Green Party Basics

Here are some basics on this year's Green party:

Presidential Candidate: David Cobb
Vice Presidential Candidate: Pat LaMarche

Platform/ Issues:

"The priorities of the Cobb '04 campaign include: ending the occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, ending the transnational corporate empire and dismantling the military industrial complex; universal health care and a living wage for all; building schools not prisons; creating a multi-party democracy with publicly funded elections and which uses Proportional Representation and Instant Runoff Voting; an end to the racist War on Drugs and the Repeal of the Patriot Act." - Taken from Cobb For President

Ten Key Values of the Green Party:

1. GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY
2. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
3. ECOLOGICAL WISDOM
4. NON-VIOLENCE
5. DECENTRALIZATION
6. COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
7. FEMINISM AND GENDER EQUITY
8. RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY
9. PERSONAL AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY
10. FUTURE FOCUS AND SUSTAINABILITY

More Links

Green Party. org
The Greens


Thought this might be helpful as the news doesn't give much coverage to this pary.


Edit: Formatting

[edit on 3-8-2004 by Cercey]