Zack Polanski, leader of the UK Green Party, has called for internal rule reforms to give party leaders greater control over policy following a vote in which the party declared Zionism is racism. He said rapid growth means the party's structures need to change.
Rapid growth means structures need to change and give leaders greater control, Polanski says in Guardian article Zack Polanski: How we’re transforming British politics Zack Polanski has signalled a potential overhaul of the Green party’s cherished grassroots democracy, calling for leaders to have greater control over strategic direction after a divisive vote equating Zionism with racism. The Green party leader has a…
The UK Green Party has adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism and backing a single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine, prompting an internal dispute in which Jewish Greens chair Vivien Lichtenstein has said she may leave and party leader Zack Polanski has called for internal rule reforms to give leaders greater control over policy.
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Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for internal rule reforms to give leaders greater control over policy after the Zionism vote, shifting the dispute from criticism of his absence to a proposed overhaul of party democracy.
Rapid growth means structures need to change and give leaders greater control, Polanski says in Guardian article Zack Polanski: How we’re transforming British politics Zack Polanski has signalled a potential overhaul of the Green party’s cherished grassroots democracy, calling for leaders to have greater control over strategic direction after a divisive vote equating Zionism with racism. The Green party leader has a…
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