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  • No Kings New Mexico October 18

    Big day tomorrow with No Kings protests across the state.  Join others in or near your town.  Map is here.  The yellow Green Party is the Peace Party banner will be in Albuquerque.  A list compiled by KUNM from the No Kings web site is below.

    • Alamogordo, 1021 N White Sands Blvd 88310
    • Albuquerque, 12p-2p Central Avenue between 3rd and 8th st 87102
    • Capitan, 9a-1p, United States Postal Service 226 Smokey Bear Blvd 88316
    • Carlsbad, 10a-12:30p 102 N Canal St 88220
    • Chama, 11a-2p, U.S. 84 & U.S. 64 87520
    • Chama, 11a-2p, Chama Senior Center 2449 US-84 64 87520
    • Deming, 10a-12p, Luna County Courthouse Park 700 S Silver Ave 88030
    • Embudo, 10a-12p Hwy 68 just north of Vivac, old hospital turn out 2075 NM-68 87527
    • Espanola, 4p-5p North Riverside Drive & Lowdermilk Street 87532
    • Farmington, 12p-2p, Orchard Plaza Park
    • Gallup, 12p-2p We The People Park 900 Joseph M Montoya Blvd 87301
    • Grants, 10a-12p, Grants City Hall Park 600 W Santa Fe Ave Grants, NM 87020
    • Kingston, 11a-1p, Kingston turnoff at Highway 152 Kingston turnoff on Highway 152, nine miles west of Hillsboro, 88402
    • Las Cruces, 9a-12p Albert Johnson Park 896 N Main St 88001
    • Las Vegas, 12-12:30 7th Street & Mills Avenue 87701
    • Los Alamos, 3p-4p, Ashley Pond 2200 Trinity Dr 87544
    • Portales, 12p-4p Courthouse 100 W 2nd St 88130
    • Raton, 11a-2p, Raton Tourist Information Center 100 Clayton Rd 87740
    • Roswell, 11a-1p, Chaves County Courthouse N Main St 88201
    • Ruidoso, 11a-1p, Country Club Park Sudderth Drive & Country Club Drive 88345
    • Santa Fe, 10a-2p New Mexico State Capitol 490 Old Santa Fe Trail 87501
    • Silver City, 9a-4p, Gough Park 1201 N Pope St 88061
    • Socorro, 10:30a-12p, Corner of California and Calle de Aviando 87801
    • Taos, 11a-1p, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte & Civic Plaza Drive 87571
    • Tijeras, 10a-12p, Tijeras Public Library 487 NM-333 87059
    • Truth or Consequences, Triangle Park 109 S Date St Intersections of Broadway, Main and Date 87901
    • Valencia County, 9a-11a, Daniel Fernandez Recreation Center Gazebo 1103 NM-314 Los Lunas, 87031

  • Two Terrible Years

    Witness for Gaza-Santa Fe has organised a reading of names of the known victims of genocide and Israeli civilians who died on October 7, 2023. Sign-up to read names at the Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe near De Vargas Park. The reading of names started at sunset on October 1 and is expected to end on October 6 after teh recitation of ~69,000 names. Here is the article in the New Mexican.

  • ¿BorderPlex Boondoggle?

    GPNM submitted public comment to the Board of Commissioners for Doña Ana County against issuing $165B in bonds for BorderPlex Digital Assets, a Texas-based entity created for the development of an AI data center in Santa Teresa, known as Project Jupiter.  Unfortunately, the commission approved the bonds for the billionaires despite massive public outcry. 

    GPNM submitted written comment prior to the hearing, and Travis Owens was able to make a statement in person.

  • Global Day of Action for Palestine

    Global Day of Action for Palestine

    Thursday, September 18, 2025, is the deadline for Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territories called for by the United Nations General Assembly. Israel has also failed to comply with the provisional measures set forward by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The United States of America continues its acceptance of Genocide in Gaza. On September 18, please contact every member of New Mexico’s Congressional Delegation and DEMAND ACTION. Tell our Representatives and Senators to Stop taking Israeli lobbyist money and Stop providing the weapons that have destroyed hospitals, schools, and homes and that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Learn more.

    Senator Martin Heinrich: 400 Gold Avenue SW, Suite 1080
    Albuquerque, (505) 346-6601; (202) 224-5521 in DC

    Senator Ben Ray Luján: 500 Marquette Ave NW, Suite 1460
    Albuquerque, (505) 337-7023; (202) 224-6621 in DC

    Representative Teresa Leger-Fernández: 120 S Federal Pl, Suite 323, Santa Fe, (505) 428-4680; (202) 225-6190 in DC

    Representative Melanie Stansbury: 6301 Indian School Rd, Suite 420, Albuquerque, (505) 346-6781; (202) 225-6316 in DC

    Representative Gabe Vásquez: 201 Unser Blvd NW, Unit 116, Albuquerque, (505) 208-4777; (202) 225-2365 in DC.

  • Redistricting Task Force Zoom Meeting

    On Wednesday, September 17, at 3:00 p. m. on Zoom, retired Chief Justice Edward Chávez will report on the process for the 2020 Redistricting Task Force and the recommendations.  Panelists from 2025 Task Force will discuss the recommendations as they pertain to the next redistricting cycle.  A Q&A will be available.  Register in advance.

    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ERI2zjyVRZy6_7WEeQ_k7Q#/registration

     

  • Tritium Venting Scheduled for this Weekend

    People were caught a little bit by surprise that the permit from NMED was issued and how quickly LANL planned to release the radioactive tritium into the atmosphere.  If you have questions or concerns about what is happening, please contact government officials who are responsible for the tritium venting operation:
    Ted Wyka – National Nuclear Security Administration
    theodore.wyka@nnsa.doe.gov
    Michael Feldman – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
    Section Supervisor – Air and Radiation Division
    feldman.michael@epa.gov | 214-970-3082
    George P. Brozowski – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
    Senior Regional Health Physicist
    borozwski.george@epa.gov | 214-755-1530
    Robert Gallegos – National Nuclear Security Administration
    Regulatory Compliance Programs Manager – Los Alamos Field Office
    robert.gallegos@nnsa.doe.gov | 505-901-3824
    Tewa Women United issued a request to contact the governor and ask her to intervene:  michelle@newmexicansformichelle.com and https://www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-governor/ and (505) 476-2200.
  • Dismantling Elite Economic Skyscrapers

    Image a new monetary system.  Find out more at the Green Party webinar on Wednesday, September 3, 6:30 p. m. MDT.  Register in advance at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5DXOe-0DSx-DW8UYE6X-Ug#/registration

  • Workers > Billionaires

    There are more than a dozen events in New Mexico for Labor Day, from Farmington to Carlsbad and Taos to T or C!

    Find an event near you and wear your Green Party gear!

    https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?akid=22990.4043652._WT83E&rd=1&t=3

     

  • Legislative Finance Committee is in Las Cruces

    The state Legislative Finance Committe is meeting in southern New Mexico this week.  On Wednesday, August 20, the meeting will be at the Convention Center in Las Cruces at one o’clock in the afternoon.  Public comment will be accepted but may not start until after 4:30 p. m.  We are not sure on the time for public comment.

    Please consider offering comment on two items:

    1. Support funding for an Office of Peacebuilding at the state level and provide young people and incarcerated folk with conflict resolution skills to reduce violence.
    2. Ask them to require a water consumption analysis before considering any support for a resource-draining digital data centre in Santa Teresa.
  • DOE Public Meeting on Proposed Tritium Venting

    Attend the hybrid Public Meeting on the proposed venting of radioactive tritium from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Wednesday, August 20th from 5:30pm-7:30pm, SALA Los Alamos Event Center, 2551 Central Ave, Los Alamos

    Virtual option is also available on Zoom:

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85989515275?pwd=PSiYLhJroaa7TRwUnGZTikeLsJ0auO.1#success

    Meeting ID: 859 8951 5275, Passcode: 693831