It's All About Democracy

A grassroots view of Green politics

Canadian Green parties must be restructured from the ground up, writes political blogger and former Green party member Stuart Hertzog in this collection of essays from his former blog greenpolitics.ca.

Now available as a book-length collection, It's All About Democracy is a wide-ranging and acute observation of the BC and Canadian Green parties during a critical stage of their development. Going beyond criticism, the book includes a practical and organic vision of a grassroots democratic structure that could solve many of the problems inherent in today's 'top-down,' centralised, and increasingly repressive parliamentary systems.

"Green politics is more than just about protecting the environment and preserving all species of life on this planet," he writes. "It’s also about peace and non-violence; about compassionate social justice; and about developing an open and inclusive democracy—something that has never really existed in our ‘developed’ nations."

The best of of Stuart's astute political commentary is now available as a book-length collection. His wide-ranging and acute observation of the BC and Canadian Green Parties also includes a practical and organic vision of a grassroots democratic structure that could solve many of the problems inherent in today's 'top-down,' centralised and increasingly repressive parliamentary systems.