Because Climategate is still a thing?
By Sophie Lewis Anyone who Googles “Climategate” will find 832,000 results, the first of which is a Wikipedia definition of the phenomenon that suggests its accession to a state of…
A Diversity of Tactics
Photo courtesy of Stitch via flickr One thing became clear on Wednesday - the movement against cuts won't be led. People are angry, and they won't allow that anger to…
A movement builds: on Vince and Vodafone
A couple of things from the anti-cuts movement worth reporting on quickly. First, a group of activists shut down Vodafone's flagship shop over their £6bn tax dodge. Watch this film…
The Tensions Between the Green Party and the Trade Union Movement…
The Tensions Between the Green Party and the Trade Union By Jane Watkinson Whilst the right like to claim that Ed Miliband is a union symbol of the ‘ Old…
The Green solution to Unemployment, Deficit and Recession
The country is at an economic turning point. Wednesday was the most significant domestic political event of most of our lives. It was the full announcement of a Comprehensive Spending…
Propellerheads: History Repeating
In the run-up to the election, Tories were adamant that Labour were betraying British forces in Afghanistan by refusing to provide enough helicopters, and that casualties were higher as a…
Liberal Democrats vote against PR
If you ever had any trouble understanding what the Liberal Democrats stood for, one thing was always certain: the Lib Dems are for PR. The Liberal Democrats, it may charitably…
Time to Take a Stand: Oppose Uncapped Student Fees
How many Liberal Democrats does it take to screw in a light-bulb? They don't - they're too busy screwing their voters. In universities across the country, the Liberal Democrat's opposition…
That 10:10 Film – Brave, Bold, Bad.
So, 1010 have, it seems, attempted to gain publicity by releasing a film which was clearly going to be controverial, waiting for people to upload it onto youtube, then removing…
No ideas? Try the Greens
This piece by Tom Chance is a review of this pamphlet If you're looking for an advert against pinning the hopes of entire social movements on one political party, this…