We know that it's been a tough 15 days since Donald Trump was sworn into office.

But for many families and communities across the country and around the world, life was not very good under Obama, or Bush before him or Clinton before him. Do you see a pattern here?

While it is understandable that people are upset by the policies put forth by the Trump administration, and they should be, the real target needs to be both plutocratic parties that have brought us to this point.

We are Green because we recognize that the neo-nationalism of Trump was made possible by the neo-liberalism of the Democrats.

It is the growing wealth inequality, wars without end, families unable to access health care and the accelerating climate crisis that created widespread insecurity. It is the attacks on immigrant and Muslim communities that fueled hatred and fear in this insecure environment.

Greens are activists. This past week, the Green Party members from Minnesota, Denver, Portland, Baltimore and more participated in airport protests.

International Greens have taken to the streets, too. The Green Party of Ireland demonstrated against the Muslim Ban in front of the U.S. Embassy. The Green Party of Germany is calling for a ban on Donald Trump traveling to Germany as a guest of Angela Merkel in July.

But we know that protests, while necessary, are not sufficient to achieve the transformative change we need.

President Obama chose the same seven predominantly Muslim countries and restricted their visas. The Obama administration dropped more than 26,000 bombs on these countries in one year and then rejected people fleeing this violence. Trump is building on Obama's legacy.

It's time for us to stop playing ping pong politics with the two plutocratic parties. We will not end Wall Street-ism and war by going back and forth between Democrats and Republicans.



