http://greenpolitics.ca A grassroots view of green politics Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:49:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/10/different-leader-same-mistake/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/10/different-leader-same-mistake/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:19:33 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=207 Although philosopher George Santayana offered the sage advice to learn from history or repeat it, it seems that his message hasn’t yet reached the inner sanctum of the Green Party of BC. By parachuting herself into the recently-announced Victoria-Fairview byelection, leader Jane Sterk is making the same mistake as her predecessor.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/10/different-leader-same-mistake/feed/ 8 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:32:00 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=134 Despite the intent to create a more democratic political process, many Green parties from the start adopted the same ‘top-down’ hierarchical structure as mainstream political parties. Their leadership progressively sealed themselves off from the party’s grass roots, and in many cases membership and fundraising declined precipitously. This analysis looks at why.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/feed/ 1 http://greenpolitics.ca/2007/10/one-step-forward-two-steps-back/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2007/10/one-step-forward-two-steps-back/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:42:26 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/2007/10/28/one-step-forward-two-steps-back/ Seeking to end two decades on the fringes of politics, BC Greens took their first tentative steps on the slippery slope to power. Whether it leads towards the Green ideals of world peace, ecological and social justice, and grassroots democracy depends on whether the party sells its soul in its quest for influence.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2007/10/one-step-forward-two-steps-back/feed/ 3 http://greenpolitics.ca/2007/10/and-the-winner-is/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2007/10/and-the-winner-is/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:01:42 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/2007/10/23/and-the-winner-is/ After a hotly-contested race, the BC Green Party chose Esquimalt councillor Jane Sterk as their new Leader. She’s going to have to use all her impressive political and personal skills to repair the damage of the previous eleven months and build the party into a vote-getting machine for 2009. ]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2007/10/and-the-winner-is/feed/ 0