[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] Out of Occupy, a New Populist Political Party Forms

[Karen Aram]

Wouldn't it make more sense to build and expand the Green Party, which already exists in parallel, than to begin a new party which further fractures groups that should be uniting? 
 
From: carl at newsfromneptune.com
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:47:28 -0500
To: davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net
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Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] Out of Occupy,	a New Populist Political Party Forms

Are you working on a central Illinois branch, David?


On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:38 AM, David Johnson <davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net> wrote:Out of Occupy, a New Populist Political Party FormsBy Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org
March 13th, 2014
Carl Gibson, co-founder of U.S. Uncut, is joining with other Occupy Wall Street organizers to launch a new populist political party. While more details (including the name of the party and the identities of other key organizers) will be available when the group launches on March 20, the party will be explicitly anti-capitalist.Says Gibson: “A new party that actively opposes capitalism and unites people around the basic ideas of meeting human needs would be widely respected and immediately acknowledged. This new party could stand apart from the two corporate-owned parties by refusing to take campaign donations from corporations, banks and developers, standing up for the rights of immigrants and indigenous people, calling for sustainable energy and development, making education for all a top priority, and believing in universal access to healthcare as a human right. While it would take time, focusing on building power first at the local and county level is the surest way to make lasting change.”
In this interview with Resistance Report host Dennis Trainor, Jr., Gibson acknowledged that the Green Party is already working along a parallel path, but feels his (soon to be launched) party will do a better job of engaging young people and focusing on local politics as a way to build power.
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