The importance of running candidates.

• Author: Little, James
• Position: Forum on Green Politics

Having the Bush administration has had some benefits in building an organized activism base to unite social justice and environmental efforts that would not ordinarily have come together. Globally, the event of Bush being in office has unmasked the face of Globalization and uncovered the motives of capitalism to the world.

This causes other countries to organize resistance, to turn into activist nations to stop destructive practices which ultimately will draw attention to policies, laws, and legislation we need to change to be fair to our citizens and the world community.

This process of nations standing up to the negative consequences of US world domination should lead to coalitions and eventually a world government. We may be in a civil war of the world and don't realize it. A world government is needed to help balance world resources fairly and lead to a more effective means to maintain peace and control practices that will ensure a more sustainable environment.

Maintaining the usual status of the two-party system...