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Education as Emancipation – Beyond Tuition Fees #7

It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united many behind Corbyn’s...

Syria’s tragedy is in danger of spreading across the Middle East

If the first casualty of war is the truth then a large dose of disinformation has always been its pre-strike call to arms. Within the UK we were...

What’s the message of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

After 18 movies, 11 TV shows and 5 ‘one-shots’, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally reached the event it has all been leading to: Avengers Infinity War. Featuring...

FREEING EDUCATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #5

It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united many behind Corbyn’s...

To save democracy, we must end capitalism

This article is part of Bright Green’s ‘End of capitalism’ series– if you’d be interested in contributing something to this series, drop us a Facebook message or email...

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Local Elections 2018

Molly Gerlach-Arthurs and Chris Jarvis3 May 2018No Comment 2018-05-03T20:12:49+00:00

Bright Green will be tracking Green progress in the polls, polling booths and beyond. Catch it all right here from 10:30am on polling day.

Sturgeon speech interrupted by protest against support for oil industry

Bright Green Editors 29 April 2018 No Comment2018-04-30T15:32:33+00:00

Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly claimed that Scotland is a world leader on climate change, but has never reconciled that view with her staunch support for Scotland’s oil industry. That...

Young Greens expose shocking pay disparity on UK campuses

Georgia Elander 30 March 2018 No Comment2018-03-30T15:00:52+00:00

Something transformative is happening across the UK’s universities. Branch meetings of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) – which in the past have struggled to attract more than a...

Video: Activists surround Dungavel Detention Centre

Ric Lander and Alys Mumford 22 November 2017 No Comment2017-11-22T17:03:29+00:00

On Saturday 18 November 2017 activists surrounded Dungavel Detention Centre in South Lanarkshire, calling for an end to the detention of asylum seekers. Video by Ric Lander and Alys...

Green Party writes to Hunt over trans healthcare

Aimee Challenor 15 November 2017 1 Comment2017-11-15T02:19:09+00:00

This afternoon Jonathan Bartley and I took a letter to the Department of Health about the delays faced by trans people wanting to access a Gender Identity Clinic....

Green “Debacle” as Austrian Right Returns

Tom Bailey 20 October 2017 1 Comment2017-10-20T14:40:07+00:00

The Austrian Greens have lost all 24 seats in parliament following Sunday’s election after being squeezed by big personalities across the political spectrum. On Thursday the Greens’ worst result...

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Beyond Tuition Fees #11- Much to Learn, More to Do

Bradley Allsop and Rowan Gavin12 July 2018No Comment 2018-07-12T12:07:58+00:00

It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united many behind Corbyn’s...

Book Review: Jason Hickel’s The Divide

Benjamin Brown 3 July 2018 No Comment2018-07-09T15:07:51+00:00

Benjamin Brown reviews “The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions” by Jason Hickel (pictured), Published in paperback by Windmill, May 2018. After the millions ploughed...

Education In Adulthood – Beyond Tuition Fees #10

Dan Davison 29 June 2018 2 Comments2018-06-29T09:16:53+00:00

It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united many behind Corbyn’s...

England’s Detained Children – Young Greens Protest Yarl’s Wood

Vicky Elliott 28 June 2018 No Comment2018-06-27T21:06:53+00:00

CN: Sexual assault and racism. We arrive after an hour and a half of driving from London and walk from the side of a narrow country road through...

What the Greens Leadership Election Means for Wales

Andrew Creak 14 June 2018 3 Comments2018-06-28T19:17:53+00:00

The looming leadership election of the Green Party of England and Wales is more crucial to the membership in Wales than ever before. Following a democratic vote by...

Embracing Post-Keynesianism is key for Labour’s success

Andrea Grainger 4 June 2018 No Comment2018-06-04T16:17:40+00:00

Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party has opened up the imagination of the British public: after decades of politicians on the left and right claiming that globalisation...