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Visit our page on the Green-Rainbow Party's 2008 Positions

Vladimir Morales is running for the Amherst Select Board, in a special election that will take place during the November 4th general election. He is a current Green-Rainbow Party state committee member and was elected to the Amherst school committee member for three terms. He needs your help to get elected in November! Read more

In Memoriam: Peter Miguel Camejo, 1939-2008

Green-Rainbow Party Places Former Congresswoman McKinney and Hip Hop activist Clemente, along with 12 Electors, on Massachusetts Ballot -- 9/5/08

As the Democratic and Republican conventions came to a close this week, the Green-Rainbow Party placed Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente on the Massachusetts November ballot as the Green Party presidential ticket. Read the press release.

Green Party Nominates Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente
for President and Vice President -- 7/12/08

Cynthia McKinney won the Green Party of the United States presidential nomination at the July 12 GPUS Convention in Chicago. McKinney, a former Member of Congress from Georgia, received 313 of 532 first round votes to earn nomination by Greens delegates from across the country excited that she will be their standard bearer this year. Hip-hop activist and journalist Rosa Clemente was selected to be the vice-presidential candidate of the Greens.

McKinney served six terms representing DeKalb County's 4th Congressional District before moving to California and becoming a Green. About 800 Greens are attending the convention at the Chicago Symphony Center.

Clemente said she accepted McKinney's invitation to be her running mate because she believes the former Georgia Congresswoman's platform addresses issues not addressed by Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.

"I chose to do this, not for me, but for my generation, my community and my daughter," said Clemente, 35, in the statement. "I don't see the Green Party as an alternative, I see it as imperative."

Visit the McKinney Campaign website.

Let the Voters Speak! GRP Local Ballot Initiative -- 4/17/08

Global warming, unaffordable health care, housing foreclosures, regressive taxes, lack of choice in elections... These are all critical problems that people really want to see solved. But in many cases our elected officials are not responding with any decisive action. They need to hear from the people. With this in mind, the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts has launched an advisory ballot initiative that will allow voters to register their opinions with public officials this November. Advisory questions will be place on the ballot in selected districts. These questions will instruct the representative from that district to vote in favor of legislation that provides real solutions to our urgent needs.

To learn more and sign up click here.

Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) introduces foreclosure moratorium and other legislation designed to stem worsening housing crisis -- 3/24/08

The Rainbow Caucus of the Green-Rainbow Party has helped form a growing statewide alliance of community organizations working to pick up the pieces from the predatory lending practices and greed of the past decade. At a press conference on Monday, March 24, MAAPL (Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending) introduced three pieces of legislation calling for a 6-month foreclosure moratorium, protections for tenants living in foreclosed properties, and a day in court for homeowners - similar to that for tenants - before they lose their homes.

For more information, read the press release here.

Green-Rainbow Party Presidential Primary Results Released -- 3/7/08

The Secretary of the Commonwealth has released the official results from the February 5th presidential primary, and we post the summary results they have provided below. We are delighted to learn that the number of people who pulled a Green-Rainbow Party ballot (1941 voters) represents an increase of 81.4% over our first-ever primary in 2004 (1070 voters).

Thank you to all who participated! If you encountered any problems voting at the polls, please contact us.

Read the press release here.

Green-Rainbow Party - Presidential Primary Results

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Ralph Nader:	744 (39.9%)
Cynthia McKinney:	474 (25.4%)
No Preference:	194 (10.4%)
Kat Swift:	60 (3.2%)
Jared Ball:	42 (2.3%)
Kent Mesplay:	39 (2.1%)
Elaine Brown:	38 (2.0%)
Write-ins (not yet tabulated):	273 (14.6%)
Blanks:	77
Vote Total (not including blanks):	1864
Vote Total (including blanks):	1941

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Percentages do not include blank votes

Who We Are

The Green-Rainbow Party is the only political party in Massachusetts that is working for peace, social justice, grassroots democracy and the environment!

We are a grassroots party that does not accept corporate funding and the stranglehold that corporations have over our democracy.

To learn more about the philosophy of the Green-Rainbow Party you can read our 10 Key Values, the Green Party platform, and other documents at our Learn More page.

Join Us

There are many easy ways you can help us challenge politics in Massachusetts:

• Join our announcements list by using the form on the left. (You will be sent a confirmation that you will need to reply to.)
• Register as a Green-Rainbow Party voter.
• Volunteer for the Green-Rainbow Party or one of our campaigns.
• Pay dues or contribute to the Green-Rainbow Party.
• Distribute our flyer in your community.
• Join or start a Green-Rainbow Local Chapter in your community.

To learn more about Green-Rainbow Local Chapters, the state party, please visit our Organizational Structure page.

Past Party Statements/Information

• Be a delegate to the 2008 National Convention (6/5/2008)
• Choose your Rep. to the GRP at upcoming Regional Conventions (2/13/08)
• GRP members take on Sec. of Commonwealth and media sidelining of GRP primary (1/29/2008)
• GRP Winter/Spring 2008 Newsletter is Out! (1/29/2008)
• San Francisco Green Presidential Debate On The Web (1/22/08)
• Voting Rights Help Lines Available During Presidential Primary (1/19/2008)
• 6 Candidates on Ballot in Green-Rainbow Party Presidential Primary (12/17/07)
• The Green-Rainbow Party congratulates the Committee to Protect Dogs for successfully leading a volunteer effort to gather enough signatures to place the Greyhound Protection Act on the 2008 November ballot. Their 2000+ volunteers gathered 104,000 signatures from voters all over Massachusetts. (Green-Rainbow Party Statement - 11/21/2007)
• Statement on Addressing the Fossil Fuel Crisis (Green-Rainbow Party Statement - 11/17/2007)
• State Committee Statement on Mortgage Scams and Predatory Loans adopted 11/17/2007
• State Committee Proposal on Single Payer Healthcare adopted 11/17/2007
• Green-Rainbows win 2 of 4 races for city offices (Green-Rainbow Party Press Release - 11/06/2007)
• Co-Chair Statement on the Misrepresentation of Grace Ross and our Position on the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict (Co-Chair Statement - 11/1/2007)
• Green-Rainbow Party members across the Commonwealth win re-election; challengers make solid bids for local office (Green-Rainbow Party Press Release - 11/6/2007)
• End the War on the Planet and Its People (Statement of Green-Rainbow Party for October 27, 2007 New England Mobilization to End the Iraq War - 10/27/2007)
• Chuck Turner, Incumbent Boston City Councillor, Wins Preliminary Election (Green-Rainbow Party Press Release - 9/25/2007)
• GRACE ROSS PLACES 6TH IN WORCESTER AT-LARGE CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY (Green-Rainbow Party Press Release - 9/13/2007)
• IPCC report prompts Green-Rainbow Party outrage and calls for moral and cooperative leadership from state leaders (Green-Rainbow Party Statement - 4/9/2007)
• Green-Rainbow leaders and educators: state education crisis confirmed by Dept. of Education report (Green-Rainbow Party Statement - 1/23/2007)
• Green-Rainbow Party undertakes Strategic Planning Process, establishes Strategic Plan Working Group (SPWG) charged with writing a strategic plan to guide the Party in the 2007-2009 time frame. (State Committee Proposal adopted 1/21/2007)
• The GRP leaders respond to Constitutional Convention (Green-Rainbow Party Statement - 1/2/2007)

For earlier party statements/press releases, please see the Learn More page.