@strypey It was interesting, especially after the Greens won three electorate seats in the general election.
I see the common question, "Why can't the Greens just concentrate on the environment and not all the social justice stuff?" has popped up again after James Shaw's announcement yesterday.
I think this quote captures the Greens well.
“We uncovered four distinct profiles that differed in their pattern of support across seven attitudinal domains; value for the environment, equality, social justice, wealth, belief in anthropogenic climate change, views about historical injustice and reparations for Māori, and value for Māori culture.”
There's no contradiction in being concerned about all of these things -- I am.
#EU#Finland#Greens: "At a packed, dimly lit music venue in Helsinki, an attentive crowd dressed up for a night out sings sweetly along to musicians on stage in front of a kitsch image of a smiling 65-year-old man.
While the atmosphere would suggest fun club night rather than political campaign event, it is one of the last appearances of Pekka Haavisto, the man to whom the night is dedicated, before he runs in one of Finland’s most high-stakes presidential elections in living memory.
The 65-year-old former foreign minister, who is hoping to become the country’s first Green and first gay president, is second in the opinion polls as Finland votes in the first round of the pivotal election on Sunday. But he is facing a growing threat from the right."
Heads up UK citizens overseas! The disgraceful ‘15 year rule’ which disenfranchised you is being binned TODAY! From 16 January you can now at long last register to vote, which you should do ASAP in view of in the upcoming general election, because gestures at everything
@ottocrat so for whom would you vote to make things better? As far as I can see there's only the #Greens, and under First Past the Post #FPTP their chances of making a breakthrough are lower than nil.
A mass boycott of the polls may well be the best option.
So, out of a spirit of pure mischief, should the English #GreenParty nominate Chris Skidmore as their candidate for the #Kingswood bye-election?
He'd get all the anti-Tory votes and a good share of the #Tory votes – he might well win;
He's probably not the person the #Greens would want as their only MP after @CarolineLucas stands down (although hopefully they'll have several more after the general election).
"Adopting rightwing policies on issues such as immigration and the economy does not help centre-left parties win votes, according to new analysis of European electoral and polling data"
Gasp. Who could possibly have guessed it? Someone should tell #Labour and the #SNP.
@petealexharris They are certainly pandering to the right to the point of losing voters, although more to the #Greens than to the #Tories.
I am one of the (many) voters they have already lost. But I'm more worried about the voters whom the #SNP have lost and are losing, not to the Greens but to apathy. Those people will likely never vote again.
When ingesting a meal begin with #vegetables / leafy #greens first. Ingest as much as your body will allow before consuming fats, proteins, and complex sugars. Doing so will allow for more intake of these vital nutrients prior to the body's satiation.
#Environmental#activists claim success after partial overturn of state laws that criminalised protest actions near major hubs
Lisa Cox
Wed 13 Dec 2023 03.23 EST
“The New South Wales supreme court has found that parts of anti-protest laws introduced by the former Perrottet government are unconstitutional because they infringe on the implied freedom of political communication.
“The laws were introduced in 2022 in response to a series of climate protests that disrupted Port Botany.
“The laws, which passed with the support of the then Labor opposition, added a new section to the state’s Crimes Act to target protest activities at major facilities such as railways, ports, transport facilities or infrastructure.
“The new offences, which carried maximum penalties of two years imprisonment and $22,000 in fines, applied in circumstances where protest activities caused damage to the facility, seriously disrupted or obstructed people attempting to use the facility, closed or partially closed the facility, or caused people trying to use the facility to be redirected.
“Two 'knitting nannas' – Helen Kvelde and Dominique Jacobs – took legal action to defend the right to protest, arguing that the new laws fundamentally undermined their right to political communication.
Their legal representative, the Environmental Defenders Office, argued that criminalising certain protest activities was unconstitutional because it impermissibly burdened the implied freedom of political communication.
“In a judgment on Wednesday afternoon, the court found the new section of the Crimes Act did 'effectively burden the implied freedom in its terms, operation, and effect … the law is, therefore, constitutionally invalid unless justified'.
“The court found the burden was unjustified where the protest activity caused people to be redirected or caused a facility to be partially closed. Those parts of the laws were therefore invalid.
“Kvelde said she was happy the court had given 'some acknowledgement to the democratic right to protest'.
“’But these laws to me feel like a distraction. As if both Labor and the Liberal party are trying to get the population angry with protesters instead of angry against politicians for failing to protect us from #ClimateEmergency,' she said.
“’I’m not sure what we can do next, but it doesn’t feel right to just let this go. We need to fight for our democratic right to protest peacefully. I wish people would understand that ultimately these laws could affect anyone – anyone the government of the day does not like.'
“A spokesperson for the Minns government said it was 'carefully considering the judgment and seeking advice on appeal options or options for legislative reform to ensure that protest activity is appropriately regulated and balances the rights and freedoms of the people of NSW'.
“The NSW #Greens spokesperson for climate change and the environment, Sue Higginson, called on Labor to consider the judgment in full. 'While the court upheld parts of the law targeting the actions of protestors it found parts to be unconstitutional. Clearly, the former Coalition government enacted harsh and draconian laws, it was an overreach,' she said.
“‘The Minns Labor government should now repeal all of the Coalition’s anti-protest laws as they have now been shown to be bad laws and, as civil society has maintained since they were first introduced, they are entirely unnecessary.'
“The knitting nannas also asked the court to find amendments to regulations that altered the definition of 'major bridge, tunnel or road' to be beyond the government’s regulation-making power and therefore invalid. But the court found those amendments were valid.”