25 acts of defiance: Scottish people’s 10 year war against Trump and the politicians who backed him
Protestors march on Donald Trump's half-built golf course at Menie, Aberdeenshire, 2010. Photo copyright Aaron Sneddon, used with permission. Scotland's fight against Trump wasn’t about his bulging personality, but corporate…
Brexit hurts, but don’t let it turn us away from a more direct democracy
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Post-Brexit, trust in ‘the people’ is pretty low. Democracy seemingly let us down in the Scottish ref, the recent Columbian referendum and in the ongoing…
From Labour MP to Green Party activist: Tony Clarke reflects on progressive alliances, activism and Corbyn’s troubles
Tony Clarke: Once Labour MP, now Green Party activist. Credit: Tony Clarke I first met Tony Clarke when I came along to my first local Green Party meeting more…
Reflections on the fight for a frack-free Lancashire
The plans were loose; we would gather for a community conversation about what next now that Westminster has seen fit to drill the democracy right out of Lancashire and enforce…
How can Greens win by-elections against Corbyn’s Labour?
Since the general election, the Green Party of England and Wales’s performance in council by-elections has not been particularly impressive. For example, in by-elections held between September 2015 and September…
A Central-European perspective on why progressives must unite
Yanis Varoufakis speaking on a panel at the international conference: The Future of Europe - The Europe of the Future? Photo: Progressive Hungary Foundation With the shadows of far-right parties…
Labour leadership: the result and future challenges
Corbyn has won a bigger mandate than the last leadership election and once again won in all 3 categories of electorate. This includes the membership of the party where…
Eco-socialism on one island: why the Isle of Eigg shows us the way forward
Picture courtesy of: Flickr / Graham Lewis The sand beneath my feet is squeaking as I tread upon it. The water crashing against the shore is turquoise and clear. In…
Post-Brexit, Northern Ireland is being hung out to dry over the border
Stormont- the seat of Northern Irish government The Westminster inquiry into the future of the Irish border announced last week is useless if we still don’t know what kind…
Leadership in the Green Party: a dangerous new approach
There is much writing about leadership theory, almost all of it a built on assumption that the leader of an organisation has significant individual (or dual, in the case…