by frog
Rayna Fahey just pointed out to me this photo from New York’s Wooster Collective:
Rayna also reports that the New South Wales Greens ran a kick ass good campaign in the lead up to council elections over the weekend which won them headlines like this:
- The Australian – Greens win, Labor loses in NSW polls
- The Sydney Morning Herald – Greens spell trouble for major parties
- and the Sydney Star Observer – Greener by the vote, which wrote:
Postal votes are still to be counted and preferences calculated, but at this stage the Greens look set to grab upwards of 70 seats on councils across the state, with at least 15 of these new councillors and many in areas that have never seen Greens representation before.
The Greens have always said that they’re not just about keeping the bastards honest — but replacing them.
Having made themselves the largest party on council in Byron, Marrickville and Leichhardt (where they look set to hold a majority of councillors for the first time) they can say they’ve truly started down that road.
In a slew of others they’re now the second largest party, with the Greens either out-polling Liberals in Labor-held seats or out-polling Labor in Liberal areas.
Published in Environment & Resource Management by frog on Thu, September 18th, 2008
Tags: climate change, New south wales, polar bear, rayna fahey
on the trolls and those who are unable to keep on topic
The Radicals sure manage to wriggle their way to the top don’t they!
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are the aussie Greens more or less the same as NZ’s?
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Great news !
Well done Aussie Greens !
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StephenR, the Aussie Greens are indeed very similar. Their Charter lists ten principles, as is often the case overseas. The first four map closley to our four and the other six we would say are largely contained within those four.
Generally speaking, Green parties in western countries are all pretty similar at the level of principle. They may have a different focus, which seems to be based on whether they have representation at the national level or not. In the US for instance, representation and therefore most activity is at the local level, where Greens have made inroads in the last decade into city councils and mayoralties, while the Aussies’ activities are like ours as they are represented at both state level and in Canberra.
Some Green parties depart from the norm, in former eastern block countries for example, but their history and context is of course very different.
So while some can’t understand our involvement with social justice issues, the Green movement worldwide has very largely come to the same conclusion as we have that environmental and social justice issues are two sides of the same coin that need to be dealt with together.
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Yeah i’m not that surprised, I just say that cos I remember reading a paper on the Canadian Green party’s move to the right – can’t find it now, but this’ll do:
http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada#Policy_direction
Seems to be because of the ‘eco-tax’ idea, which I would love to see more of in NZ myself…
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They’re obviously under a different electoral system, but they’re proving that it is possible to win candidates in general seats.
They’re looking to get 3 seats and hold the balance of power in the 21 member ACT assembly at the moment – and it’s looking possible. I’ll keep you all informed!
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sweet
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Are our Green MP’s standing in any electorates, just for a laugh?
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All but Jeanette.
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