2008-11-17Washington, DC -- Green Party leaders are focusing on the campaign to elect Malik Rahim, Louisiana Green candidate for the US House in New Orleans (District 2) (http://www.votemalik.com), urging local and national support and assistance for Mr. Rahim.
2008-11-14Washington, DC -- Thomas Merton, philosopher and noteworthy catholic author and theologian once said, "We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves." Even though he died 40 years before last night's award ceremony, honoring Malik Rahim for his work; one might have imagined that Thomas Merton said those words with Malik in mind."
2008-11-14Berkeley, CA -- public memorial celebrating the life of former gubernatorial, presidential and vice-presidential candidate Peter Camejo will be held SUNDAY, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. at the International House on the University of California at Berkeley campus (2299 Piedmont Ave), according to an announcement by family and friends.
2008-11-11Washington, DC -- The Green Party's 2008 candidates for the US House doubled the number of votes they received collectively from the number received in 2006, while over one million US voters voted for at least one Green candidate in the 2008 election.
Hartford, CT: CT Green Party To File Complaint That Write In Votes Were Not Counted In State Election Green Party of Connecticut officials will file a complaint with local and state election boards that "REGISTERED" WRITE IN votes were not counted in all towns across the state as required by state law, it was announced today. This decision was reached after state Greens checked their own town votes totals showing no registered write in votes for the Green Party candidate for President, Cynthia McKinney and after receiving numerous complaints that town polling places had no list of registered write in lists, were reluctant to show any list, and some local voters were told their write in votes would not count. 2008-11-12
Hartford, CT: 2008 CT Greens Win Twice The Votes Of 2006 Connecticut Greens released 2008 election result numbers that more than doubled 2006 Green Party state wide votes, as early election numbers were announced today.
2008-11-06
House budget panel appoints Maloch leader . . . "I think his feelings may change because, of course; we'll seek a Democratic candidate for House District 39 in two years if he is still a Green Party candidate, so we are going to talk him into changing parties," Harrelson said.
Editor's Note: an example of the pressures Greens face once elected to office 2008-11-07
Cynthia McKinney thanks Noam Chomsky for endorsement Cynthia McKinney today expressed her appreciation for the support of Professor Noam Chomsky, noted linguist tenured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In private emails with campaign supporters this week, the respected social critic noted that he had voted Green in 2004, and would be voting for the party ticket next Tuesday, as well. 2008-11-04
Chamber urges Obama to defer union agenda The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged President-elect Barack Obama and Congress to refrain from pushing legislation to make organizing unions easier until the economy recovers. The Employee Free Choice Act would force an employer to recognize a union if 51 percent of its workers sign cards stating they want to be represented by a union. An election would not be necessary. The bill is organized labor's top priority in the new Congress, and unions spent millions of dollars to help elect Democrats in the Nov. 4 election. 2008-11-08
Transit Union Leader Vows No More Strikes With the transit workers' union suffering from financially crippling penalties for its illegal strike in 2005, the union's president pledged in recently filed court papers that the union had no intention of going on strike again "now or in the future." 2008-11-07
Mining for minerals fuels Congo conflict The conflict in eastern Congo is being fueled and funded by a tussle for mineral resources that end up in cell phones, laptops and other electronics - deepening the stakes in a war that sprung out of festering hatreds from the Rwandan genocide. 2008-11-01
Climate change at the poles IS man-made Changes to the climate due to human activity can now be detected on every continent, following a study showing that temperature rises in the Antarctic as well as the Arctic are the result of man-made emissions of greenhouse gases. 2008-10-31
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