Catch up on the latest Nevada Green Party Facebook posts – right here!
News from Maine Green Independent Party.
The Status of Ranked Choice Voting in Maine
gp.org
By now, many of you will know that ranked choice voting (RCV) was used significantly and successfully in Maine's 2nd Congressional District election. Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin and Democrat challenger Jared Golden were virtually tied on election night at 46%, with a slight lead for Poliquin...A good article on just what socialism means.
Richard Wolff: There Are No Blueprints for Revolution
truthout.org
For socialism to succeed, power and control of production must lie with the working people, says the economist.
What are NV Greens up to? I joined and paid my $50, so fed up with the Democrats.
Okay well hope you’re actually on the ballot in Nevada in 2020...
Watch this. Just watch it. It's a video on participatory budgeting. Who here wouldn't want to see more of this? Isn't this a better way of budgeting public money?
The ‘Gateway Drug to Democracy’
theatlantic.com
Participatory budgeting is an experiment in grassroots democracy that gives citizens partial control of a municipal budget.If you want to know how climate change will effect Nevada and the West there is probably no better place to start reading than here. This comes from the fourth National Climate Assessment report that was published rather surreptitiously last Friday.
Fourth National Climate Assessment: Chapter 25: Southwest
nca2018.globalchange.gov
This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States. It represents the second of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 1990.Sharing some East coast Green Party news:
Green Party Gains Ballot Status in MA and Maintains in NY
binghamtonhomepage.com
Green Party Gains Ballot Status in MA, Maintains in NY, elsewhere 20 candidates win election, 285 candidates wonNevada can go Green: Breaking News: An electoral victory for the Green Party of South Carolina. Voters in Greenville have elected Green Party candidate, Michael C. Stewart to the Greenville County Soil and Water Commission. Stewart and the Greens received an immensely impressive 35% of the popular vote to take the second and last position on the Commission. All toll, 46,582 people voted Green Party, which finished less than 3000 votes out of first place. Congratulations to the terrific South Carolina Green Party volunteers and the candidate for this superb outcome! (C.Alders)
"Trump is not Hitler and Trumpism is not Nazism, but regardless of how the Trump presidency concludes, this is a story unlikely to have a happy ending."
A sobering look at our current state of affairs.
nybooks.com
As a historian specializing in the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, and Europe in the era of the world wars, I have been repeatedly asked about the degree to which the current situation in the United States resembles the interwar period and the rise of fascism in Europe. I would note several troubling simil...
I can’t argue with this. Everything seems so hopeless. I am so angry, but don’t know how to use it effectively.
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040
nytimes.com
A landmark United Nations report paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding damage requires quickly transforming the world economy.
What’s the average rainfall, for the total sum of all landmass in Australia ? Many of us know,they are having a drought. Many of us also know,an average rainfall in some parts,can be as low, as 2” per year.
What if employees co-owned the business where they work? | Nathan Schneider
theguardian.com
A quiet consensus is emerging across the political divide: Bernie Sanders and Paul Ryan both advocate enabling Americans to co-own the businesses where they workA sobering article on climate change and our capacity to change it.
Opinion | Stopping Climate Change Is Hopeless. Let’s Do It.
nytimes.com
It begins with how we live our lives every moment of every day.On October 8, 2018, join postal workers, friends, and allies for a National Day of Action against postal privatization! The U.S. Mail is Not for Sale!
Find a rally near you: bit.ly/2y02g2e
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On October 8, 2018, join postal workers, friends, and allies for a National Day of Action against postal privatization. The White House has called for selling off our public Postal Service to corporations. Join us to demand that our Members of Congress sign on to a resolution against postal privatiz...
