Greens Not Turning Blue

By Mark Berlin

Farheen Hakeem knew she was doing something right when local Democrats came calling. In 2006, on the heels of a failed run as a Green Party candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, Hakeem ran for commissioner of Minnesota's Hennepin County board. Although she lost to long-time Democratic-machine [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    Gov. Manchin is the governor of West Virginia, not Virginia. Please do a basic fact check before you post mistakes like that.

    United States Posted by Moose on Aug 11, 2008 at 9:09 AM

    Bravo to these candidates, not only for their integrity, but for understanding that true progress will not come from the Democratic party. Ms. Hakeem and other Greens deserve much respect for digging in for long-term change and refusing to be window dressing for a corporate party that is rotting from the inside. Thanks to Howard Zinn, non-corporate media and common sense, more and more Americans are waking up to the fact that the Democratic party is where progressive politics goes to die. Yes, “progressive” Dems may win a few token elections, but they sure don’t do much else.

    United States Posted by greenferret on Aug 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM
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