If we're going to help save elephants, we need to get our own house in order
There is, doing the rounds, a petition against poaching elephants. I signed it. But I wanted to add this footnote. I am not a cultural relativist. If something is wrong in one…
London event: Austerity is working – for the 1%
Join us for an inspiring day of discussion, film & workshops in London. The welfare state is under attack, workers’ rights are being eroded and poverty and inequality are on…
London anarchist bookshop firebombed – cleanup today
London's anarchist bookshop, Freedom Press, has announced on its website that it was firebombed at around 5:30am yesterday. The below statement is from their website. If you're in London and…
Event: Rich Man's World? Global crisis and Scotland's role in fixing it
The world is in crisis. The neoliberal project has, in the last few years, advanced at a faster pace than ever before. In its wake, our working conditions, our education…
Video: Awesome interview with Iceland's president – how they saved their economy
Davos, as someone else has said, is where the rich gather to work out how to get richer. So, it's a joy to see this Al Jazeera interview with Olafur…
Ten questions for the No Campaign
The strategy of the British nationalist “Better Together” campaign against Scottish independence is clear: it aims to sow uncertainty. What will happen with the EU? What will the currency be?…
An open letter to my bailiffs
To whom it may concern, thank you for your letters requesting £1000. Thank you in particular for the recent letter regarding a "Distress Warrant". It is a helpful reminder that…
Aaron Swartz, open data and online civil disobedience
I never met Aaron Swartz, didn't know him. But that my Facebook timeline is full of the most brilliant activists I know grieving his premature death shows how brilliant he…
Crunch the news returns
Long term followers of Bright Green may be aware that over the summer, along with our friends at Lampoon Apathy, we co-hosted a show at the Edinburgh festival: Crunch the…
The easiest way out of the collapse would be to increase benefits
The first thing I think of when the government cuts benefits is my friends – friends already forced to their knees by massive youth unemployment, now being kicked in the…