Lincoln SU votes to re-affiliate to NUS
The Yes campaign team at Lincoln. Photo credit: Bradley Allsop University of Lincoln Students' Union has become one of very few Students' Union to rejoin NUS after having voted…
Political engagement: what have we learnt?
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Part of Bright Green’s new political engagement series For the last few weeks Bright Green has been publishing a series of articles on political…
New Zealand Green MP tries to break blockade of Gaza
Marama Davidson wants to end the blockade of Gaza A Green Party MP from New Zealand has been arrested by the Israeli navy for trying to break the blockade of Gaza.…
Story of overseas anti-apartheid heroes urgently needs funding
Time is running out for a fundraiser for a film about foreign socialists and communists who were recruited in London and risked their lives to fight apartheid in South Africa. The Kickstarter campaign, which will finance…
A Central-European perspective on why progressives must unite
Yanis Varoufakis speaking on a panel at the international conference: The Future of Europe - The Europe of the Future? Photo: Progressive Hungary Foundation With the shadows of far-right parties…
Sunday at the Labour Party conference
A labour conference isn’t just the motions, but the speeches, the fringes and the rallies too. Following Corbyn’s overwhelming victory yesterday, today’s focus outside the conference hall and sometimes…
Labour leadership: the result and future challenges
Corbyn has won a bigger mandate than the last leadership election and once again won in all 3 categories of electorate. This includes the membership of the party where…
Leadership in the Green Party: a dangerous new approach
There is much writing about leadership theory, almost all of it a built on assumption that the leader of an organisation has significant individual (or dual, in the case…
New political tribes – who should Greens be targeting?
Back in 2013, during my campaign to be Elections Coordinator of the Green Party I wrote a piece laying out my thoughts on who we should be targeting in the…
This boundary review risks skewing our democracy. It’s time to think again
By Slaunger (Own work) , via Wikimedia CommonsIt’s fair to say the boundary review has caused a stir. Why? Let’s start with the whole basis of this shakeup. The boundary…