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‘In danger of being a lame duck from day one’ – Reinhard Bütikofer on Biden’s Presidency

Bright Green Editors29 November 2020No Comment2020-11-29T12:29:56+00:00

This interview with Reinhard Bütikofer, Green MEP and spokesperson on relations with the US and China, was first published in the Green European Journal. This US election has been a…

Martial Mining – The link between warfare and resource extraction

Harry Holmes 24 November 2020 No Comment2020-11-24T10:23:00+00:00

Martial Mining by Kay Stephens On the 6th November 2020, Environmental Conflict Day, social and environmental justice coalition, the London Mining Network, launched their latest report: Martial Mining. This research…

From the ashes of covid, a new understanding of human and economic value must rise

Shaka Lish 22 November 2020 1 Comment2020-11-22T11:11:29+00:00

2020 saw an unprecedented event in our collective global history. Confronting a global pandemic forced us to explore new conceptions of normal life and saw a change in emphasis of…

Councils, the climate emergency and the Green Party

Julian Dean 17 November 2020 No Comment2020-11-17T18:31:15+00:00

With six months to go until a bumper round of local elections, where next for Green Party councillors and campaigners? Based on my experience of working with Green Party of…

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Home Office to mark end of lockdown with mass deportation

Harry Holmes27 November 20201 Comment2020-11-27T19:23:28+00:00

The Home Office plans to deport around 50 Black British residents on a charter flight to Jamaica on December 2, the day national lockdown in England is scheduled to end.…

Twitter suspends UK environmental justice group with no explanation

Bright Green Editors 16 November 2020 No Comment2020-11-16T19:30:30+00:00

Reclaim the Power activists protesting at a mine. Image credit via Break Free From Fossil Fuels, Creative Commons. Reclaim the Power, a UK based environmental group, has found itself unceremoniously…

London security guard suspended for opposing outsourcing

Bright Green Editors 14 November 2020 2 Comments2020-11-16T10:07:01+00:00

The Francis Crick Institute. Image credits via yellow book, creative commons. Cetin Avsar, a trade union activist with United Voices of the World (UVW), had only spent three weeks working…

Green Party conference backs reparations for slavery

Chris Jarvis 11 October 2020 6 Comments2020-10-11T15:29:59+01:00

The Green Party of England and Wales today became the first political party with representation in the UK parliament to support a policy of reparations for slavery. At the party's…

New poll has Greens on track for 11 seats in Scottish Parliament

Chris Jarvis 10 October 2020 No Comment2020-10-11T19:42:28+01:00

Elections to the Scottish Parliament are taking place in May 2021. Now, a new poll has found that the Scottish Green Party could be on track to win a record…