tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post8823999307055939526..comments2024-01-22T03:02:52.051-08:00Comments on California Greening: 3D Politics - Die GrĂ¼nenWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-68336093025265713992022-08-17T09:32:30.912-07:002022-08-17T09:32:30.912-07:00Thaank you for sharing thisThaank you for sharing thisFlooring Contractors Redondo Beachhttps://www.floor-contractors.com/us/flooring-installation-california/flooring-contractors-redondo-beach.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-63142781620146494512011-09-04T15:58:24.079-07:002011-09-04T15:58:24.079-07:00Addressing unaffiliateds and decline-to-states and...Addressing unaffiliateds and decline-to-states and independents could present a distinct vision. Some people seem to think that such a strategy would inevitably pull us away from our Key Values. This rests on a premise that our current status truly has a mass base of support, even among progressives. The 2000 Nader campaign has demonstrated the ceiling of 3%, outside of certain centers of progressivism- San Francisco, Madison, etc. A "progressive-centered" strategy also presumes that our KV are fundamentally at odds with the views and concerns of the people. We cannot beat the Dems at progressivism and even in CA we are seeing party-jumping now that has already shaken parties in other states. <br /><br />Our challenge as a third party remains to reconfigure the political landscape so that we demonstrate our relevancy to the issues and concerns of a larger cross-section of the American people. This is a question of how we align with substantive matters that are consistent with the 10 KV. To address this, the organization of the party needs to be utilized in summarizing our electoral and issues based work, establishing priorities for our focus and deepening a base that will support the party's work financially. I have tried to do this in connection with water issues, but people still prefer to follow the lead of non-profit advocacy groups and personalities, rather than take up the changes needed to build our work around the structural reforms that are the focus of political parties.<br /><br />As for summarizing the experiences of elected officials, we find that for the most part, those elected have no real interaction with local party organizations. Often people don't see the character of policies or structural reforms of elected Greens as being in anyway distinct. They are more often than not simply continuations of Democratic agenda. <br /><br />It has gotten so bad that the only way the word "reform" is used is in conjuction with cutbacks or cutbacks. All too often Greens have retreated into the realm of the defense of the status quo. Or we latch on to publicized campaigns consistent with the Democratic Party strategy to reinforce a bi- polar political configuration.<br /><br />Without agreeing with Ron Paul's ideological foundation, it can be said that his critique of militarism and the call to drawdown the Empire represents a distinct presentation. We cannot be seen in the political arena unless we have a sound foundation that represents constituencies consistently and defines our priorities accordingly.MartinZehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303347473475754931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-62863324588769224032011-09-03T14:45:29.840-07:002011-09-03T14:45:29.840-07:00We will not have any basis for comparison until we...We will not have any basis for comparison until we have an elected official whose performance can be measured.Jim Doylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-63824523779232013372011-09-03T14:43:12.200-07:002011-09-03T14:43:12.200-07:00Alex,
In a post to the discussion list of Santa C...Alex,<br /><br />In a post to the discussion list of Santa Clara County Greens you wrote:<br /><br />I am still trying to spark a serious discussion among independentprogressives about just what exactly makes us different from run-of-the-millso-called liberal Democrats.<br /><br />My response is perhaps we are not so different. Take for example, voter turnout as a criterion. The last time I checked the percentage of voters registered in one or the other of the parties who actually voted was very close to the same percentage.<br /><br />My wife excoriates me with this factoid.<br /><br />And she is a German citizen<br />who also points out that the Greens in Germany also approved of sending troops to Afghanistan.<br /><br />Jim DoyleJim Doylenoreply@blogger.com