what the Greens say in Oregon
Jill Stein
Occupation: Medical Doctor
Occupational Background: Former Harvard Medical School Instructor in Medicine
Educational Background: Harvard College, Harvard Medical School
Prior Governmental Experience: Town Meeting Lexington MA 2005–2010
The political system is broken. The two Wall Street parties are bought and paid for. Both are abandoning working people, worsening the climate crisis, undermining democracy, and squandering trillions on the endless war machine while tens of millions of Americans lack housing, food, healthcare and more.
Over 60% of us now say the two-party system has failed and we need a party that serves the people. I’m running for President to offer that choice for the people. Our campaign is the only anti-war, anti-genocide, pro-worker, climate action choice with a path to the White House.
Political insiders smear voters who want better choices. But without freedom of choice in elections, there is no democracy. So forget the elites who tell you to ignore your struggle and to keep voting for the politicians who caused it. Change won’t come from them; it has to come from the people.
If we come together, we can create an economy that works for all of us with living-wage jobs, healthcare, housing, food, childcare, debt-free education, and guaranteed livable income as human rights. We can create a Green New Deal with millions of jobs to fight climate collapse, secure clean air, water, and food, and protect Mother Earth.
We can end endless war, rampant militarism, and genocide, and launch a new foreign policy based on diplomacy, international law, and human rights. We can revive our democracy with ranked-choice voting, proportional representation, and public campaign financing to get big money out of politics. We can end mass incarceration, fix our immigration system, and ensure our rights, freedoms, and justice for all.
We have the power to do all this and more — and we can use it in 2024 to start building an America and a world that works for all of us.
Pacific Green Party
We of the Pacific Green Party are part of a national and international movement: one which began with a desire to address environmental issues such as climate change and over-reliance on fossil fuels. In addition, we stand against authoritarianism, racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, islamophobia, fascism, and endless war. Social justice is more to us than just a punchline.
Our desire to offer true opposition to the duopoly and business as usual are embodied more locally in our support for:
Ranked Choice Voting (Measure 117): We have already supported this crucial repair to our broken election system in cities like Portland and Corvallis. Now we join with citizens around the state to expand RCV: to better bring every Oregonian true representation, high-quality candidates, and improved voter participation. We want to make sure that no voter will ever again be backed into voting against what they hate. Voters deserve the right to vote FOR what they want.
Measure 118: The Oregon People’s Rebate, which you can read about elsewhere in this Voters’ Guide. We believe more money should be in the pockets of the average Oregonian. Not in those of wealthy corporations, which all too often funnel dollars out of state and actively work against our local interests.
(https://www.yesonmeasure118.com)
Outside the Portland-Metro area, we worked to support Oregon tribes, along with ranchers, fisherman, and traditional environmentalists to turn back the harmful Jordan Cove Energy Project. This extractive nightmare threatened Coos Bay as well as other communities both in and out of state.
We join our national candidates, Dr. Jill Stein and Professor Randolph T. (“Butch”) Ware in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine. We oppose genocide and rampant militarism both at home and abroad.
We strive to make the slogan “People, Planet, Peace” a reality for the citizens and residents of Oregon. As well as those around the United States and worldwide.
Join us!
Change your registration to Green: Oregonvotes.gov.
Together, let’s build a future we can be proud of.
www.pacificgreens.org
(This information furnished by Pacific Green Party.)
