The Olympics Romneyshambles
Mitt Romney broke the first rule of politics: he told truth. If it wasn't close to the bone, his comment that London isn't ready for the Olympics wouldn't have touched…
On the coming food crisis
At what point do you draw a line through the dots on a graph and call them a trend? At what point do we stop calling talking about “another food…
A little research on the propaganda of the mega-rich
I spotted it last week: two stories on the same page in the Guardian included the word “philanthropist”. Then I started to notice it everywhere – not just because of…
Why is it always women who are accused of careerism?
I am not going to name names, that wouldn't be fair. But I am fed up with people accusing prominent female activists of being careerists. It might just be that…
This machine kills fascists: Happy Birthday Woody
Today, Woody Gurthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Here, is a brief shrine to America's socialist folk legend. Jolly Banker by Woody…
PCS to back anti-cuts candidates
The Public and Commercial Services Union has announced it will back anti-cuts candidates in future national elections. Whilst local FBU branches have in the past backed Green candidates, this is…
Driving people to self-immolation: pour encourager les autres
Yes, it has come to this – an unemployed man in Birmingham has set fire to himself outside a job centre. The exact context of his self-immolation is not yet…
Natalie Bennett joins Green leader race
The third candidate in 24 hours has announced that they are standing to be leader of the Green Party, with Natalie Bennett the latest to join the race. Bennett was…
Greens must get better at communicating our support for science
The Green Party is more pro-science than any other party. Party policy commits 1% of GDP to public funding for science research. Whilst Labour, Lib Dems and Tories increasingly demand…
Pippa Bartolotti fires starting gun on Green leader race
The Wales Green Party leader Pippa Bartolotti last night launched her bid for leadership of the whole England and Wales party, one of the first to do so after Caroline…