Osborne’s wrong but we need to consider a Scottish currency
George Osborne is in Glasgow today to lecture us on how independence would be a bad idea. This is, he argues, because the rest of the UK wouldn’t allow Scotland…
Thatcher funeral: time to stop the travesty of funeral poverty
The cost of Thatcher's funeral is an outrage, but it comes at a time when state funerals are needed much more often. Of course there's a certain irony about someone…
Chris Hani died 20 years ago today: why he’s still a hero
Twenty years ago today Chris Hani was murdered while returning to his house in Boksburg outside Johannesburg having bought the paper. He is virtually unknown in this country, and as…
Community finance: Where’s our Cathy Come Home moment?
In 1966 the film Cathy Come Home depicted the struggle of a once happy family thrown into poverty and misery after father and husband Reg is injured and loses his…
This conference could establish the Greens as the party of the left
The Green Party of England and Wales’ Spring Conference looks set to be a radical one. In just a couple of weeks’ time – and on the Greens’ 40th ‘birthday’…
How we deny our bloody history – a review of the Imperial War Museum
The stories we tell ourselves define who we are. With this in mind, on Friday, I visited the Imperial War Museum. I am practically pacifist, and certainly anti-imperialist. So I…
Radical Independence Conference: Wealth of the commons
Saturday 24th November saw the Radical Independence Conference being held in Glasgow, bringing together over 800 people from across the Scottish left. Bright Green held a workshop on the economy…
Reproductive Rights in Irish Law: A Beginner’s Guide
A protest vigil in memory of Savita Halappanavar When the tragic news of Savita Halappanavar's death was circulated around the world on Wednesday, it brought Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws to…
Fellow Britons: Help me re-elect President Obama
TL;DR -- Download Skype, buy credit, make calls. We're just two days from an election which, though not here in the UK, will certainly have a bigger impact on all…
Black Heroes: Elizabeth Eckford
Black History Month runs the length of October. If you'd like to write for us about your Black Heroes, get in touch at A couple of years back I went…