Non-Violence is the Viable Option
Must we accept black-and-white thinking regarding this war? Here are some questions to challenge our assumptions.
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Green-Rainbow Party State Convention
The Green-Rainbow Party of MA hosted its annual State Party Conventionon May 6, 2023
This was our first in-person GRP Convention since the Covid Pandemic hit us two years ago.
ELECTION RESULTS
Office
Candidate
First Place Votes
Second Place Votes
Total Support
Female Co-Chair
NOTO
18
18
Lois Gagnon
2
0
2
Jamie Guerin
1
1
1
Eileen Wheeler Sheehan
1
0
0
Nelly Medina
1
0
0
Non-binary or Male Co-Chair
Mike Pascucci
23
0
23
David Barkley
0
1
0
NOTO
0
0
Treasurer
Brian Cady
23
0
23
NOTO
0
0
Secretary
Maureen Doyle
17
5
17
Mike (BigMike) Vaglica
5
9
5
NOTO
1
1
Mike Pascucci
0
1
0
Communications Director
Eileen Wheeler Sheehan
20
0
20
NOTO
3
1
Jack Swindlehurst
0
2
0
Membership Director
Zachary Kontra
23
0
23
NOTO
0
0
Fundraising Director
NOTO
23
23
Female GPUS Delegate (2 seats)
Maureen Doyle
19
0
19
NOTO
0
0
Non-Binary or Male GPUS Delegate (2 seats)
Danny Factor
7
10
17
Mike Pascucci
13
3
16
NOTO
3
3
Female GPUS alternate
NOTO
22
22
Maureen Doyle
1
0
1
Non-Binary or Male GPUS alternate
NOTO
15
15
Mike Pascucci
6
1
7
Danny Factor
2
0
0
Office
Candidate
First Place Votes
Second Place Votes
Total Support
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Nonviolence: This is the 4th article demonstrating our GRP 10-key Values at Work in the World by John Blumenstiel
by John Blumenstiel
Increasingly we hear the question: "Why is everything breaking down?" Whether we struggle to find a new primary care physician, are anguished when schools can't help our kids with learning difficulties or are frazzled when trying to commute on broken public transportation, we see the breakdowns all around us. Let's not forget deadly sewage and water systems (think Jackson, Mississippi, and Flint, Michigan) or toxic train crashes poisoning communities as just happened in East Palestine, Ohio.
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In Memoriam: Mel King
by Jill Stein
The Green-Rainbow Party mourns the loss of Mel King, an icon of Boston politics and founding father of the Green-Rainbow Party, who died at home on March 28. Mel King was a poet, politician, philosopher, and irrepressible force for good. He inspired the best in everyone he touched, as a man who knew no enemies, and for whom "love is the question and the answer."
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"Ithaka," One Family's Tragic Journey
A very moving film about the abuse of the world's most famous publisher/whistleblower was shown at three theaters in Massachusetts two weeks ago. Jill Stein introduced the film at the Somerville Theater on March 22nd. She, also, offered some remarks in an interview, after the show. Julian Assange's father, John, and brother, Gabriel Shipton created the film and have accompanied it around the country to highlight the fact that Julian, as the publisher of Wikileaks, is constitutionally protected under the First Amendment.
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