Young people confront intergenerational injustice across housing, education, stagnant wages and the escalating climate and nature crises. Meaningful political inclusion and early experiences of power through local campaigns, climate action or activism are presented as essential to motivate youth engagement. Adrian joined the Green party at 16, co-founded the Young Greens and champions youth representation. Ellie has promoted youth inclusion on local boards, taken groups to EU and Westminster institutions, and set up a regional youth climate assembly. Zack emphasizes inspiring, listening to, and involving young people. Danny advocates participatory democracy and Simon stresses redistribution and a just transition.
Young people face intergenerational injustice in many areas, from housing to education, and need to see they can make a difference through politics. Not least to the climate and nature crises that threaten to destroy their future which is one reason we need to keep this primary focus. Adrian joined the Green party at 16, co-founded the Young Greens and has consistently championed youth representation.
Zack Polanski: Inspire them. Listen to them. Involve them. Young people face stagnant wages, high costs and the climate crisis. Why would they engage unless they can feel it makes a real difference? We need every young person to experience their power early on through local campaigns, climate action or activism. As deputy leader, I've consistently amplified youth voices. As leader, I'll turn the volume up.
Danny Braverman: I'm disappointed with both responses. Representative democracy will not motivate the very many disengaged young people. Radicalism lies in participatory democracy, such as regional youth citizens assemblies. I'd like to see Zach as the new leader. He's the nearest to my own politics. I'd describe myself as a watermelon: green on the outside, red on the inside, with some black anarchist pips for good measure.
The widening inequality and deepening poverty that blight so many lives are so clearly linked to the concentration of more and more wealth into fewer and fewer hands. Those with the least are the first to be hit hard by climate breakdown, and a just transition to a zero-carbon world can't happen without much greater redistribution of wealth. At the heart of Green politics and our personal values is a commitment to t
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