Contact Us
- P.O. Box 95515
- Seattle, WA 98145
- (206)524-3377
- info@seattlegreens.org
Green Party 101
If you are new to the Green Party learn the basics with this overview article.
Aaron Dixon for U.S. Senate campaign a Roaring Success!
Posted on April 12, 2006
Campaign Kickoff for Green U.S. Senate candidate draws hundreds and raises almost $5,000.
Several hundred people attended a kickoff rally for Aaron Dixon's Green Party campaign for US Senate at Garfield Community Center on April 8. In addition to keynote speaker Elaine Brown, a nationally renowned former leader of the Black Panther Party, several local progressive community leaders spoke on behalf of Dixon's candidacy, including Juan Bocanegra, Amy Hagopian, and the Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffrey, Jr. Many other prominent progressives were present in the multi-racial, multi-generational audience. Amid a much more diverse group than typically seen at Seattle political events, the energy and enthusiasm was palpable for challenging the status quo incumbency of pro-war, pro-Patriot Act, pro-CAFTA, Alito-acquiescing, Senator Maria Can't-represent-us-well.
Recent media revelations about Dixon's past legal troubles notwithstanding, most in attendance seemed to care much more about Cantwell's dismal Senate voting record and Dixon's long history of service to his community. Ultimately, it's up to voters to decide what's most important. As Dixon himself said, "This campaign is not about Aaron Dixon." It's about building a broadly representative movement to challenge the increasingly narrow spectrum of political discourse and electoral choices offered to voters in Washington state and across America. If this kickoff event was any indication, such a movement may indeed be possible. --Lansing Scott
(Reprinted from Eat the State!, April 13, 2006, http://eatthestate.org)