Japan’s high-speed rail system with its bullet trains has been the envy of Amtrak for many years. And for years Amtrak has been lobbying Congress here in the United States to fund high-speed rail. Bullet trains run on electrified magnetic rails that are environmentally clean and efficient. In Japan most of this electricity is produced […]
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Enter The Box by Matthew Villata
Imagine, the American electoral system of representative democracy. A fine system, democracy, yet there is a complication within the American version. Democracy is a pathway to a multitude of possibilities constrained only by the action and imagination of the electorate. The American version, is covered by a box, in order to restrain action and imagination. […]
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Primarily Disappointed by Matthew Villata
This is my first year as a member of the Green Party. I am excited to work towards environmental and electoral reform in Washington State and beyond. I write today because I need the help of anyone and everyone who reads. Recently, Washington State held primary elections for a plethora of positions. I was disappointed […]
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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2022
A formal statement will be coming from the National Lavender Green Caucus and National Green Party shortly on the horrific mass murder which took place in Colorado Springs. My name is Margaret Elisabeth, I’m a Co-Chair of the National Lavender Green Caucus and a Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Green Party of the United […]
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Support Action to Abolish the Death Penalty
The Green Party of Washington State has joined a coalition of organizations calling on President Biden to act on his pledge to end the federal and military death penalty. We stand in solidarity with all concerned citizens and call on President Biden to: Commute the sentences of those currently on federal and military death rows; […]
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The Evergreen Newsletter September 2022
The Evergreen – September 2022 The Quarterly Newsletter of The Green Party of Washington Volume 4, Issue 1 Welcome to your Green Party of Washington State quarterly newsletter. If you have information to submit for the Newsletter, please send it to newsletter@greenpartywashington.org. Green Party Lolita by Bill Walker Many of you probably have never seen […]
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Green Party Lolita
By William Walker Many of you probably have never seen or heard of a TV show called Flipper. I’m sure that there are probably clips of the show on YouTube if you’re interested in checking it out. This program aired back in the sixties and unfortunately was a huge hit for the three seasons it […]
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A Green Challenge
I’ve been a Green Party member for many years. And in some of those years I remembered to pay my annual dues and in other years I was never sure when my dues were actually due. I must admit, my failure to remember is pretty much because of advancing age. My memory needs a tune-up […]
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Help us Win Universal Healthcare in Washington State!
By Keene Short, Whole Washington volunteer Unlike most countries whose development has gone unhindered, the United States has an exclusively privatized health insurance industry. This means that private corporations are legally allowed to decide a patient’s fate based on the profitability of their continued existence through even the most inexpensive procedures, even in the most […]
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2022 General Election and Green Party Voter’s Guide
Federal Candidates U.S. Senator: The Green Party has no preferred candidate in this race. U.S. Representatives: The Green Party has no preferred candidates in these races. Statewide and Legislative Candidates Secretary of State: While not a Green Party member, Julie Anderson is running as an independent (nonpartisan) candidate and is aligned with the Green Party […]
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