What to do with all these new members? On Brighton strategies and national strategies
Brighton Greens on the sea-front at an Anti-EDL protest this Spring. Image: Tim Buss. Here's a stat for you: membership of the Green parties in the UK has trebled since…
Green Party of England and Wales membership passes 20,000
* Membership passed 20,000 today * Young Greens' 100% growth this year is ‘testament to a sea-change going on in politics’ * Green candidates will be standing in 50% more…
Young Green Amelia Womack to be new GPEW Deputy Leader
Image: Harry Grindrod Environmental scientist Amelia Womack is set to become one of two deputy leaders of the Green Party of England and Wales. A recent change to the party's…
Young Greens plan week of action against university pay inequality
The Young Greens are planning actions at campuses across the country as part of a national week of action against pay inequality at UK universities. The youth branch of the…
A Welsh eco-socialist alliance?
Andy Chyba is a member of the Green Party in Wales, and was the lead candidate for the Welsh Greens in the European Parliament elections. He withdrew last week, explaining…
New Gas in the UK: Battlegrounds set at Balcombe and West Burton
The community campaign against Quadrilla at Balcomb, Sussex, is at a critical point. Images: Frack Off. As the drilling equipment rolls into rural Britain the public debate has begun, accompanied…
Brighton pay dispute ends as workers accept new offer
Refuse workers in Brighton have declared an end to their industrial action after the council leadership backed down in a dispute which rocked the UK's only administration run by Green…
Green Party leader slams immigrant scapegoating
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett yesterday gave a speech at the Romanian Cultural Institute slamming leaders from across the political spectrum for scapegoating immigrants. In her speech, she apologised for…
Monbiot's Feral: a futuristic environmentalism to enthuse us all
On my sister's Facebook biog, she describes the childhood we shared with one word: 'feral'. It should be no surprise that, for me, George Monbiot's new book of the same…
Open letter regarding Cityclean Dispute at Brighton & Hove City Council
Bright Green has been sent this open letter from a group of Green Party councillors and activists regarding the ongoing pay dispute between refuse workers and the council administration. Refuse…