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England’s Detained Children – Young Greens Protest Yarl’s Wood
CN: Sexual assault and racism. We arrive after an hour and a half of driving from London and walk from the side of a narrow country road through two…
Embracing Post-Keynesianism is key for Labour’s success
Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Stop Trident rally at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 27th February 2016. Photo by Garry Knight, public domain. Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party…
With Brexit looming, environmentalists must fight for a robust, codified constitution
Photo credit: flickr user Gerry Machen Creative Commons license: The right to peaceful protest has been highly effective in the hands of the anti-fracking movement in both stalling the…
A 21st century socialism? ‘Rise’ book review
Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Stop Trident rally at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 27th February 2016. Photo by Garry Knight, public domain. The ‘youthquake’ may be considered debunked in…
Local Elections 2018
Bright Green will be tracking Green progress in the polls, polling booths and beyond. Catch it all right here from 10:30am on polling day. Young Greens canvassing in Bristol |…
Syria’s tragedy is in danger of spreading across the Middle East
Photo: pixabay user 'ErikaWittlieb', Creative Commons license If the first casualty of war is the truth then a large dose of disinformation has always been its pre-strike call to…
Wales Should Elect its Next First Minister
The Welsh Senedd. Photo credit: Alison Haden With Carwyn Jones standing down as Welsh Labour Leader and as First Minister of Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government needs to call…
To save democracy, we must end capitalism
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Creative Commons license This article is part of Bright Green’s ‘End of capitalism’ series– if you’d be interested in contributing something to this series,…
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…
Brexit still poses unanswered questions for Northern Ireland
Arlene Foster, DUP Leader and Northern Ireland First Minister- credit, flicker user 'DUP Photos' I generally spend many minutes of the day in a state of deep frustration over…