Jesse Klaver, leader of the Green Party of the Netherlands (“Green Left”), has been electrifying European politics. His party gained 10 seats in the Dutch general election of 2017, rising to an all-time high of 14.

Just out …… a fascinating history of the development of the Green Party of the United States …… click on the title above to access the document …… http://green-horizon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Early-History-of-the-US-Green-Party-by-JR.pdf    

By Romi Elnagar “What we are fighting to protect is the survival of this generation and the continuation of the human race,” fifteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Roske- Martinez told the United Nations General Assembly on June 29. “My father raised me in the Mexica [Aztec] tradition. I learned from [him] is that …every living thing […]

By Justine McCabe INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE “WORK OF CULTURE”? I recently saw the Broadway musical Amazing Grace, about John Newton’s agonizing moral journey in eighteenth century Britain from slave ship captain/trader to leading abolitionist (as well as composer of the compelling hymn of the same name). This production powerfully illustrates “the work of culture” […]

By Hector Lopez THE STATUE OF LIBERTY Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; […]

By Steven Schmidt, [email protected] Editor’s Note: Continuing his series of articles entitled eOS, an eco-operating system, Steve Schmidt looks over the horizon as he encourages “green best practices” that fully utilize the unprecedented developing worldwide Web/Internet. The future of online networking has potential to redefine politics, both locally and globally, in ways that are green, […]

This is the fourth in a planned series of articles by Steve Welzer DEAR GRANDCHILDREN: The question of “what you’ll be facing” would have been easily answered for ninety-nine percent of our species existence, during which human lifeways were relatively stable from generation to generation. Stable, though not static. People did have to accommodate to […]

                    REFUGEE We all are running from something throughout our lineage our people ran from the wild woolly Mother Earth our home

By John Resenbrink In the two previous issues of our magazine, we’ve pondered the absence of global governance on planet earth. A fact of stark world reality came home to me earlier this year in a quote from Zbigniew Brzezinski sent to me by Scott McLarty. Scott is the U.S. Green Party’s media coordinator and […]

By Rob Richie Greens  have  worked  closely  with  democracy  activists  in  promoting  ranked  choice  voting  (RCV),  both  in  its  instant  runoff  form  and  as  an  alternative  to  winner-take-all  in  elections  when  electing  multiple  seats.  International  examples  abound  about  the  power  of  proportional  representation  for  transforming  elections  and  opportunities  for  Greens.  City  elections  in  2013  showed  […]