I am furious that Credo is still sending out this peace-washing, green-washing propaganda.

99% Choir Goes Caroling and Forecloses on Bank of America

North Dakota’s Economic “Miracle” – It’s Not Oil

If its secret isn’t oil, what is so unique about the state? North Dakota has one thing that no other state has: its own state-owned bank. Access to credit is the enabling factor that has fostered both a boom in oil and record profits from agriculture in North Dakota. The Bank of North Dakota (BND) […]

Why I Joined the Green Party (via The Populist Farmer)

But what if you start to realize that BOTH sides are really one in the same? What do you do when you recognize that BOTH sides are bought and paid for by the corporations that funded their multi-million dollar election campaigns? What happens next when you come to the conclusion that BOTH sides are happy […]

Green Party of Suffolk Adopts US Conference of Mayors’ “Bring the War Dollars Home” Resolution

Challenges the County, Towns, and Villages to Also Adopt It The Green Party of Suffolk, the county’s largest peace organization, has adopted the US Conference of Mayors’ resolution “Calling on Congress to Redirect Military Spending to Domestic Priorities.”   The Green Party of Suffolk calls on our villages, towns and the county government to also pass […]

‘Native America Calling’ Digs into the Tar Sands! “What’s really important?” 706 Arrested Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline (via 47whitebuffalo’s Blog)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXneN2YcZic&feature=player_embedded] Native America Calling covered the Tar Sands Protests on Tuesday, August 3o. You can listen to the entire program online at http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/ Features Environmental Activist Clayton Thomas-Muller (Cree) and other callers. It’s a GREAT radio program! Listen and learn what Indigenous People are saying about the environmental and health costs. NCA Host Harlan McKosato […]

Nader: 10 painful lessons of 9/11

Here are some suggestions: 1. Do not exaggerate our adversaries’ strength in order to produce a climate of hysteria that results in repression of civil liberties, embodied in the overwrought USA Patriot Act, and immense long-term damage to our economy. Consider the massive diversion of trillions of dollars from domestic civilian needs because of the […]

Green Party endorses the Durban+10 Coalition for 10th anniversary of the 2001 World Conference Against Racism

The Green Party of the United States has endorsed the Durban+10 Coalition and its efforts to enact the agenda of the 2001 World Conference Against Racism, which took place in Durban, South Africa.  The goal of the Durban conference was “to eradicate racial discrimination, inequity, colonialism, xenophobia and related intolerances” throughout the world. The full […]

Dark Horizon for Verizon by Ralph Nader (via Dandelion Salad)

 It was only a matter of time before the “pull down” NAFTA and WTO trade agreements on U.S. wages and jobs would be followed by “pull down” contract demands by U.S. corporations on their unionized workers toward levels of non-unionized laborers. The most recent illustrati … Read More via Dandelion Salad Related articles 

Rich Man Whining

Looking at federal income taxes alone, the JCT staff found that the over $1 million club faces effective income tax rates of a little over 24 percent — hardly the punitive rates implied in Golub’s Op-Ed piece. And when one gets to the superrich, effective federal income tax rates actually decline further, because so much […]

Kentucky Greens Organize State Party

Aware of the odds stacked against them, it was reported that 35 people met to formally organize the Kentucky Green Party last weekend. Kentucky’s laws for becoming a “Political Party” rather than a “political organization” requires obtaining 20% of the vote in a Presidential Election, a nearly impossible task. via Green Party Watch:  Kentucky Greens […]

Debating Taboos by Ralph Nader (via Dandelion Salad)

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page July 5, 2011 The first nationally televised debate (C-SPAN) on the subject of mandatory voting, or voting duty, occurred in Washington D.C. on June 27, 2011 (watch it at: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/DebateonMa). Why did it take so long? Because discussing this topic has been a taboo in electora … Read […]

Cuomo is not the DINO, Liberals are.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (Democrat in Name Only- DINO) mixes liberal identity politics and conservative economics http://t.co/ydIIZx9 — NYC Parents Union (@NYCParentsUnion) July 1, 2011 This ain’t Roosevelt’s Democrat Party.  This is the DLC.  Endless War. Drones. Slash the safety net. TSA DOMA. DADT. Undercut the unions. Andrew “The Rich are Already taxed Enough” Cuomo.  Slash manadated […]