Greens in Europe – putting hope into action
It is wonderful to feel a shiver of hope. I spend so much of my time feeling anxious and angry: anxious about people drowning in the Mediterranean as they...
Patrick Harvie: ‘minority of aggressive voices’ must not dominate next referendum
At the end of March, the Scottish Parliament did the political equivalent of a two-finger salute to Westminster – by voting for a second independence referendum. While they don’t...
Reasons to be cheerful: 6 Green highlights from 2016
As we eke out of our sherry dens and back into non-festive life, the image of 2016 as a terrible year is setting itself in stone. But as...
Eco-socialism on one island: why the Isle of Eigg shows us the way forward
The sand beneath my feet is squeaking as I tread upon it. The water crashing against the shore is turquoise and clear. In the distance, to the west, the...
Scottish Independence must be about breaking from flawed economics
The lack of opposition to Conservative Mark Garnier’s suggestion that Scotland should become a “financial services hub” has highlighted just how effective Tory propaganda continues to be about the...
Why Indy Ref 2.0 is not ‘inevitable’
The consensus is that a second independence referendum is now inevitable. The SNP assertion in its 2016 manifesto of the Scottish Parliament’s right to hold a referendum “if there...
Climate marches connect activists across the world
There is a chapter in Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything that is poignantly entitled ‘Love Will Save this Place’. It speaks about how good people who are wrenched from their...
STUC leader: Unions will take civil disobedience against Trade Union Bill
The Scottish left took another stride forward on Sunday as the Greens launched the party’s trade union group at their conference in Glasgow. Speaking at conference following the launch,...
Alison Johnstone to stand in Edinburgh Central constituency
The Scottish Green Party has today confirmed that Alison Johnstone MSP will be contesting the constituency seat of Edinburgh Central in next May’s Holyrood election, in addition to restanding...
RISE and the Greens must work together, and here’s how
This week, a new political group is coming together in Scotland. RISE (Respect, Independence, Socialism, Environmentalism) has been a long time in the making. It’s the product of an...