NJ Green Party Revs Up For 2023 Convention, Featuring Jill Stein

NEW JERSEY — In so many critical arenas where Democrats were declared the “lesser evil,” such claims no longer pass the laugh test, according to the Green Party of New Jersey.

But voting Republican isn’t any better, its members say.

The “unacceptability” of both the Republican and Democratic parties will be among the topics when the Green Party of New Jersey gathers for their 2023 annual convention on Saturday, May 13. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Northlandz, 495 U.S. 202 in Flemington, and will also be livestreamed via Zoom for people who live in New Jersey or are Green members (see the link here).

The guest keynote speaker will be former Green Party presidential nominee, Jill Stein. Topics include recognizing the state party founders, hearing committee reports, holding officer elections and introducing 2023 candidates seeking office as a Green this year.

See the agenda for the meeting here.

Stein offered some reflection on the current political climate ahead of this weekend’s convention. She wrote:

“In so many critical arenas where Democrats were declared the ‘lesser evil,’ such claims no longer pass the laugh test. This is not to say Republicans are better, but rather that both corporate parties are unacceptable, as they are each driving the existential crises we’re facing—from endless war to crushing inequality, climate collapse and the assault on democracy. These policy debacles have made the ‘lesser evil’ concept obsolete, and make our fight for independent Green politics more essential than ever.

“Democrats, for example, are leading the charge on not one but two deadly cold wars, and Biden's latest military budget is the biggest in history. The Democrats have abandoned their traditional defense of press freedom, and led the recent McCarthyite Congressional attack on journalists who've exposed censorship and disinformation committed by Twitter and U.S. security agencies. The Democrats led the recent bipartisan assault on rail workers' right to strike and share joint responsibility for the neglect of safety regulations leading to the New Palestine disaster. In using war to justify a massive increase in fossil fuel infrastructure and emissions, the Democrats have also effectively abandoned their climate agenda.

“For these and many other reasons, we urgently need independent, Green voices and solutions, not controlled by either corporate party. We must challenge this accelerating drift toward catastrophe with the Green agenda that puts people, planet and peace over profit. In short, the mythology of the lesser evil is effectively over. It's time to double down for the greater good like our lives depend on it, because indeed they do.”

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