Comments on: The Failure of Green Electoralism http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/12/the-failure-of-green-electoralism/ A grassroots view of green politics Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: shavluk http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/12/the-failure-of-green-electoralism/comment-page-1/#comment-9154 shavluk Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:57:37 +0000 http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=663#comment-9154 As a matter of fact.....yes... tomorrow morning Thank you Stuart ! I expect it to make it to main stream media unless harper promises them a new round of "Action Plan" TV trough money....LOL just to ignore us. Yes what is it now ..? $86 MILLION TAX PAYERS DOLLARS NOW GIVEN TO THE TV CONSORTIUM as advertising in the last year? As a matter of fact…..yes… tomorrow morning

Thank you Stuart !
I expect it to make it to main stream media unless harper promises them a new round of “Action Plan” TV trough money….LOL just to ignore us.
Yes what is it now ..?
$86 MILLION TAX PAYERS DOLLARS NOW GIVEN TO THE TV CONSORTIUM as advertising in the last year?

]]> By: Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/12/the-failure-of-green-electoralism/comment-page-1/#comment-9134 Stuart Hertzog Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:58:54 +0000 http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=663#comment-9134 Happy New Year to you, Mr. Shavluk. Soon, you will have your day in court. Good luck! Happy New Year to you, Mr. Shavluk. Soon, you will have your day in court. Good luck!

]]> By: Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/12/the-failure-of-green-electoralism/comment-page-1/#comment-9133 Stuart Hertzog Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:57:09 +0000 http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=663#comment-9133 Well put, John. It sounds like we need an entirely new Green party. Well put, John. It sounds like we need an entirely new Green party.

]]> By: Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/12/the-failure-of-green-electoralism/comment-page-1/#comment-9132 Stuart Hertzog Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:55:06 +0000 http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=663#comment-9132 For the Green Party to take politics seriously, it has to seriously examine its structure, its actual political philosophy, and how it behaves. It can't just be a case of "full ahead and damn the torpedos," Mark. That's what it's doing right now. Unfortunately, I doubt that the Green Party has the capacity to question itself at this time. I'm not too optimistic about its chances of surviving. For the Green Party to take politics seriously, it has to seriously examine its structure, its actual political philosophy, and how it behaves. It can’t just be a case of “full ahead and damn the torpedos,” Mark. That’s what it’s doing right now. Unfortunately, I doubt that the Green Party has the capacity to question itself at this time. I’m not too optimistic about its chances of surviving.

]]> By: shavluk http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/12/the-failure-of-green-electoralism/comment-page-1/#comment-9078 shavluk Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:27:10 +0000 http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=663#comment-9078 the members total was 8000 when I got e may to say she would re-legalize cannabis ...oct 11 2007 we dropped immediately as all those who ridiculed me and who had fought me ...I guess quit...we then shot up to 12,000 paid members in under two months glitches and sabotage abounded lots of people were yes.. following I was fatally stabbed and left for dead sept 4 2008 the numbers have been steadily bleeding since they must think people are stupid.... can not read and don't talk LOL I do see a different scenario....soon coming though!! we are not dead yet but then who am I ? happy new year folks the members total was 8000 when I got e may to say she would re-legalize cannabis …oct 11 2007

we dropped immediately as all those who ridiculed me and who had fought me …I guess quit…we then shot up to 12,000 paid members in under two months
glitches and sabotage abounded
lots of people were yes.. following

I was fatally stabbed and left for dead sept 4 2008

the numbers have been steadily bleeding since

they must think people are stupid…. can not read and don’t talk

LOL

I do see a different scenario….soon coming though!!

we are not dead yet

but then who am I ?

happy new year folks

]]> By: John Ogilvie http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/12/the-failure-of-green-electoralism/comment-page-1/#comment-9059 John Ogilvie Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:02:40 +0000 http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=663#comment-9059 The Green Party has peaked - for the moment - as a political party. We need new leadership, that understands politics as opposed to activism. We need new staff, that can balance the books and fundraise more effectively. We need a new platform, which presents a set of intelligent new policies, which seem sensible to average Canadians. We need to turn the party upside down, so that it supports local EDAs, instead of the national HQ. The Green Party has peaked – for the moment – as a political party.

We need new leadership, that understands politics as opposed to activism.

We need new staff, that can balance the books and fundraise more effectively.

We need a new platform, which presents a set of intelligent new policies, which seem sensible to average Canadians.

We need to turn the party upside down, so that it supports local EDAs, instead of the national HQ.

]]> By: Mark Taylor http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/12/the-failure-of-green-electoralism/comment-page-1/#comment-8851 Mark Taylor Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:23:10 +0000 http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=663#comment-8851 Your number for GPC membership is much higher than today's actual numbers. Not sure if we ever were that high in membership. As to your post... if the Green Party wants to have a serious future, it has to take politics seriously. Not just the leadership team but every member. Enough with the protest movements. Enough with month long online debates about policy. Enough with the slackivism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacktivism). We need to start doing basic politics and we need to start now. Your number for GPC membership is much higher than today’s actual numbers. Not sure if we ever were that high in membership.

As to your post… if the Green Party wants to have a serious future, it has to take politics seriously. Not just the leadership team but every member. Enough with the protest movements. Enough with month long online debates about policy. Enough with the slackivism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacktivism). We need to start doing basic politics and we need to start now.

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