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Four days until polling day – UK Green news round up weeks 48 & 49
Green Party would invest £12 billion in renewables Image credit: Creative Commons: GPEW The Green Party of England and Wales has this week fleshed out its proposals regarding renewable energy.…
Our communities need thriving small businesses
St Helens in Merseyside is a community that could do with more bright spots, like so many around the UK, particularly in the North of England. As with so many…
Jewish Greens statement on Jonathan Bartley’s comments on halal meat
Jewish Greens were very concerned to hear of Jonathan Bartley’s recent comments regarding the banning of Halal meat. Given the similarities in the ritual practice surrounding Halal and Kosher slaughter,…
Jonathan Bartley’s islamophobic comments have no place in the Green Party
Image credit: Creative Commons: Jwslubbock As a descendant of Mizrahi and Yemeni Jewish communities, the Labour Party’s utter refusal to unequivocally defend the right of asylum, whilst often concurrently capitulating…
Greens need a strategy built in class struggle
Image credit: Jurriaan Persyn - Creative Commons The Green Party of England and Wales is contesting just over 470 constituencies in this December’s General Election, with the NI and Scottish…
The Green Party harnesses the radicalism of the school strikers
The campaign for the 2019 General Election is well underway, and the parties are well into the rhythm of things. The Lib Dems are cranking out their dodgy bar charts,…
What happened to the Green Party of 2015?
Anti-Austerity Green bloc in 2015. Image via Alan Stanton, Creative Commons. The Green Party of England and Wales are the only political party I have ever joined. I signed up…
Manifestos and pledges – UK Green news round up week 47
Greens launch radical manifesto Image credit: YouTube screengrab With the election less than three weeks away, all the major parties standing in England have now released their manifestos. First up…
Breaking the law to change the law
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Julia Hawkins Last week, I appeared in court to plead not guilty to aggravated trespass, having been arrested as part of the Extinction Rebellion protests. As…
The Common Agricutural Policy needs to work with the land, not against it
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the Europe Union’s flagship policies, which became famous—or infamous —under its previous iteration, for its subsidies for certain products that were overproduced,…