Enough of the drama: on the language of rape
This week we've had the annual figures released from the Crown Office, which show the number of convictions for rape, and as normal, it makes pretty depressing reading. So far…
Let’s hit the Hut
by Dominic Hinde The recent flurry of news surrounding the unique Carbeth cabins north of Glasgow and the inability of their owners and tenants to access them has again highlighted…
RBS investing bailout cash in banned cluster munitions
This is a guest post from Tom Shelton of Handicap International UK Taxpayer owned RBS has been identified as one of the main financial institutions - both in the UK…
Video Released of Edinburgh Uncut Arrests.
Video of Edinburgh Uncut’s protest at Bhs on May 28, during which two women were arrested and both charged with Breach of the Peace, one also with “Resisting Arrest”, has…
UPDATED: 4th Uncut Activist Arrested in Edinburgh
We have just heard word that a fourth UK Uncut activist has been arrested in Edinburgh for breach of the peace. The activist was arrested at their home this afternoon…
Tartan Trechery: Radio Caledonia and Scotland’s Lord Haw Haw
by Gavin Bowd. This article first appeared in issue 26 of Democratic Left Scotland's magazine, Perspectives. The radical right has been a noisy and sometimes menacing part of the British…
Photos: Spanish revolution
Spain's jilted generation has found its voice. After a year of austerity has driven the country to its knees, the people, it seems, have started to rise up. Much solidarity…
Northern Irish Greens – a count to remember
Adam McGibbon is a key activist for the Green Party in Northern Ireland, he writes for Bright Green fresh from a gruelling campaign, and even more gruelling It’s Sunday and…
2011 Election Night Liveblog
Tonight we’re going to try something different (well, for us) here at Bright Green and attempt to live blog the results of today’s elections as they come in. It’s not…
Bin Laden’s killing: Four questions and a funeral
By Rupert Read 1) Obama said to Congress yesterday that Bin Laden was "captured and killed". Does that imply that he was captured alive, and then shot in the head?…