Winona Laduke's Political Party: The Anti-Democratic Party

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In 1996 and 2000, Winona LaDuke ran as the vice-presidential candidate alongside Ralph Nader on the Green Party ticket. The Green Party is a political party in the United States that was founded in 2001 to evolve from the Association of State Green Parties which was formed in 1996. The Green Party in the country’s fourth largest by membership, Promotes environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice, participatory grassroots democracy, gender equality, LGBT rights, anti-war and anti-racism. On the political spectrum the party is generally seen as left-wing, and in 2016 officially self-described as an anti-capitalist party. Winona LaDuke was also not endorsed by any tribal council or other tribal government.
The Green Party gained widespread

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