Green Party Vice Presidential nominee Cheri Honkala has begun a tour of the Rust Belt during which she has seen first-hand the effects of the failed economic policies advanced by the two corporately owned parties. This tour has highlighted the plight of impoverished communities in the Upper Great Lakes and Appalachia.

Honkala began the tour in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia and witnessed the horrors of mountaintop removal mining. The environmentally unsound and shortsighted energy policies of both the Republicans and Democrats have left this area dependent on the harvest of coal. The local population now faces abject poverty, contaminated water sources, and the continued degradation of one of the U.S.'s most ecologically significant natural areas.

This coming Monday and Tuesday evening, Jill Stein will take part in two real debates -- that's what we call debates that invite all the national ballot-qualified presidential candidates. And who is moderating these debates? Larry King. Amy Goodman. Thom Hartmann. And more!

Can you hold a debate-watching party to introduce your friends and family to Jill Stein and the Green New Deal? If so, let us know that:

"Yes, I want to help - contact me about holding a debate-watching party!"

In the real debates, Jill Stein will be talking about the issues neglected in the CPD debates - like climate change, civil liberties, drone warfare, drug policy, and the student loan debt, to name just a few. Read on for the details:

This is the final stretch -- we have only have 18 days til Nov. 6. Everything we do before Election Day will make a difference to build demand for the Green New Deal.

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Lee Camp, a rising star comedian who opened for Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala at Monday night's NYC Rally to Occupy the CPD, released this video after Stein and Honkala's arrest at Tuesday's presidential debate in Hempstead, NY.

"A Presidential Candidate was arrested last night AT THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. And as if that's not insane enough, it's not even news?! Is that the kind of country you want to live in?"