The egalitarian ethos of the Left is commendable. But its historical conception of manifesting such is problematic. Too many on the Left still have in mind: More. Socialists and capitalists used to wrangle about productivity. When Krushchev, in 1956, said to the West: “We will bury you!” he meant that the countries adopting socialism would […]
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The Left must embrace living lightly
September 18th, 2023 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Leave A Comment »
A Green on the School Board
April 16th, 2022 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Leave A Comment »
By Sam Pfeifle — There is a historical theory about the fall of the 500-year-old Roman Republic that gets spread around in policy discourse. The last person I heard reciting it was retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter. The Republic didn’t fall because Caesar’s heir, Octavian, murdered his political enemies and engineered his creation as […]
Prospects in the UK
February 22nd, 2022 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Comments Off on Prospects in the UK
Green Horizon ran an interview with Carla Denyer in our Fall 2021 issue:
More News from Europe
November 5th, 2021 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Comments Off on More News from Europe
The Greens are gradually emerging from the tier of marginal political parties: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58910712
The Green surge continues in Germany
March 14th, 2021 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Comments Off on The Green surge continues in Germany
The next Chancellor of Germany (election in September 2021) could be a Green. https://www.fairobserver.com/region/europe/kiran-bowry-germany-green-party-policy-strategy-elections-2021-environment-news-18171/
Greens say: More Must Be Done!
January 9th, 2020 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Comments Off on Greens say: More Must Be Done!
Statement of the European Greens re: COP25: https://www.globalgreens.org/news/press-release-cop25-closes-without-enough-ambition-there-must-be-consequences-obstructors
Trump vs. America
November 9th, 2019 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Comments Off on Trump vs. America
By John Rensenbrink – Trump believes he has found an elixir. Since we were great once, we can and will be great again. He imagines a story about America. It’s altogether the wrong story, a false story, a fell story. The spirit of America that he appeals to as springing from our past is false. […]
The Green Path to Alternative Energy
July 19th, 2018 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Comments Off on The Green Path to Alternative Energy
Article by Linda Cree from Green Horizon No. 36, Spring 2018 . . . In facing our energy crisis, we seem to be at the crossroads Anishinaabe prophets described as the Time of the Seventh Fire. They warned that during this time humans would have to choose between two paths: the Burnt Path of destruction […]
Early History of the Green Party
May 28th, 2017 | by Brie | published in Green Politics Movement | Comments Off on Early History of the Green Party
Just out …… a fascinating history of the development of the Green Party of the United States …… click on the title above to access the document …… https://greenhorizon.sites.community/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Early-History-of-the-US-Green-Party-by-JR.pdf
Proposal for a Global Organization of Democracies (GOOD)
July 20th, 2014 | by Brie | published in Beyond the U.S., Green Politics Movement | Comments Off on Proposal for a Global Organization of Democracies (GOOD)
The big world conferences on climate every 20 years (1972 Sweden, 1992 Brazil, 2012 Denmark) have failed. Bill McKibben and 350.org are raising consciousness and prodding consciences daily, but the big lever of “world opinion” needs a pivot point or fulcrum, a forum or year round parliament of small and responsible democracies so that all […]