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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@gilanet.com>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Green Party and forthcoming elections, Green politics, Green activism
  • Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 21:56:40 -0600

Wish I could agree, and I agree with Green ideals, but after a couple years
working (or trying to) with both wings of the Greens, I've had to admit the
fatal flaw in the whole third party thing. In our winner take all system, not
proportional representation or parliamentary system, anyone running on a
progressive agenda or left of center is always going to siphon off votes from
the more progressive candidates in the major parties. There's just no getting
around that. No third party has gained major party status in 140 years, and
it isn't going to happen now. The Libertarians are actually the largest third
party, and they're not even in the ballpark. The Greens hold a hundred or so
local offices out of a possible half a million elective offices in this
country at all levels, and none of them are paying fulltime jobs. Well, Drain
Commissioner in Michigan pays $1 a year. The most discouraging part though,
to me, was trying to get them to support other organizations with publicity
and networking, organizations that actively promote Green Party ideals in
other ways than elections. They won't do it, and that failure to connect and
network with similar causes will make them history after this November. But
that's politics, unfortunately. I don't know what difference it would make in
agriculture anyway. Other than passing paper resolutions against GMOs and
pesticides, agricultural and rural issues aren't even on their agenda. They
have no platform on agriculture or farmers' issues.

paul & barb - on the continental divide
http://globalcircle.net

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On 10/16/2002 at 3:09 PM Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

>I have decided to register as unaffiliated and vote for Green candidates
>in all forthcoming elections. If there are no Green candidates on the
>ballot
>I wil vote for candidates who make it clear in the media that they are
>supportive of
>Green party goals and principles. I would urge others to consider
>supporting
>Green Party goals and, if possible, voting Green also.
>
>LL
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