UK’s next Minister for Housing if #GreenSurge continues? Tom Chance on the campaign for affordable homes
Tom Chance is the Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Lewisham West and Penge and the party’s Spokesperson on Housing. Violeta Vajda spoke to him about his local campaigning in…
More on a Plaid Cymru/Green Party electoral pact
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood Last week I argued that Plaid and the Greens should make electoral pacts to protect (and maybe win) seats for Plaid. My argument was that…
Cycling through lost Palestine: the JNF Bike Path
Remap, remember, return: cycling from Jaffa to Jerusalem. Image: Cycle 48. We are about to embark on a cycle trip through Palestine's history. We are three women who found each other in…
Showing race equality the green light
Are road accidents a 'race' issue? Nearly 50 years ago in Oakland, California, a political movement ran one of its earliest campaigns on this topic – protesting against a set…
The Green Party and Plaid Cymru should make three strategic pacts in Wales
Leanne Wood AM. Image: Wikipedia. Alex Randall lives in Machynlleth and has worked on a number of climate change campaigns and projects. He is writing here in a personal capacity.…
The fight against fossils: are we beginning to win?
Protest against coal-seam gas (known as coal-bed methane in the UK) in Australia. Image: No CSG Illawarra. Tomorrow is the world's first ever Global Divestment Day. I'm quite excited. The…
Palestine diaries: one amazing woman, among many
Women protesting about the arrest and mistreatment of Palestinian youths, Gaza, 1988. Image: Robert Croma. I sit at a long conference table with around twenty women from a few of…
Amelia Womack: ‘You might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you’
Amelia Womack was part of Jean Lambert's successful campaign as London's Green MEP. Since September 2014, Amelia Womack has been one of the Deputy Leaders of the Green Party and has recently…
Greece: the first Green government in Europe?
Image: Stefan Gabrieli The sound system was playing Bella Ciao. Flags of parties from across the left and the continent wiggled as their bearers danced and sang along. Ouzo flowed…
4 reasons the Greens are not a wasted vote
If you’re unconvinced by Green policies, this article isn’t for you. If that is you, I’d suggest you start by looking here, here, and here. Instead, this is for the…