Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Green Party


The German Green Party

History

                The German Green Party is a political party in Germany. The party was established in Germany on January 13, 1980.  The party is opposition to pollution, use of nuclear power, NATO military action, and certain aspects of industrialized society were principle campaign issues. The Green party originated from conservatives and from civil initiatives.  Some of the important individuals that helped launch the Greens were Petra Kelly, Lukas Beckmann, Rudolf Bahro, Joseph Beuys, Antje Vollmer and several others.  This congress laid their ideological foundations proclaiming the famous Four Pillars of the Green Party.

Four Pillars

The Four Pillars of the Green Party are social justice, ecological wisdom, grassroots democracy, and Nonviolence.   Social justice is justice exercised within a society, particularly as it is exercised by and among the various social classes of that society. Definition from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice). Grassroots democracy is a tendency towards designing political processes where as much decision-making authority as practical is shifted to the organization's lowest geographic level of organization: principle of subsidiarity. Definition from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots_democracy). Nonviolence has two (closely related) meanings: (1) It can refer, first, to a general philosophy of abstention from violence because of moral or religious principle (e.g. "She believes in nonviolence."), or (2) it can refer to the behavior of people using nonviolent action. Definition from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolence). These four aspects create a political party that some individuals can relate to.

Group Interaction

                Our group interacted well with each other. Our group had one meeting to discuss the topic but not all of our members made it. We discussed what needed to be accomplished and did it in a timely manner. I feel everyone in the group did their part of the project well with no conflict.

My opinion about the Green Party.

                I think that the Green party has its place in government. The party is a conservative based political group that is for green power. They are for wind and solar power and that is one of the reasons I believe in this party. They are for peace and are against nuclear weapons. They are for social just no matter what type of social class the individual is in. This party is conservative which as we all know can be good and bad.

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