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A few thoughts on #CETA and MY @greenparty_ie (which I first joined almost 30 years ago, and am sticking with)
I’ve always believed that politics can be different, and the place for this to happen is in a party that builds its policy from #grassroots
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I’ve always believed that politics can be different, and the place for this to happen is in a party that builds its policy from #grassroots
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A core principle which we hold is of decision making at the lowest effective level: that means that if minds are going to change at a cabinet table, there should be a process to bring this to membership BEFORE a big decisions are made.
I’ve worked extremely hard through the dark years after mistakes were made in the 2007-10 government to rebuild and keep local structures active and in place.
We rebuilt our brand based on questioning the power of big business to threaten the environment. Nothing has changed.
We rebuilt our brand based on questioning the power of big business to threaten the environment. Nothing has changed.
I’ve tried to stretch the reach of the party into working class areas who are more exposed to the effects of climate change and environmental degradation, but am I to tell them that multinational corporations matter more now than protecting them?
Maybe there is good reason to support the amended #CETA but nobody has adequately explained:
1. What those good reasons are
2. What the hurry is
And what is really in it for @greenparty_ie and people who have rebuilt this party from the dust of 2011, and those who support them.
1. What those good reasons are
2. What the hurry is
And what is really in it for @greenparty_ie and people who have rebuilt this party from the dust of 2011, and those who support them.
One worry is, of course, that my party could be taken over by carpet bag political operatives who are part of the status quo, and not really from the environmental movement.
I would really like to be proved wrong.
I would really like to be proved wrong.
