Arming all sides: how arms companies fuelled the great war
Munitions workers painting shells at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire c © IWM (Q 30016) World War One was an immoral war that led to an unparalleled level of death and destruction. By…
Romanian diaspora raises a cup of tea for democracy
Image: Adriana Neagoe A centre-right candidate may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the results of the recent Romanian elections can leave many of us smiling all the same.…
Greens on Facebook: poor Marxist vegan ramblers?
According to a new YouGov analysis, Greens (at least on Facebook) are middle-class but on low incomes - confirming previous internal party surveys By Joe Lo Polling organisation YouGov have…
At a crossroads: where do the European Greens go from here?
The Green Group in the EP. After a difficult set of elections in May, European Greens face a lot of hard choices about strategy and how to position themselves. As…
5 reasons to march for Free Education on November 19th
On November 19th, at midday in Central London, thousands of people from across the country will join the march for free education, organised by a coalition of student organisations. Here…
From splendid isolation to solidarity – a tale of divestiture
#truth at #tli — Resource Generation (@ResourceGen) July 11, 2014 In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political…
Hope as Resistance: 16 Pictures of Dissent to World War One
The last surviving British veteran of the First World War, Harry Patch, died in 2009. With him dies the collective memory of a generation that fought, resisted, endured and dreamed.…
Is this the future of party funding?
Plymouth Green Party has had significant success with crowdfunding. We all know the facts about parties. Most of their memberships are declining, and with falling subs they’re more and more…
Time for Plaid and the Greens to collaborate
I watched Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood's speech to her party conference this weekend on my laptop. My housemate – an economist and environmental activist – was next door, and…
Crisis in the Scottish media: finding the phoenix
The exception that proves the rule: following its lone support for independence the Sunday Herald is the only Scottish paper not in terminal decline. Image: Ric Lander. The Scottish media…