What an extraordinary day! That the American people have elected - by a large margin - Barack Obama to be their President is something I can scarcely believe!
Bob Brown has welcomed the election result here.We must all hope that this can and will herald a new era for global politics - an era of hopeful, positive, visionary politics.
Now what will happen?
This is a speech I delivered to the Sydney Institute last night. You can also listen to it here [forthcoming].
Sydney Institute, October 27th 2008.
Green Politics, the Balance of Power and the Green New Deal.
Good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you this evening about Green Politics, Balance of Power and the twin global meltdowns of climate and finance. There has never been a more critical time to be a Green and there has never been a time when the philosophy and experience of Green politics - based on forty years of environmental, social justice, peace and democracy campaigning - has been more important. The decisions that will be made in the next five years are crucial for the future of life on Earth.
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