Greens mark 50 years since birth of political movement to protect people and planet

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https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/02/24/greens-mark-50-years-since-birth-of-political-movement-to-protect-people-and-planet/

Green Party founders, leaders and parliamentarians will gather today to mark the 50h anniversary of the founding of the Green political movement in the UK [1] – and the first Green Party in Europe.

Around 40 past and present leaders of the Greens including Caroline Lucas MP, Green peer Natalie Bennett, founding members Lesley Whittaker, Michael Benfield and Freda Sanders, and Jean Lambert former MEP, will meet for the opening of the Green Party archive at the London School of Economics [2].

The event marks the 50th anniversary of the first public meeting of PEOPLE, in Coventry on 22 February 1973. PEOPLE became the Ecology Party in 1975, before eventually becoming the Green Party in 1985.

https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/02/24/greens-mark-50-years-since-birth-of-political-movement-to-protect-people-and-planet/

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