The Green Garret
@thegreengarret.bsky.social
a garret is a small habitable attic and also my name | social ecology, mathematician & physicist, free software advocate | past: GreenPartyUS steering co-chair '21-23 | Posts my own
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Dues-Paying Membership and Ranked Choice For GPUS Growth
By Garret Wassermann
newgreenhorizons.substack.com
My new article is out on @newgreenhorizons.bsky.social webzine!
I argue that the national Green Party of the United States should adopt an individual dues-paying membership and reform its primary process to help build the party & stick to its values. newgreenhorizons.substack.com/p/dues-payin...
I argue that the national Green Party of the United States should adopt an individual dues-paying membership and reform its primary process to help build the party & stick to its values. newgreenhorizons.substack.com/p/dues-payin...
The Green Party of Pennsylvania endorses March On Harrisburg's Declaration of Democracy. The declaration demands a legislative "gift" ban and ranked choice voting. www.gpofpa.org/green_party_...
Green Party of PA Endorses Declaration of Democracy
Supporting the Green Party's 10 Key Values in Pennsylvania
www.gpofpa.org
December 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The Green Party of Pennsylvania endorses March On Harrisburg's Declaration of Democracy. The declaration demands a legislative "gift" ban and ranked choice voting. www.gpofpa.org/green_party_...
Interesting Green Party history: the announcement of the formation of the party in 1991. Note how many of the issues cited are even worse today -- the capitalist parties won't save us, we have to organize independently to be our own heroes. www.c-span.org/program/news...
Official Formation of the Green Party-USA
Representatives from the Greens Coordinating Committee and the Alaska Green Party held a news conference to announce the formation of a national political party based on environmental concerns. The re...
www.c-span.org
December 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Interesting Green Party history: the announcement of the formation of the party in 1991. Note how many of the issues cited are even worse today -- the capitalist parties won't save us, we have to organize independently to be our own heroes. www.c-span.org/program/news...
Abortion is healthcare and should be fully funded under a national health service. Medicare for All is only a national insurance, whereas a national health service would ensure non-profit hospitals and medical research too.
December 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Abortion is healthcare and should be fully funded under a national health service. Medicare for All is only a national insurance, whereas a national health service would ensure non-profit hospitals and medical research too.
Neoliberalism has no imagination for big projects and a better world. That lack of creativity and empathy is rapidly destroying society and the planet. We need an independent movement for ecosocialism to actual dream big again and make it reality.
December 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Neoliberalism has no imagination for big projects and a better world. That lack of creativity and empathy is rapidly destroying society and the planet. We need an independent movement for ecosocialism to actual dream big again and make it reality.
The "godfather of AI" warns that under capitalism, AI will create unemployment while making the billionaires even richer. It doesn't have to be like this, AI and tech should be public controlled for the benefit of all. We must organize for a better future!
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The "godfather of AI" warns that under capitalism, AI will create unemployment while making the billionaires even richer. It doesn't have to be like this, AI and tech should be public controlled for the benefit of all. We must organize for a better future!
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Death Panel Presents: Health Fascism and the Anti-State State. A close analysis of the first year of Trump and RFK’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” the damage it’s caused, and how to stop it
www.patreon.com/posts/146389...
www.patreon.com/posts/146389...
Health Fascism and the Anti-State State (12/22/25) | The Death Panel
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December 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Death Panel Presents: Health Fascism and the Anti-State State. A close analysis of the first year of Trump and RFK’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” the damage it’s caused, and how to stop it
www.patreon.com/posts/146389...
www.patreon.com/posts/146389...
Congress needs to swiftly investigate, impeach, and remove Trump from office.
December 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Congress needs to swiftly investigate, impeach, and remove Trump from office.
Howie Hawkins is talking about AI and Data Centers on the latest #GreenSocialist Notes podcast. Listen live (or to a recording afterward) at : www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8V...
#GreenSocialist Notes, Episode 259
YouTube video by Howie Hawkins
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Howie Hawkins is talking about AI and Data Centers on the latest #GreenSocialist Notes podcast. Listen live (or to a recording afterward) at : www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8V...
We all deserve a life and retirement with dignity. We need a new economic bill of rights to guarantee housing and healthcare to all.
December 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We all deserve a life and retirement with dignity. We need a new economic bill of rights to guarantee housing and healthcare to all.
Social services not policing. Restorative and transformative justice, not punitive action. Abolish ICE.
December 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Social services not policing. Restorative and transformative justice, not punitive action. Abolish ICE.
Pittsburgh has 20k vacant homes. Homelessness is a policy choice, not an inevitability. We need an independent movement for human economic rights like a right to housing because the red and blue parties are who created this system. apnews.com/article/pitt...
How does Pittsburgh have 20,000 vacant homes -- and a housing shortage?
418 Rochelle Street looks like an ordinary row house at first glance. Backed against a hillside in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Knoxville, its porch is messy, but that’s hardly unusual.
apnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Pittsburgh has 20k vacant homes. Homelessness is a policy choice, not an inevitability. We need an independent movement for human economic rights like a right to housing because the red and blue parties are who created this system. apnews.com/article/pitt...
The latest New Green Horizons article is out! A book review of Madelyn Hoffman's book about apartheid through the eyes of two girls on opposite sides of the wall. Read & follow New Green Horizons, the webzine of Green thought and debate, on Substack! newgreenhorizons.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Book Review: A Fleeting Glance by Madelyn Hoffman
By Steve Welzer
newgreenhorizons.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The latest New Green Horizons article is out! A book review of Madelyn Hoffman's book about apartheid through the eyes of two girls on opposite sides of the wall. Read & follow New Green Horizons, the webzine of Green thought and debate, on Substack! newgreenhorizons.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Reposted by The Green Garret
You can also read this article and follow New Green Horizons on Substack! Read at: newgreenhorizons.substack.com/p/book-revie...
December 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
You can also read this article and follow New Green Horizons on Substack! Read at: newgreenhorizons.substack.com/p/book-revie...
"More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records."
PA Governor Shapiro always brags about "getting shit done", but won't fix this?
insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...
PA Governor Shapiro always brags about "getting shit done", but won't fix this?
insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...
Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’ - Inside Climate News
More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.
insideclimatenews.org
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records."
PA Governor Shapiro always brags about "getting shit done", but won't fix this?
insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...
PA Governor Shapiro always brags about "getting shit done", but won't fix this?
insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...
"Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste"
Governor Josh Shapiro (D) certainly isn't interested in protecting our health or environment. He's out to expand fracking to fuel data centers.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...
Governor Josh Shapiro (D) certainly isn't interested in protecting our health or environment. He's out to expand fracking to fuel data centers.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...
Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste - Inside Climate News
Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known.
insideclimatenews.org
December 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste"
Governor Josh Shapiro (D) certainly isn't interested in protecting our health or environment. He's out to expand fracking to fuel data centers.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...
Governor Josh Shapiro (D) certainly isn't interested in protecting our health or environment. He's out to expand fracking to fuel data centers.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...
No More Blood for Oil: UE Condemns Military Attacks on Venezuela www.ueunion.org/political-ac...
No More Blood for Oil: UE Condemns Military Attacks on Venezuela
Our government’s escalating attacks on Venezuela are unconstitutional, immoral, and a massive waste of resources. The idea that Venezuela represents a military threat to the U.S. is patently absurd; t...
www.ueunion.org
December 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
No More Blood for Oil: UE Condemns Military Attacks on Venezuela www.ueunion.org/political-ac...
72% of US people in a new study supported ecosocialist policy when presented with it. Even the term "ecosocialism" got a majority of support.
Ecosocialist policy is very popular now. We must fight for it with an independent Green Party. jasonhickel.substack.com/p/how-popula...
Ecosocialist policy is very popular now. We must fight for it with an independent Green Party. jasonhickel.substack.com/p/how-popula...
How popular is ecosocialist transformation?
New study shows strong majority support.
jasonhickel.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
72% of US people in a new study supported ecosocialist policy when presented with it. Even the term "ecosocialism" got a majority of support.
Ecosocialist policy is very popular now. We must fight for it with an independent Green Party. jasonhickel.substack.com/p/how-popula...
Ecosocialist policy is very popular now. We must fight for it with an independent Green Party. jasonhickel.substack.com/p/how-popula...
Gender-affirming care is healthcare. These attacks aren't based in science or concern about patient rights or doctors, it is outright bigotry and hatred. www.democracynow.org/2025/12/19/t...
Doctors in Jail? Hospitals Stripped of Fed Funding? The Criminalization of Trans Youth Healthcare
The Trump administration on Thursday announced new measures to target hospitals and doctors providing care to trans youth. Under the new rules unveiled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr...
www.democracynow.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Gender-affirming care is healthcare. These attacks aren't based in science or concern about patient rights or doctors, it is outright bigotry and hatred. www.democracynow.org/2025/12/19/t...
"The transphobic mask is off - The goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people."
The system will further dehumanize trans & other people to distract from failing economy. Defend human rights against this attack!
prospect.org/2025/12/19/t...
The system will further dehumanize trans & other people to distract from failing economy. Defend human rights against this attack!
prospect.org/2025/12/19/t...
The Transphobic Mask Is Off - The American Prospect
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew up a bill making it a federal felony to provide pediatric transition care of any kind. The ultimate goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights ...
prospect.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"The transphobic mask is off - The goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people."
The system will further dehumanize trans & other people to distract from failing economy. Defend human rights against this attack!
prospect.org/2025/12/19/t...
The system will further dehumanize trans & other people to distract from failing economy. Defend human rights against this attack!
prospect.org/2025/12/19/t...
The latest #GreenSocialist Notes podcast by Howie Hawkins discusses developments in Sudan, Venezuela, Ukraine, Palestine, and how an ecosocialist policy is rapidly growing support according to recent polling, among other topics. Check it out at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBU...
#GreenSocialist Notes, Episode 258
YouTube video by Howie Hawkins
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The latest #GreenSocialist Notes podcast by Howie Hawkins discusses developments in Sudan, Venezuela, Ukraine, Palestine, and how an ecosocialist policy is rapidly growing support according to recent polling, among other topics. Check it out at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBU...
In this week's #GreenSocialist Notes Podcast, Howie Hawkins talks about the looming health crisis due to premiums skyrocketing -- we need a socialist healthcare solution, not just national health insurance (M4A) but a true public universal health service! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0a...
#GreenSocialist Notes, Episode 257
YouTube video by Howie Hawkins
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In this week's #GreenSocialist Notes Podcast, Howie Hawkins talks about the looming health crisis due to premiums skyrocketing -- we need a socialist healthcare solution, not just national health insurance (M4A) but a true public universal health service! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0a...
I recently wrote about how leftists need to rethink what happened with Covid and commit to fighting for public health and disability rights to turn this around. Read the article in New Green Horizons: newgreenhorizons.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
December 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I recently wrote about how leftists need to rethink what happened with Covid and commit to fighting for public health and disability rights to turn this around. Read the article in New Green Horizons: newgreenhorizons.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
Measles outbreak in South Carolina. Just one more infectious disease vaccines had nearly eradicated that is now spreading rapidly from Biden's "back to normal". RFK Jr now leads the effort to destroy public health by advancing eugenics and anti-vax reactionary policy.
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Measles outbreak in South Carolina. Just one more infectious disease vaccines had nearly eradicated that is now spreading rapidly from Biden's "back to normal". RFK Jr now leads the effort to destroy public health by advancing eugenics and anti-vax reactionary policy.
Connect the dots. Capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, all go hand-in-hand. We can build a better world, but we first have to start talking about why this system is not "broken" and can't be reformed because it is working as designed.
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Connect the dots. Capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, all go hand-in-hand. We can build a better world, but we first have to start talking about why this system is not "broken" and can't be reformed because it is working as designed.
Repubs and Dems continue to fund genocide. They just approved a $900 billion military budget, more than Trump asked for, as Trump supports an ethnic cleansing for Gaza and is looking to start war with Venezuela.
We need an independent movement to demand change.
We need an independent movement to demand change.
December 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Repubs and Dems continue to fund genocide. They just approved a $900 billion military budget, more than Trump asked for, as Trump supports an ethnic cleansing for Gaza and is looking to start war with Venezuela.
We need an independent movement to demand change.
We need an independent movement to demand change.