Writes Butch Ware, Green Party candidate for Governor of California . . .
Congratulations to Hannah Spencer, Zack Polanski, and the U.K. Greens!*
They’ve proven that we can win by standing AGAINST genocide and corporate plunder and by fighting FOR immigrants, working people, rent control, human rights, and environmental sanity.
That’s why I’m polling better than any third party Governor candidate in California history. People everywhere are done with the duopoly.
People. Planet. Peace > profits.
Green Wave 2026 is global.
* The Green Party of England and Wales has achieved a historic breakthrough today, winning the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election with 40.7% of the vote. This “green wave” saw the Greens overturn a massive Labour Party majority, with Labour falling to third place, signaling significant voter dissatisfaction. The victory represents a surge for the party, bringing their total to five MPs and indicating a potential shift in British political dynamics.
Related Off-site Links:
Green Party Scores Upset Win in U.K. Election in Blow to Labour and Far-Right Reform Party – Brad Reed (Common Dreams, February 27, 2026).
Green Party Wins U.K. By-election in Blow to Labour and Prime Minister Starmer – David Broder (Al Jazeera, February 27, 2026).
Keir Starmer Richly Deserves This Defeat – David Broder (Jacobin, February 27, 2026).
Labour "Safe Seat" Taken by Greens' Hannah Spencer in Stunning Result That Brings Back Hope – Council Estate Media (February 27, 2026).
Hannah Spencer: The Green MP Speaking to Everyday People’s Frustrations – Josh Halliday and Alexandra Topping (The Guardian, February 27, 2026).
From Plumber to Parliament: The Green Party’s New MP – Richard Wheeler and Joe Pike (BBC News, February 27, 2026).
Spencer’s Victory Speech an Object Lesson in Grace While Reform’s Man Rages – John Crace (The Guardian, February 27, 2026).
Celebrations, Selfies and Crowdsurfing: Greens Relish Seismic Night in British Politics – Hannah Al-Othman (The Guardian, February 27, 2026).
The Green Party Has Been Accused of Sectarianism. This Is Why That’s Wrong – Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye, February 27, 2026).
What Does the Greens’ Victory in Gorton and Denton Mean for the Future of British Politics? – Polly Toynbee, Adam Ramsay, Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Diane Abbott, Henry Hill and John McTernan (The Guardian, February 27, 2026).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
ZACK POLANSKI
• The Rational National’s Take on U.K. Green Party’s “Brilliant” New Ad
• Zack Polanski’s Christmas Message
• Zack Polanski’s Message of Hope
• “The Answer, Actually, Is Hope”
BUTCH WARE
• Introducing California’s Gubernatorial Candidate Butch Ware
• “People Really Want New Options in Politics”
• Butch Ware on “Red & Blue vs Green Politics”
• “We Have the Power to Stop the Flow of Money and the False Legitimacy Upon Which Empire Depends”
• “Organized Sustained Systemic Resistance and Self-Defense Are Our Only Options”
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – November 26, 2025
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – June 5, 2025
• Butch Ware on His Run for California Governor and the Wider Goal of Disrupting the Duopoly
• “The Moment Is Ripe”: Butch Ware on Building a “True Oppositional Alternative” to the Duopoly
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – January 30, 2025
• The Green Party’s Jill Stein and Butch Ware Give Their First Post-Election Interview
• “This Is a Tragic, Heartbreaking Moment in the History of Humanity”: Butch Ware on the Gaza Genocide
• Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Butch Ware in Minneapolis
• Butch Ware: “You Can Actually Vote Your Conscience”
• Butch Ware: “I’m Not Here as a Spoiler”
GREEN PARTY OF THE U.S.A.
• Meet Some of the “People-Powered” Green Party Candidates for 2026
• Dayvon Love: “You Actually Don’t Care Where Jill Stein Is”
• An Opportunity for Organizing Against Duopoly
• “It Is Our Responsibility to Make a Third Party Viable”
• Something to Think About – December 8, 2024
• The Green Party’s Jill Stein and Butch Ware Give Their First Post-Election Interview
• “We Give Reasons for People to Come Out and Vote”
• We’re Witnessing a Liberal Meltdown Over Jill Stein
• The “Green Smoothie” Option
• Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Butch Ware in Minneapolis
• Butch Ware: “I’m Not Here as a Spoiler”
• Jill Stein: “Americans Deserve Choices”
• Elise Labott on How Third Parties Can Revitalize Democracy
• Something to Think About – August 15, 2024
• Howie Hawkins: “The Democrats Are Not the Answer to the Trump/Fascism Problem”
• Demolishing the False Narrative About Jill Stein and the 2016 Election
• Cornel West: “The Next Step Is a Green Step, a Progressive Step”
• Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein: Is a “Historic Collaboration” in the Making? (2016)
• Voting Green: Hope Over Fear
Opening image: Green candidate Hannah Spencer celebrates with party leader Zack Polanski after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election. (Photo: Jon Super / Associated Press)
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