Even with Stormont in crisis, we can still fight climate change
Photo credit: Fossil Free Northern Ireland Northern Ireland’s climate activists have suffered a lost decade. After the passing of the UK Climate Change Act in 2008, the other devolved…
How investing in communities can be a vehicle for progressive change
How do we build strong communities in such large cities? Photo credit: pixabay user 'photomat' CC0 license Do you feel like you live in a good community, where people…
The Greens will fail if we don’t empower young people
Certain sections of the Green Party are considering disempowering Young Greens. The party is currently undergoing a holistic review to improve its internal structures and some people are taking it…
The UCU strike: a tale of student-staff solidarity
Photo credit: National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts The UCU strike has been one of the biggest mobilisations the education sector has seen in years - the fourteen days…
Why I have pledged to fast today: to stand with the women of Yarl’s Wood
Protest to shut down Yarl's Wood Detention Centre in 2014. Credit: See Li On International Women's Day - 8 March - hundreds of friends and supporters of people incarcerated at…
Elon Musk and the Bourgeois Space Adventure
This week saw the launch of the world's most powerful rocket – Falcon Heavy - into space, which is owned and operated by Elon Musk’s private space exploration company SpaceX.…
Stasis at Stormont: Why Northern Ireland needs Green politics more than ever
Tanya Jones, Deputy Leader, GPNI. Photo credit: GPNI As I write this, it is a year since the late Martin McGuinness resigned as Northern Ireland's deputy first minister, leading…
What we’re saying Yes to: Public investment for the people
The UK is in dire need of new investment for housing. Credit: GWN2008 There are a lot of problems we face that we need our government to tackle. Some demand…
What Labour needs to become in 2018
Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Photo credit: flickr Andy Miah Creative Commons license: If the tragedies and betrayals replete throughout Labour history could be summed up in common phrases,…
The Office for Students – Let’s not be caught napping
Photo credit: Pixabay user: 'OpenClipart-Vectors', Creative Commons license The Office for Students, the new regulator for Higher Education Institutions in England, was launched on New Year’s day this year.…