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Friends Thinking of Voting for the Working Families Party?
Posted on November 1, 2010 by iwilder
A vote for the Working Families Party is a vote for Democrat Andy Cuomo and his conservative economic agenda – plain and simple. The message to the Democratic Party is that no matter how bad their candidates are, they’ll just pick up the votes on the WFP line rather than the Democratic line. No need […]
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Friends Scared about Paladino? Tell Them This.
Posted on November 1, 2010 by iwilder
Every progressive will prefer the program of Howie Hawkins and the Green Party to the conservative economic agenda of Andrew Cuomo (D-I-WFP). But many people vote their fears rather than their values and hope. Polls show that Paladino has no chance of winning. Every time he talks he alienates more voters. He trails Cuomo by […]
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Guv cand Rich Whitney, LeAlan Jones & IL Green Party Sue WTTW over Debate Exclusion
Posted on October 30, 2010 by iwilder
The Illinois Green Party and candidates Rich Whitney and LeAlan Jones filed suit in federal court late yesterday against public television station WTTW, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Public Broadcasting Service and President and CEO of WTTW Daniel J. Schmidt. Gubernatorial candidate Whitney and Senatorial candidate Jones were both excluded from debates […]
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Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY) Opposes Proposed Layoff of State Workers
Posted on October 30, 2010 by iwilder
Criticizes Cuomo for his Support of Illegal Action Howie Hawkins, the Green Party of New York candidate for Governor, said today that when elected he would rescind any layoffs of state workers instituted by Governor Paterson as a threat to the health and safety of state residents. Paterson agreed last year to a no-layoffs pledge […]
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“F” Your Way To Howie Hawkdawg: Stony Brook Press Endorse Hawkins for NY Guv
Posted on October 30, 2010 by iwilder
The national political scene shows increasing dissatisfaction with the monied political parties, who stand united for endless foreign wars for em- pire, the dissolution of core American civil liberties, the perpetuation of the failed war on drugs and Wall Street’s predations. Howie Hawkins represents a party with a broad platform of public- interested populism. Hawkins […]
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New Touch Screen Problems, Absentee Ballot Mess Further Evidence that Voters Need to Green Party
Posted on October 29, 2010 by iwilder
On the heels of “Whiteygate”, new problems have been reported with touch-screen voting machines in Chicago. This, coupled with a major voting rights issue involving absentee ballots, point to the need for serious electoral reform that won’t happen with Democratic officeholders, say Green Party leaders. The Illinois Green Party has received two detailed complaints about […]
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Guv cand Howie Hawkins (G-NY): How is the MTA like an ATM?
Posted on October 29, 2010 by iwilder
Q. You strongly oppose the MTA’s vote earlier this month to raise subway fares. A lot of East Village residents heavily rely on the subway – why is this issue important to you? A.We’ve got to take the MTA out of the hands of the bankers who’ve turned it into an ATM for them. We […]
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Roping in the Stock Transfer Tax with Guv cand Howie Hawkins (G-NY) video
Posted on October 28, 2010 by iwilder
Roping in the Stock Transfer Tax. Howie Hawkins, Green Party New York governorl candidate talks about the Stock Transfer Tax and the state economy along with Gloria Mattera, Lt. Gov. candidate. Howie Hawkins Challenges Cuomo’s Silence on Halting NY’s $16 Billion Annual Rebate to Wall Street Lassoes the Wall Street Bull to Wrangle Back the […]
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Green Party New York: Colia Clark for U.S. Senator from NYS, 2010
Posted on October 28, 2010 by iwilder
Colia L. Liddell LaFayette Clark is the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senator from NYS in 2010. “As US Senator, I will work tirelessly to address the failing economy, failing schools, criminal injustice system, failing infrastructure, crisis in energy, health care, food production and other areas of the USA socio-political economy.” via Green Party New York […]
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David McReynolds: How you can win in the Tuesday election! | Independent Political Report
Posted on October 27, 2010 by iwilder
The Governor’s race is in a separate category from the Senate races, because no matter how many votes the Green Party candidates get for their Senate candidates, it will not give them a ballot line. But if Hawkins and Mattera can rack up 50,000 votes, then New Yorkers will have a real “party of the […]
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Green Party New York: Cuomo Vows War on Union, Wants Strong Bus Council; Hawkins Pro-Labor
Posted on October 26, 2010 by iwilder
The Green Party’s Howie Hawkins, a Teamster, is the only union member running for statewide office. “Cuomo is … threatening to cut pay and jobs for public employees and cut essential services to close the budget deficit while the Wall Street and the wealthy pay lower rates of state and local taxes than working people.” […]
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CT Green Party: Demands Every Vote Be Counted Since Audit Shows a “Broken Election System
Posted on October 25, 2010 by iwilder
Green Party candidates and officials stated today a recent audit of state voting system showed a “broken election system” that needs reform, upgrades to ballot security, and transparency. Greens were shocked that ballots to be audited were left unsecured, left under desks and had differences in the ballot count, according to the audit report. In […]
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