2016 Elections, Environment, National Politics December 24, 2015

Activists Under Siege: Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney

KCET By Chris Clarke December 22, 2015 December 15 is the birthday of Brazilian environmental activist Chico Mendez, who was assassinated at age 44 on December 22, 1988 in retaliation for his work to protect the rainforest. To honor Mendez, KCET’s Redefine is using this week to profile Californians whose work on behalf of the environment has been met with retaliatory violence. On May 24, 1990, as forest activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney drove down Park Boulevard in Oakland on their way to an event in Santa Cruz, a bomb below Bari’s driver’s seat exploded, nearly killing her. Cherney,…

Climate Change, Environment, Fracking, International December 15, 2015

Jill Stein: COP21 Has Failed, But We Must Solve the Climate Crisis

I wanted to report back to you after an intense week in Paris, where the global community was gathered for the COP21 UN Climate Summit. Firstly, the recent tragic attacks in Paris, California and elsewhere weighed heavily on the week’s proceedings, so that the struggle against climate crisis was embedded in a landscape of terrorism and violence. As global crises of climate, security, the economy, and democracy converge, we must redouble our efforts for transformational solutions to build a world of peace, justice, and human rights. I spoke about some of these solutions at a People’s Climate Summit conference on…

Democracy, Green Party November 22, 2015

College students have plenty to protest

The Norwich Bulletin By Scott Deshefy November 20, 2015 In May 1971, while occupying an administrative building during the Vietnam moratorium, I stopped a fellow freshman from damaging a desk. Scratching furniture for which mahogany trees paid dearly just didn’t jive with nonviolent civil disobedience. Since then, whenever someone blows off steam, however righteous the anger, I’m reminded of a 1799 sketch by Francisco Goya, “El sueno de la razon produce monstruos” (The sleep of reason yields monsters). Belying their agitation, the bats, owls, cats and other “children of the night” in Goya’s dream are rather inviting. But, the message…

2016 Elections, campaign reform, Democracy, Green Party, National Politics, Third Party November 14, 2015

Is It Time for Greens and Libertarians to Join Forces?

IVN By Jay Stooksberry November 10, 2015 When it comes to national elections, the deck is stacked against any candidate who doesn’t have a (D) or (R) next to their name. Even third party candidates realize that they are dead in the water before they even had the chance to mount an effort against the two-party duopoly. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein recently posted a “pre-mortem eulogy” that satirically characterizes her campaign that was “prematurely and surreptitiously extinguished by her many enemies.” It’s time for third parties to change the narrative. It’s time for two prominent political groups –…

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campaign reform, Democracy, Green Party, political corruption, Public Campaign Finance Reform October 23, 2015

Testimony of Carl J. Romanelli to the PA Senate State Government Committee

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania September 22, 2015 Thank you to Senators Folmer and Williams for convening this very important committee hearing. My name is Carl Romanelli. I serve the Green Party in various capacities from the local level to the international. I am a past chairperson of the Pennsylvania Green Party, a former Green Party candidate for US Senate and I’ve been a litigant, both personally and in my role as a party chair; in cases against the Commonwealth regarding the treatment of third party candidates in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Green Party fully endorses SB 495 and encourages support of it from…