Notes from our Green Party conference fringe

Hello if you attended our event at the Green conference in Blackpool today!

Here are some handout notes for you to get stuck into. Enjoy!

Websites:
    (Rose) http://www.campaignstrategy.org/ http://campaignstrategy.org/articles/VBCOP_unifying_strategy_model.pdf
    (Lakoff et al) http://www.georgelakoff.com/
http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/  
Also:
www.frameworksinstitute.org   http://www.politicalstrategy.org/ http://www.politicalstrategy.org/archives/001118.php - this contains more links to Lakoff and also, crucially, details on how the enemy do it: i.e. full links to the political strategy / framing documents that hugely-influential Republican pollster Frank Luntz uses, to advance anti-eco politics in the U.S., via the Republican Right.
http://www.wwf.org.uk/research_centre/research_centre_results.cfm?uNewsI...
www.oneworldcolumn.org  
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/commentary/OneWorld.aspx
And us: http://www.greenwordsworkshop.org/

Books:
   Chris Rose How to win campaigns
George Lakoff Moral politics or Thinking points
Plus Drew Westen’s THE POLITICAL BRAIN:
“What a voter needs to know most in deciding whether to vote for one candidate or the other are four things, roughly in this order: First, do they share the values that matter most to me, and do they care about people like me? Second, can I trust them to represent me faithfully? Third, do they have the personal qualities that lead me to believe they'll do right by my values and interests, such as integrity, leadership, and competence? And fourth, if there's an issue that really matters to me (e.g., the Iraq War), what's their stand on it, and can I trust them to think about it and make decisions which I would probably make if I had all the information they'll have as my elected representative?
And those turn out to be just the questions voters do ask when casting their ballots, and in just that order.“
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[And for more, consult the Reframing links’ at www.rupertsread.blogspot.com , two thirds of the way down on the left-hand-roll/side.]
 

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    The Green Words Workshop is a virtual forum for the discussion & development of ways to reach the ordinary public with exciting & radical green political messages and green ideas. Although now mainstreamed in the States, including in the campaign of Barack Obama, this is the first time such a project has been initiated in Britain. The writers behind the project, Dr Rupert Read, of the University of East Anglia, Matt Lavery of the Green Party of New York, NY, and Matthew Wootton will develop the best contributions to the site for publication in a forthcoming Green Words Handbook. Please feel free to read the articles on the website, and make your own comments & contributions, however large or small.