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Come one, come all!

Come to a hearing on Thursday, May 5, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, State House Gardner Auditorium, Boston, to support “An Act to Invest In Our Communities”

by John Andrews, Nat Fortune, Shirley Kressel, and Jill Stein

{ Cross-posted at Open Media Boston and Blue Mass Group }

Dear GRP supporters and activists,

Please join us at a hearing on Thursday, May 5, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, State House Gardner Auditorium, Boston. Come tell the Governor and legislature to stop slashing critical health, education, social and environmental services in order to protect billions in useless corporate tax giveaways and subsidies for the massive, needless health insurance bureaucracy!

Raise the bar for a better budget and real tax reform. As a first step, we’re supporting “An Act to Invest In Our Communities” (SB1416 / HB2553) at the hearing. Supporting this revenue bill is one part of our commitment to stop the cruel, needless cuts that the governor and legislature are making to critical programs.

Continue reading Join us May 5th to stand against needless and cruel budget cuts!
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Excellent reporting by Worcester’s telegram.com, sharing the enthusiasm the Green-Raibow Party has as they continue to fight for a government that works for all of us. Jill Stein and all of the party activists look to the future and reflect on the successes that were achieved this year:

While their leader and flagship candidate from the state election earlier this month, gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein, captured just 1 percent of the votes and finished a distant fourth in the governor’s race, Green-Rainbow Party members seemed anything but discouraged at their state convention here today.

“I am so excited about where we are coming out of this race,” said Ms. Stein, a physician from Lexington. “This is our springboard into a really exciting era going forward.”

Ms. Stein said the Green-Rainbow Party’s showing in the recent balloting was enough to win back official party status in Massachusetts, which allows the party’s name to be listed on voter registration forms.

“We’re better equipped to fight the fight going forward,” she said.

Having been on the ground promoting the Green Rainbow Party candidates this election cycle, I know that many people were interested in this new voice for change.  They will be even more interested next time. I’m sure of it. Two steps forward and no steps back.  Next time it will be many more steps forward.  There is a lot to be excited about.

Continue reading Nope, not discouraged. Two steps forward and no steps back.
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From the Green-Rainbow Party

November 3, 2010

The Green Rainbow Party congratulates Deval Patrick and all of the winners in yesterday’s election. We thank all candidates for offering their public service, especially the independent candidates for various offices who faced an uphill fight against financial disadvantages and media bias. We wish the Patrick administration and the legislators the best of luck in dealing with the issues facing the Commonwealth.

“It’s clear that the Green-Rainbow Party has a vital role to play in being the voice for some urgently needed solutions that are not going to be put on the table without us” said Michael Horan, Green-Rainbow Party Co-chair.  

“The Green-Rainbow Party made some major advances in yesterday’s elections, and achieved most of its goals despite the fact that our long-shot campaigns fell short of dislodging the major party grip on elected offices.”

Continue reading GREEN-RAINBOW PARTY NOTES PROGRESS IN 2010 ELECTION SEES OPPORTUNITIES IN COMING YEARS
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From Planet Valenti

SOMETHING’S AFOOT IN THE BERKSHIRES. COULD IT BE POLITICAL MAGIC? JILL STEIN THINKS SO. MEANWHILE, SPERANZO’S “S.S. COWARDLY” TAKES ON MORE WATER.

JILL STEIN: Running for Governor and out to ‘reclaim democracy’

THE PLANET had a private meeting with gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein (Green-Rainbow) at a hidden location cleverly designed as an exact replica of The Tavern at the Red Lion Inn. Stein was campaigning through Berkshire County today with 3rd Berkshire District candidate Mark Miller and 4th Berkshire hopeful Scott Laugenour. We met Stein and Langenour over coffee and tea … and me.

For the record, The Planet picked up the tab.

Stein canceled other campaign events in the state to be in Pittsfield and South County. She will be back tomorrow and Monday. We don’t need to draw anyone with functioning brain cells a map, do we? She’s here because she smells blood in the water, and Green-Rainbow is pouring much of what it has left into the 3rd and 4th district campaigns. Being around this political push, one senses a distinct rush, a combination of urgency and the smell of a win.

Continue reading SOMETHING’S AFOOT IN THE BERKSHIRES. COULD IT BE POLITICAL MAGIC?
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{Cross-posted at Blue Mass Group and Red Mass Group}

It’s Democracy Day today, and Massachusetts voters have a clear choice before them. They can support the one candidate who refuses to take corporate money to fuel her campaign, or the 3 candidates who swim through lobbyist-fueled campaign coffers like Scrooge McDuck. They can support the one candidate who unequivocally stands up for justice and sustainability, or the 3 candidates who treat ill-fated and harmful get-rich-quick schemes as though they were sensible, thoughtful, and helpful policy. They can support the one candidate who is standing up for real democracy — clean elections, open meeting and public records laws that apply to the legislature, and meaningful transparency and oversight of government spending — or the 3 candidates who laugh at real democracy as though it were a joke.

With the Green-Rainbow Party putting 3 candidates for statewide office on the ballot November 2nd — Jill Stein for Governor, Rick Purcell for Lt. Governor, and Nat Fortune for Auditor — Massachusetts voters have some real choices. These candidates will unwaveringly support, and fight for, government of, by, and for the people. They have great ideas to strengthen the Commonwealth and a compelling vision of our common future. While Bill McKibben laments the shameful collapse of the mainstream environmental movement’s ability to push climate legislation, the Green-Rainbow Party’s leadership never held out hope that our government — nearly entirely beholden to corporate interests — would have the answers.

Continue reading 4-way race for governor, and one clear choice for democracy
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Welcome!  I’m Nat Fortune, and I’m the Massachusetts Green- Rainbow Party candidate for state auditor. I teach physics and environmental science and policy at Smith College in Northampton, and I’m chair of the school committee for my town of Whately. I’ve been on the committee for the past 7 years. My wife Joyce serves on the town select board, and our two children, having graduated from Whately Elementary, now attend Frontier Regional High School.

I understand how hard it is for our towns to pay for the schools and services we need and deserve.  I want ensure that we have a government worth paying for, at a price we can afford to pay.

So why auditor?

Because the state auditor’s job is to make sure that you are getting your money’s worth from your taxes, and that those taxes are being spent where they’re needed most. The state auditor’s job is to be your fiscal watchdog.

I think it’s time we have a watchdog that barks.

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Rick Purcell is a long-term resident of Holyoke, Massachusetts, a distinguished community activist, a compassionate health care worker, and decorated US Army veteran who served 10 years of active duty.

He’s also Jill Stein’s running mate for Lt. Governor!

http://www.rickpurcell.org

Continue reading Meet Rick Purcell: GRP 2010 Candidate for Lt. Governor
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http://holyokesunonline.com/06…

Holyoke Resident Running for Lt. Governor, by Dennis P. Hohenberger (Holyoke Sun, 25 June 2010)

Richard P. “Rick” Purcell, a longtime Holyoke resident and community activist, is making a run for the state’s second highest office as the Green-Rainbow Party’s candidate for Lt. Governor.

During a lunchtime stroll in West Holyoke on Tuesday, Purcell spoke of his candidacy, the issues that matter most to him and the way the city has shaped him and his political views, which eventually led him to be Jill Stein’s running mate.

While Purcell and members of his party gather the necessary 10,000 signatures needed to be placed on the fall ballot, his campaign, though grassroots and relying on small, individual donations, continues to speak out on affordable healthcare, schools, the environment, gambling, and issues that matter to working class families.  

Continue reading Excellent interview with Rick Purcell, GRP 2010 candidate for Lt. Governor
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