Topic: Green Party
In my opinion, the gdi list (Greens 4 Democracy and Independence) has been an opposition block within the Green Party that formed around the 2004 Nader for President campaign, not a clear ideological tendency within the Green Party. List discussion indicates substantial areas of agreement and disagreement exist between gdi list members over the G4DI's perspectives and tasks in the coming period. Unfortunately, the gdi list does not appear to be a forum where a discussion that can clarify those areas of agreement and disagreement can take place.
It seems to me that the gdi list has been dominated by a faction consisting of the G4DI's more conservative, non-socialist and anti-socialist wing. That might explain why, until about a month ago, I didn't have posting "privileges," even though I have been a member of the gdi list since 01 December 2004. That's why in April 2005 I joined the GDI free speech list, which was started by folks who experienced a curtailment of their posting privileges under the moderatorship of Steve Greenfield, who just quit the GDI after announcing his decision to return to the Democratic Party.
I took the initiative to set up the gid list (Green for Independence and Democracy) in order to create a setting where a regulated, uncensored discussion can take place among self-identified Green members and sympathizers about how to steer the Green Party US (and / or alternative expressions of the Green Party movement) toward independence from the corporate parties, and to fight to preserve and apply the best traditions of grass roots democracy from the workers and green movements.
In my opinion, the gid list should be open to any self-identified Green Party member or sympathizer willing to accept its mission statement as a basis of unity. I don't want to limit gid list membership to those who are generally in agreement with me about how to move the Green Party movement toward political action independent of the corporate parties.
As far as I am concerned, anyone who has been posting on the GDI and GDI free-speech lists is welcome to participate in discussion on the gid list, provided they are willing to observe the limit on daily postings and refrain from engaging in the use of negative personal characterizations and criticisms of a personal nature.
gid web address:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gidlist/
gid list subscribe:
gidlist-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
-Doug Mann, Minneapolis (gid list owner)
Posted by educationright
at 12:27 PM CDT
