International Women’s Day: the one day in the year to celebrate women
A Soviet stamp from 1949, celebrating International Women's Day. Jemima Luanga, chair of Young Green Women of Colour, shares what International Women's Day, celebrated every year on 8th March, means…
Podcast: A chat with John Finnie, Maggie Chapman and co. at Scottish Greens conference
Left to right: Maggie Chapman, Adam Ramsay, Alys Mumford, John Finnie MSP, Isla O'Reilly, Peter McColl For our second podcast Bright Green visited the 2016 Scottish Greens Spring Conference for…
‘Fanning the flames of a peaceful revolution’: Green US presidential candidate Jill Stein
Jill Stein speaking at Occupy Wall Street in 2011. Photo: Wikimedia To anyone watching the 2016 US presidential race unfold, the big talking point seems to be the unprecedented rise…
#gpconf Spring 2016: A good conference for Wales
Photo: Alice Hooker-Stroud Despite not being held in Wales, the Green Party of England and Wales Conference in Harrogate last weekend certainly was a good weekend for Wales. It saw…
So… What would a reformed EU actually look like?
The EU referendum was, perhaps understandably, at the top of the agenda at Green Party conference in Harrogate this weekend. Greens often talk about the need for democratic reform of…
Podcast: Spring 2016 and a look at May’s elections #gpconf
Joe Lo and Josiah Mortimer discuss what not to miss at Green Party of England and Wales conference this weekend, and what's going on with the elections in May — in the…
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…
Dates, deals and dilemmas: what are the key factors in the EU referendum?
The hemicycle of the European Parliament. Photo: Wikimedia. We’ve finally been given a deal and a date for the EU referendum, with David Cameron firing the starting pistol on Saturday morning.…
How I fell out of love with Peter Tatchell
Image credit: Creative Commons: Alisdare Hickson I didn’t want to write this article. For a long time, Peter Tatchell was one of my political heroes. Reading about the infamous Bermondsey…
Fighting rent exploitation and empowering tenants through Bristol’s community union
The housing crisis so blighting Britain is one the biggest social justice problems we face. Bristol has been one of the cities most acutely affected outside of London. Short sighted housing…