22022 – 2023 January 2022 Members of the 4000 strong Green Party Women Special Interest Group elect their committee with a minority of transgender activists. Having failed to secure the disaffiliation of Green Party Women from the Equality and Diversity Committee with help from the Standing Orders Committee, Sian Berry and Carla Denyer immediately … Continue reading tracking how the green party has become the party of identity politics
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why “reviewing” the disciplinary procedure is missing the point
At the June 2022 Green Party Executive meeting, two LGBTIQA+ Greens serving on the Executive - Rosie Rawle and Matt Browne - likened a suggestion for mediation between Green Party members who disagreed with their Stonewall's views of sex and gender to asking black people to sit down with the Ku Klux Klan or white … Continue reading why “reviewing” the disciplinary procedure is missing the point
LOCAL PARTIES MEMBERS’ FEES SQUANDERED IN SHAMEFUL DISCRIMINATION CASE
On 13th September 2024, the Party was ordered to pay £90,000 towards Dr Shahrar Ali's legal costs in addition to £9,100 in damage awarded in February. £72,000 must be paid to Dr Ali's legal team by 10th October. Speaking outside the court, the former deputy leader and spokesperson for policing and domestic safety urged the … Continue reading LOCAL PARTIES MEMBERS’ FEES SQUANDERED IN SHAMEFUL DISCRIMINATION CASE
Adrian ramsay breaks ranks on freedom of speech and is not afraid of being kicked out
Co-leader Adrian Ramsay and newly elected Green MP for Waveley Valley made his views clear in this interview on BBC 5 live on the 6th september, the first day of the party's Conference. He supports the right of members of the party to have an open and respectful discussion over the complex issue of sex … Continue reading Adrian ramsay breaks ranks on freedom of speech and is not afraid of being kicked out
tracking how the green party has become the party of identity politics
PART THREE : 2020 - 2021 https://thegreenlight.blog/2024/08/30/tracking-how-the-green-party-has-become-the-party-of-the-transgender-movement/ 2020 J.K Rowlings retweet women are “people who menstruate” June A list of GPEW’s spokespeople is announced. Dr Ali is re-appointed as spokesperson for Policing and Domestic Safety by a sub-committee of GPEX. Allegations of transphobia and trans discriminatory behaviour are swiftly made against him. Baroness Jenny Jones … Continue reading tracking how the green party has become the party of identity politics
tracking how the green party has become the party of identity politics
part two: 2014 - 2019 https://thegreenlight.blog/2024/08/24/the-time-line-how-the-green-party-has-become-the-party-of-the-transgender-movement-2/ January 2014 Ruper Read, philosopher and green activist is forced to apologise after posting that the use of the word “cisgender” as the opposite of “transgender” troubled him. Accused of transphobia, a concerted vendetta starts against him. Part of this orchestrated campaign are some 10,000 accusatory tweets. He is … Continue reading tracking how the green party has become the party of identity politics
tracking how the green party has become the party of identity politics
PART ONE : 2010 - 2014 As revealed in this Time Line put together by The Green Light team, the incursion of the “Social Justice Movement” into our ecological and humanist Green Party can be traced back to the year 2010. Whilst equality for women and all minorities has always been and remains a fundamental … Continue reading tracking how the green party has become the party of identity politics
“doing the work” the green way
The common assumption amongst our Critical Social Justice green activists is that ordinary members who do not subscribe to their ideology simply do not understand it. This is because they are convinced that we are all so deeply socialised into internalising their notion of oppressive power systems that we need to “educate “ourselves. This implies … Continue reading “doing the work” the green way
WHY “UNCONSCIOUS BIAS” TRAINING DOES NOT WORK
The concept of “unconscious bias “ is part of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) training package about to be offered to all members of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) delivered by Hamza Egal, the newly appointed Humanist and EDI Officer. Where does this concept come from ? A Critical Social Justice … Continue reading WHY “UNCONSCIOUS BIAS” TRAINING DOES NOT WORK
call to ” end the purge” on the eve of conference by veteran from salsbury green party
This is a late motion submitted by Brig Outbridge, a long standing member of the Green Party who has served on its Standing Orders Committee (SOC) for many years. A founding member of the Ecology Party and highly respected by all, Brig is a member of Salbury Green Party. Motion Title : End the Purge … Continue reading call to ” end the purge” on the eve of conference by veteran from salsbury green party
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