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MEET THE ORIGINAL
GREEN NEW DEAL-ER
HI, MY NAME IS HOWIE HAWKINS.
I WANT TO EARN YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT FOR MY CANDIDACY
FOR THE GREEN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
Hi ,
I'd like to introduce myself. My name is HOWIE HAWKINS, and I'm seeking the
Green Party nomination for president.
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I'm a retired Teamster from Syracuse, New York. I served in the Marine
Corps, studied at Dartmouth College, and worked in construction and
warehouses. Since the 1960s, I have been a constant campaigner for peace,
justice, unions, the environment, and independent working-class politics
for a democratic,
socialist, and ecological society. A Green since I participated in the
first national Green Party organizing meeting in 1984, I was the first US
candidate to campaign for a Green New Deal in 2010. My campaigns for
governor in 2010, 2014, and 2018 won ballot status for the New York Green
Party. I am the "Original Green New Deal-er."
I've spent the last six months or so asking Green Party members and allies
to support my run for the Green Party Presidential nomination,
understanding that its goals are to help build the Green Party and to
advance an ecosocialist program.
People like you have proven, conclusively, that the support for me is
real. My website is at HOWIEHAWKINS.US [2], where you can learn more in
detail about my vision and ideas to fundamentally transform our society.
As I just mentioned, the central purpose of my campaign is to build the
Green Party so that disenchanted progressive voters have a place to go
after the inevitable disillusion of the 2020 presidential race - whoever
wins.
At the heart of this build-out strategy is ballot access. My campaign is
raising money specifically for ballot access activities - primarily
petitioning drives to get us on the ballot in all 50 states plus D.C.
(We estimate that we'll need to raise $1.5 million to get the signatures we
need. And we know we can raise those dollars because literally everyone
believes that third parties like ours should be able to put their
candidates on the ballot!)
HERE’S THE BOTTOM LINE: IF OUR CANDIDATES ARE NOT ON THE BALLOT, WE
CAN’T MAKE AN IMPACT ON PUBLIC POLICY, MUCH LESS REVOLUTIONIZE OUR
ECONOMY AND SAVE OURSELVES FROM PLANETARY COLLAPSE.
MORE TO THE POINT, IF WE DON'T HAVE AT LEAST 37 STATES ON THE BALLOT IN
2020, THE NORTH CAROLINA GREEN PARTY LOSES ITS OWN BALLOT STATUS.
I've run 3 times for Governor in New York, and by doing so, have secured
the ballot line for Green candidates there. I've also participated in
literally dozens of petition drives, getting out to shopping malls and
community events to personally get signatures to secure ballot access.
Our campaign is putting in serious work to achieving ballot access in 50
states plus D.C., and I personally have petitioned recently in Arizona and
Ohio. I truly believe that presidential candidates must prioritize ballot
access, because if we aren't doing everything we can via this key activity
to get our candidates on the ballot, then we are not doing everything
necessary to grow the Green Party into the political opposition to the
duopoly that we all desperately need.
Now, in addition to building the Green Party into a true national political
force, I am running on a visionary, yet practical, Ecosocialist Green New
Deal platform.
The Green New Deal has been our Party's signature program over the last
decade. A few congressional Democrats took the Green New Deal and got it
into the national spotlight--but they diluted its content. Now it is the
subject of a major debate in the presidential campaign.
As the original Green New Dealers, we Greens will set the standard against
which every candidate, and the national debate, will be measured against.
That's why I recently rolled out an exhaustive plan for how to pay for it,
called the Ecosocialist Green New Deal, which you can read about here [3].
This campaign is our opportunity to declare, loudly, that we will NOT
accept "the lesser of two evils," we will NOT accept the duopoly's
corporate candidates, and we will NOT accept politics as usual.
Will you donate $20 or more today [4] to support the Ecosocialist Green New
Deal?Everyday Americans need to hear a realistic and detailed plan on how
to address climate change. The time is long gone for half measures. We need
transformative politics to save our planet with our Ecosocialist Green New
Deal.
The effectiveness of our campaign will be determined in large part by how
much money we raise for staff, publicity, and on-the-ground organizing. If
you can, please give today.
No amount is too small--whatever you can give today [4] will make a real
difference in this critical election year.
In Solidarity,
Howie Hawkins
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