Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-328) and index

Ten key values of the Green Party -- Introduction : the Green Party's missed opportunity in 2004, and the opportunity still at hand / Howie Hawkins -- Introduction part II : missing documents and summary of contents not included / Rachel Odes --

chapter 1. Green independence? : the debate begins -- 1. Run, Ralph Run! / Howie Hawkins -- 2. Appeal to Nader / Green gubernatorial candidates -- 3. The Avocado Declaration / initiated by Peter Miguel Camejo -- 4. The Green Party and the 2004 elections : a three-dimensional plan / John Rensenbrink, Tom Sevigny -- 5. For a Green presidential campaign in 2004 / Howie Hawkins -- 6. A Green Party "safe states" strategy / Ted Glick -- 7. Green Party 2004 presidential strategy / David Cobb --

chapter 2. Green tactics and strategy -- 1. "Strategic voting" is strategic suicide / Howie Hawkins -- 2. Debating the election : the Democrats don't deserve our support / Sharon Smith -- 3. Debating the election : we have a responsibility to work to defeat Bush / Norman Solomon -- 4. Statement on Green strategy 2004 and call for dialogue and action / eighteen Green Party activists -- 5. Run Ralph run, but as a Green / Greens for Nader -- 6. Letter to the Steering Committee and the Presidential Exploratory Committee of the Green Party / Ralph Nader -- 7. Letter to Ralph Nader urging reconsideration of withdrawal / Green Party Steering Committee -- 8. Endorsement, not nomination / Ralph Nader -- 9. Greens should endorse Nader / Greens for Nader -- 10. An open letter to Ralph Nader / the editors of The Nation -- 11. Whither The Nation?, an open letter / Ralph Nader -- 12. 2004 and the Left / Ted Glick -- 13. Endorse Nader / Howie Hawkins -- 14. Letter to The Nation / Peter Miguel Camejo -- 15. It's not easy being Green / The Nation editors --

chapter 3. The Milwaukee Convention -- 1. Green Party unity / Peter Miguel Camejo -- 2. A few thoughts for the Green Party / Ralph Nader -- 3. The Green Party's step backward / Alan Maass -- 4. Green and growing : an activist report back from the Green Party convention / Ted Glick -- 5. How the Greens chose Kerry over Nader / Walt Contreras Sheasby -- 6. Suicide right on the stage : the demise of the Green Party / Jeffrey St. Clair -- 7. Why I changed my voter registration today / Norman Solomon -- 8. A reply to Norman Solomon and Medea Benjamin : believing in a Green resistance / Todd Chretien -- 9. Growing the Green Party / David Cobb -- 10. Rigged convention, divided party : how David Cobb became the Green nominee even though he only got 12 percent of the votes / Carol Miller, Forrest Hill -- 11. A response to Miller and Hill / Dean Myerson -- 12. Cut and run : the Green Party 2004 convention / Peter Miguel Camejo --

chapter 4. Independence versus anybody but Bush -- 1. Why vote for Ralph Nader? / Matt Gonzalez -- 2. A letter to the Black caucus from a Black woman living in South Central / Donna J. Warren -- 3. From "maverick" to attack dog : Howard Dean's gay bashing of Ralph Nader / Sherry Wolf -- 4. Vote Kerry and Cobb : an open letter to progressives / Medea Benjamin, Peter Coyote, John Eder, Daniel Ellsberg ... [et al.] -- 5. Money vs. people : the mystery of the 2004 elections / Peter Miguel Camejo -- 6. What you won't hear : twelve topics Democrats will duck at convention / Ralph Nader -- 7. David Cobb's soft charade : the Greens and the politics of mendacity / Joshua Frank -- 8. Parties to injustice : Democrats will do anything to keep me off the ballot / Ralph Nader -- 9. Only progressive unity can defeat Bush / Zach Kaldveer, Sophie Mintier, Greens for Kerry -- 10. An open letter to former Naderites running scared in 2004 / Ralph Nader --

chapter 5. Lessons from the 2004 elections -- 1. Political independence is the lesson of 2004 progressives / Howie Hawkins -- 2. New Mexico : a sobering lesson for practical fusion / Jack Uhrich -- 3. The Greens are enduring, debating, and learning / Steve Welzer -- 4. Resurgence : the Green Party's remarkable transformation / David Cobb -- 5. Narcissism runs rampant : diagnosing the Green Party / Joshua Frank -- 6. Lessons from the 2004 elections / Peter Miguel Camejo --

Appendixes -- 1. Reexamining the Green Party nominating convention : a statistical analysis / Forest Hill -- 2. Proposals to the Green Party of the United States from the Greens for Democracy and Independence, Green Party of New York State, Green Party of Vermont -- 3. Which way forward for the Green Party? / Ashley Smith, Forrest Hill

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