American Eco-Socialism

American Greenism is a term which refers to the main ideology of the Green Party of the United States from its creation in 2001 and the predecessors that it formed from up until now. It is Eco-Socialist, very culturally  progressive, economically left with  environmentalist ideology.

Beliefs
On top of the Four Pillars of green politics which include ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and nonviolence, the Green Party also has a set of Ten Key values that expand on the concept which include the following extra: decentralization, community-based economics, feminism and gender equality,  multiculturalism, personal and global responsibility and a focus on future sustainability.

The Green Party supports socially progressive causes such as  LGBT rights, right to access surgical treatment for transgender people, complete and full reparations to African Americans, removing  Confederate flags from all government buildings, the banning of private prisons and the right to contraceptives and  abortion on demand. The Green Party also supports economically left-wing positions such as the New Green Deal, single-payer healthcare, public education all the away to university, cancelling student debt and strongly opposed to the privatization of the school system.

As foreign policy, the Green Party adapts pacifism and  Internationalism. The Green Party supports Palestine and cutting all aid to Israel in the Israel vs Palestine debate, banning nuclear testing, cutting the military budget in half and cutting foreign aid to countries with poor LGBT rights records.

Green ideology emphasizes participatory democracy and the principle of "thinking globally, acting locally." As such, the ideal Green Party is thought to grow from the bottom up, from neighborhood to municipal to (eco-)regional to national levels as inspired by Bookchin Communalism. The goal is to rule by a consensus decision making process as practiced in Democratic Confederalism.

History
In May 1984, when progressive politics in the United States was fighting for survival, a Green Movement Committee was founded with the goal of “the formation of a Green political organization in the USA.” The committee declared, “To be effective, a Green political organization must originate from a broad base of support, from natural allies concerned with ecological politics and social justice, peace and non-violence, local and regional self-management and grassroots democracy.” That summer, the founding meeting of U.S. Greens took place in St. Paul, Minnesota.

In 1991, the emerging party adopted the name The Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA). But within a year, tensions began to surface over whether the new structure fairly represented all state Green Parties, which was in part a question of how “membership” was defined. For example, in some states, a person could simply register as a Green voter and be considered a member of that state party without any other requirements. However, the G/GPUSA structure required members to pay dues to the national party to be considered a member, even if the state party did not require dues.

In July 2001, the Association of State Green Parties voted to change its name to the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) and apply for recognition of national committee status by the Federal Election Commission.

In 2016, the Green Party passed a motion in favor of rejecting both capitalism and state socialism, supporting instead an "alternative economic system based on ecology and decentralization of power". The motion states the change that the party says could be described as promoting "ecological socialism", "communalism", or perhaps the "cooperative commonwealth". The Green Party rejection of both state socialism and capitalism and their promotion of communalism which was created by libertarian socialist Murray Bookchin places the Green Party into the ideology of Libertarian Socialism. The eco-socialist economy the Green Party of the United States wants to create is similar to the market socialist mutualist economics of Proudhon which consists of a large sector of democratically controlled public enterprises, a large sector of cooperative enterprises, and a smaller sector of small businesses and self-employed. Consumer goods and services would be sold to consumers in the market by cooperatives, public enterprises, and small businesses. Services that would be for free include health care, education, child care, and urban mass transit. Goods and services that would be available at low cost would include public housing, power, broadband, and water. The party will also create cooperative banks offering low interest somewhat similar to Proudhon's Mutualist banks. Howie Hawkins who was nominated by the Green Party to run for president of the United States identifies as a libertarian socialist.

How to Draw
The design for American Greenism is based on the design of the Green Party of the United States logo.


 * 1) Draw a ball with eyes.
 * 2) Fill it white.
 * 3) Draw in a green diamond shape with rounded corners.

And you're done!

Family

 * [[File:PCB-Libsoc.png]] Libertarian Socialism - My umbrella ideology.
 * [[File:Ecosoc.png]] Eco-Socialism - My self-described ideology.
 * [[File:Steinism small ball.png]] Steinism - My peace activist daughter.
 * [[File:Libms.png]] Libertarian Market Socialism - My economics.
 * [[File:Bckchn.png]] Bookchin Communalism - You inspire much of my ideology and future goals.
 * [[File:Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism - Much love for Rojava.

Friends

 * [[File:Dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism - A little too moderate, but you too values socialism and freedom and we get along pretty well!
 * [[File:Socliber.png]] Social Libertarianism - Where the [[File:USLibertarians.png]] US Libertarian Party and I meet in the middle (still too capitalist).

Frenemies

 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - You're probably the best of the liberals, but you're still capitalistic and a tad statist at the end of the day.


 * [[File:Libertarian.png]] Libertarian Capitalism - You recognize the oppression from the government but not the corporations steering the wheel?

Enemies

 * [[File:SyncLib.png]] Syncretic Liberalism - You are where movements go to die.
 * NeoLiberal-iconx2.png Neoliberalism - The "lesser evil" is still evil. You aren't owed my vote. We are nothing alike.

Green Party

 * [[File:Green Party (US).png]] Green Party of the United States
 * [[File:Green Party (US).png]] Association of State Green Parties
 * [[File:Green Party (US).png]] Greens/Green Party USA

People

 * Howie Hawkins
 * Ralph Nader
 * Jill Stein
 * Cheri Honkala
 * Joel Kovel
 * Murray Bookchin
 * Jello Biafra
 * Malik Rahim