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‘Stop voting from a place of fear’ – the other candidates deserve a hearing

The Green and Libertarian candidates for US president don’t agree on much. But they do agree US politics is broken.

‘Stop voting from a place of fear’ – the other candidates deserve a hearing
Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen. | Gage Skidmore
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“Which candidates are actually talking about measures that will change the system that enables police to continually murder Black people and other people of colour with impunity? The system, this system, is inherently flawed. And we are the only party talking about that.”

That’s Angela Walker, Green Party candidate for vice-president. She’s on the ticket in thirty states, yet most voters have never heard her name.

They haven’t heard of her running-mate, Howie Hawkins, either. “The campaign that Angela and I are running on,” he says, “according to public opinion polling, is the most popular platform. People want a Green New Deal. They want Medicare for All. They want the cancellation of student debt and free tuition at public colleges and universities. They want to get out of these endless wars.”