Economic, social and environmental justice though independent progressive politics.
Economic, social and environmental justice though independent progressive politics.
Learn more in these resources about
why we need a viable progressive third party
and how we can build it.
"Beyond Trump and Biden: A Progressive Party Can Rise"
CounterPunch. February 23, 2021
Article by Jonathan H. Martin. Feb. 23, 2021
(Explains why PPB's strategy--building a viable progressive party from the bottom up--is so important.)
"Bernie Groups Break Free of Dems: New Party Rising?"
Nation of Change. July 29, 2020.
Article by Jonathan H. Martin.
(A proposal about how Dem-exiting progressive groups can build a new party most effectively.)
"Toward a Viable Progressive Third Party in 2020 and Beyond,"
Sociological Forum. April 2020
Article by Jonathan H. Martin.
(A reflection on important trends in left third party building.)
Empowering Progressive Third Parties in the United States
Routledge: 2016.
Anthology by Jonathan H. Martin et al.
(A collection of writings on how left third parties have been and can be electorally successful.)
"The 2016 Election and the Emergence of Third Parties."
Presented at the “State of the Parties: 2016 & Beyond” conference at the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron, Akron, OH, November 10, 2017.
Paper by Bernard Tamas.
(A discussion of factors fueling third party growth today.)
"The Case for an Independent Left Party: From the Bottom up."
International Socialist Review. #107, Winter 2017-2018.
Article by Howie Hawkins.
(A vision of what it takes to build a successful left third party.)
"Green-Rainbow Party Candidate Recruitment Manual."
2015.
Manual by the Green Party of the United States and members of the Massachusetts GRP Candidate Development and Legal Committee.
(A revised guide to recruiting viable candidates. It could be broadly useful for left third party building, even though it is unclear whether the Green Party itself has used it much..