Although an eight-month Elections Canada investigation cleared him of any serious wrongdoing, the choice of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast MP Blair Wilson as Canada’s first Green MP throws serious doubt on Green Party leader Elizabeth May’s commitment to the fundamental Green political principles of ecocentrism and grassroots democracy.
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Country Report — Italy
Mainstream Italian politicians claim to pursue the sustainable path, but their real aim is continued economic growth, explains Italian correspondent Guido Dalla Casa. Unfortunately, the Italian Green Party also has nothing ‘deep green’ about it, so no help for the planet will come out of Italy.
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Country Report — Russia
The state of Russian NGOs is a mirror of the state of Russian society. This means considerable atomization of Green and other citizens movements, and an inadequate understanding of present-day reality by the Russian people as a whole, writes our Russian correspondent Dr. Vladimir F.Levchenko.
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By Stuart Hertzog
This intriguing collection from greenpolitics.ca offers a much needed and iconoclastic view of Canada’s Green parties.
Activist Stuart Hertzog’s lively, insightful, and often wry commentary shows just how far Canadian Greens have drifted away from the original Green political principles.
Its profoundly democratic vision offers a practical cure for our dysfunctional political system and a way forward on urgent global issues.
Vital reading for all Greens!
PEGASUS PRESS
Paperback 196 pp. $25
ISBN 978-0-9691159-2-2
Annotated PDF $10
ISBN 978-0-9691159-3-9
EPUB e-Book format $10
ISBN 978-0-9691159-4-6
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