This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who have voiced their endorsement of the Green Party's presidential nominee Jill Stein for the 2016 presidential election.

Elected officials and public officeholders

Current

  • Jovanka Beckles, member of the Richmond, California City Council and former vice mayor of Richmond
  • Cecil Bothwell, member of the Asheville, North Carolina City Council
  • Cam Gordon, member of the Minneapolis City Council
  • Gayle McLaughlin, member of the Richmond, California City Council and former mayor of Richmond
  • Kshama Sawant, member of the Seattle City Council

Former

  • Robert Caldwell, former councilman for Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb, LA
  • Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, former senior policy analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and racial justice advocate
  • Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative from Texas (1976–1977, 1979–1985, 1997–2013) (switched endorsement from Rand Paul after he withdrew) (Libertarian)
  • Charlotte Pritt, former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia State Senate and candidate for Governor of West Virginia, 2016

International political figures

  • Joe Higgins, Irish politician, former TD (1997–2007, 2011–2016), former MEP (2009–2011) (Socialist)
  • George Galloway, British politician, former MP (1987–2010, 2012–2015) (Respect)
  • Alessandro Di Battista, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (2013–2018) (Five Star Movement)

Activists, humanitarians, and labor leaders

  • Patch Adams, activist and physician
  • Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange
  • Dan La Botz, author, educator, and co-founder of Teamsters for a Democratic Union
  • Rosa Clemente, journalist, activist, and Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2008
  • Howie Hawkins, activist and former Green Party candidate for Governor of New York
  • Cheri Honkala, co-founder/national coordinator of Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign and Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2012
  • Camille Paglia, academic and social critic
  • Coleen Rowley, former FBI agent and whistleblower
  • Harvey Wasserman, senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service
  • Cornel West, philosopher, academic, social activist, author, member of Democratic Socialists of America, and member of the DNC platform committee
  • Kevin Zeese, former executive director of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
  • Richard Stallman, programmer, software freedom activist, founder of FSF and GNU Project
  • Ray McGovern, former army officer and CIA analyst
  • Bob Fitrakis, Ohio Green Party Co-Chair
  • L. Randall Wray, senior scholar, Levy Economics Institute
  • Dr. Jack Rasmus, Economics Dept, St. Mary's College
  • Ellen Brown, author and founder of the Public Banking Institute
  • Richard D. Wolff, Marxian economist

Journalists and media personalities

  • Jimmy Dore, host of online talk show The Jimmy Dore Show
  • Chris Hedges, author and former New York Times Middle East bureau chief
  • Bill Kauffman,
  • Kyle Kulinski, co-founder of Justice Democrats and host of online radio show Secular Talk.
  • Marc Lamont Hill, BET News correspondent, CNN political commentator, and Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College
  • Mike Malloy, host of the online talk show The Mike Malloy Show
  • Abby Martin, former journalist at RT America and teleSUR English
  • Bhaskar Sunkara, political writer; founding editor and publisher of Jacobin
  • David Swanson, journalist and author
  • Boyce Watkins, author, economist, political analyst, and social commentator

Arts and Entertainment

Actors, entertainers and filmmakers

  • Seb Castro
  • Craig McCracken
  • Rosario Dawson
  • Vivian Kubrick
  • Viggo Mortensen
  • Susan Sarandon
  • Oliver Stone
  • Isaiah Washington

Musicians

  • Cristian Castro
  • Lady Miss Kier
  • Immortal Technique
  • David Rovics
  • R.A. the Rugged Man
  • Slug

Athletes

  • Kelly Slater
  • Daniel Bryan

Organizations

  • Campaign for Peace and Democracy, anti-war political advocacy group
  • International Socialist Organization, a revolutionary socialist organization in the United States
  • Oregon Progressive Party, minor political party in Oregon
  • Solidarity, a revolutionary socialist organization in the United States
  • Socialist Alternative, socialist political party in the United States

Notes

References


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