for empowerment

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for participation

for leadership

against a single leader

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Green Empowerment Campaign

The Green Empowerment Campaign is seeking to uphold the Green Party's long-standing commitment to non-hierarchical structures and participatory democracy.

We believe in collective leadership: empowering all our members and the wider public to participate in decision-making, working together for a just and sustainable future.

We are opposed to the creation of a party leader or leader posts and are working to defeat the current Green Party referendum motion.

Read more about the campaign aims in About Us

What are our supporters saying?

Jenny Jones, London Assembly Member, Southwark Councillor, former GPEx Chair:
"We've proved in London that you don't need a leader to get good media coverage..."

Derek Wall, Principal Speaker:
"Conventional leadership with a single leader almost always comes with commitments to water down the message, to remove real debate and participation..."

Priya Shah, new member of Brent Green Party:
"To advocate the participation of all in a party without hierarchical structures is the only base on which to develop the politics of the present and future..."

Tim Beaumont, Green Party Peer:
"In 60 years in politics I have only known one good party leader..."

Ron Bailey, Parliamentary and community campaigner:
"The 'leader' issue is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between people taking initiative and having 'a leader'..."

Read more in:
Campaigners and Commentators

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