Get to business at GPUS Annual National Meeting by Jan Martell, North Carolina Green Party This year the Green Party Annual National Meeting was held in conjunction with the second U.S. Social Forum (USSF) drawing together activists and people representing often little heard voices from cultures around the world. Held in Detroit this June, there was a strong Green presence at the USSF as Green Party members presented a number of forum workshops. The Michigan Green Party and Detroit Greens…

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Outrage as state withholds information of qualifying independent candidates By the Green Party of Michigan John Anthony La Pietra was nominated as the 2010 Secretary of State candidate for the Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) at the party’s 2010 state convention July 31-August 1. But almost a month later, the Michigan Bureau of Elections has not published or posted his name on its authoritative list of candidates for the November 2 general election. And he’s not alone. The Greens nominated…

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By Joe Lombardo, Green Party of New York State and co-organizer for United National Peace Conference The United National Peace Conference in Albany, New York on July 23 – 25 brought together people from around the country and overseas, with nearly 800 people registered. With an extensive list of speakers including Media Benjamin of Code Pink, Green Party representatives delivered a message of a real political plan for peace. ìI think that there is a tendency to say ëwell, we…

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