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Degrowth: Resource Guide

Bright Green Editors6 March 2021No Comment2021-03-06T12:36:05+00:00

Image credit via pasa47 under CC BY Given the worsening climate emergency, many environmentalists on the left are talking about degrowth – a model of economic thinking which rejects the…

“There is an alternative” – Young Greens co-chairs speech to Green Party conference

Rosie Rawle & Lily Fitzgibbon 6 March 2021 No Comment2021-03-06T11:38:46+00:00

On Friday 5 March 2021, the Young Greens co-chairs Rosie Rawle and Lily Fitzgibbon gave a keynote speech to the Green Party of England and Wales conference, held virtually due…

There’s no perfect route to net-zero by 2030, but we still need to get there

Natalie Bennett 4 March 2021 No Comment2021-03-04T18:20:21+00:00

The government likes to brandish its “legally binding” 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goal like a protective sword. See we’re “world-leading”, they cry, even while the independent Committee on Climate Change…

Why did Rio Tinto pay out $9 billion to shareholders in 2020?

Sam Alston 27 February 2021 2 Comments2021-02-27T20:41:33+00:00

Mining giant Rio Tinto’s share price shot up last week, as they announced a record $9bn paid out in dividends to shareholders in 2020. This might seem counterintuitive in the…

From South Wales to Philadelphia: sowing the seeds of revolutionary change

Derek Wall 21 February 2021 1 Comment2021-02-21T16:59:29+00:00

The future for Britain looks bleak, and opportunities for positive transformation appear blocked. My argument is that base building, by which I mean militant and practical community action, provides a…

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Green Party conference votes to centre workers and unions in climate policy

Chris Jarvis6 March 2021No Comment2021-03-06T17:01:00+00:00

Green Party of England and Wales members today voted for a motion which seeks to centre workers and trade unions in the party's climate policies. The motion also sought to…

Austerity is a “grotesque political act” – Wales Green Party leader

Chris Jarvis 5 March 2021 No Comment2021-03-05T16:40:51+00:00

Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter used his speech to the Green Party of England and Wales conference to attack the Tories' programme of austerity since 2010. Speaking to attendees,…

Amelia Womack pledges “vibrant future” for Wales in conference speech

Chris Jarvis 5 March 2021 No Comment2021-03-05T15:28:16+00:00

Green Party of England and Wales deputy leader Amelia Womack has today promised the Greens would a deliver "vibrant future" for Wales. She made the comments in her speech to…

Sian Berry slams government’s betrayal of key workers in conference speech

Chris Jarvis 5 March 2021 No Comment2021-03-05T14:27:01+00:00

Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Sian Berry has today hit out at the government's treatment of key workers during the Covid crisis. She accused health secretary Matt Hancock…

Two South African union leaders arrested after budget protests

Will Herbert 1 March 2021 No Comment2021-03-01T20:13:01+00:00

South African police arrested two trade union leaders during a protest in Cape Town last Wednesday (24 February). Andre Adams, provincial secretary of the left-wing South African Federation of Trade…