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Why Oxford City Council is stamping out DSS discrimination
Anyone who has lived in Oxford will know that housing is one of the biggest problems our city faces. Oxford doesn’t have enough social housing, private rent is sky high…
Why are Labour and the Tories joining forces to undermine active travel in Brighton & Hove?
Despite previous commitments to tackling the climate crisis, Labour and the Conservatives in Brighton and Hove voted together to scrap Old Shoreham Road cycle lane this week. This was a…
Drax and the biomass industry are “obstructing climate action”
Thanks to decades of climate campaigning including direct action, public education and legal challenges, it is no longer controversial to say we need to stop burning coal for electricity. We…
What the 2021 oil price recovery means for the climate
For those readers who own oil wells, the last decade has probably not been profitable. The last year has been even less kind, Covid bringing home unprecedented demand destruction on…
The Young Greens must steer the future of the Green Party
A not-so-controversial opinion: Ariana Grande’s thank u, next is a bop. In her song, she reflects on how her experiences with her exes developed her as a person. As a…
The Young Greens can be the place where young people feel heard
When I was much younger than I am now I always used to annoy my parents by constantly asking why. Whenever they’d explain something to me I’d want to know…
Green students are changing the face of politics
I’m Victoria Mery, a neuroscience student at the University of Bristol and I’m running for the ‘Green Students Committee co-convenor’ role. I joined the party in 2019 and I’m very…
The Young Greens is a force for change and resistance
Whilst reflecting on our time in the Young Greens and going forward nominating ourselves for this national role of events officer, we realised what an important role events play. As…
We need to transform the Young Greens’ energy into action
The government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has, for those who have kept a close ear to the ground over the past decade, taught us as many lessons as those…
We need to reach young people beyond our Green bubble and bring them with us
The Young Greens found me at a point where, like countless young people, I felt entirely disenfranchised by the traditional left’s hesitance in addressing the social and environmental justice issues…