They gave up on politics. We’re giving them a reason to believe.

Friends,

At our last town hall in Sacramento, the same message echoed again and again from the crowd:

"I don't vote... but I'll vote for you."

That’s the secret the two-party system doesn’t want you to know. 

Disillusionment isn’t apathy. It’s a scar. 

A scar left by broken promises, false choices, and a political system that serves billionaires while lecturing working people about “civic duty.”

But scars aren't a weakness. They are proof that people cared enough to be wounded—and proof that we can heal, too.

That’s why we’re asking you to chip in today.

Every dollar brings us closer to breaking the duopoly's grip on California—and closer to giving the people who’ve been abandoned a real reason to come back into the fight.

The truth is, electoral politics has always been a tool—and like any tool, it depends on whose hands it's in.

Malcolm X knew that. Huey Newton knew that.

They understood that true liberation wasn’t just a matter of conscience—it was a matter of power. 

They didn’t stand apart from politics in righteous isolation; they moved through it with precision, strategy, and a vision that refused to settle for symbolic victories.

They built movements that could occupy the streets and contest the halls of power. 

They knew that unless you could force a seat at the table—or flip the table over entirely—justice would remain a dream deferred.

That’s the legacy we inherit. That’s the road we walk.

We’re not here to perform outrage. We’re here to transform possibility. We’re building a political force that doesn’t just shout at injustice—it organizes to end it.

Not just a protest vote – a movement that refuses to be locked out. A strategy to win.

Because if we’re going to shatter the duopoly, we need more than just the Green Party faithful.

We need disillusioned Democrats, disengaged independents, and even Republicans who’ve lost faith in what their party has become.

We can unite all of them—everyone—behind a vision that puts the needs of the have-nots over the theatrics of left and right, and brings faith back that real leadership still exists.

And it can be done. Here’s the math they’re hoping you never figure out:

In 2022, barely 5.5 million people voted in California’s primary. The second-place finisher in the governor’s race jungle primary got just 17% of the vote.

That means we are 1.2 million votes away from breaking the duopoly—and if we finish second, they can’t lock us out of the general election.

That’s not theory. That’s the battlefield.

We are not here to be mascots for a broken system. We are here to rupture it, to rebuild it, and to reclaim what was always supposed to be ours: real democracy.

If you believe it’s time for working people—not lobbyists, not billionaires—to drive the future of this state, chip in now.

Peace and Power, 

Dr. Butch Ware