Climate Change, Environment, Green Party, Third Party April 18, 2013

The Tar Sands Pipeline and Independent Eco-Politics

by Scott McLarty  Wednesday April 17, 2013 Bill McKibben of 350.org says we don’t have time to challenge two-party rule and build a political alternative like the Green Party that takes the climate threat seriously. In reality, we don’t have time not to. Those of us who participated in the #ForwardOnClimate Rally against the tar-sands pipelines in Washington, DC, on Feb. 17 witnessed the environmental movement at its best and worst. It was at it best because tens of thousands turned out in freezing weather to demand that President Obama kill the proposal for the Keystone XL and Enbridge pipelines…

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campaign reform, Democracy, Green Party, National Politics, Third Party April 17, 2013

On Statism, Socialism, Libertarianism, and the Greens

by Steve Welzer Green Party of New Jersey Undoubtedly, Greens, Libertarians, and socialists should cooperate in regard to our common effort to open up the electoral system to “more voices and more choices.” Beyond that, it is sometimes proposed that we jointly run candidates under the banner of “big tent” third party coalitions. Or we might hear entreaties from progressives who feel that it’s sectarian to have left-oriented electoralism split between socialists, social democrats, and Greens. The problem with these types of ideas is the fact that the ideological distinctions among the movements are more significant than is often acknowledged….

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…