The Green Party of Washington Supports the efforts being coordinated by representatives of the Lummi Nation and others to return Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut to her home waters of the Salish Sea. Who is Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut? Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut is the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation name for last remaining Southern Resident Orca to be held in captivity. She is also known as […]

SEATTLE – On Earth Day 2021, Green Party of Seattle [GPSEA, sounds like jip’See] members participated at an event organized by 350Seattle. Climate Action Allies Extinction Rebellion [XR Seattle], the Backbone Campaign Kayaktivists, 350Seattle, and GPSEA came together as climate allies to protest proposed increased cruise ship and fossil fuel tanker traffic in the Salish Sea. This would be a […]

ACTION ALERT Whole Washington has a Universal Healthcare bill in the State Senate and we need to get it out of committee! This year the Whole Washington Health Trust (SB 5204) was sponsored by SEVEN State Senators, led by Senator Bob Hasegawa. Senate Bill 5204 is fully realized, universal healthcare legislation, complete with specific funding […]

ACTION ALERT Support the Ranked-Choice Voting Local Options Bill — Leave a comment in support of House Bill 1156 today! HB 1156 has a public hearing scheduled Feb. 8, 2021 @ 1:30 in the House Committee on State Government and Tribal Relations Here are links to the bill’s current schedule, and the video stream that […]

Support a Washington state public bank — Leave a comment in support of Senate Bill 5188 today! Presently all of the revenue of our state, local and tribal governments is deposited with private-sector banks. All of the financing that our various governments obtain is issued by those same banks. The profits from these two aspects […]

On Wednesday January 6th, Donald J. Trump incited insurrections and physical attacks on our Nation’s Capitol and state legislatures across the country. Here in WA, far-right activists attempted to breach and occupy the Governor’s mansion. The Green Party of Washington condemns these actions by President Trump and his far-right supporters, including the complicity from the […]

MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2021 AT 6:30 – 7:30 PM PST General Membership of GPWA meet up on Jitsi Agenda: Vision Board for Regenerative Politics in Washington State Bring your ideas Greens! Here are some brainstorming prompts: – Permaculture goes beyond agriculture that does not harm the environment into agriculture that actually heals the land; in […]

By Derrick Miles, Spokane, Washington As a four year member of the Green Party, I whole-heartedly believe in continuing the nearly four decade-long movement. I also believe that it is up to each and every one of us as individuals to devise strong organizing strategies and to get deeply involved within our communities in a […]

By Frank Ellsworth Lockwood This article is about Racial tension and moving toward a Green Party Policy. It is meant to be a conversation starter, and obviously not the final word on GP national policy. By way of disclosure: Frank Ellsworth Lockwood is an old White man from a Protestant upbringing. Now that we have […]

Another Year When Ranked-Choice Voting Would Make Our Votes Really Count and When the Top-Two Primary Cuts Us Off Short by Stoney Bird Reprinted from Whatcom Watch – September 2020 … Yikes! Thirty-six candidates for governor. Thirteen Democratic candidates for president. Eight candidates for Congress in the Second Congressional District. These numbers are welcome signs […]