Democracy, Green Party, National Politics, New York, occupy, Third Party November 16, 2013

What It Will Take

A Response To John Halle’s Left Parties in 2013 by Peter A. Lavenia Counterpunch Weekend Edition November 15-17, 2013 Last week’s article by John Halle highlighted the growing strength of left-wing candidates for municipal office in the United States. As of writing, Socialist Alternative candidate Kshama Sawant has pulled ahead by a slim margin in Seattle, while Howie Hawkins, Green and Socialist, received 40% of the vote in his race for City Council in Syracuse, NY. My own campaign for city council in Albany, NY – I am a Green and ideological socialist – saw me come in second to…

Green Party, National Politics, New York, occupy, Third Party November 16, 2013

The Wave Begins?

Left Third Parties in 2013 by John Halle Counterpunch November 7, 2013 The 2013 municipal election contained mixed results for left third party advocates. The two most high profile and exciting candidacies, those of Socialist Alternative’s Kshama Sawant in Seattle and Ty Moore in Minneapolis, appear to have gone down to defeat. But the margins were small – a few percentage points – and both are young and have already committed to rematches in two years with a strong likelihood of success.Furthermore, even if these two candidates had won, they would have amounted to no more than two small points…

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Green Party, New York, Third Party November 5, 2013

Hunting Votes for “The Hawk”

by Jon Flanders November 5, 2013 The New York Thruway from Troy to Syracuse spends some time winding by the Mohawk Barge Canal. On an early November morning, the slanting sun lit up mists over the hills and water but in its construction the Thruway allows no stopping points for a photographer to find a picture. So no stopping for a view, just pedal to the metal all the way to Howie Hawkins’s campaign headquarters in Syracuse, where a youthful crew of supporters gathered on a Saturday morning to go out and roust out voters for the Hawkins city council…

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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Health Care Reform, Single Payer October 23, 2013

The ACA is the Wrong Direction, Time for Medicare for All

October 21, 2013 Green Shadow Cabinet Also published by Physicians for a National Health Program Margaret Flowers, Secretary of Health in the Green Shadow Cabinet In what is perhaps the greatest corporate scam ever, not only did the health insurance corporations write the federal health law, called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to enhance their profits, but now they also have the government and non-profit groups doing the work of marketing their shoddy products. The foundation of the ACA, the mandate that uninsured individuals purchase private insurance if they do not qualify for public insurance, begins in 2014 and the…