I agree with pretty much everything here with one exception. I think we have to be careful with confusing the area between Democrats and Republicans with "centrism". The Democrats are a center-right to right party and the Republicans are a right to far-right party. That means the space between them is clearly right wing. You can tell by what they agree on... empire, corporate control, and crony capitalism. You can tell by what they refuse to put an end to... environmental destruction, Israeli apartheid, the prison-industrial complex.
As far as I'm concerned, Bernie Sanders is a centrist. And, as evidenced by his popularity even among right-leaning people, his politics holds the promise of true compromise that benefits the people. Or at least it did before he started carrying water for the likes of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.
Anyway, I think my main point is that this article is on target in its body but I don't fully agree with the title!
Yes, totally align with one another, if unwilling to actually join. I think there's no reason whatsoever to not do so. I recall just recently the Peace and Freedom party here in CA coalesced as one with the Greens just prior to the last national election. Point being, the GP platform is well written and actually gets into details regarding how to create the Eco-Socialist Green New Deal by taxing the wealthy appropriately and defunding the Pentagon, allowing those funds to rebuild society and the environment here in the US instead. ...wow! ...that's a long sentence, but you get the point?
I submit that the Green Party is already established nationally, and has a written platform that directly addresses the many issues facing the working class currently.
No need to create new parties, Read/Join/Share/Evolve beyond the insanity corporate US has wrought. https://www.gp.org/platform
I agree with pretty much everything here with one exception. I think we have to be careful with confusing the area between Democrats and Republicans with "centrism". The Democrats are a center-right to right party and the Republicans are a right to far-right party. That means the space between them is clearly right wing. You can tell by what they agree on... empire, corporate control, and crony capitalism. You can tell by what they refuse to put an end to... environmental destruction, Israeli apartheid, the prison-industrial complex.
As far as I'm concerned, Bernie Sanders is a centrist. And, as evidenced by his popularity even among right-leaning people, his politics holds the promise of true compromise that benefits the people. Or at least it did before he started carrying water for the likes of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.
Anyway, I think my main point is that this article is on target in its body but I don't fully agree with the title!
Yes, totally align with one another, if unwilling to actually join. I think there's no reason whatsoever to not do so. I recall just recently the Peace and Freedom party here in CA coalesced as one with the Greens just prior to the last national election. Point being, the GP platform is well written and actually gets into details regarding how to create the Eco-Socialist Green New Deal by taxing the wealthy appropriately and defunding the Pentagon, allowing those funds to rebuild society and the environment here in the US instead. ...wow! ...that's a long sentence, but you get the point?
Yea, totally. Everyone coalesce under a single banner would be more than impressive.
I submit that the Green Party is already established nationally, and has a written platform that directly addresses the many issues facing the working class currently.
No need to create new parties, Read/Join/Share/Evolve beyond the insanity corporate US has wrought. https://www.gp.org/platform