Pinellas Greens

Pinellas Greens The Independent answer to the sellout of the Democratic Party. Elections, however, are only effective when growing from a grassroots base.

The Pinellas Greens (PG) are a movement organization of registered Greens in Pinellas county (Florida) which combine nonviolent demonstrations and protests with education and community organizing in an overall political approach. The Pinellas Greens will also initiate local electoral campaigns and is open to electoral politics at the state and national level. Because we are rooted in our community

, we work from those struggles and are building lasting relationships in solidarity. We are committed to the Ten Key Values in more than simply "rhetoric" and "marketing" but demonstrate that in practice with conviction. We're a little different from many Greens organizations you might run into whose focus is primarily electoral. We understand that we're not going to simply "elect" our way out of our problems alone. Quoting Howard Zinn, "Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens". However, in the same breath, we have to be ready to govern as well and not simply expect the ruling class to "throw us a bone" from time to time. We're part of the larger pro-democracy movement working to make democracy possible in this country which we are yet to see. This movement and electoral focus is where the Greens found their direction from the start and we honor that tradition in our own organization. "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom & yet deprecate agitation are people who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder & lightning. That struggle might be a moral one; it might be a physical one; it might be both moral & physical, but it must be struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did & never will. People might not get all that they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get."---Frederick Douglass

What are "Green" Politics? "Green" politics interweaves ecological wisdom, decentralization of economic and political power wherever practical, personal and social responsibility, global security, and community self-determination within the context of respect for diversity of heritage and religion. It advocates non-violent action, cooperative world order, and self-reliance.

05/10/2019

For Immediate Release
May 10, 2019

Contact: Cheri Honkala, 215-869-4753, [email protected]

PPEHRC PROTESTS US BREACH OF VENEZUELAN SOVEREIGNTY, ILLEGAL SHUT-OFF OF UTILITIES IN COUNTRY'S DC EMBASSY; 11:30 SIT-IN AT PEPCO TO DEMAND SERVICE RESTORATION

The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) protests in Washington Friday, to demand that the US keep out of Venezuela's domestic political affairs. PPEHRC demands that DC utilities restore the illegal shut-off electricity and water to the Venezuelan Embassy, and end the barricade of the Embassy by US troops, preventing the delivery of food. PPEHRC representatives are now at PEPCO headquarters (701 9th St. NW), where they will sit in until PEPCO reverses the illegal shut-off of service to the Venezuelan Embassy. PPEHRC will then head to the Embassy itself, 1099 30th Street NW, to deliver food to those inside.

Those in the Embassy, officials and guests of the country of Venezuela, have been forced to sit in the dark, and have no access to water, as a result of Federal orders to DC utilities to cut electricity and water supplies. These guests, US Americans representing numerous organizations, have been in the Embassy since mid-April, serving as interim protectors to prevent the illegal takeover of the Embassy. The Embassy itself is sovereign Venezuelan territory.

For decades, US civilian and military interventions have overturned democratic domestic decision-making throughout Latin America. The latest example, in Honduras, has caused hundreds of thousands to flee the country.

PPEHRC's peaceful protest, on Mother's Day weekend, highlights the original meaning of the holiday, which was a celebration of peace and a condemnation of belligerent threats of war.

PLEASE SHARE:U.S. media is trying its best to keep France under wraps. Things have been moving. Macron has made a few ...
12/17/2018

PLEASE SHARE:
U.S. media is trying its best to keep France under wraps. Things have been moving. Macron has made a few concessions. But here’s the basic story.

PARIS, FRANCE, December 8, 2018 — As the December 8 Washington Post calmly explains: “The movement — whose name is taken from the trademark high-visibility yellow vests that protesters wear — has since come to represent a deeply rooted social anger that has more to do with the personality of...

The Pinellas Greens' own Jeff Roby is published in Counterpunch today!
10/19/2018

The Pinellas Greens' own Jeff Roby is published in Counterpunch today!

St. Petersburg, Florida It is as though the Archangel St. Michael looms over the Florida Panhandle, gazing upon mile after mile of devastation, while the lea

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