From the Jill Stein camp:

We are on the ballot in: Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia

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Next major priorities include: New Mexico and Nevada

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We are currently petitioning in: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Iowa, Indiana, New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia

The Canadian Greens and the voters of the Saanich-Gulf Islands BC riding made history yesterday by electing Green Party leader Elizabeth May to Parliament. May, who was excluded from the national debates (as a national party leader) on the argument that they did not have an elected Member of Parliament, became the first Green MP in Canada’s federal government. They excluded her despite the fact that May participated in the 2008 debates and did very well, resulting in significant federal funding of the Green Party annually. The Greens also fielded MP candidates in 304 out of Canada’s 308 total ridings.

Asked what just one lone MP can do, May responded “Just watch me!”

Watch her victory speech and post-election interview (below the jump):

Ed. note: this is a stunning development. I dare say it represents the beginning of a changing tide from timidity regarding the Green Party to explicit investment of hope in its development. Korten’s courage here is noteworthy, moving from theoretical ideas of a sustainable and just economy to the practical work of designing its political roadmap and beginning road construction.

2010 Pacific Northwest Regional Green Gathering

David Korten, November 13, 2010

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I was delighted to be invited to address this gathering of Pacific Northwest Regional Green Party leaders. I had not realized at the time that would be an exclusive gathering of the party elders. We do have the benefit of bringing a depth of experience and connections to the significant work at hand.

I’ll be laying out my take on what is at stake at this point in America’s history and how I believe we need to rethink and reposition the Green Party to function as the political arm of a much larger social movement devoted to advancing the universal human values that frame the Green Party’s agenda. It requires, among other things, coming up with a much more concise statement of what we are about-our elevator speech.

To the extent that I am part of the anti-war movement, I must admit that we are getting our asses kicked in a futile, futile effort to stop the gears of the machine. The killing, the advance of empire, the crass profiteering, and the worthlessness of our supposedly representative form of government in representing the people’s will to end the nonsense continue as though no anti-war movement existed at all.

To the extent that I am part of the environmental movement or climate movement, I must admit that we are getting our asses kicked in a futile, futile effort to stop the gears of the machine. The greenhouse gas emissions by humans, the advance of earth-destroying industries and fossil-fuel insanity, the crass profiteering, and the worthlessness of our supposedly representative form of government in representing the people’s desire for a cleaner, greener way continue as though no environmental or climate movement existed at all.

To the extent that I am part of an ecological electoral movement, I must admit that we are getting our asses kicked in a futile, futile effort to stop the gears of the duopoly. The private takeover of our government at every level and the advance of special interest money and for-profit ideology into nearly every inch of our politics continue as though no electoral alternative existed at all.

On all 3 fronts, I will happily and thankfully concede that there are some exceptions. And I consider myself part of other movements for social change. But across the board, each small step forwards is met by more and bigger steps backwards. We are losing. And I am tired of losing. I am ready to win.