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    Verde que te quiero verde. Should Marina stand for President?



    The pressure is coming on in Brazil for the former environment minister, Marina Silva, to stand as the Green Party candidate for President of Brazil. It’s a wonderful debate, with some coming out with unconditional support and others more guarded, worrying about her Christian beliefs.  All signs point towards a political shift in Brazil if she [...] read more
    August 21, 2009 9:48 am - 1 Comment
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    Two Reasons to Vote Green



    Except for the funny accent and that fact that we’re not part of the EU, this could just as easily be a video to support our very own Green New Deal and Green Stimulus Package right here in New Zealand. If I were Irish, I know how I’d be voting this year! read more
    June 3, 2009 10:54 am - 60 Comments
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    Hot Green Party contest for Illinois 5th district



    The vacancy created by the departure of Rahm Emanuel from Illinois’ 5th District has presented an excellent opportunity to implant progressive rhetoric into the debate surrounding the election process. The Primary Election season was highlighted by the first contested Green primary for a non-presidential race in Illinois history, as Matt Reichel ran against Deb Gordils, Mark [...] read more
    March 18, 2009 10:09 am - 3 Comments
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    Kennedy Graham comes home



    It’s official. The electoral commission has published the final results of the election, and the Green Party is up one more MP than previously announced. Kennedy Graham, the number 9 on the party list, is officially in parliament. Ken teaches (taught?)  international politics and international law at the School of Law, Canterbury and Victoria University, and [...] read more
    November 22, 2008 3:15 pm - 150 Comments
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    Greens are now number 3



    With all other minor parties failing to make it over the 5% threshold, the Green Party is now the undisputed number three in the House. The only question remaining is whether or not our number 9, Kennedy Graham, will make it into parliament. With special votes and the magnifying effect of the NZ First throw away [...] read more
    November 9, 2008 9:07 am - 251 Comments
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    Normal Transmission Resumes



    After a roller coaster of a night, normal transmission resumes here at frogblog. I have liberated the few comments we had overnight. Now it is time to celebrate the Green Party´s fresh new faces and contemplate a new government. But first, coffee! read more
    November 9, 2008 8:14 am - No Comments
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    Four polls in 12 hours



    Fairfax Nielson has the Greens up to 8 percent, the Herald Digipoll up to 5.8 percent, TVNZ up to 9 percent, and TV3 also up to 9 percent. Improvements in four out of four ain’t bad.  I don’t know if Roy Morgan is also coming out today.  I assume so. It’s last result was 11.5 [...] read more
    November 7, 2008 7:01 am - 29 Comments
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    Garth George accidentally endorses MMP



    Does anyone understand Garth George in the Herald today? He concludes: As for me, both my ticks on Saturday will go to National. Thus do I vote against both Labour and MMP. Ok, so no surprise he’s not fond of MMP, except that he notes earlier: The Greens have earned a presence in Parliament… And: Act, too, under the irrepressible [...] read more
    November 6, 2008 11:13 am - 3 Comments
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    Green Party campaign closing broadcast



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    November 5, 2008 4:51 pm - 15 Comments
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    Counting your vote



    Slate has a complicated mathematical piece trying to explain to Americans why their vote really does count even though it seems pointless in among the tens of millions of votes that will have no effect at all on the race to the White House.  The end result seems to be you should vote in the [...] read more
    November 1, 2008 8:16 am - 16 Comments
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