JamBoi
10-24-2006, 11:31 PM
I couldn't have said it any better myself! Clear and to the point.
Green Party outlines 10 values to help nation
By Claire Pody, Dejntshia Yang and Kelly Meverden
Special to the Wausau Daily Herald
Did you know that according to the Green Party every level of government is operating in the red?
This means we are running up crushing amounts of debt! The Green Party of the United States is a federation of State Green Parties. They want to renew democracy without the support of corporate donors. The Green Party was formed in 2001 from the association of State Green Parties (1996-2001). The Green Party has a visionary platform including: 10 key values as a guide for politics, a creative plan for a sustainable economy and a call to restore and protect a healthy, diverse environment.
The 10 key values include:
1. Grass roots democracy -- Greens work to increase public participation in government and to ensure public representatives are accountable to the people who elect them.
2. Social justice and equal opportunity -- Greens want to confront barriers which deny equal justice under the law such as racism, homophobia and ageism.
3. Ecological wisdom -- Greens support utilizing our resources in such a way that future generations will benefit and not suffer from the practices of our generation.
4. Non-violence -- Greens want to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, without being naïve about the intentions of the governments.
5. Decentralization -- Greens want a restructuring of social, political and economic institutions away from being controlled by a few.
6. Community-based economics -- Greens want work places to encourage employee ownership. They want to restrict the size of corporations.
7. Feminism and gender equity -- Greens believe equity between the sexes and interpersonal responsibility must be developed with conscience.
8. Respect for diversity -- Greens support and encourage preservation of biodiversity.
9. Personal and global responsibility -- Greens seek to join with people around the world to foster peace, economic justice and the health of the planet.
10. Future focus and sustainability -- Greens believe we must counterbalance short-term profits by assuring fiscal policies are responsible to future generations.
Greens are grass roots activists. They are environmentalists, advocates for social justice and nonviolent resisters. Citizens who have had enough of corporate-dominated politics would want to join so they can help make the state and the world a better place to live. The Green Party believes if you join them now, you will help provide real solutions for real problems.
Claire Pody, Dejntshia Yang and Kelly Meverden are fifth-graders at Lincoln Elementary School in Wausau. This article is one of an election-year series by students participating in Kids Voting USA's student reporter program.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061022/WDH0101/610220414
Green Party outlines 10 values to help nation
By Claire Pody, Dejntshia Yang and Kelly Meverden
Special to the Wausau Daily Herald
Did you know that according to the Green Party every level of government is operating in the red?
This means we are running up crushing amounts of debt! The Green Party of the United States is a federation of State Green Parties. They want to renew democracy without the support of corporate donors. The Green Party was formed in 2001 from the association of State Green Parties (1996-2001). The Green Party has a visionary platform including: 10 key values as a guide for politics, a creative plan for a sustainable economy and a call to restore and protect a healthy, diverse environment.
The 10 key values include:
1. Grass roots democracy -- Greens work to increase public participation in government and to ensure public representatives are accountable to the people who elect them.
2. Social justice and equal opportunity -- Greens want to confront barriers which deny equal justice under the law such as racism, homophobia and ageism.
3. Ecological wisdom -- Greens support utilizing our resources in such a way that future generations will benefit and not suffer from the practices of our generation.
4. Non-violence -- Greens want to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, without being naïve about the intentions of the governments.
5. Decentralization -- Greens want a restructuring of social, political and economic institutions away from being controlled by a few.
6. Community-based economics -- Greens want work places to encourage employee ownership. They want to restrict the size of corporations.
7. Feminism and gender equity -- Greens believe equity between the sexes and interpersonal responsibility must be developed with conscience.
8. Respect for diversity -- Greens support and encourage preservation of biodiversity.
9. Personal and global responsibility -- Greens seek to join with people around the world to foster peace, economic justice and the health of the planet.
10. Future focus and sustainability -- Greens believe we must counterbalance short-term profits by assuring fiscal policies are responsible to future generations.
Greens are grass roots activists. They are environmentalists, advocates for social justice and nonviolent resisters. Citizens who have had enough of corporate-dominated politics would want to join so they can help make the state and the world a better place to live. The Green Party believes if you join them now, you will help provide real solutions for real problems.
Claire Pody, Dejntshia Yang and Kelly Meverden are fifth-graders at Lincoln Elementary School in Wausau. This article is one of an election-year series by students participating in Kids Voting USA's student reporter program.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061022/WDH0101/610220414