Grassroots supporters of Howie Hawkins’ Green Party campaign for Governor of New York are holding an online “money bloom” today, Friday 22 October, with the goal of raising $10,000 for voter outreach.

I’ll be interviewing Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dennis Spisak on Saturday, October 23rd, at 7:00 PM via my Blog Talk Radio show.

110 Green Party candidates nationwide are calling for a “Green New Deal” to end the legal doctrine of corporate personhood, which grants corporations constitutional rights that had previously been reserved for people.

A lot of left-wingers are saying we should “Dump Obama”, making comparisons to the “Dump Johnson” movement of 1968. But the left had George McGovern to run against Johnson. Today, we have no one. So here’s some advice to help get this movement up and running.

This November, send California Senator Barbara Boxer a human rights for Palestinians message. Photos.

I view Dump Obama as a short term strategy that is begging to be expanded beyond the next 2 years, and needs to be additionally infused with wise long-term voting strategies. Dump Obama has also been criticized as too alienating to black voters, but consideration of the long-term and state-wide voting strategies that I indicate, makes it impossible to impute any negative racial motive to such an enhanced Dump Obama Movement. The author is all for aggressive voting by disgruntled Dems, but wishes that it be wisely focussed and organized.

Despite recent polls indicating major support for candidates who could provide an alternative to the Democrats or Republicans, incidents against candidates running in the 2010 midterm election continue to persist. One of the most recent incidents is the arrest of California gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells.

Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is asking supporters to take action to get him into two debates that debate sponsors are threatening to exclude him from. Whitney received over 10% of the vote for governor in 2006, establishing the Green Party as a major party in Illinois. He is an excellent, well-spoken candidate with a comprehensive platform to fix the Illinois budget and ensure that everyone in Illinois has access to quality jobs, education, and healthcare.

The Green Party candidate for governor of California, Laura Wells, was arrested Tuesday night after trying to attend the California gubernatorial debate between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman. Wells had been barred from participating in the event, which was billed as an “eco-friendly debate” by sponsors.

South Carolina Green Party US Senate candidate Tom Clements is raising money to air radio ads challenging incumbent Senator Jim DeMint.