Seeking Green Party Members and Others.
By cripfemme
@cripfemme (7698)
United States
July 16, 2007 11:02pm CST
I am heavily involved in The Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts, state affliate of the National Green Party. I work on State Committee, our decision making body and Adcom, our administrative body. I was elected last week at our national convention as female co-chair of the black caucus.
Are their any other Greens on Mylot? What do the rest of you think of the Green Party?
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@jodenton (222)
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17 Jul 07
Hi! I have the greatest respect for green parties. I was on the brink of joining the green party in the UK but I feel that they (at least the green party in the UK) is drifting away from what I thought was its ideal. Sure it is still focused on improving the environment which is great but doing it in a way that is very unfair for your average Joe Bloggs.
All this talk at the moment about green taxes...taxing people to fly, drive, throw away unrecyclable rubbish etc etc. This is just a tax on the poor people in the world as the rich will just dig deeper in their pockets to continue their lifestyle and probably not even miss the difference the extra cost is making. It will also not stop big business contributing to 'climate change'.
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@jodenton (222)
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18 Jul 07
Yeah, they are fairly similar. I would have pasted them in but myLot won't let me as I've not reached 500 posts yet! The link for them is http://policy.greenparty.org.uk/values.html
I was quite refreshed reading them as they still appear to stand for what I believe in although I think that the methods are going slightly astray.
I think the main problem in the UK is that the country is finally taking heed of the many warnings there have been over the last few decades. Which is really really sadly ironic as that is what I've wanted to happen for so long! Except that the people in power and the policy makers in the UK are not green party people who could potentially, I hope, instill some sensible solutions. They are instead "new labour" which is really not a left party but a central party and I don't agree with the way they are going about it!
Thanks for getting me to reassess the situation and realise that its not green politics that's the problem its green politics in the wrong hands!!
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@TheRepublicMenu (290)
• United States
18 Jul 07
Being a green party member is a waste of time and effort. There is no way, shape or form any member of the green party will even be a factor in the presidential race.
Do not waste precious time or money.
Stay at home, be calm, and be more complaisant.
@TheRepublicMenu (290)
• United States
18 Jul 07
I am sorry I failed to see the UK.
We also have green party members in the USA.
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