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Resistance – Nonviolently Toppling A Dictator
Not quite 25 years ago, something extraordinary happened – a group of young students and activists launched a campaign of resistance, full of humour while deeply serious, powerfully active while entirely nonviolent, that brought down the Serbian dictator, Slobodan Milosevic. As a young activist, then starting out with Greenpeace, and with eastern European heritage myself,…
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The Missing Peace: Video And Next Events
In this unstable and volatile world, with most politics assuming that violence is the path to power and security, the Greens’ commitment to peace and nonviolence is a beacon of sense and compassion and wisdom. And last Wednesday evening, we were treated to an immensely enriching and nourishing conversation between two great Greens elder states-people, Jo…
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Green Agenda: On flourishing with nature, grassroots organising, and Palestine
Here’s a selection from the latest Green Agenda issue, our archive, and what we’re reading and sharing, while we’re working on Green Agenda’s next issue, out shortly. We’re also putting together two call for papers — on forests, and on peace, non-violence and demilitarisation. So, watch out for that too. Writing from Tasmania’s Huon Valley,…
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Peace is a process; nonviolence is action
Nonviolence is a powerful, active, creative and generative form of resistance to violent systems. Every act of violence creates a more violent world. Nonviolence refuses to accept the self-perpetuating logic of the inevitability of violence, and demands of us that we cultivate space for peace-making. In this way, peace can be seen as on ongoing…
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Change Everything – Natalie Bennett on her new book on transformative Greens politics, with guest Christine Milne
What does transformative Greens policy and politics look like? Natalie Bennett, former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and current Greens member of the House of Lords, has written a new book, Change Everything, examining a broad range of ideas from participatory democracy to UBI to dismantling corporate power. On 9 July 2024,…
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Elections =/= Democracy
On Tuesday evening, when Christine Milne and I chat with former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Natalie Bennett, about her new book, Change Everything, one of the things I’m looking forward to discussing is the weird and complex and misleading relationship between electoral systems and democracy. Register for the webinar here The British electoral system…
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Dutton Nukes Democratic Climate Debate
Here we go again. A decade ago, I wrote this piece in The Guardian explaining why the right keeps returning to nuclear power like a dog to a puddle of vomit. It fits their worldview: the “dominion mandate” that says God gave “man” the Earth to dominate; the belief in centralised corporate control; and the idea that…
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Watch Back – Greens Leaders Talk Democracy
This month I was incredibly privileged to chair a webinar with three tremendously inspiring Greens leaders from around the globe, as we launched the Global Greens Strengthening Democracy Network. If you weren’t able to join us, quite late in the evening, you can now watch or listen to the video of the conversation here. Bringing three…
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Transformative Incrementalism: Changing Global Systems By Changing Our Part Of The World
On Saturday evening April 20 Tim Hollo presented a speech at the Gaiarcadia Summit online, on a panel on “Ecovillages and Sustainable Cities” alongside David Holmgren, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Mumta Ito and others. Here is the speech! Good evening, afternoon or morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be part of this important conversation, sharing virtual space…
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Leaping towards transformative politics!
Launching Friends of the Green Institute Imagine if we Greens had the time and space to really think deeply about the changes we need in the world, and how to make them happen! Imagine if everyone in and around our party and movement had the opportunity to get involved in well-facilitated, well-informed conversations about transformative…
