We are an established local political party that is just beginning to make ourselves known in the Athens-Clarke county area. Are you in?
Our party's political ideology is as diverse as the people we serve around the world. The foundation of our message are what we call the four pillars:
1) Peace: Our country's long wars and worldwide military presence are immoral and unsustainable. Our military budget must be cut dramatically.
2) Ecology: The human cost of climate change is too high. We need to get off fossil fuels and onto renew
able energy.
3) Social Justice: Falling wages and rising bills are hitting most of us, and the most vulnerable are hit the hardest. We demand a living wage and a real safety net.
4) Democracy: We demand public financing of elections, open debates, and more representative voting systems. Furthur, our platform is broken down into 10 main points:
1. Grassroots Democracy
All human beings must be allowed a say in decisions that affect their lives; no one should be subject to the will of another. We work to improve public participation in every aspect of government and seek to ensure that our public representatives are fully accountable to the people who elect them. We also work to create new types of political organizations that expand the process of participatory democracy by directly including citizens in decision-making.
2. Social Justice And Equal Opportunity
As a matter of right, all persons must have the opportunity to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment. We must consciously confront in ourselves, our organizations, and society at large, any discrimination by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, religion, or physical or mental ability that denies fair treatment and equal justice under the law.
3. Ecological Wisdom
Human societies must function with the understanding that we are part of nature, not separate from nature. We must maintain an ecological balance and live within the ecological and resource limits of our communities and our planet. We support a sustainable society that utilizes resources in such a way that future generations will benefit and not suffer from the practices of our generation. To this end we must practice agriculture that replenishes the soil, move to an energy-efficient economy, and live in ways that respect the integrity of natural systems.
4. Non-Violence
It is essential that we develop effective alternatives to society's current patterns of violence. We will work to demilitarize and eliminate weapons of mass destruction, without being naive about the intentions of other governments. We recognize the need for self-defense and the defense of others who are in danger. We promote non-violent methods to oppose practices and policies with which we disagree, and will guide our actions toward lasting personal, community and global peace.
5. Decentralization
Centralization of wealth and power contributes to social and economic injustice, environmental destruction, and militarization. We seek a restructuring of social, political and economic institutions away from a system controlled by and mostly benefiting the powerful few, to a democratic, less bureaucratic system. Decision-making should, as much as possible, remain at the individual and local level, while assuring that civil rights are protected for all.
6. Community-Based Economics
We support redesigning our work structures to encourage employee ownership and workplace democracy. We support developing new economic activities and institutions that allow us to use technology in ways that are humane, freeing, ecological, and responsive and accountable to communities. We support establishing a form of basic economic security open to all. We call for moving beyond the narrow 'job ethic' to new definitions of 'work,' 'jobs' and 'income' in a cooperative and democratic economy. We support restructuring our patterns of income distribution to reflect the wealth created by those outside the formal monetary economy – those who take responsibility for parenting, housekeeping, home gardens, community volunteer work, and the like. We support restricting the size and concentrated power of corporations without discouraging superior efficiency or technological innovation.
7. Feminism And Gender Equity
We have inherited a social system based on male domination of politics and economics. We call for the replacement of the cultural ethics of domination and control with cooperative ways of interacting that respect differences of opinion and gender. Human values such as gender equity, interpersonal responsibility, and honesty must be developed with moral conscience. We recognize that the processes for determining our decisions and actions are just as important as achieving the outcomes we want.
8. Respect For Diversity
We believe it is important to value cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity, and to promote the development of respectful relationships across the human spectrum. We believe that the many diverse elements of society should be reflected in our organizations and decision-making bodies, and we support the leadership of people who have been traditionally closed out of leadership roles. We encourage respect for all life forms, and increased attention to the preservation of biodiversity.
9. Personal And Global Responsibility
We encourage individuals to act to improve their personal wellbeing and, at the same time, to enhance ecological balance and social harmony. We seek to join with people and organizations around the world to foster peace, economic justice, and the health of the planet.
10. Future Focus And Sustainability
Our actions and policies should be motivated by long-term goals. We seek to protect valuable natural resources, safely disposing of or 'unmaking' all waste we create, while developing a sustainable economics that does not depend on continual expansion for survival. We must counterbalance the drive for short-term profits by assuring that economic development, new technologies, and fiscal policies are responsible to future generations who will inherit the results of our actions. We must make the quality of all lives, rather than open-ended economic growth, the focus of future thinking and policy. This is who we are, what we want transform our country into and how we plan on changing the world. We accept people of all religons and ideologies and plan on becoming a major party over the next decade, but we need your help to accomplish this: the grassroots of deomcracy!
-Quinn
05/28/2019
Meet Howie Hawkins
The original Green New Dealer & a Green candidate for president in 2020
7:30 PM, Tuesday, June 4 @
Little Kings Shuffle Club, 223 West Hancock Avenue, Athens GA
In 2009 & 2010 Howie Hawkins was the first candidate of any U.S. Party to campaign on the Green New Deal.
Greener than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's resolution, the original Howie Hawkins Green New Deal (GND) includes but is not limited to:
* A right to a job or basic income;
* Medicare For All NOW, and eventually a National Health Service;
* A right to quality housing for all in walkable neighborhoods;
* A right to the city and an end to gentrification;
* Regional transportation networks to serve all neighborhoods, not just the privileged & a national high speed rail network;
* Universal childcare, universal pre - K;
* Full funding of public schools, including arts, music, humanities, & the reduction of class sizes to no more than 15 students;
* Democratic community, parent and teacher control of public schools, an ending the privatization of public education.
* Development of zero waste manufacturing and agricultural processes and green building technologies;
* Gradual shutdown of the fossil fuel industrial complex with a just transition for workers in those sectors;
* Development of electric cars and rebuilding infrastructure; Sharing green technologies with poorer countries;
* Zero emissions by 2030.
Click on Events and let us know how many people you can bring to this Little Kings event! Thank You!
04/04/2018
Sat. April 7th – 9:30am Athens Green Party Meeting & Petition Drive Kickoff!
Next Athens Green Party Meeting is Sat. April 7th – 9:30am to 11:30am – at the Athens-Clarke County Library, Multipurpose Room B 2025 Baxter St, Athens, GA 30606
Our Meeting Agenda includes building petition drive teams, using our Green platform planks to energize campaigns, and your agenda items.
After the meeting we'll head downtown to the International Street Festival to petition – read details below!
John Fortuin's Senate District 46 Petitioning Calendar
Hi everyone, My name is John Fortuin, I'm running for Senate District 46, to oust incumbent majority leader, Republican Bill Cowsert. I need 5,225 signatures to get on the ballot before June 6th, and I need your help getting signatures from my district, which includes Athens-Clarke, Oconee, & Walton Counties. Give me a call at 404-438-2389 in advance if you'd like to help us out at one of the events listed below, and I'll meet you there, and teach you how to collect valid signatures! And we need volunteers as petition drive leaders! Thank you!!!
Senate District 46 Petitioning Opportunities – April:
April 7th 12pm- 5pm - Athens - Intersection of College & Broad Street, Athens
International Street Festival – Public Street Event
April 13th - Monroe - Food Truck Friday - 601 S. Madison Ave., Monroe
Food Truck Friday is back!! 11:00 am - 2:00 pm for lunch and 6:30 - 9:30 for dinner on the lawn of the Monroe Cotton Mills. Live music at dinner by Packway Handle Band. Private property concerns
April 14th, Saturday 8am–noon, (& every Saturday) – Athens- 705 Sunset Dr, Athens, GA 30606 - Athens Farmer's Market, Bishop Park (near basketball courts), – Public Park
April 14th - Athens - 4:30pm- 8:30pm 265 Newton Bridge Rd, Athens, GA 30607
Terrapin Brewing - Anniversary Carnival ($26 per person admission). -
Productive and legal petitioning would need to be out in Terrapin's parking lot, thus potential private property concerns. - Athens has great breweries and brewery events, but petitioning inside them is probably asking for a felony from the State Election Board.
April 21st , Saturday 8am–noon, – Athens - 705 Sunset Dr, Athens, GA 30606
(Petitioning Leader needed for this event) - Athens Farmer's Market, Bishop Park (near basketball courts), – Public Park
Fri Apr 27th - Loganville - 7:00pm – 9:00pm - 235 Main St, Loganville, GA 30052
Movies on Main featuring Ferdinand, on the Town Green - Bring the kids, a blanket and a picnic to enjoy the movie "Ferdinand" on a 23-foot inflatable screen. – Public Square
Apr. 27–28th - Athens - Twilight Criterium - This bicycle race draws thousands downtown, and includes lots of associated activities. athenstwilight dot com - Public Street Event (Since this event draws thousands, let's work it hard and collect thousands of signatures! Thanks!)
April 28th , Saturday 8am–noon, – Athens - 705 Sunset Dr, Athens, GA 30606
Athens Farmer's Market, Bishop Park (near basketball courts), – Public Park
Add your in-district petitioning event here – let us know of any good events coming up!
The Green Party has candidates running for State Offices and for Congress! Come meet a Green candidate, kickoff the campaign and sign a petition to get our candidates on the ballot! We are organizing in and around Athens this spring! Hear about our challenge to the establishment leaders who are failing Georgians and Athenians!
Join us this Wednesday 3/21 at the Athens-Clarke Library, Multipurpose Room C, at 6:00 pm to kickstart our Athens campaign!
Athens Greens Meeting Schedule:
Multipurpose Room C: 6:00 pm to 8:00pm Wed., March 21, 2018
Multipurpose Room B: 9:30am to 1:30pm Saturday, April 7, 2018
All of the above meetings will take place at:
Athens-Clarke County Library
2025 Baxter St
Athens, GA 30606.
We welcome you and interested guests to join our movement
In Peace, Justice, and Sustainability,
John Fortuin
404-438-2389
05/13/2017
We will be participating in the Winterville Marigold Festival. We need volunteers. Who wants to be a part of something awesome?
05/06/2017
Come by our booth at the Human Rights Festival at College and Broad Street in downtown Athens! We'll be here all weekend! Great speakers and bands!
01/08/2017
If you took pictures or videos of the January 072017 Green Party Meeting, please post your pictures below. Thank you!
01/08/2017
This was a pic from the January 7th, 2017 Green Party Meeting. Al and Denice are pictured and they are here to help our County Party grow in their capacity as Green Party State Officials!
12/20/2016
National Popular Vote
The National Popular Vote bill can be passed by each state individually and has already been passed by 10 states plus DC. Once enough states equaling at least 270 electoral votes have passed the bill, it would set up an interstate compact requiring
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12/10/2016
People are getting involved with local government!
Athens-Clarke commissioners deluged with applicants for local boards
Athens-Clarke County commissioners, deluged with more applications than recalled in recent memory for open positions on five of the various boards and authorities that oversee various aspects of county government operations, spent seven hours Wednesday interviewing those applicants.
11/05/2016
This is arguably the most interesting interview on the future of the economy with Andy Stern on a Universal Basic Income (UBI). UBI could be the government program to end all other programs and help solve the job crisis!
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