National Politics

Democracy, Green Party, National Politics, New York, Third Party October 28, 2013

Why I vote for the Green Party

by Mark A. Dunlea Green Party NY The Green Party doesn’t have a monopoly on the truth. They just state and campaign for what is common sense, an agenda that reflects the positions and interests of the 99%. The Green agenda. A single payer Medicare for All health system. A minimum wage that is a living wage not a sub poverty wage. Taking action on climate change with a Green New Deal – cut the military by at least half and tax the rich (including a stock transfer tax) to pay for a full employment public jobs program and $300…

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Democracy, Economy, Health Care Reform, National Politics, on Obama October 8, 2013

Reasons to Lose Sleep over the Shutdown and Obamacare

by Scott McLarty Common Dreams, October 6, 2013 Sure, the government shutdown and Republican demands regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are reprehensible, but let’s not delude ourselves about the ACA itself. It’s needlessly complex. It preserves medical treatment as a commodity rather than a right: low-cost policies will provide low-quality insurance. It imposes a direct public subsidy to feed the insurance industry, which helped write the legislation. It isn’t universal. Millions of people who lacked it will now have health insurance, but the coverage they get won’t approach the level of health-care access guaranteed to every citizen in every…

Democracy, Green Party, National Politics July 29, 2013

FBI Files Show Snipers Targeted Occupy Houston

OpEd news July 29, 2013 by Gregg Jocoy Large sections of the files are blacked out, including names of those believed by the FBI to be plotting the deaths of Occupy activists in Texas, perhaps nationwide. “I..could’ve been shot and killed by a sniper just a little over a year ago.” wrote Carl Gibson in an open letter to FBI director Mueller. “Your offices knew of this plot, yet none of us who were at risk of assassination were informed.” Gibson, one of the leaders of Occupy Houston who could have been in a sniper’s cross-hairs, called on Mueller to…

National Politics, Race July 15, 2013

The Zimmerman Verdict

by Phil Huckelberry There’s a man free in Florida today. He’s a stupid man, a racist, a product of the culture which surrounds him, a culture which made him feel scared by a young black man and yet emboldened by a small black gun. If all of the people who are furious about one verdict would step back and redirect their energy toward confronting  the culture, we would all be better off. But it sure feels like that’s too hard. It’s a lot easier to decry racism generally without confronting one’s own tendencies. It’s a lot easier to “blame Florida” as though…

National Politics June 26, 2013

Straight Arrow Watches You

by Jennifer Sullivan past co-chair of Green Party of Florida & Florida delegate to the Green Party National Committee “You better watch out where you go and watch out who you know. Watch what you do, because Straight Arrow watches you.” Why should good law abiding American citizens worry about the NSA compiling every single e mail, phone call or social network that you and every OTHER good (or not so good) American writes, makes or participates in? If you are not doing anything wrong, you don’t have to worry, right? Hmm..that depends. Who decides what is “wrong”? Do you…