Articles by Green Papers

Green Party, on Obama, Third Party April 6, 2013

From Blue to Green: Why I Left the Democratic Party

The Huffington Post March 21, 2013 by Sasha Brookner “Of two evils, choose neither.” ~ Charles Spurgeon In the 16th century, the Eastern Orthodox Christians had a unique aphorism: “Better the turban than the mitre.” They were referring to the preferable conquer of the Balkans by the Ottoman Turks rather than the Western Roman Catholic empire. Today, that lesser of two evil principles isn’t about maintaining freedom of religion; rather it’s used by Democrats to justify genocide, drones, Guantanamo, rendition, kill lists and cutting heat subsidizes for the poor under the past its sell-by date defense that Republicans would double…

Medicine April 4, 2013

It’s Cannabis, not Marijuana

Wilkes-Barre Independent Gazette April 2, 2013 by Carl Romanelli, Prior Chair, Green Party of Pennsylvania For thousands of years humankind has interacted with cannabis and hemp. Its amazing applications have been known, and experienced, from the days of ancient Egypt to the present time. It is used as medicine, is employed in the manufacture of thousands of industrial products, and functions, too as a social and religious enhancement. However, there are quite a few Americans who are unable to recognize the term “cannabis.” It is not because this is a rare plant, exotic and originating from faraway places. To the…

Environment, Labor March 27, 2013

West Virginia’s Future Grim as Their Past Is Demolished

The Huffington Post March 26, 2013 by Pat LaMarche According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) between 2006 and 2011, domestic coal consumption has decreased by about 10 percent but coal exports have more than doubled. Consumption isn’t the only thing that’s down, so is production. What that means is that for a number of reasons — including Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine disaster which killed 29 miners less than three years ago — conventional deep well mining in on the decline. Consequently, surface mining aka mountain top removal is up, amounting to nearly 50% of the total…

2012 Election, Green Party March 18, 2013

“We are Far From Having Any Kind of Democracy in This Country”

An Interview With Cheri Honkala by Lee Ballinger Originally published by CounterPunch Cheri Honkala was born into poverty in Minneapolis in 1963. For the past twenty-five years she has served as national director of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, helping to lead marches, tent cities, homeless encampments, sit-ins and educational retreats. Working as part of an organization with a bare bones budget, Cheri has still managed to travel the United States and the world, making connections among poor people’s organizations from every continent. She is now the Vice Presidential candidate of the Green Party, sharing the ticket with…

International March 11, 2013

Ten Things I Learned from Hugo Chávez

by Laura Wells Laura Wells Solutions MARCH 7, 2013 I like to gather signs of hope that things really can change for the better in a major way. With that in mind, I keep the website venezuelanalysis.com as my home page. On the afternoon of March 5, 2013, I had to catch my breath when I saw the headline, “President Hugo Chávez has Died.” Almost ten years ago, inspired by the documentary The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, I started learning as much as I could about Venezuela and Hugo Chávez. I participated in “reality tours” and political delegations to…