A Green New Deal for Maryland: The Path to a Sustainable Future
Explore the framework for a Green New Deal in Maryland, focusing on grassroots democracy, social and racial justice, nonviolence, and ecological wisdom. It addresses the challenges posed by fossil fuel-powered parties and outlines a vision for a more equitable and sustainable future in the state.
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A Green New Deal for MD: The New Path Forward
Why the Fossil Fuel-Powered Parties Cant Clean Up The Mess They Made 1. Their Donor Base 1. Their Track Record 1. Their Understanding of Change Where do we go from here? What is the promise of the 20s?
Framework Plank 1 of 4: Grassroots Democracy Without a healthier electoral system, all subsequent planks for the MDGND face much longer odds. The poverty of our politics impedes using the U.S. s great wealth to fund an equitable green transition. We need to establish a truer democracy. 2020 Vision Slap a warning label on all campaign materials funded by the fossil fuel industry and other major climate destroyer industries. Fund equitable public financing for state elections. Curtail and end pay-to-play politics. 2030 Vision A thriving multi-party democracy where working class folks have a true voice.
Framework Plank 2 of 4: Social and Racial Justice The failure of many suburban middle class White environmentalists to center social, racial, class, gender, and other intersections of justice in their work has set the climate justice movement back decades. Climate justice demands reparations. 2020 Vision Initiate Maryland Environmental Neighborhood Defence Corps to remediate all lead paint in Baltimore s Black Butterfly and brownfield sites across Maryland. Build bottom-up climate resiliency. Reparations. 2030 Vision Empowerment of marginalized communities and a democratic economy.
Framework Plank 3 of 4: Nonviolence Climate apartheid and injustice is a major root cause of violence in Baltimore and across the state. Climate justice demands demilitarization and investment in community-controlled public safety. 2020 Vision Enact strict controls per and poly fluoroalkyl contamination. Divert funding from enforcement and incarceration to mediation and peace building. End tax breaks for corporate arms dealers. 2030 Vision Grassroots peacekeeping from individuals up and across Maryland s society.
Framework Plank 4 of 4: Ecological Wisdom The planet s resources are finite. We must increase community wealth through greater equity, not unsustainable growth. 2020 Vision Mandate 100% truly renewable energy. Set a moratorium on all new fossil fuel infrastructure. Begin the just transition to a green future now by the means necessary. 2030 Vision An economy powered not by not endless growth, but by boundless equity.
How We Get There: Understanding Electoral Change The path to a livable green future leads through structural changes to our politics. Structural change in U.S. history has almost always come through building power outside the two elite-dominated parties. It s on us to move forward with that project in the 20s. Get involved in building the Maryland Green Party! Thank you for building with us today! Onward!
Questions and Answers What are the limits and possibilities of building a
What are the limits and possibilities of building a MDGND outside the fossil fuel funded parties?
How to Get Involved in Building the MD Green Party 1. Ballot Access Petitioning a. Sign the petition! b. Grab a stack and get your neighbors to sign! 1. Follow Us on Social Media a. FB: @marylandgreenparty b. Twitter: @mdgreens 1. Become a Sustainer a. marylandgreenparty.nationbuiler.com/donate
