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  Green Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greens emphasize decentralization and local autonomy, in keeping with the Green commitment to non-hierarchical participatory democracy, so it is perhaps not surprising that the strength of the Green Party does not derive from a central national organization.
Green and Growing's 158 signatories declared that "We think it essential to build a vigorous presidential campaign," citing as their chief reasons the need to gain ballot access for the Green Party, to define the Greens as an independent party, and the failures of the Democrats on issues of foreign and domestic policy.
In the 2004 presidential election, the candidate of the Green Party of the United States for President was lawyer David Cobb of Texas, and its candidate for vice-president was labor activist Pat LaMarche of Maine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Green_Party   (2495 words)

  
 Green politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basic statements of Green political values include the Four Pillars of the Green Party originally adopted by the European Greens, the Ten Key Values of the Global Greens adopted by most English-speaking Greens in the 1990s, and the six core Green principles accepted in 2001.
Greens often refer to productivism, consumerism and scientism as examples of "grey" views, which implies age, ashphalt and obsolete ideas of human social organization, including globalization of economic relations.
Green politics is usually said to include the green anarchism, eco-anarchism, anti-nuclear and peace movements - although these often claim not to be aligned with any party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_politics   (994 words)

  
 Environment: Between Ecotopia and Disillusionment: Green parties in European Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Green ministers in Eastern Europe were mainly academics, often carrying scientific backgrounds in environmental fields and records of critical distance from communist regimes.
One of the most striking features of the green governmental experience is that green parties generally do not enter government as a result of their electoral or political strength alone, but they depend on being invited or admitted by other major players.
Generally, greens in government have not posed radical challenges to the status quo, and thus there is little reason to believe that the major political parties of the left--and perhaps increasingly the right--will not regard the greens as potential coalition partners.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1076/is_3_44/ai_85009660/pg_6   (1385 words)

  
 Austria The Green Parties - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
A major catalyst in the birth of the Green movement in Austria was the narrow defeat of the November 5, 1978, national referendum on nuclear energy.
The prospects of the Green parties are limited by their frequent inability to form alliances for the purpose of contesting elections.
The Green cause received a strong boost in 1984 from the confrontation between the SPÖ-FPÖ government and environmental activists opposed to the plan to build a hydroelectric plant in a wetland forest at Hainburg in eastern Austria.
www.photius.com /countries/austria/government/austria_government_the_green_parties.html   (718 words)

  
 Environment: Between Ecotopia and Disillusionment: Green parties in European Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This question pertains to all countries discussed here, as rival green groups sometimes laid claim to the "true" green identity, but it is particularly poignant in cases where green party labels were used and then quickly discarded by politicians.
The party-political representative of the green cause, as recognized by the European Federation of Green Parties, is the Ecological Forum (EF), formally a faction of one of the main parties arising from the Solidarity independent trade-union movement.
As one of 10 parties involved in the government coalition, the Slovakian greens' bargaining position is weak: No specific policy proposals on traditional green topics (such as the closure of nuclear power stations) appears to have had success.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1076/is_3_44/ai_85009660/pg_2   (1332 words)

  
 European Green Parties
Leading green party members, including Zhvania, became involved in creating a political platform for former Soviet foreign minister Edward Shevardnadze to assume Georgia’s leadership after the civil war of the early 1990s and the deposition of the nationalist administration that had taken over from the communists.
However, the greens depend on the renewal of the pre-election coalition with the socialists for the parliamentary elections in June 2002.
German greens were much stronger structurally than most of their sister parties before entering federal government, but at the same time they also faced greater expectations for what they could achieve.
www.heldref.org /html/greenparties.html   (3843 words)

  
 London Green Party  
Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones, has renewed her call for 20mph to be the standard speed limit on residential roads in London, following a MORI survey* commissioned by the Mayor of London, showing that: 60 per cent of people supported the introduction of a 20mph speed limit on residential streets.
Green Party Assembly Member, Darren Johnson, will be the only member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority speaking at a special rally tomorrow (March 17th) protesting at the planned cuts in fire engines and the closure of Manchester Square fire station.
The Green Party members of the London Assembly were one of the main groups who formally objected to the Mayor's plans to build the Thames Gateway Bridge and have therefore welcomed the decision by the Secretary of State to call in the application.
www.london.greenparty.org.uk   (878 words)

  
 European Green Parties
Green Parties were firmly established throughout Western Europe, EGC membership had grown to 18, and 29 Greens from 7 countries were elected to the European Platform drawn up by the EGC.
The Estonian Greens (12/89) were the first Eastern Green Party to be accepted into the EGC, in part because they had already been in existence as a movement, but also as a gesture of solidarity with their struggle for autonomy in the Baltic nations.
The Georgian Greens add that the type of nationalism they envision would be bioregional and multicultural and would not impede upon the rights of minorities, a concern heard often now as Yugoslavia and the USSR both break apart.
www.feinstein.org /greenletter/eurogreencoord.html   (1624 words)

  
 welcome to green balkan net
Green parties and groups from Greece, Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovnia, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia and Cyprus can be a part of the network.
Mission of the Green Balkan Network is to facilitate the colloboration and cooperation of the Greens in the Balkan region.
Balkan Greens are also the participants of the European Federation of Green Parties.
www.geocities.com /greenbalkannet   (174 words)

  
 The Greens/Green Party USA
       First organized as the Green Committees of Correspondence, The Greens/ Green Party USA is the oldest, continuously active Green organization in America.
A Green Party USA Perspective on the Coca-Cola Boycott
The Congress will be preceded by a workshop on Green Economics beginning at 9 AM on Friday, August 5, 2005, at Washington University, Room 200F.
www.greenparty.org   (337 words)

  
 GPCA
The Green Party of California expressed relief today that "bogus" charges against San Francisco Green Party activist June Brashares were found to be false by a New York jury late Thursday night in her trial stemming from an arrest during President Bush's speech at the Republican National Convention last year.
Former Green Party gubernatorial candidate Peter Camejo said this week a "Christian Taliban" is responsible for attacks on the civil liberties of all Americans, and the harassment of the Muslim community of Lodi during an ongoing probe of alleged terrorist links there.
Camejo, the Green Party candidate for governor in 2002 and the 2003 recall election, joined the ranks of civil rights organizations who have charged the FBI has intimidated the Muslim community during an investigation in Lodi.
www.cagreens.org   (950 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Green Party History
The European Greens, who first organized as an anti-nuclear, pro-peace movement at the height of the Cold War, brought the Greens their first major visibility.
The campaign accelerated the party building of the Greens and energized efforts at the local and state level, helping to create new coalitions and awareness of the serious and credible efforts of the Green Party.
In the closing days of the campaign many state parties put out the call and the decision to form the ASGP was made by Green activists from twenty-five states who met in Virginia in November of 1996 -- just l0 days after the l996 elections.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/politics/jan-june00/green_history.html   (677 words)

  
 Connecticut Green Party
A unity of local Green Party chapters, the CTGP is committed to grassroots democracy, social justice, non-violence and ecological wisdom.
These are the Four Pillars of all Green parties worldwide and are the first four principles of the Ten Key Values of the Green Party.
Green Party Presidential Candidate David Cobb was arrested while trying to attend the Presidential Debate on Friday, Oct 8th.
www.ctgreens.org   (1653 words)

  
 Association of State Green Parties PLATFORM 2000
The Green Party raises a united voice in opposition to the terrible inequities within the criminal justice system, the systemic injustice and prejudice, the lack of adequate legal representation for the poor and under privileged, the gross punishments mandated under punitive sentencing laws that fill the jails, prisons and penitentiaries with non-violent offenders.
The Green Party abhors punitive discrimination in any form, and thus condemns the practice of those law enforcement agencies in the country which are guilty of discriminatory “racial profiling,” stopping motorists, harassing individuals, or using unwarranted violence against suspects with no other justification than race or ethnic background.
Greens emphasize conservation of “natural” populations and ecosystems, and we seriously question the demands of the US to amend this unprecedented international agreement on behalf of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, with their insistence upon protection of their “intellectual property” and technology transfer rights.
gis.pair.com /asgp/platform/gpp2000.html   (17736 words)

  
 Confederation of South East England Green Parties
The Green Party stood in 31 of the 83 seats in the region.
The Green Party is fielding 31 candidates in the South East Region in the General Election and 202 in Britain.
The Green Party is the only major party to have consistently opposed the war in Iraq, as do the majority of British people, since it was first mooted, and to have forecast, early in 2003, the sort of chaos that prevailed throughout 2004.
www.southeast.greenparty.org.uk   (1290 words)

  
 Green parties may be axed
In response to reported problems arising from student activity on the Green Monday night, Kevin Clark, associate dean of Community Development, and Dawn Williams, dean of Community Development, called an emergency meeting with student leaders to develop compromises.
The meeting was in response to an incident where students allegedly threw glass bottles at security during a party on the Green attended by approximately 400 students.
From the outset of the meeting, the administrators made it clear that the main issue the school has with the parties is safety.
domapp01.shu.edu /depts/affairs/Setonian.nsf/0/12F07CB85828B5AE85256EA8004588A4?OpenDocument   (462 words)

  
 Green Party of Florida ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Mark Kamleiter, a co-chair of the Green Party of Pinellas County (GPUS DRC, Media, PAX committees), was cited in the article and accompanying photo caption, as an attorney with the local ACLU.
The Tallahassee Green Party is supporting the Clean Energy Coalition in opposing a coal fired electrical plant to be built in Taylor County, partially with $ 6 - 8 million dollars in funds from the City of Tallahassee with the City buying approximately 20% of the energy produced in the future.
Green Party members of Florida have been active on the GPUS Haiti Task Force.
www.floridagreens.org   (1219 words)

  
 Green Party of Canada
Green Party members and supporters mourn the loss of a dear friend and devoted colleague.
As an accomplished author, entrepreneur and community organizer, she proved herself a serious political contender when she earned the highest number of votes among Green Party candidates in New Brunswick.
Green Party gets organized for possible election Leduc Representative - The Alberta Greens had an annual general meeting at the Strathcona Community League in Edmonton, Oct. 1 and 2.
www.green.ca   (299 words)

  
 Green Party of New York State
He outlined the structure of the local Green Party, noting that he is not on its steering committee nor is he party chairman.
Green is founder and Executive Director of the Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit community organization that monitors criminal justice activities, provides legal assistance and criminal justice advocacy, and organizes efforts to change social policy and empower poor people and people of color.
Green was Legislative Director for the New York Civil Liberties Union.
www.gpnys.org   (1693 words)

  
 The Green Party of Virginia
The Green Party of Virginia is the electoral arm of the Green movement in Virginia.
Green locals are politically active in Virginia, where we have run campaigns throughout the state and continue to lobby for legislation which protects our environment, health, and the rights of people throughout our Commonwealth.
Greens interested in running for office should contact the Chair of the Candidate Exploration Committee.
www.vagreenparty.org   (543 words)

  
 Green Party / Home - Green Party / Comhaontas Glas
Green Party Leader Trevor Sargent TD addressing this year's annual Convention in Cork.
The Greens want to ensure that each parent has the option of staying at home for the early years of their child's life and recognise the need to increase parental leave to ensure that all workers can 'take up' this leave.
The Green Party is campaigning for clean, efficient public transport.
www.greenparty.ie   (456 words)

  
 Wisconsin Green Party - Home Page
The Wisconsin Green Party is a political party that stands for true social, economic, and environmental justice.
Our party is an affiliate of the Green Party of the United States with local chapters throughout the state.
Greens hold seats on local governments across the state, from the Douglas County Board to the Madison School Board to the Racine City Council.
www.wisconsingreenparty.org   (388 words)

  
 Green Party of Minnesota
September 12, 2005 Minneapolis, MN - Greens believe all public officeholders should be held accountable to the public, directly and transparently.
The Green Party holds its elected officeholders and candidates to the highest ethical standards.
Greens actively work to reduce corruption in government and the undemocratic influence...
www.mngreens.org   (307 words)

  
 Status of State Green Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Status of State Green Parties in the US See also: GP-US' states list.
There are Green locals in the US which do not wish to make information about themselves available on the World Wide Web.
If your state party is not listed here, it may be because there is no evidence available on-line of more than one active local in your state.
web.greens.org /%7Ecls/gp/statestats.shtml   (353 words)

  
 tcgreens.org: Green News and Opinion from Tompkins County (Ithaca NY)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
WASHINGTON -- Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader selected longtime Green Party activist Peter Camejo to be his running mate on Monday, a move sure to boost his chances of winning the Green Party's endorsement this week and its access to ballot lines in 22 states and the District of Columbia.
The announcement came in advance of the Green Party convention beginning Wednesday in Milwaukee.
Nader, who ran as the Green Party candidate in 2000, is not seeking the party's nomination but he has pursued an endorsement from the third party.
www.tcgreens.org   (1669 words)

  
 GREEN PARTY
Green Parties exist in over eighty countries, and approximately two hundred members of European parliaments are Greens.
In the United States, Greens hold elected office in twelve states, and many more Green party members hold appointed office and serve on city and county advisory boards and in community organizations.
As of September 2000, thirty-three counties have organized Green Parties in Washington State.
www.kitsapgreenparty.org   (188 words)

  
 Green Party of Alaska Community Portal -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Green Party of Alaska is an independent, autonomous organization; yet we are a part of a world-wide network of Green Parties (see the Other Green Parties category of Green Links under the Main Menu at left).
Green Party principles are embodied in 10 Key Values which seek to build better communities, economy and environment.
Green candidates have defined public debate on many issues including; sustainable economics, ballot access, health care, election reform, social justice, subsistence and care for the environment.
www.alaska.greens.org   (424 words)

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