Is a third party the answer? Karen Christensen tells the story of her involvement with the UK Green Party and shares a recording on the 8-minute talk she gave about the UK Greens at the 1990 organizing conference that led to the establishment of a US Green Party, which has been running candidates for president in spite of international criticism by more established and successful Green parties. This show was inspired by Karen's plan to attend Principles First in Washington DC, a gathering of conservatives and others who intend to change the trajectory of US politics.

Show Notes

Principles First Summit 2025: American Principles and Priorities / Speakers

US elections: European Greens call for Jill Stein to step down

David Icke - Wikipedia

Dee Berry 1926 – 2022 - www.gp.org

San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s Woes Began Before Immigration Uproar – NBC Bay Area

Michael Feinstein, former mayor of Santa Monica

Conspiracy, murder, or suicide in the German Green Party: Who killed Petra Kelly? (Mother Jones)

I should note that Caroline Lucas was a long-serving Green Party leader and then MP, very professional, and in Canada there is the admirable Elizabeth May. And Jonathon Porritt, a former Green Party leader, is an influential media figure in the UK and still very much an activist. (He wrote the foreword to a couple of my environmental books, too - thank you, Jonathon!)

More of the Green Parties story in the Sage Reference Encyclopedia of Leadership: download the PDF here.

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