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Mahoning Valley Greens hold “unofficial” Labor Day Parade

posted at Green Party Watch Mahoning Valley Greens hold “unofficial” Labor Day Parade September 7th, 2009 Youngstown, Ohio, once one of the great steel towns in America, no longer holds a Labor Day...

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Green Party appeals to Labor: Democrats have failed working people — help...

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Monday, September 7, 2009 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org...

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Major labor union working against Democrats, forming third party in North...

Apparently inspired by certain Democrats voting against the health insurance reform, the Service Employees International Union – a union representing over 2 million workers – is surprisingly planning...

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Ralph Nader: ‘Honoring Those Who Toil’

By Ralph Nader Nader.org What does Labor Day mean anymore other than another day off, another store sale and, in some cities, parades ever smaller and more devoid of passion for elevating the...

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Vermont Progressive Party: ‘Young Workers Summit’

Posted by Rep. Susan Davis on the Vermont Progressive Party website: I just got a copy of “USW@WORK” and read about the first ever AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit that was held this summer in Washington...

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Green candidates win key labor endorsements

GP.org: While Dems take labor support for granted and cave in to corporate lobbies, Greens fight for working people; Greens say “We don’t have a shortage of work ethic in America, we have a shortage of...

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[Wayne Root:] “MISS ME YET?” King George III – It’s Time to Throw Out King Obama

“MISS ME YET?” King George III It’s Time to Throw Out King Obama By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Nominee and Best-Selling Author We’ve all seen the billboards with former...

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Hugh Giordano to Philadelphia union leaders: ‘It’s time to put an end to the...

The following is an open letter written, sent to various Philadelphia unions and published by Hugh Giordano, a union organizer and Green candidate for state representative in Philadelphia who received...

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Philadelphia Weekly on Hugh Giordano: ‘It’s Easy Being Green (With Help of...

From Philadelphia Weekly (read the whole thing here): Hugh Giordano, a 26-year-old, Roxborough native and food workers’ union organizer for UFCW Local 152, ran on the Green Party ticket against...

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Open letter from Hugh Giordano, Green, to labor: ‘What Labor MUST do to WIN!’

Hugh Giordano – 2010 Green candidate for state representative in Philadelphia who got 23 percent of the vote in the city, union organizer, and Green Party of Philadelphia City Committee member – is...

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Harry Davis, seeking Green nomination for Rochester, NY mayor, explains why...

Harry Davis, one of two announced candidates for the Green nomination in the race for mayor of Rochester, sent the following two statements to contact.ipr@gmail.com. The first, on why he is running:...

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Socialist WebZine: Egypt’s Long Labor History

From the Socialist Party USA’s Socialist WebZine: Despotism works alongside the cruelty of neoliberalism. The Socialist WebZine is publishing this excellent essay from 2009 on the history of the labor...

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Socialist Party USA: Socialism and the Spirit of Tahrir Square

By Andrea Pason and Billy Wharton, co-chairs Socialist Party USA- February 11, 2011 Socialist Webzine: Tahrir Square transformed the idea of democracy from a stale ritual that occurs every few years to...

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Vermont Progressives Denounce Walker-Style Bill

Vermont Progressive Party: Kurt Wright Brings Wisconsin Governor’s Attack on Labor to the Green Mountain State Burlington, VT—Burlington Progressive Party Chair Abby Russell today denounced a bill that...

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Socialist Party USA: ‘Democracy in the Streets: Madison Mobilizes to Defeat...

by Omar Mohamad, Socialist Party of South Central Wisconsin and Billy Wharton, co-chair Socialist Party USA: The mass protests led by public employees unions in Madison, Wisconsin have been presented...

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Darryl W. Perry: The Missing Question in Wisconsin

Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Darryl W. Perry: The “showdown” between the State Legislature, Governor and public school teachers in Wisconsin has lasted over two weeks, with no end in sight....

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President of the AFL-CIO warns Democrats, says workers want a more...

From the Hill (H/T to Third Party and Independent Daily): AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Friday that workers want an “independent” labor movement designed to help the working class, not a...

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Howie Hawkins Supports Striking GM Workers

US auto workers have shut down General Motors. I support the strike of 48,000 General Motors workers who walked out at midnight Sunday evening. The shutdown of 35 manufacturing facilities in Michigan,...

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Green Party: Calling for Solidarity with Labor Amid COVID-19 Crisis

The Green Party today released the following statement regarding the conditions and unique circumstances workers face during the coronavirus pandemic.  Green Party of the United States www.gp.org For...

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Bread and Roses Party Picks a Vice Presidential Nominee

As Ballot Access News reports, the Bread and Roses Party, a left wing minor party with ballot access in Maryland, picked a running mate for party founder and 2020 presidential nominee Jerome Segal....

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