After The Election, Beyond Electoral Politics

Against billionaire power and Labor triumphalism, Greens voices refuse the media’s demand to water down our politics.

In Victoria, former senator Janet Rice traces three decades of movement growth, outlining our “politics of belonging”, while Huong Truong, writing from Naarm/Melbourne’s west, shows us how relationships of solidarity work beyond electoral metrics as Greens politics and deep community building.

In Magan-djin/Brisbane, Jonathan Sriranganathan confronts the paradox of appearing “too extreme” while remaining “too moderate” to achieve radical grassroots power and systemic change, while Remah Naji reveals how Palestinian existence is itself revolutionary practice against settler colonial frames.

In turn, both Ellen Sandell (Victorian Greens leader) and David Shoebridge (NSW senator) remind us that unlike the major parties, we’re not here to win for winning’s sake, that our party’s strength lies in principled solidarity across struggles — from ecological justice and social justice to Gaza.

Carlos Morreo
Editor, Green Agenda
Naarm/Melbourne