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Police arrest LGBTIQA+ activists at Glasgow Pride

Five LGBTIQA+ activists were arrested at Glasgow Pride on Saturday after peacefully protesting the police presence. Several activists engaged in a peaceful blockade against the police leading the parade...

My visit to Grenfell

Samir Jeraj is Policy and Practice Officer at the Race Equality Foundation and former Green Councillor in Norwich I visited Grenfell Tower as part of my day job in...

Youth turnout in the 2017 general election- what was going on?

While the opinion pollsters are still crunching the data, initial evidence suggests that there was a considerable increase in youth turnout in this year’s general election, which has...

Where to go, what to do? Greens and the Corbyn challenge

Mark Ballard was Green MSP for Lothian from 2003-2007. He writes here is a personal capacity. When I left the Labour Party in the early nineties and started to...

Sortition: the way to remake democracy for the 21st century

One of the big – perhaps even the biggest – philosophical questions that any society must answer is how to live together. How should a group of people...

News

GPEx 2017 Election results announced

Aimee Challenor12 September 20171 Comment 2017-09-12T20:07:25+00:00

Bright Green are excited to confirm the results of the 2017 election for GPEW’s Executive Committee (GPEx). The following roles went to the ballot; Internal Communications Coordinator, Equality & Diversity Coordinator, Publications Coordinator, Local...

Greens lead fight against London Arms Fair

Dylan Hunt 10 September 2017 No Comment2017-09-10T13:14:12+00:00

As one of the world’s biggest weapons fairs sets up in the East End of London, Greens have been at the forefront of the campaign to shut it...

New restrictions on renting create migrant homelessness

A Ninmoss 1 September 2017 No Comment2017-09-01T18:08:17+00:00

Since 2012, the UK government has had an explicit agenda to create a ‘hostile environment’ for undocumented migrants. This has been reflected in recent developments in legislation. Enter the...

Introducing Frack Free Lancashire

Claire Stephenson 1 September 2017 No Comment2017-09-01T00:02:11+00:00

Since January 2017, oil and gas company, Cuadrilla, have been working to prepare their site at Preston New Road in Lancashire for exploratory hydraulic fracturing (fracking). One of the...

Police arrest LGBTIQA+ activists at Glasgow Pride

Lee-Anne Lawrance 21 August 2017 No Comment2017-08-23T12:18:43+00:00

Judge denies case for Northern Ireland marriage equality

Ashley Jones 17 August 2017 No Comment2017-08-17T21:55:48+00:00

The campaign for marriage equality in Northern Ireland has been pushed back again today, as two cases attempting to recognise same-sex marriage in law have been denied at...

Comment

Don’t Bury Bhopal: a community seeks justice

Shaun Moran23 September 2017No Comment 2017-09-23T18:25:33+00:00

It’s one of the most horrific, haunting photographs of all time, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. It’s the image of a partially buried, tiny child,...

Saying YES to indigenous rights

Caroline Stoddard 20 September 2017 No Comment2017-09-20T12:06:08+00:00

Naomi Klein is not wrong when she says in her latest book, “No, is not enough!” The power of no is stifled when a community is reeling from...

Our views on war and terrorism need a drastic rethink

Arte Artemiou 17 September 2017 No Comment2017-09-17T15:29:59+00:00

Wherever you look today there’s always a new article regarding terrorism. It’s taken hold of the public consciousness and has become a major concern for people around the...

McStrike: the historic fight for worker’s rights

Robert Murtagh 10 September 2017 No Comment2017-09-10T20:17:53+00:00

Monday 4th September 2017 will forever be a historical day as workers in one of the world’s leading fast food restaurants, McDonald’s, went on strike for the first...

A week of shock and suprise in Scotland: History is back

Peter McColl 9 September 2017 No Comment2017-09-09T19:31:27+00:00

In the last week Scottish politics has had a shock and a surprise. Kezia Dugdale’s resignation came as a shock to most. In the timing at least. And the...

The past, present and future of the Marriage Equality campaign in Northern Ireland

Anthony Flynn 9 September 2017 No Comment2017-09-09T17:06:08+00:00

On the afternoon of the 17th August 2017, the campaign for equal civil marriage equality in Northern Ireland was dealt another devastating blow. Two separate cases were brought...