Bright Green hero: Senator Bernie Sanders
Today we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster by independent, socialist US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Bernie's day-long speech, against extending Bush's tax cuts for…
What’s bigger, “peanuts” or “chicken feed”?
I know that Bright Green readers are also avid fans of the Daily Telegraph, so you have no doubt seen the page 16 story that suggests this knotty arithmetical conundrum.…
You, too, will come to love this Gideon
The most enthusiastic Bright Green fans, or Bri-hards as I believe you're called, might remember that I used to work on a World Development Movement campaign against the banks who…
Nov 30: Greens call Holyrood out on strike
"Pick a side," urged the Green members of the Scottish Parliament, Patrick Harvie and Alison Johnstone, as they voted against parliament's regular business motion. The motion, put forward this afternoon…
Cuts abandoned in victory for long-running student occupation
The following is a statement from the student occupation of the Hetherington Research Club at Glasgow University, which has been running continuously for six and a half months. In an…
BREAKING: AC Grayling resigns Humanist presidency over New College “controversy”
AC Grayling, the philosopher who has sparked protests with his proposed £18,000-a-year New College for the Humanities, has resigned as President of the British Humanist Association before even taking office.…
Is ambition our choice, or our chains?
“Why have we become obsessed with ‘self-fulfillment’,” asked Shiv Malik. “Why do we now feel our jobs need to be of great global significance rather than just a living?” “We…
Eamon Ryan elected Irish Greens leader
Former coalition minister Eamon Ryan has been elected leader of the Green Party / Comhaontas Glas, which operates both in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. Ryan defeated Kilkenny County…
Apple next in line for US Uncut protests
Grassroots anti-austerity campaigners US Uncut have announced that their next tax-dodging target will be Apple computers. The hipsters' favourite is a leading voice in the "Win America Campaign" (WAC) for…
Scots pupils face exam in Boris comprehension
Legend has it that young hopefuls applying to be Hansard clerk in the House of Commons used to be presented with a recording of John Prescott in full flow and…