The Tensions Between the Green Party and the Trade Union Movement…
The Tensions Between the Green Party and the Trade Union By Jane Watkinson Whilst the right like to claim that Ed Miliband is a union symbol of the ‘ Old…
Cash needed for art, not oil.
This is a guest post by Kevin Smith from PLATFORM In 2010 there was a series of performance/interventions that took place in various cultural institutions in London, challenging the undeserved…
When the lobbyists take over…
By Nishma Doshi Imagine a world where everything we own is trademarked. Where even the most simple of celebrations is constructed around a roundabout of corporate logos and business-fuelled ideology.…
The Poor had no Lawyers
Our guest writer is land reform activist Andy Wightman, author of 'Who Owns Scotland', and now 'The Poor Had no Lawyers'. A few years ago I bought some land. Not…
No ideas? Try the Greens
This piece by Tom Chance is a review of this pamphlet If you're looking for an advert against pinning the hopes of entire social movements on one political party, this…
How the left has lost?: New Labour
This piece by Kevin Meaney is for our series on 'how the left has lost'. There are many reasons for the losses suffered by the left in the UK which…
Sweden Update: Greens hold position of unprecedented strength
by Dominic Hinde The day after the Swedish general election, the results were the most read story on the BBC News website. The entrance of the hitherto unknown right-wing Sweden…
The Genocide’s Not Over, Kagame
Following on from our criticism of the Tory obsession with Rwanda's Paul Kagame, Nishma Doshi writes more about what really going on in Rwanda (cross posted from her blog). Making…
Conference Fragments: Engaging Gets Easier
By Kieran Anderson, who you'll find on twitter at @andersonkieran This was my second time at conference and when arriving, even in my somewhat dazed state having come direct from…
Conference Fragments: Democracy in Action
by Rustam Majainah Those of you who remember your schooldays will probably be familiar with the concept of Model United Nations, Mock General Elections and other events, set up to…