June 2003
Call For Submissions On the 2004 Elections
Dear Green or Greenish friend,
Synthesis/Regeneration: A Magazine of Green Social Thought is soliciting
articles on the 2004 elections for the Fall 2003 issue. We invite submissions
that deal with issues such as the following:
1. What is the purpose of a Green Party presidential campaign? Should the
Green Party run a presidential candidate in 2004? If so, why would the best
candidate be Ralph Nader, Mumia Abu-Jamal, or someone else?
2. Why is it important to run candidates independent of the Democrats and
Republicans? Are there parties that the Green Party should support in races
where it does not have a candidate?
3. Should the Green Party back the Democratic Party candidate for president
openly or by withdrawing in favor of the Democrats? Should the Greens do so
regardless of the Democratic Party candidate, or, should there be criteria for
overt or covert endorsement?
4. Should Greens shun national and even (except in rare favorable
circumstances) state races in favor of a strategy of building from the ground up by
running for local offices?
5. What is the value of independent politics and/or Green Party candidates at
the state-wide level?
6. What is the value of independent politics and/or Green Party candidates
for state legislatures or in partisan races at the local level? What can such
races gain that cannot be accomplished by working for progressives in the major
parties?
7. What is the value of Green Party candidates in non-partisan races at the
local level, or, why are such races a waste of time?
8. How does visible Green activism on controversial subjects or ballot issues
help or hinder Green Party candidates? What does this imply about what Green
priorities should be?
Most articles for S/R are two pages (1400 to 1600 words), though we include
both shorter and longer pieces.
We need to receive articles by July 31, 2003. Articles receive later will be
considered for the Winter 2004 issue. Those who are planning to submit an
article should send a brief note by July 4 indicating what they intend to cover.
Please send an e-mail to this address to discuss submissions of drawings.
Solidarity,
Don Fitz, for Synthesis/Regeneration