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You can find out more about this amazing candidate for president by renting the Sundance Festival award winning film (special jury prize), American Blackout from Netflix --- or even better, go to one of these public screenings:

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One of the reasons I started blogging nearly 4 years ago was due to my frustration with what topics the mainstream media covered. Too many important issues were ignored or given poor coverage.

Apparently there is still a need for non-professional bloggers as was proven yesterday. All major local news outlets were sent press releases and ( Read more... )

The film is also very inspiring. Ralph Nader has accomplished more to make this country a better place as a citizen than most politicians could ever dream of in office. That accomplishment came at a price: long work hours that made a personal life difficult. Nader never married, and the film suggested that he didn't have time for a girlfriend (or ( Read more... )

I was reading this post at Dee's 'Dotes this morning and it got me thinking. Deanna has been criticized for supporting the Green Party as a waste of time on the one hand (I'm assuming by a Democrat), and accused of being a democratic-supporter for writing nice things about Democrat Pete Ashdown on the other (I'm assuming by a Green). It's stuff ( Read more... )

“The name Ralph Nade sparks fiery debate among people across the country. To some,  he is an icon of rare idealism, while others see him simply as the political spoiler of the last two elections. No matter what you think of the man, the fact remains that he is a tireless crusader.

Hailing from modest ( Read more... )

I'm stealing this story from thecandidate who got it off the national Green Party website: Greens Show 1/4 Win Rate in 2005

Not bad for a political party still in it's childhood. Not bad for a political party that doesn't accept donations from PACs and has a much lower personal donation limit that the corporate parties. Not bad for a political party ( Read more... )

My husband sent me this link to a talk given by Sam Smith to the Green Party of Montgomery County, called Finding Greener Pastures and Greener Voters which I thought was well done. The whole article is a must read for those involved in the Green Party, but here are few bits from that talk:

"The pride also comes from ( Read more... )

It's kind of funny that several media outlets around the country and a couple of international ones have picked up on the ( Julian ) Hatch vs. ( Orrin ) Hatch story, but as of today only a couple of news stations have picked it up here in Utah. I think a press release went out today to the local papers, let's see if they have anything by tomorrow ( Read more... )

Medea Benjamin is an amazing woman. She has been at the forefront of the anti-war movement and hasn't been afraid to put herself anywhere that she might get across her message. Medea ran as a Green candidate for the Senate in California in 2000, and there have been folks tossing out her name to possibly run as the GPUS candidate for president or to ( Read more... )

It's now almost official -- Julian Hatch, a distant relative of Senator Orrin Hatch will be challenging him for his Senate seat in 2006.

Julian Hatch is a member of the nationally affiliated Green Party of Utah, which will have to change it's name once the petition drive is complete. (The Greens that split off from the Green Party last year formed ( Read more... )