To add to this cursed discourse:
I was one of the folks involved in writing the @AOC, @EdMarkey, & @sunrisemvmt GND—you know, the one people actually know about—and I can tell you definitively that the Green Party GND was not something we drew from or even looked at once.
I was one of the folks involved in writing the @AOC, @EdMarkey, & @sunrisemvmt GND—you know, the one people actually know about—and I can tell you definitively that the Green Party GND was not something we drew from or even looked at once.
If you're gonna stake a claim on who used the words first (which you shouldn't, that's dumb) ...
Thomas Friedman had a Green New Deal.
Barack Obama talked about a Green New Deal.
...and all of that was before Howie Hawkins and the Green Party came up with his Green New Deal.
Thomas Friedman had a Green New Deal.
Barack Obama talked about a Green New Deal.
...and all of that was before Howie Hawkins and the Green Party came up with his Green New Deal.
Some of us are serious about building people & political power to win real material change for working people, our planet, & future generations.
Others are interested in calling people who are effective in doing that "sellouts" on Twitter so that they can grift more followers
Others are interested in calling people who are effective in doing that "sellouts" on Twitter so that they can grift more followers

Anyways, 8 days to kick the climate denier out of the White House then continue the fight for a GND. That won't be accomplished by voting for the Green Party or by attacking AOC on Twitter.
But, it can be accomplished by taking action w/ @sunrisemvmt here: http://smvmt.org/victory
But, it can be accomplished by taking action w/ @sunrisemvmt here: http://smvmt.org/victory