Green tactical voting in Glasgow Southside?
This post is by Lallands Peat Worrier. Jeff Breslin, writing at Better Nation, speculates about the likelihood and utility of Green tactical voting in the upcoming Holyrood election. Glasgow Labour…
Who Can Afford to Protest?
By Ruth Cape, writing from Tromsø. With the issue of possessing a right to protest surely being fresh in our collective minds at the moment, the recent case of the…
Save the beavers of the Tay
By Louise Ramsay Scottish Natural Heritage is planning to round up a free population of native beavers from the Tay catchment and put them in zoos. Beavers - wiped out…
Leader of the Welsh Green Party, Jake Griffiths – full speech
Croeso cynnes i Gaerdydd ac i Gymru – a warm welcome to Cardiff and Wales. And it’s an exciting time in Wales, next week we will be voting in a…
Let’s stop backing dictators
By Rupert Read It is time for Britain to decisively change course, and abandon its support for Middle Eastern and North African rulers (including those of Bahrain, Djibouti, Yemen and…
10 years of the G8 hiding from the people
By Matthew Parsons In keeping with the trend of recent meetings of the G8, this year’s summit is being held in the obscure, albeit luxurious, town of Deauville, Normandy –…
Call to Action – US Uncut, Washington DC Chapter
Call to Action US Uncut, DC Chapter February 15, 2011 US Uncut DC is calling on you to join a series of protests that link the avoidance of taxes by…
A green ‘Plan B’ – why we need a low-carbon strategy out of recession
By Mark Watts, chair of the Environment session at this weekends Progressive London Conference, former environment adviser to Ken Livingstone From 2000 to 2008 London became recognised for its world…
Planet Wasting Corporate Pirates
The piece by Brian Davey first appeared at Bella Caledonia Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World, By Nicholas Shaxson, Bodley Head Shaxson’s book “Treasure Islands”…