The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics,specifically environmentalism;nonviolence;social justice;participatory democracy,grassroots democracy;anti-war;anti-racism,anti-capitalism,libertarian socialism and eco-socialism. On the political spectrum,the party is generally seen as left-wing.
The Association of State Green Parties was an organization of state Green Parties in the United States between 1996 and 2001. In 2001,it evolved into the Green Party of the United States.
The Scottish Greens are a green political party in Scotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 2022 local elections,the party sits on 13 of the 32 Scottish local councils,with a total of 35 councillors. They hold two ministerial posts in the third Sturgeon government following a power-sharing agreement with the SNP in August 2021,marking the first time Green party politicians will be in government in the UK.
The European Green Party (EGP),sometimes referred to as European Greens,is the European political party that operates as a federation of political parties across Europe supporting green politics. The EGP cooperates with the European Free Alliance (EFA),European Pirate Party and Volt Europa to form the Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) parliamentary group in the European parliament.
The Green Party of Minnesota is a green political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States.
The Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) was a political organization formed out of the Green Committees of Correspondence in 1991 and was recognized as a national political party by the FEC from 1991 to 2005. It was based in Chicago. Synthesis/Regeneration,an affiliated journal of green social thought,was published in St. Louis. The now predominant Green Party of the United States split from the G/GPUSA in 2001.
The Green Party of Oklahoma is a political party in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It was formed in 2002 through a gradual coalition of various state green groups and received its accreditation from the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) in May 2005. Its stated aims are a commitment to environmentalism,non-violence,social justice,and grassroots democracy.
The Australian Greens Victoria,commonly known as the Victorian Greens or just as The Greens,is the Victorian state member party of the Australian Greens,a green political party in Australia.
The Green Party of California (GPCA) is the California affiliate of the Green Party of the United States,founded in 1990.
Jack Stephen Weiss is an American entrepreneur and former politician. He is co-founder of BlueLine Grid,Inc.,formerly known as Bratton Technologies,Inc. Weiss is also a former member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th district from 2001 to 2009. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California from 1994 to 2000. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Green Party of the United States originated in 1984 when 62 people from the U.S. gathered in St. Paul,Minnesota and founded the first national Green organization - the Committees of Correspondence. The Green Party of the U.S. has gone through several evolutions,from debating theory and praxis in the 1980s,to starting state parties in the 1990s,to the founding of a national political party in the 2000s.
Brent McMillan is the national executive director for the Green Party in the United States,working at the party's offices in Washington,D.C.
The Maryland Green Party is the state party organization for Maryland of the Green Party of the United States.
The 2008 Green National Convention took place on July 10–14,2008 in Chicago,Illinois at the Palmer House Hilton and Symphony Center. This served as both the venue for the National Convention and the Annual Meeting of the Green Party of the United States.
The Global Greens (GG) is an international network of political parties and movements which work to implement the Global Greens Charter. It consists of various national Green political parties,partner networks,and other organizations associated with green politics.
The 2020 Green Party presidential primaries were a series of primary elections,caucuses and state conventions in which voters elected delegates to represent a candidate for the Green Party's nominee for President of the United States at the 2020 Green National Convention. The primaries,were held in numerous U.S. states on various dates from early spring into early summer of 2020,and featured elections publicly funded,concurrent with the Democratic Party and Republican Party primaries,and elections privately funded by the Green Party,held non-concurrently with the major party primaries.
The 2018 California Secretary of State election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the California Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alex Padilla won re-election to a second term.
The 2020 Green National Convention was an event in which delegates of the Green Party of the United States chose its nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The convention was originally scheduled to be held July 9–12,2020,at Wayne State University in Detroit,Michigan,but it was decided to instead hold the convention online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kevin McKeown is an American politician who was twice the Mayor of Santa Monica,California. He was elected to the Santa Monica City Council for six consecutive four-year terms,retiring at age 73 in June 2021. He was also a multi-term elected delegate to the Central Committee of the California Democratic Party,and remains a Party Caucus officer.
