When Jill Stein ran as the Green Party’s presidential nominee in 2012, media attention to her candidacy was rare. Now, with two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in history, she has received widespread attention. There seems to be record interest in third party campaigns, including Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.
The Nation published a debate between Socialist Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant and Nation contributor Joshua Holland.
The editors gave Sawant’s column the negative headline–“Don’t Waste Your Vote On the Corporate Agenda–Vote for Jill Stein and the Greens”–but column does not hinge on loathing Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Rather, it makes a positive case for supporting Stein by primarily arguing the need for progressives to build an alternative to the two pro-capitalist political parties in America. It has a long-term focus on bringing about radical change.