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Why we all need to resist the Tories’ latest anti-trade union laws
Another Tory parliament, another anti-union law? Last Sunday’s issue of the Telegraph carried briefings from government ministers threatening to impose ever tighter restrictions on trade unions in some of the…
Now is the time for rent controls
House prices and rents are rising. The cost of living is soaring. And residents are already reeling from the last two years of the Covid pandemic. For many, they are…
The Green League: Who are the Greens with the biggest social media following? – May 2022
In a new monthly column, Bright Green will be taking a look at Greens on social media. We'll be breaking down who in the UK's Green Parties have the most followers with…
We must break the power of the rich. It’s time to #StopTheRot.
The #StopTheRot campaign kicked off on Sunday. Organised by Open Britain and calling for an end to the rotten politics of the UK, backing a petition to rewrite the ministerial…
It’s time to back bigger wage demands
The price of maintaining a life in Britain in 2022 – what gets termed the ‘cost of living’ – is growing day by day. This phenomenon is not new. Relative…
Freedom and security in a complex world
People all over the world are taking their future back into their hands. Together, they are taking initiatives in the fields of renewable energy, local food production, sharing tools, and…
From Spain to Syria – a Green revolution against fascism today
The Spanish civil war (1936 to 1939) and the fight against Franco there by anti-fascists, is part of our own movement's history. Many British workers, mostly from the connections made…
The ‘living with Covid’ plan is a disaster waiting to happen for schools
I have read the government’s ‘Living with Covid’ plan for schools, and it isn’t going to work. Any ideas that you can take ‘personal responsibility’ and keep yourself Covid-safe, or weigh up your own…
Young Greens co-chairs: ‘The Green Party is the only party prepared to back young people and students’
On Friday 4 March 2022, the Young Greens co-chairs Kelsey Trevett and Jane Baston gave a keynote speech to the Green Party of England and Wales conference, held online. Below,…
The world cannot afford more militarism and exploitation
Editor's note - this is abridged version of an article that was first published in November 2021 - prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine There are many things…