Webinars August 6 and 7, 2024

Never Again!: Remembering the Atomic Bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This GPAX webinar is Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 5:30 MDT on Zoom.  Register at

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcucu-hqz8pHtZysAqFZvCO59JvGEnTbx0H

GPAX will present a webinar on the growing danger of global nuclear war resulting from expanding regional conflicts involving the U.S.

Panelists* will address the history of the nuclear weapons threat starting with the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks and growing through the Cold War until the current period of extreme danger.  The Doomsday Clock is now set to 90 seconds before midnight.

*Madelyn Hoffman, John LaForge, Gerry Condon, Ann Suellentrop, and Haig Hovaness

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Registration for Free Speech on Trial! on Wednesday, August 7, 6:30 pm MDT is also on Zoom.

 

Tom Wakely for U. S. Senate

Tom Wakely, a Deming Green, is running for U. S. Senate.  Tom is a long-time peace activist, willing to ask hard questions of the major parties, and challenge the corporate duopoly.  Please sign the electronic petition if you are a registered voter in New Mexico. After voter verification, select by office (U. S. Senate), party (Green), or candidate (Thomas John Wakely).

It is a huge task to get minor party and independent candidates on the ballot in New Mexico.  You can further help by sharing the link as widely as you can to registered voters in New Mexico:

https://www.electronicpetitions.elections.sos.nm.gov/petition

THANK YOU

2024 Legislative Session

Please contact members of the Senate Rules Committee and ask for the following:

1) put SM 6 (Israel Ceasefire) on the agenda and pass it;
2) vote for SJR 7 (Independent Redistricting Committee, CA) (on schedule for Feb 7th).
katy.duhigg@nmlegis.gov, leo.jaramillo@nmlegis.gov, greg.nibert@nmlegis.gov,
greg.baca@nmlegis.gov, linda.lopez@nmlegis.gov, brenda.mckenna@nmlegis.gov,
mark.moores@nmlegis.gov, jortizyp@msn.com, cliff.pirtle@nmlegis.gov,
lstefanics@msn.com, mimi.stewart@nmlegis.gov

Please contact members of the House Judiciary Committee and ask for the following:

1) put HM 8 (Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine) on the agenda and pass it;
2) put HJR 10 (Independent Redistricting Committee, CA) on the agenda and pass it.

christine.chandler@nmlegis.gov, andrea@andrearomero.com, bill.rehm@nmlegis.gov, eliseo.alcon@nmlegis.gov, gail@gailchasey.com, jared.hembree@nmlegis.gov, ryan@laneforliberty.com, javier.martinez@nmlegis.gov, matthew.mcqueen@nmlegis.gov, Andrea.Reeb@nmlegis.gov, reena.szczepanski@nmlegis.gov

Please contact members of the HEENRC and ask them to put HJR 4 (Environmental Rights, CA) on the agenda and pass it.

matthew.mcqueen@nmlegis.gov, debbie.sarinana@nmlegis.gov,
larry.scott@nmlegis.gov, townsend@pvtn.net, Cynthia.Borrego@nmlegis.gov,
meredith.dixon@nmlegis.gov, miguel.garcia@nmlegis.gov,
jared.hembree@nmlegis.gov, roddmontoya@gmail.com,
angelica.rubio@nmlegis.gov, nathan.small@nmlegis.gov

2024 Presidential Nomination Process

Each state has its own election procedures.  In New Mexico, the Green Party is a minor party and nominates by convention.  We use the list of candidates published by the GPUS Presidential Candidate Support Committee (PCSC) for apportioning our delegates to the GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention.  There are six people seeking the Green Party nomination for President of the United States.  Some of them are not Greens but use the process that allows unaffiliated candidates or candidates with other parties to seek party lines in various states.  Links to the candidates’ web sites are listed below.  We plan to provide an opportunity to visit with candidates virtually later in the year.

GREENS:  Jorje Zavala*, Randy Toler*, Jill Stein*, Jasmine Sherman*

Non-GREENS:  Daví*, Robert Cooke

*Candidate or campaign has contacted GPNM.

CALL FOR CANDIDATES 2023

Regular Local Elections happen statewide in 2023. These are non-partisan elections like municipal council, school board, and conservancy district. Please contact us if you wish to run for office in 2023. Thank you.

Constitutional Amendment 3

Voters in New Mexico are asked to consider three different constitutional amendments.  The GPNM Green Council had consensus on a soft NO on CA-3.  The overriding concern is that a judge appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected position could continue to serve beyond the next general election.

Greens Getting Media and Creating Their Own

The smaller party and independent candidates often are intentionally denied coverage and opportunities to alert voters to other options and introduce ideas. This frequently occurs when commercial media produce debates. Scattered across the country, however, are opportunities for Green Party candidates–next week, the Green candidate is included in a televised congressional debate in Connecticut.

Sometimes, we create our own media and share it as widely as we can. One of the headline candidates for Greens in 2022 is Matt Hoh, running for U. S. Senate from North Carolina. He has a series of video chats with notable figures, e. g., Margaret Kimberley and Chris Hedges, including tonight’s chat with Jill Stein. Find more videos of Matt making waves on his youtube channel.