June 20
GUEST: Howie Hawkins, long time organizer for peace, justice, labor, the environment, and former Green Party candidate for NY Governor, talks about imperialism and why all the Democratic presidential hopefuls mostly avoid US militarism.Green Party 2020
Howie is always a breath of fresh air. For years, th Green Party has been advocating for all the issues that the insurgent progressives have just now put front and center. And that is a good thing. In fact third parties have always influenced US politics in the same way.
There are still differences. The Democratic Party can't really get to Medicare for all because of the money it accepts from Big Pharma and the insurance companies. The party never gets around to challenging the "defense" budget because the defense contractors are so generous. And reforming Wall Street and the big banks? Or implementing a Green New Deal that will cut greenhouse gasses by enough to avert catastrophic global warming?
The existence of a Green Party keeps real reform alive. The flourishing of a Green Party exerts more and more pressure to reform the corporate bound Democrats. The party also sets the vision for a democracy not completely controlled by the major corporations.
