I’ve joined Labour. There’s never been a better time for Green socialists to do so too.
This article is part of Bright Green's 'Labour or Green?' series- if you'd like to contribute to this series, please send a draft to A few months ago, I resigned…
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It would be easy for Greens to sneer at the Women’s Equality Party, but that would be a mistake
Just who are the Women’s Equality Party and what do they stand for? # — Stylist Magazine (@StylistMagazine) May 5, 2016 Writing from the Edinburgh count at Ingliston, it’s clear…
Is it fair to call Donald Trump a fascist?
Photo by Gage Skidmore. Donald Trump is undoubtedly many things; a racist, a misogynist, a bully, a mediocre business performer, a climate change denier, a conspiracy theorist, a bit weird…
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SNP, Greens, RISE and Labour talk collaboration at Bright Green fringe
Left to right: Kirsteen Fraser (SNP), Maggie Chapman (Scottish Greens), Katie Gallogly-Swan (Common Weal, chairing), Mary Lockhart (Labour), and Jonathan Shafi (RISE: Scotland's Left Alliance). It is sometimes said that…
Patrick Harvie and Caroline Lucas kick off #sgpconf weekend
Last night Scottish Green Party conference weekend opened with two of the biggest names in Green politics in the UK, as Patrick Harvie and Caroline Lucas discussed defeating austerity and…
Scottish Young Greens threw a tea party for the Queen today. Here’s why.
At some point today (around according to the Telegraph), Elizabeth Windsor will become the longest reigning monarch in British history. The Scottish Young Greens heard that she’d be in Edinburgh…
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Jeremy Corbyn, here’s how to address climate change like an anti-capitalist
View image | It is in a comradely manner, as a socialist within the Green Party, that I offer some genuine advice to Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign. I watched Jeremy’s speech…
#Brexit is not #Grexit
Mini Europe. Photo by Smabs Sputzer At the height of the financial crisis, it quickly became a cliché to declare that one’s country was not another. “Spain is not Greece”…
Losing Quiggins, Lennon and Liverpool’s Corporate Capture
The Beatles Mural, Seaforth was painted in 2008 as part of Liverpool's capital of culture celebrations. Image: Beverley Goodwin, Flickr. I’m returning to Edinburgh from a conference in Liverpool. It’s…
Devo-Max was a perfect example of rotten Westminster politics
The referendum is over, and the no’s have won. With Cameron and Miliband trying to decide exactly what the no’s have won, now is a good time to very briefly…