The Green Party Of United States (GPUS)
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The Green Party of United States (GPUS) is the a green, left wing political party in the United States. The party, which is the country's fourth largest by membership, promotes environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice, participatory grassroots democracy, feminism, LGBT rights, and anti-racism. The GPUS was founded in 2001 as the evolution of the Association of State Green Parties (ASGP), which was formed in 1996, the GPUS soon became the primary national green organization in the country. Eclipsing the Greens Party USA (G/GPUSA), formed in 1991 out of the Green Committees of Correspondence, a collection of local green groups active since 1984. The party has several members elected in state legislatures, including in California, Maine