Party Notices
JILL STEIN KICKS OFF GREEN-RAINBOW GUBERNATORIAL BID
Outgoing GRP co-chair Jill Stein will kick off her campaign for governor of Massachusetts at 11am on Monday, February 8th, on the steps of the State House. A note from Jill: "If you've had enough of bailouts, layoffs, sweetheart deals, unaffordable health care, cruel foreclosures, crushing costs of war and foot-dragging on the climate crisis - this is the campaign for you! Together we can break the stranglehold of lobbyists and insiders, and get Beacon Hill back to work for the ordinary people of the Commonwealth, building the healthy, secure green future we so urgently need.
By standing with us at the State House, you will help us show that the voters of Massachusetts want REAL change on Beacon Hill - change that can save our jobs, our health care, our communities, and our future."
Click here for more information.
GRP SAYS BROWN VICTORY REFLECTS NEW POWER OF BREAK-AWAY PROGRESSIVES, NOT A REPUBLICAN SURGE
With the surprise victory of Scott Brown over Martha Coakley in Tuesday’s special Senate election the conventional wisdom regarding the dominance of the Democratic Party in Obama-era Massachusetts has been shattered. But in the scramble to understand what the voters said on Tuesday a fundamental lesson is being missed. This was a voters' revolt against a Democratic Party beholden to special interests - not a sudden conversion of Ted Kennedy supporters to Republican ranks.
Read the GRP press release here.
Jill Stein, Green-Rainbow Party co-chair, will enter 2010 gubernatorial race
Green-Rainbow Party co-chair Jill Stein, who ran for Governor in 2002 and Secretary of the Commonwealth in 2006, has announced that she intends to enter the 2010 gubernatorial race. The State House News Service broke the story and the Boston Herald picked it up. In a note to supporters, Stein wrote, "Business as usual is still taking a heavy toll on our jobs, health, communities and environment, pushing us towards the brink. More than ever, the old paradigm of infinite growth and corporate profiteering is colliding with the physics of a finite world, and the morality of a human one. More than ever, there is cause to rise up for justice, survival and the future we deserve."
Join the various conversations at Green Mass Group, Blue Mass Group, Red Mass Group, or Universal Hub. Visit Jill's website.
Green Mass Group enters the rainbow of "Mass Groups"
The Green-Rainbow Party is pleased to welcome Green Mass Group to the Massachusetts blogosphere. Green Mass Group "seeks to move the political discussion beyond the sniping and mudslinging that characterize too many blogs, and to create a forum for conversation about justice, sustainability, democracy and health in the Commonwealth and beyond." While not affiliated with the Green-Rainbow Party, they claim to be "friendly towards the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts and the Green Party nationally and internationally." Open Media Boston welcomed Green Mass Group to the Massachusetts political landscape, while Blue Mass Group commented on the emerging rainbow of brightly colored "Mass Groups."
Voters Deserve Open Senate Debates
Including independent candidate Joseph L. Kennedy in the upcoming Senate election debates is important, according to Green-Rainbow Party Green-Rainbow Co-chair Michael Horan. “Voters deserve to hear more voices, not fewer. After all, the largest voting bloc in the state are the independents who have declined to join either the Democratic or Republican parties. They account for about half of the state’s registered voters. Why should we force these voters to listen to only to a Democrat and a Republican?”
Read the full press release here
THIS is what democracy looks like!
 Leadership Campaign students sit outside the State House, photo by Bosco Lliso
 Leadership Campaign camp out on Boston Common, across from State House, photo by Ian MacLellanGreen-Rainbow Party members joined student leaders and NASA climatologist Jim Hansen at the Boston Common on Sunday, November 8th for a climate rally and camp-out across from the State House. GRP StateCom members John Andrews, Elie Yarden, Eli Beckerman, Patrick Burke and Maggie Zhou informed campers of the GRP's endorsement of The Leadership Campaign, distributing a letter of GRP support and brochures. Patrick and Maggie camped out overnight with students and Dr. Hansen.
Download the GRP letter here.
Learn more about The Leadership Campaign here.
Follow The Leadership Campaign on their blog.
GRP participates in Weekend of Peace events
The Green-Rainbow Party participated in the October 17th New England demonstration against the ongoing and escalating wars in the Middle East. And then set up shop at the Massachusetts Relocalization Conference, both part of a Weekend of Peace.
Autumn 2009 GRP Newsletter is out!
This is our first newsletter since early 2008, and it features articles on a statewide referendum to establish instant runoff voting in MA, the continuing foreclosure crisis, the deficiencies of Congress’s climate protection legislation, GRP electoral action, a call for fair taxes and repeal of regressive tax hikes, relocalization efforts to build a new, green economy, and reform of the Criminal Offender Record Information system in Massachusetts. Please download it, read it, and share it with your friends!
Download it here! (PDF, 1.7MB)
Green-Rainbow Party gears up its outreach efforts at GreenFest
Green-Rainbow Party supporters showed up at the 2nd annual Boston GreenFest to tout the Green-Rainbow Party as the political alternative needed to truly turn things around.
Green-Rainbow Party says: Repeal Sales Tax Hike!
The sales tax hike recently enacted by the Massachusetts Legislature is an unfair burden upon taxpayers and should be repealed, according to the Green-Rainbow Party (GRP). A proposal that passed unanimously at a recent GRP State Committee meeting noted that when all taxes and fees are considered, lower income residents of Massachusetts already pay at a rate almost twice as high as the highest income brackets. Read the full press release here.
Green-Rainbow Party endorses Boston Workers Alliance
& Commonwealth CORI Coalition
The Green-Rainbow Party endorses the efforts of the Boston Workers Alliance and the Commonwealth CORI Coalition to pass real CORI reforms in 2009, and supports the legislation they introduced -- H3523 and S1608, filed by Rep. Liz Malia & Sen. Harriette Chandler. These reforms to institute fair hiring practices and shorten the excessive waiting period for sealing outdated records go a long way towards giving people the chance they deserve. Learn more. Take action!
Congratulations to Joyce Palmer-Fortune and Nat Fortune on their local wins!
Thanks and congratulations to Joyce Palmer-Fortune for her election
for a 3-year term to the Whately Select Board, receiving 97 votes
out of 120 cast. And kudos to Nat Fortune for his re-election to a third 3-year term
on the Whately School Committee, with 101 votes.
DiMasi Indictment Just Tip of the Iceberg Says Green-Rainbow Party
Responding to the recent indictment of former Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi, the Green-Rainbow Party called for a “deep overhaul” of the political system on Beacon Hill. Party Co-chair Eli Beckerman called the indictment “the tip of the iceberg”, asserting that “influence peddling is a way of life on Beacon Hill, and very little of it ever results in an indictment. It’s costing taxpayers billions of dollars and crippling the ability of state government to effectively deal with mounting problems in virtually every sector of public life.” Read the press release here.
Green-Rainbow Party Calls Dems on Budget Double Whammy
Responding to the $1.8 billion cuts in the House budget, the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts is calling out the Democrats for breaking their promises to Massachusetts voters.
Read the press release here.
Green Party endorses national Day of Action for Single-Payer health care on May 30
The Green Party of the United States has endorsed the national Day of Action for Single-Payer national health care (Medicare For All) on Saturday, May 30 (http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/may-30th-day-of-action). Read the press release.
Strong showing for Scott Laugenour in Lenox
A hearty thanks to Scott Laugenour for a great run for the Lenox Selectman! Scott received the support of 30% of voters, which wasn't enough to secure a seat, but it was a huge step forward for the Green-Rainbow Party in Lenox.
Green-Rainbow Party defends Turner in the media.
Calls for broad investigation of influence-peddling.
Calls for investigation into FBI targeting, and for FBI to drop the charges.
The Green-Rainbow Party stands with Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner, who has been a tireless servant in the broad struggle for justice, and who has a distinguished history fighting on behalf of the people of Boston and beyond. Councilor Turner has unswervingly taken the side of the disadvantaged and disempowered, steadfastly refusing to take the side of wealthy interests accustomed to buying influence through campaign contributions and lobbying.
Read more.
Who We Are
The Green-Rainbow Party is the only political party in Massachusetts that is working for peace, social justice, grassroots democracy and the environment!
We are a grassroots party that does not accept corporate funding and the stranglehold that corporations have over our democracy.
To learn more about the philosophy of the Green-Rainbow Party you can read our 10 Key Values, the Green Party platform, and other documents at our Learn More page.
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