Subject: Re: GREEN PARTY USA URGES: COME HOME TO PEACE
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:14:13 +0000



Hi all, long time no post,

> > >> "The Greens, set up as a kind of anti-party party, have turned into
> > >> a party obsessed with power...

[snip]

the so-called well-meaning people who started a party in the
> > first place that get affected by this power-hunger. Don't put the
> > blame on others, look inside yourself. That's what parties are all
> > about (and people who want to create them).

Some Green Party groups I've read about continue to operate in a 
decentralized form, but only on small local levels. At that level, it seems 
to me, they are akin to union locals (at least in theory, though not usually 
in practice); more democratic, less hierarchial. Involvement with groups 
like these could be a good thing; stress those positive attributes 
(autonomy, accountability, etc.) to other members before they get sucked 
into the political machinery, spreading the gospel of decentralization. We 
all know that organization is required to accomplish some tasks, and as long 
as groups don't try to move beyond their stated purpose, perhaps being part 
of one wouldn't be quite so heretical. I realize that this isn't a purist 
thought, so go easy on me.

                                   Later, John



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