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[firecat]

I voted for Kerry for President, but this year I also registered as a member of the Green Party. They recently published a funny ad in the New York Times that pretty much sums up why I joined (although the first five issues they list are of much greater concern to me than the last two). The ad is on the home page of their web site right now, but I don't know how long it will be there.

I know some people say that there will never be viable alternative political parties in the US. They're probably right, but I just can't bring myself to act accordingly.

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[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

The logic that there will never be alternative political parties in the U.S. is self-fulfilling, and the more people decide not to act accordingly, the less inertia it has. People don't like to vote for a *complete* out-in-space, 'loser' party. However, everyone's threshold on that is different, and for every person who decides to bite the bullet and vote for an alternative party, they push it over another person's threshold for next time.

I've been voting Green Party of Canada (http://www.greenparty.ca/) in the last few elections, and each time they capture a little more of the mix.

[firecat]

Cool. Another thing I like about the Green Party is that it seems to have a presence in many countries (although I'm sure the platforms in various countries are different).

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I know that the party that calls itself the "Green Party," in Germany is extremely strong there, but I have no idea if there's any relation whatsoever.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Yes, the German Greens are part of the same Global Green network as the US and Canadian parties and most of the European ones. You can follow the "International Links" on the US website for a complete list of the network members who attended the last global conference in 2001.

I quite often vote Green in local and European elections here in the UK.