Voting for the Greens is essential, but not enough. We need members and strong, active local branches in order to stand increasing numbers of candidates at each election. Without candidates it is impossible to register a vote for green politics and keep the pressure on the Grey Parties - Tory, Labour and Liberal Democrat - to become green.
And we are getting people elected - despite the 'first past the post system': as of May 2006, the Green Party has nearly a hundred Principal Authority Councillors on over thirty Authorities, plus 2 members of the Greater London Assembly - plus seven MSPs, and two MEPs, who are members of the fourth largest political group in the European Parliament.
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Supporting a Green pressure group is not enough
Supporting organisations like Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace is important, but not enough. The Establishment encourages pressure groups because they divert dissenting skills, energy and money from the political sector. To change the structure of society - the cause of the present environmental and social crisis - it is essential to also put pressure where it has most impact - within the electoral system.
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Grey fraudsters
The 'green' policies of the Grey Parties are a sham. Representing at most 5% of their policies overall they will be totally obliterated by their 95% of Grey consumerist policies. It is essential that Greens continue to fight elections at both national and local level to expose this deceit.
The long term strategic approach of Green politics putting people and planet before profits - can guarantee a future for our children.
Their future depends on us. If we want air we can breathe, food we can eat and water we can drink without fear of cancer or sterility - for all the world's people - we must act now.
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Giving Green politics clout
Green politics is not just about fighting elections. Successful national and local campaigns to make all of our lives better continue throughout the year. The more members we have the more campaigns we can run and the more elections we can fight. But more than that. The more members we have, the more clout Green politics has with both the Government and the media.
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Work with like-minded people
When you join the Green Party you are joining a global community of people - people with vision, people with principles - who believe, like you, that people and planet must come before profits. The sense of belonging, of purpose and of being part of a global movement for change, is exhilarating, and empowering.
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