Campaign updates

This is a journal of the events, places, people and issues that Howie encounters as he talks to people about this campaign for the 2020 Green Party nomination for President of the United States.

Letter to Young People

Letter to Young People

We have received many direct messages — and see it in social media postings on platforms like TikTok viewed by millions in some cases — in which young people in their teens and twenties say that our campaign inspired them and urge us to keep going. Let us first say...

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A Green New Deal for Workers

A Green New Deal for Workers

Workers in 2020 have a unique opportunity to vote to put two fellow workers in the White House. Howie is a recently retired Teamster and Angela is a dump truck driver. We know the economic realities that working people face in the United States. This Labor Day we call...

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They Can’t Keep Chikesia Clemons Down

They Can’t Keep Chikesia Clemons Down

By Howie Hawkins   One of my first campaign stops in June 2019 after announcing my candidacy was in Mobile, Alabama, where among the group I spoke to was Chikesia Clemons. I didn’t know she would be there, but I had heard about her more than a year before she became...

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Reverse the New Nuclear Arms Race

By Howie Hawkins and Madelyn Hoffman August 6 is the 75th anniversary of the only time any nation in the world dropped an atomic bomb on people. On August 6, 1945, President Harry Truman ordered Fat Man dropped on Hiroshima. 210,000 people were killed instantly. Three...

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Red Lines For COVID and Economic Recovery

Red Lines For COVID and Economic Recovery

The Republicans have drawn a red line -- protect employers from legal liability from COVID. The Democrats have not put in any red lines in place. After seeing the Republican plan, multiple red lines are needed. The failed bi-partisan state is unable to pass...

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Syracuse #GeorgeFloyd Actions: Last Chance for Change

Syracuse #GeorgeFloyd Actions: Last Chance for Change

by Howie Hawkins Hundreds of young people in Syracuse, New York, have been marching for many miles every day for nearly two weeks since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25. The marches formed spontaneously as young people...

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Uprooting Police Brutality and Racism

Uprooting Police Brutality and Racism

By Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker We stand in solidarity with the righteous national uprising for racial justice sparked by the police lynching of George Floyd. Trump is calling the protesters “thugs” and “terrorists” in order to incite and justify violence by the...

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#SayHerName: Brianna Hill

#SayHerName: Brianna Hill

Very recently, a video has materialized which shows two Kansas City police officers brutalizing a transgender woman as they arrested her. According to an article in The Guardian, the assault was captured on video on May 24th of 2019, a full year ago. In it, the...

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Memorial Day: Honor the Warriors, Not the Wars

Memorial Day: Honor the Warriors, Not the Wars

by Howie Hawkins Memorial Day is a federal holiday on which we honor and mourn the members of the US Armed Forces who have died in service. Lamentably, militarism, rather than mourning, is the dominant theme in too many commemorations. It may only be coincidence that...

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