Time to elect the BBC Trust?
Our friends over at the openDemocracy ourBeeb project yesterday published an explosive report into the failure of the BBC to cover the Health and Social Care Bill. I say explosive…
Video: Well-dressed protesters gatecrash HMRC boss’s black-tie party
As Dave Hartnett gives his last speech as boss of HM Revenue and Customs, "Vodafone" and "Goldman Sachs" show up to present him with an award in recognition of a…
Hillsborough: Two oranges
When a Bright Green editor texted me to ask if I would write a few hundred words on Hillsborough today for the website, I stared at a blank screen for…
Party leader Salma Yaqoob resigns from Respect
Salma Yaqoob, the leader of the Respect party founded by its only MP, George Galloway, has resigned from the party citing a breakdown of "relations of trust and collaborative working".…
Scottish Coalition Against NATO and For Peace Formed
The SNP are considering reversing their opposition to Scottish membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). In response to this news a Scottish coalition has come together to make…
The Beating and Why I Come Back for More
My arm was twisted, bent, injured, violated, but it was not broken. 5 soldiers and 4 settlers were huddled around me. I felt blows from all directions. My hat was…
A little research on the propaganda of the mega-rich
I spotted it last week: two stories on the same page in the Guardian included the word “philanthropist”. Then I started to notice it everywhere – not just because of…
From satanic mills to shopping malls: towards a new era of struggle against insecurity
An invitation In my last blog I argued that the left needed a theory of social change, and that the lack of one is at the heart of many of…
Feminism 101
EK McAlpine is taking part in the Fuck The Patriarchy Readathon in aid of Rape Crisis - donate here. My name is EK McAlpine and I am a strident feminist.…
Which way is the wind blowing? Or why we need a theory of social change
Bob Dylan famously sang “You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows” these words chimed with 1960s youth across advanced capitalists countries, who were becoming…