Whatever your views on copyright, Green policies are good for the arts
The Greens have come under fire for our policy on copyright UPDATE: Caroline Lucas has now clarified the policy in a blog post, writing: "There's been some concern expressed in recent days…
Sturgeon, Bennett and Wood have blown open English politics
The Palace of Westminster. Image: Herry Lawford. One of the constant refrains from unionists during the independence campaign was that Scotland wasn’t that politically different to the rest of the…
“The biggest blockade in decades”: Bairns Not Bombs, a celebration
“I want nuclear weapons to be history before my son grows up” - Anna Göransson. Image by the Author. High hopes for nuclear disarmament as protesters close down military base…
Party consumerism: what it is and how we defeat it
Speakers on May Day 2012 in Trafalgar Square, London. Image: Jaggers, Flickr. The rise of consumerism over the past century shows the overwhelming power of capital. Not content with determining…
“Trident is a red line”, Sturgeon tells thousands at Glasgow rally
Anti-trident protesters in Glasgow today. Image: Ric Lander. Glasgow's George Square was brimming full today as thousands gathered to march against the UK's nuclear weapons one month before the UK…
Scotland is creating a national identity register, and it should be stopped
Police take electronic fingerprints of a person in custody. Image: West Midlands Police. Thirteen years ago David Blunkett announced proposals that would set in motion the creation of a National…
Why aren’t young people voting?
If young people become engaged in politics they can wield real power, argues Bradley Allsop. But what needs to change for this to happen? You are, I'm sure, familiar with the myth…
Nuclear bomb factory, Berkshire, blockaded
On Monday morning police and military staff arrived to find AWE Burghfield in Berkshire, Britain's nuclear-bomb factory, blockaded. 150 campaigners from the across the UK and Belgium, Finland, France, Spain,…
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…
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…