Since graduating from
George Washington University Law School in 1980, Zeese has worked in
Washington, DC for a more fair and just society. Kevin Zeese is running
a “Unity for Change Campaign.” He has been nominated by three Maryland
political parties, the
Green,
Libertarian, and
Populist Parties. His
campaign committee also includes people from the Democratic and
Republican Parties as well as independents. This is the first time in
history that these three parties, or even two of them, have united
behind one candidate.
Zeese is currently the director of the national anti-war group
DemocracyRising.US, an
organization working to rapidly and responsibly end the Iraq War and
occupation. Kevin has consistently linked our fossil full economy, the
war on terror and global climate change together in the development of
his stances on economic issues, issues of globalization and
security. He was a founding member of the Montgomery County
Coalition for Alternatives to War in Maryland, and a co-founder of
VotersForPeace.US an organization working to build a bloc of voters who
will not support pro-war candidates.
In Maryland, Zeese has been working for transparent elections as a
co-founder of
TrueVoteMD.org -
the leading advocacy group for transparent elections in Maryland and
one of the nation's leading citizen groups working to end paperless
electronic voting. Nationally he was a co-founder of
VoteTrustUSA.org which brings
together advocates for transparent elections from across the United
States.
As President of Common Sense for Drug Policy, he is nationally
recognized as a leader of the effort to end the war on drugs and put in
place a public health approach to drug control. Zeese was also a
founding member of the
Treatment
Not Incarceration Coalition in Maryland. And, he served on
Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke's Working Group on Drug Policy Reform
in 1990.
Zeese has worked on local, state and national political campaigns
including serving as Ralph Nader's Press Secretary and spokesperson in
2004.
Zeese registered with the Maryland Green Party. He is a founding
member of the Populist Party of Maryland as well as a member of
Libertarian Party of Maryland. He believes that the United States
needs to be a government 'of, by and for the people' but that the two
major political parties have become corrupted by Big Business and
wealthy donor contributions and no longer put the needs of the people
first.
