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‘America Is In Revolt,’ According To Green Party Candidate Jill Stein

Tuesday is the Massachusetts presidential primary. Today, we hear from Jill Stein, who’s running for the Green Party nomination. A Massachusetts resident, she was the party’s nominee in 2012. Stein calls Bernie Sanders’ campaign “wonderful,” but she says there’s room for a third party.

MORE CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS: “Rocky” De La Fuente, Bill Kreml, Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry

We offered interviews to all the candidates – Democrats, Republicans and Greens.

Click on the audio link above to hear Green candidate Jill Stein speak with New England Public Radio’s Henry Epp.

Stein calls Bernie Sanders’ Democratic campaign “wonderful,” but she says there’s room for a third party.

Democrats’ Move To The Center Pushes One Presidential Candidate To The Greens

We continue our conversations with presidential candidates ahead of next Tuesday’s primary in Massachusetts. We invited all the candidates, Republicans, Democrats, and Greens, to talk about issues important to western Massachusetts.

RELATED: This Green Party Candidate Says Casinos, Pipelines Aren’t The Answer For New England

Today: Green Party candidate Bill Kreml. He’s an emeritus professor of political science at the University of South Carolina. This isn’t the first time he’s run for president. In 2000, he filed to run as a Democrat, but he says he’s become disillusioned with the party’s move to the center.

Click on the audio link above to hear Green Party candidate Bill Kreml speak with New England Public Radio’s Henry Epp.

This Green Party Candidate Says Casinos, Pipelines Aren’t The Answer For New England

Massachusetts holds its presidential primaries next Tuesday. Three parties will choose their nominee – Democrats, Republicans, and the Green-Rainbow Party. We invited each candidate still on the ballot to come on our air for an interview about issues important to western Massachusetts. Over the next few days, we’ll hear from the candidates who responded to that invitation.

First up a name you’ve probably never heard of: Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry. She’s seeking the Green-Rainbow party nomination. We asked her to share a bit about herself and why she’s running for president.

Click on the audio link above to hear Green Party candidate Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry speak with New England Public Radio’s Henry Epp.

 

Mass. Greens Pass On Race For Governor

The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party plans to file paperwork Monday to qualify three candidates for statewide office. But the Greens are sitting out the race for governor.

Green-Rainbow co-chair John Andrews says the party will turn in the last of the more than 5,000 certified signatures needed to get its candidates on the ballot. They include secretary of the commonwealth candidate Danny Factor, state treasurer candidate Ian Jackson and MK Merelice, who is running for state auditor.

Missing from the list is a candidate for governor. Andrews notes that nominating someone for the job would’ve required twice as many signatures. And there’s another reason, too.

“We didn’t really have anyone this time around who really seemed to be wanting to run for that office,” Andrews says with a chuckle. “We just decided to take a little respite from the governor’s race.”

The Greens did have a candidate in the last three elections for governor.

Regardless, Andrews acknowledges his candidates are unlikely to win. But he says they’re raising important issues on the environment and money in politics.

And if any of them get at least three percent, the Green-Rainbows qualify as a recognized political party for the 2016 presidential election.