The Beaver – A Political Animal (Why you should give a dam.)
by Louise and Paul Ramsay In 1992 the Habitats’ Directive of the European Union recommended that member countries should consider the reintroduction of native species that had been extirpated from…
How I became Disabled
By Clare Cochrane “I was like the drinker who didn’t want to admit it. That’s the first step in the AA meeting. I never wanted to admit publicly I’m disabled.”…
UK loses Zimbabwe payment record
By Tim Jones Part of my work at Jubilee Debt Campaign is to find out information about the debts owed to the shadowy Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) of the…
Bright Green Salutes South Sudanese Independence
And now for something a little different, a musical salute to South Sudanese independence. Enjoy.
South Sudan Oyee!
By Tim Flatman As of midnight 9th July (10pm 8th July UK time), South Sudan became an independent nation. How should we respond? As far as moments of liberation go,…
Charges Dropped Against Edinburgh Uncut Activists.
In a victory for the right to protest against the tax dodging of big business and the rich, charges against Uncut activists in Edinburgh were revealed to have been dropped…
Strike day – London
By Anna Mason Strike Day in London was a beautiful show of solidarity; public sector workers and supporters coming together to stick it to the Government's punishing new pension policies…
Strike day in Liverpool
by Peter Cranie Firstly some background. I'm a UCU membership secretary at my place of work. Like many people I voted for strike action over pensions. I went down to…
Law as the codification of attitude
By Mairi Campbell Jack So, I was able to have a righteously leftist angry breakfast on Saturday courtesy of reading this article in the Guardian. The jist of it is…
Is there a political solution to halt genocide in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan?
Guest post by Tim Flatman, who has recently returned from South Sudan. Is genocide always an irrational action carried out by a despot who has lost his grasp on reality, or…