What does the Green Party stand for?

What does the Green Party stand for?

Matthew Jones (Political Science Instructor) gives expert video advice on: How did the Green Party start?; How is the Green Party changing?; What does the Green Party stand for? and more...

The Green Party stands for... obviously; one of its foremost priorities is environmentalism, or protecting the environment. And one aspect of it, and one of the things Ralph Nader really brought into it, was challenging business, and challenging big business, because a lot of times, big business practices tend to be in opposition to environmental causes, for various reasons. So it's protecting the environment, challenging big business. They also tend to like litigation, or trial lawyers. They view trial lawyers and lawsuits as a way to challenge big business and a way to work for the "little guy" kind of a thing. That tends to be some of their priorities. And then other things fall along the lines of helping out minorities and the little guy, that kind of go along more with the liberal or Democratic spectrum anyway.