![]() Dear Green campaigner As large areas of California went up in flames last week and Donald Trump prepared to put his foot down hard on the fossil fuel accelerator, Elon Musk was busy fanning the flames of far-right extremism in the UK. Sometimes, it’s hard to find much to be happy about as a new year begins. But positive action is the best antidote to despair. And we have a few suggestions for things that you can do right now that could make a positive difference! The first and most urgent is to ask your MP to support the second reading of the Climate and Nature Bill on 24 January. Zero Hour have made it easy for you to do this here. Please do also take a moment to sign Chris Packham’s parliamentary petition to ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. This is also Green Party policy, and there are other ways you can bring pressure to bring about this change in our popular Don’t Sell Climate Hell flatpack. Finally, with hospitals across the country declaring critical incidents as the pressure from Covid and flu cases mounts, do have a look at our flatpack campaign with ideas on how you can help highlight the Green Party’s sensible, science-based policies on protecting the public from Covid and Long Covid. As Rebecca Solnit has written: “Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It’s an axe you break down doors with in an emergency.” Yours in hope, Green Party Campaigns Committee. PS: Green Party Deputy Leader Zack Polanski will be speaking at the big Stand Up to Racism protest against the rise of the far right in London on Saturday 1 February . If you're going to this, do bring a Greens Against Fascism placard, which you can download and print off here.
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![]() Campaigns Committee is looking back on a busy year, which has included campaign material for you to use on toxic landfill, the housing crisis and the growth of the racist far right. Thanks so much to all who have taken part in these campaigns! We have more in the pipeline for the new year, but this month we’re focusing on the terrible situation facing Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This Christmas, nearly two million people – almost the entire population of Gaza – face the most desperate of circumstances. Refugees crammed into makeshift ‘tent cities’, whose homes and communities have been devastated by over a year of relentless bombing that has killed nearly 45,000 people – the majority of these women and children. Witnessing horror and cruelty on such a massive scale can make us feel powerless to help. But there are things we can do – and Green Party Conference has re-iterated the party’s support for a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against the state responsible for this genocidal violence and companies that are facilitating it. You’ll find resources to campaign on this in this month’s campaign flatpack: 10 things you can do about the genocide in Gaza. Our thoughts this Christmas are with these people, and with all the hostages and unjustly imprisoned in both Gaza and Israel. Our hope is that the new year will bring progress towards peace and justice for all those who have suffered so much for so long. In solidarity, Green Party Campaigns Committee PS: One other (easy) thing to do over the Christmas break: The Climate and Nature Bill first introduced by Caroline Lucas will have its crucial second reading in Parliament on Friday 24 January. This Bill would make a huge difference to efforts to address the climate emergency. Please take a moment to write to your MP asking them to support the Bill. Zero Hour have made this easy to do, here. ![]() This month: A milestone win for Zane’s Law campaign! Help push for essential Covid protection Support our Climate and Nature Bill A Milestone win for Zane’s Law campaign It’s been another busy month for Campaigns Committee, supporting the March for Clean Water and a big Stand Up to Racism rally in London, and celebrating another milestone win in the campaign for Zane’s Law. The London Assembly passed a unanimous motion, brought by Green Assembly Member Zack Polanski. This requires the Mayor to call on the Prime Minister to bring forward new legislation addressing the rising risk of leakage from toxic waste dumps. The Zane's Law campaign is now supported by many major unions and by the TUC. Find out how you can help here. Help push for essential Covid protection Despite government silence on the subject, Covid hospital admissions are still rising! Our campaign flatpack gives you resources to push for essential public health measures. Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has again been giving evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry. He revealed, among other things, that Boris Johnson’s Cabinet had refused to accept that Covid could be asymptomatic – well after this was known to scientists. This failure to follow the science led to many avoidable infections and deaths. Yet even now, with the NHS once more under severe stress, the government is failing to take simple measures to protect people from the risk of Covid and Long Covid. Help push for the essential public Covid health measures that the Green Party is calling for, at local and national level. Support our Climate and Nature Bill The Climate and Nature Bill originally introduced by Caroline Lucas will be back in Parliament in January. Our four brilliant Green MPs will of course be backing it, but we want to see as much cross-party support as possible to help turn this potentially game-changing bill into law. Please write to your MP to ask them to back the bill. It just takes a moment – Zero Hour has made it super-easy for you to do. In solidarity, Green Party Campaigns Committee ![]() It was great to meet some of you at Green Party Conference in September, and to see our Greens Against Fascism banner unfurled across the front of the conference stage! This month we’re launching one new campaign on Covid protection and getting ready for the huge national March for Clean Water on Sunday 3rd November. Our anti-fascist beermats are proving very popular. And on Saturday 26th October Stand Up to Racism is organising a big anti-fascist demo in London. Take action on Covid protection The Covid-19 Inquiry has been hearing heart-rending testimonies from relatives of Covid victims and the doctors, nurses and social care workers who did their best to help them in almost impossible circumstances. All these people were badly let down by a government that failed to adequately protect them from deadly disease. But Covid is continuing to infect large numbers of people, often with life-changing impacts. And, as another winter approaches, simple measures that could limit the spread of infection in public places such as hospitals and schools are still not being taken. In July, the Green Party called for the government to follow expert advice and take immediate steps to mitigate the risk of infection. There’s a lot that individual Greens and local parties can do to make sure this happens – find out how in our Take Action on Covid Protection flatpack. ![]() March for Clean Water – 3 November On Sunday 3 November, a massive coalition of NGOs, community groups and River Champions will gather in London to demand tougher action to stop the sewage pollution and agricultural run-off that has blighted over 90% of England’s waterways. We know many Greens will be there and we want the Green Party’s message to be highly visible: water and sewerage are natural monopolies and should be taken back into public hands so they can be run for the common good, not private profit. You can download a placard design to print off and find a meeting spot for Greens on the march here. ![]() Greens Against Fascism Our anti-fascist beermats are proving very popular. But we still have some left and can send a pack of a hundred to you for just £12 (including postage). Let us know if you’d like some! Anti-Facist Demo On Saturday 26 October Stand Up to Racism is organising a big anti-fascist demo in London. If you’re going, do bring a Greens Against Fascism placard, which you can download to print here. Yours in solidarity, Green Party Campaigns Committee |
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