topic : Aaron Dixon
November 2006
by Leela Yellesetty and Nick Hart
Aaron Dixon, the Green Party candidate for US Senate, was arrested on October 17 for protesting his exclusion from a candidates' debate. The debate included Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell, Republican Mike McGavick, and Libertarian candidate Bruce Guthrie. Candidates were included based on a complicated set of rules, which makes it exceedingly difficult for third parties to participate. Guthrie got in because he donated $1.2 million of his own money to his campaign -- and despite the fact that Dixon polls three times higher and has raised more money from . . .
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November 2006
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Aaron Dixon, backed by a crowd of supporters, demanded to be allowed into the King 5 studios to make the Senatorial debate a real debate, October 17. (photo by Wendy Call)
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October 2006
by Dave Jette
On May 13, the Green Party of Washington State held its semiannual convention and by a 43-1 vote nominated Aaron Dixon as its candidate for the U.S. Senate. Aaron is a former Black Panther Party leader, and he is well known among African-Americans in Seattle for his decades of service to the community. While in the Black Panther Party, he started the Free Breakfast for School Children Program and a free medical clinic which continues to this day. More recently, he has worked for nonprofit organizations that serve the public in a variety of ways, from preventing drug and gang . . .
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October 2006
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Aaron Dixon, Washington state Green Party candidate for the US Senate. (Photo by David McDonald)
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October 2006
by Aaron Dixon
It's been suggested by supporters of my opponents that a vote for me is either pointless or amounts to a vote for another candidate, and that voting for anyone who isn't a Democrat or a Republican is immoral. I disagree.
Neither of my opponents represents our interests. Both support continuing the war and occupation of Iraq, even though 64 percent of Washingtonians agree with my call for an end to the war. Both of my opponents agree on issue after issue, whether it is support for the destructive and racist war on drugs, or support for a Patriot Act that shreds our civil liberties. . . .
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October 2006
Green Party candidate Aaron Dixon and supporters cross the bridge to Indian Island where a short time later 37 anti-war activists were arrested for blocking the entrance to the Indian Island Naval Weapons Depot. (Photo by Elliot Stoller)
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April 2006
by Jesse Hagopian
Aaron Dixon, a community activist for over 40 years and former head of the Seattle Black Panther Party, has announced his plan to run for the U.S. Senate from Washington.
Dozens of supporters and news media packed the conference room at the Cannon House Assisted Living Residence in the Central District of Seattle to see Dixon launch his campaign. Running as the Green Party's candidate, he will be challenging incumbent Maria Cantwell, a Democrat elected by a razor-thin margin six years ago.
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April 2006
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Aaron Dixon with wife Farah Nousheen and son Zain.
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