GreenLine For April 22, 2022
Happy Earth Day!
Kick off your celebratory weekend with GreenLine and the latest edition of
Green Pages, the official newspaper of Green Party US!
—Michael O'Neil, GreenLine Editor and Green Party
Communications Manager
Green Party Co-Sponsors
Earth Day Strike 2022, Calls for Gas Boycott April 22
The National Committee of the Green
Party of the United States voted on March 27 to endorse
and co-sponsor the Earth
Day Strike 2022 and Gas
Boycott.
The Green Party joins the coalition of citizen activist groups
calling for a Gas Boycott as part of a ten-day program of nonviolent
action to advance the causes of peace, environmental protection, and
social justice from Earth Day, April 22, through May Day.
Just click on the pic below to order your
merchandise today!
2022 Green Party Annual National Meeting Registration is OPEN
The 2022 Green Party Annual
National Meeting (ANM) will be held virtually, as the world's recovery
from the COVID-19 pandemic was not yet ready to guarantee a safe,
in-person meeting during the planning process.
We will miss the opportunity to share space with Greens from across
the country but we can take this virtual gathering as an opportunity
for national work on some of the most pressing challenges for this
party. We hope you will join us from July 21-24.
Important information for ANM Participants:
All ANM Participants MUST REGISTER ONLINE to
receive instructions on how to convene with us online. Please
register by Friday, July 15th.
Green Party US Condemns Attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque
Green Party leaders strongly condemned the April 15, 2022,
attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem by Israeli Defense
Forces. The IDF conducted an early morning raid on the mosque as
thousands of worshippers were gathering for morning prayers, injuring
over 100. The mosque is an Islamic holy site.
The IDF has previously attacked Al Aqsa as an intimidation
effort. This was done last June, following protests against forced
evictions in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East
Jerusalem.
Green Party of California Co-Sponsors Decolonizing Economics: The
3rd Annual Post-Capitalism Conference Running Now Through
Saturday
The world is teetering on the edge of a world war. The ecological
crisis is not coming– it is here, and getting worse, faster than
almost anyone predicted. The inherent contradictions of late-stage
capitalism are creating wealth and income disparity greater than at
any time in modern history. Fascism is rising as a mass movement.
Yet, workers, organizers, students, teachers, activists, land and
water protectors, social justice warriors, and others are daring to
create something else – something transformative!
Join us over Earth Day for a three-day virtual event anchored by
the Wiyot Tribe, Cooperation Humboldt, and several professors at Cal
Poly Humboldt. This summit is being co-sponsored by the Green Party of
California, the Green Eco-Socialist Network, and many solidarity
economy networks. Panel and presentations include DIshgamu Humboldt (a
Wiyot-led Community Land Trust), Decolonizing Restoration the Role of
Art & Culture Labor organizing, Decolonizing Cannabis, Racialized
Capitalism, and much more! For a link to all offerings
WI Green Party endorses Sharyl McFarland for Secretary of
State
The Wisconsin Green Party has announced that its endorsement of
Sharyl McFarland for Secretary of State in the 2022 election.
Sharyl McFarland is a Milwaukee organizer who has spent decades
working for social justice and human rights. Her advocacy work
addresses problems common in Wisconsin and across the United States,
including voter suppression, racial inequalities, mass incarceration,
homelessness, rights for immigrants, poverty, the lack of adequate
transportation, healthcare, and more.
“I identify with the people who want their government to listen and
include them in discussions that affect their daily lives,” said
McFarland. “It is my belief that ‘those closest to the problems are
closest to the solutions but have the least amount of resources’. All
people have value. We have the responsibility to exercise our right
for democracy.”
Ryan Knight Features Green Party of Texas' Governor Candidate
Delilah Barrios
"...it's our duty and our obligation to make sure that future
generations have an opportunity to find peace on this Earth and I feel
like at every turn we're seeing that basic human rights are being
denied and people are being harmed by for-profit, pro-corporate
policies and lobbyists. And, even as an activist, I've realized that
we have so little power if we're not unified."
Green Party of PA's Lt. Gov Candidate Bagdes-Canning: Let's Expose
the Rank Hypocrisy of the Two Corporate Parties
"My whole political outlook has changed since 2014, when I was
called by a distraught parent about a fracked-gas well on fire near
Summit Elementary in the Butler School District. As it turns out, the
well wasn't on fire, it was flaring. That was still alarming. Flaring
wells are emitters of all sorts of toxins, and this one was
dangerously close to the school.
I went around the neighborhood knocking on doors to find out what
the neighbors thought, what they were saying. A woman standing by her
mailbox told me, 'I've lived here for 42 years. We all get along, but
we don't talk about the tough things.' After a few more minutes, I
turned to walk away, and she called after me, 'What can we do? They're
so big, and we're so small.'"
April 26: An Evening With Lee Camp And Green Candidate For US
Senate (NC) Matthew Hoh
Join peace activist and candidate for US Senate Matthew Hoh for a
conversation with Lee Camp, former host of Redacted Tonight and the
“most censored comedian in America”.
Lee and Matt will discuss how mainstream corporate media – like the
two-party system it serves – increasingly parrots partisan political
talking points, while silencing dissenting voices and the majority of
US voters who are fed up with the political establishment.
They will discuss Matt’s campaign for US Senate as a direct
challenge to the political establishment – and the challenge of
breaking through the media blackout as a non-corporate-funded
candidate for the people.
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