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Andy Ellis is planning a run for Governor of Maryland in 2026 as a Green Party candidate. This podcast is a political education tool for the campaign that features the people and ideas that inform and inspire the campaign. People who appear on the show may or may not support the campaign. They are here to share ideas. Authority: Campaign Donations for Andy Ellis, Brian Bittner Treasurer
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Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
As we continue this season of the podcast focused on green party members running for down ballot offices, tonight we turn to a judicial race.
Claudia Barber is running for Circuit Court Judge in Anne Arundel County. Claudia has been a member of the Maryland Bar for 35 years, she served as an administrative law judge in Washington DC for over a decade and she has been a lifetime member of the National Association of Women Judges.
She is also the Author of a 2024 book entitled ‘How to Survive Protracted Civil Litigation’
In addition to her accomplished career in law, she is also a dedicated activist for justice and civil rights. She is the 2024 recipient of the Lawyer of Distinction Award, the 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Drum Major for Justice Award, The Sojourner Truth Award and in 2016 the Anne Arundel County NAACP President's Award.
Campaign Website:https://barber4judge.net/
Book-How To Survive Protracted Civil Litigation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDLR35M3/
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
It is October 15th and we are continuing our election season special of the Go Green Podcast. Tonight we are talking with Toya López, a candidate for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61A.
Toya is a health professional, community leader, queer latine, and a Green Party / Socialist
At her core Toya Is and will always be, a community organizer rising to the occasion for neighbors, our health, and our planet.
Toya’s Website describes that Justice goes beyond electoral politics, past mobilizing around these issues. And is part of a broader effort to support our growing movement toward revolutionary systemic change.
Toya’s Website: https://www.votetoyalopez.com/
Toya’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/votetoyalopez/
Toya’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/votetoyalopez/
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Good Evening it is October 14 2024, a little more than 20 days till election day, and we are continuing our season of podcasts focused on Down Ballot Green Party Candidates, running for office all over the country.
Tonight we are focusing right here in our own backyard in Baltimore MD and talking to Renaud Brown who is running for Baltimore City Council District 14.
Renaud is an educator, an accomplished musician and a proud union member.
Renaud has been active with peace and justice and electoral reform work for 10 years. He was Co-chair of Baltimore County Green Party, Secretary of the Maryland Green party and delegate to the Green Party. National Committee
In 2022 he ran for state delegate in District 43A, a two member district, and he finished in 3rd place, continuing the long Baltimore Green Party Tradition of beating the republican candidate.
He is also is continuing a Baltimore City Green Party tradition of making sure that there is a Green running for city council, something we have done every election since 2003.
Website: renaudbrowncitycouncil14.com
Email: friendsofrenaudbrown@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078444037982
I am excited to have my friend and colleague Renaud Brown on the show tonight
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
As we got closer to election day the frenzy around the presidential race is growing, and drowning almost everything out, but around the country there are races up and down the ballot and green party candidates are competing in them!
Today’s Guest is KODA Daily, a 21 years young Green Party candidate running for State Representative, in Hawai'i District #48.
From his website, The intention of his campaign is to Uplift and Empower our Youth to take responsible action towards the Golden future of Hawai'i that we want to see manifest.
Website: https://www.thedailybred.com/
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
For This special Season of the GoGreen 2026 Podcast. I want to use this platform s to put the spotlight on Green Candidates running down ballot, and showing up in their communities everyday.
We are going to start with Eddie Espinoza, a Green Party Candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner. I talked to Eddie as part of the Green Party of the United States convention focused on down ballot candidates and I knew I needed to bring him on the show.
Eddie is a US Army combat veteran, a retired Texas Public School Teacher, with 26 years of service, an advocate for young people, and a climate activist in his community.
He is the only candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner calling for fossil fuel corporations and oil and gas workers to transition away from extraction, transport, and burning of fossil fuels.
Website: www.espinoza4tx.com
Social media: X/Twitter: @Espinoza4TX
Facebook.com: Espinoza4TX Instagram/TikTok/Snapchat: @Espinoza4tx
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
Baltimore is a big port city with a strong industrial history. It is also a city with a history of racism and exploitation. Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among The highest in the nation and residents have significantly lower life spans than other parts of the city and the state.
But where there is domination, exploitation, and environmental racism there are movements of resistance, regeneration, and environmental Justice. In South Baltimore a coalition of students and community leaders have stood up not only to fight injustice but also to build a new world.
Today’s guest Dr Nicole Fabricant, chronicled this Struggle in the book Fighting To Breathe: Race Toxicity and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore Dr Fabricant is also a co founder of south Baltimore community land trust She has been organizing with Free Your Voice youth in Curtis Bay for 13 years and she is Professor of Anthropology at Towson University and director of Latin American Studies.
Towson University where Dr Fabricant teaches , is near and dear to me, It is a public college just North of Baltimore City and it is were i did my undergraduate work, and were I coached debate in the mid 2000’s
Today we are going to discuss the book and the struggle in south Baltimore, how that connects to organizing on campus, and the lessons it provides us for broader organizing for grassroots democracy in Baltimore and Beyond.
With that I am excited to bring on Dr Nicole Fabricant for this conversation
Baltimore Beat Op-Ed about Incineration in the General Assembly
https://baltimorebeat.com/op-ed-maryland-democrats-and-the-pretense-of-environmental-justice/
Fighting To Breathe Web Site
https://www.fightingtobreathe.us/
Chemical Sensitivity Podcast About Fighting To Breathe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWrwmyczqpQ
Fighting To Breathe Discussion at Red Emma’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeoNPGhAva4
South Baltimore Community Land Trust
Baltimore Brew Story- Lawsuit About Incinerator
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
Today’s Show is with Dr Jared Ball he is a Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. and author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power he is also host of the podcast “iMiXWHATiLiKE!”, he can be found @imixwhatilike on most social media, and his decades of emancipatory journalism, media, writing, and political work can be found at imixwhatilike.org.
If this podcast is about people whose ideas and work influence me and my Campaign, Dr Jared Ball has to be involved. His Academic and Political work is foundational to the work of this campaign. He ran a Green Party campaign for President that informs a lot of why I think the Green Party needs to be a healthy part of multiparty democracy, or as Rosa Clemente put it “The Green Party isn’t the alternative. It’s the imperative.”
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Beyond that he has created and shared political and advocacy space with at least 5 guests we have interviewed in this season. From in-depth interviews with Nnamdi Lumumba about the role of Independent Black Workers Parties, to frequent thoughtful exchanges with Lawrence Grandpre and Dayvon Love of Leaders a Beautiful Struggle, to discussions of Campus Labor organizing with Andrew Eneim and a regular show with Renee Johnston Dr Ball’s work is connected and constructive of the politics this campaign is working to build.
Besides that, he works at Morgan State University, which is right here in our amazing part of Northeast Baltimore!
Links
Book Discussion With Lawrence Grandpre and Dayvon Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMObmAbNBSU
Hip-Hop and the Green Party: Jared Ball and Rosa Clemente Were Right by Shamako Noblehttps://imixwhatilike.org/2012/10/04/hip-hop-and-the-green-party-jared-ball-and-rosa-clemente-were-right-by-shamako-noble/
Saturdays With Renee
https://www.youtube.com/live/7OmySI8mcN0?si=DuoFQTbUIDSR70_S
ImixwhatIlike.org
YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@BlackPowerMedia
The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power
https://imixwhatilike.org/2023/05/19/mobp/
I am very excited to Welcome Dr. Jared Ball of Morgan State University!
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Education is a top priority issue in Maryland. In 2021 The General Assembly passed the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, which increased education funding by 3.8 Billion dollars annually for 10 years. The primary focus of the Blueprint is on early childhood, primary, and secondary school and This investment signals Maryland’s commitment to having a high value public educational system.
One of the pillars of the blueprint is a focus on college and career readiness. This means a big part of the Blue print is to prepare students for Higher education.
Maryland’s higher education system include community colleges, public 4 year schools, HBCUs, and private four year schools. These institutions are also a major focus of policy and budget deliberations. We have spent some time already discussing schools like Johns Hopkins, but today we are going to focus on community colleges.
Owen Silverman Andrews is an instructional specialist of English language learning at a Maryland community college and a doctorate of education student at UVA, focusing on multilingual English learners' agentic transitions between/within secondary and higher ed institutions. Owen served for two terms as co-chair of the Baltimore City Green Party (2018-21) and lives in Lakeside, Baltimore.
We will cover a range of topics related to community colleges, higher education, and multilingual educational institutions in Maryland. I am excited to get into this with Owen.
Article About Higher Ed Funding
Article About Community College Funding
https://osilvermana.medium.com/fight-for-full-fair-funding-for-md-community-colleges-068358fbae69.
Article about labeling schools vs students
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
In an extractive capitalist economy designed to create economic inequality and political polarization, debt, credit, and capital play a key role in making the system function. Banks are the institutions responsible for regulating that function. Those with power and money have tried and succeeded in a vision of banks as private businesses,
But, there will always be resistance to such efforts and there is a long history of reform efforts which have sought to make banks serve the public good instead of private profit.
Public banks, broadly defined as banks controlled by government and not corporations, have long been an idea advocated by populists, economic justice advocates, and socialist and progressive political parties.
Here in Maryland we have seen legislation introduced to study public banking and it is a part of our campaign’s agenda for a solidarity economy.
Yet, despite all of the economic justice that public banking offers, it has been hard for the reforms to gain traction and perhaps even harder for the few examples we do have to deliver on the promise of economic justice.
Today’s guest is the perfect person to talk to about this issue.
Matt Stannard is a longtime organizer, writer, researcher, podcast producer and advocate for democratic socialist policies and material justice. Matt has been co-chair of Southeast Wyoming Democratic Socialists of America, as well as the policy director of Commonomics USA and the media director at the Public Banking Institute. You can read his writings at Occupy, Truthout, Common Dreams, Yes! Magazine, and other publications, including his blog, Cowboys on the Commons. His podcasts have included Shared Sacrifice and Solidarity House Cooperative. He lives on the coast of Oregon
Matts Series of Articles in Occupy
https://cowboysonthecommons.org/2021/12/28/links-to-matts-public-banking-series-at-occupy-com/
Matts Reflection on the struggles with Public Banking
Ellis 2026 Agenda for a solidarity economy
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
One of the main themes of this campaign is that the two party system is insufficient to represent the diversity of political perspectives that exist in Maryland. Thus our work is to grow the movement for multiparty democracy at the state and local level.
One of the main themes of this podcast is to talk to the people whose ideas, scholarship and advocacy influence and inspire my campaign.
This episode is a great convergence of those two themes. Jack Santucci is a political scientist, educator, and author of More Parties or No Parties: The Politics of Electoral Reform in America(Oxford UP, 2022). His research centers on electoral systems and voting behavior in the United States.
In this show we will cover the history of electoral reforms and the push and pull between party based reforms and anti-party reforms.
Then we will talk about the imitations possibilities and limits of some different electoral systems that could replace the current one
Research And Resources:
Democracy Works Podcast
https://www.democracyworkspodcast.com/santucci/
Democracy Journal Avoiding the PR Mistakes of the Past
https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/70/avoiding-the-pr-mistakes-of-the-past/
More Parties or No Parties: The Politics of Electoral Reform in America
https://academic.oup.com/book/43846?login=false
Toward a Different Kind of Party Government: Proportional Representation for Federal Elections
https://www.jacksantucci.com/docs/papers/santucci-shugart-latner_2023_apsa-pd-parties-report.pdf
"Can Electoral Reform Break the Two-Party Hegemony in America?" APSA 2023 Roundtable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRvbU7tT_bA
2022 Maryland General Assembly Results By Party and District
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l_wEU2BddiLHF8UscHu4xIlXL8B2ambd-sZc5DV1vvY/edit?usp=sharing