I’m going to put forward a rather unorthodox view for a Green Party member: that the party should willingly co-operate and communicate with other political parties and with companies. I say this is unorthodox because, from my experience, it seems as if most party members are very much of the opinion that the Greens are the alternative to normal politics, and that somehow by co-operating and communicating in a meaningful manner with other parties, we are losing something of our otherness. I don’t know how much this is just something that occurs in the UK, and I could of course, be totally wrong, but I was inspired to write this post by another post
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Every now and then, I lose faith in Green politics. We have a tendency to sometimes get side tracked in unimportant things and infighting. The GPEW leadership farce has been a good example of this recently. I really can't believe that some people want to split the party over that! Of course, it is important to have a leadership structure that works well for the party and somehow reflects our ideology but, honestly, the Green Party exists to tackle some of the biggest problems that humanity faces: climate change, social injustice, among others.

So it was very encouraging to go along to a FYEG seminar on migrant youth in Helsinki last week. Hearing from the speakers who were invited, and meeting other young greens from around Europe was inspiring. Us British can often be too inward looking. I think it is important that we face outwards and participate with our neighbours, learning from them along the way. Anyway, enough of the epic speech style of writing. Its time to be green!
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