#fikira

To start, i will be posting excerpts from Howie Hawkin’s (ed.) Independent Politics: The Green Party Strategy Debate. I had already made up my mind and registered Green a good seven months before i picked this text up (courtesy of the Occupy Wall Street Library, haay*), but Howie vindicated my ideology. This book focuses on the specifics of the 2004 Nader//Cobb campaign so my excerpts won’t be many–the ones i will post i hope will serve as Green 101 resources. Unfortunately, i have to leave this text behind me, (I’m off to be an organic farmer! New posts about this to come.) If anyone would like it, first come, first serve. I’d be happy to mail it off for free to someone who’d really enjoy it.

Onwards, I will be doing research into the 2008 Green campaign and offering anecdotes on how/why we can/should defeat Obama. I will also be covering Jill Stein’s campaign as often as possible (hopefully more than re'blogging from her excellent site; sign up for updates here!), and taking notes on whatever local Green (political) stuff i get myself into once i’m settled in on a farm.

I hope you guys tune in, respond thoughtfully, re'blog, and share as you care to. This is one of the most progressive forums online, y'all! I want to see this work take flight with like-minded people, liberal voters, radical activists, young undecideds, and anyone else out there who has a say (wootwoot for grassroots activism!).

Peace!

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*Yes, i know of all the internal problems OWS suffered, and about the accounting no-nos that happened, and yes i still mourned when the NYPD trashed it all. I still support liberal, readily available literature being in one place, and am still proud to have participated in such a radical part of the movement.