Green party candidate visits Plattsburgh
Cardinals Point Online
November 22, 2019
By Jess Johnson
Environmental advocates filled the room at Olive Ridley’s Taphouse & Grill Late Night for the Planet Forum Wednesday night alongside 2020 National Presidential Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins.
Howie Hawkins, the first U.S. candidate to run on the Green New Deal during his New York governor campaigns in 2010, came to Plattsburgh Wednesday to educate young voters on the climate crisis, the economic bill of rights, socialist economy, political democracy, social justice and civil liberty. He is a part of the Socialist Party and a co-founder of the Green Party, surrounding the deal…(continue reading)