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Scott McLarty has served as media coordinator for the Green Party of the United States and for the DC Statehood Green Party. He has had articles, guest columns, and book reviews published in Roll Call, Z Magazine, Green Horizon, The Progressive Review, In These Times, and several local and community publications and small press. He joined the Green Party in 1996, and in 1998 ran for the Ward 1 seat on the Washington, DC City Council. Mr. McLarty grew up in Long Island, New York, and now lives in Washington, DC.

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Friday, May 15, 2009
Fire Departments and Health Care
(11 comments) Single-Payer and the Obama Administration: Why America Needs a national health care system right now, and what's preventing us from getting one.

Saturday, January 17, 2009
Free DC! The Obama Inauguration and a New Chance for Democracy in Our Nation's Capital
(3 comments) What every American should know about the movement for DC statehood before the historic swearing-in ceremony in Washington, DC on January 20, 2009.

Thursday, December 18, 2008
Six Big Green Solutions to the Economic Meltdown
(2 comments) How to turn the economy around: a Green public works program, aid for state and muncipal governments, expansion of mass transit, single-payer health care, a peace dividend gained by ending the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and an end to the wasteful war on drugs.

Monday, October 6, 2008
Open the Debates! Why antiwar and anti-bailout voters should demand an invitation for Cynthia McKinney
Faced with the limited range of political ideas offered by Obama and McCain, voters deserve to see Cynthia McKinney and other candidates included in the 2008 presidential debates.

Monday, November 26, 2007
America needs a drastic change of political landscape
(3 comments) Unless the emergence of a progressive third party thwarts the political direction of the US, we face a dismal future under bipartisan pro-war, pro-corporate, antidemocratic rule.

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