9 Thoughts on Left Unity and its Founding Conference
Saturday saw the launch of a new left-wing political party in Britain – Left Unity. I won’t attempt to report on it, as I wasn’t there (nor did I want…
Maggie Chapman is new Scottish Greens co-convenor
Edinburgh city councillor, European Parliament candidate and Bright Green editor Maggie Chapman has been elected unopposed as the new female co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party. She succeeds Glasgow councillor…
6 reasons radicals might find party politics helpful
I have a generalist attitude to political campaigning. To use the traditional metaphor, I think that left wing social movements should use all of the tools in the box. These…
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…
Solidarity Beyond the Picket Line: Notes on the HE strike
On Thursday 31st October I am going on strike for the first time in my life. I’m not a lecturer or a researcher but for the past seven years I’ve…
Lecturers and university staff in first UK-wide joint strike over pay
This piece originally appeared in Nouse, the University of York's student newspaper. Thousands of lecturers and non-academic staff will go on strike over pay on Thursday 31st October, after members…
Greens need to be of the Movement, and now’s the time
I'm writing this from the Scottish Greens Conference in beautiful Inverness. Its been a great weekend, full of friendly folk and astutue positive thinking and I've thouroughly enjoyed being here.…
Caroline Lucas to Labour: Dontcha wish your party was red like me?
Labour conference delegates arriving in Brighton this morning for a weekend of white wine, Things Can Only Get Better singalongs and suppressed self-loathing will be greeted by this animated billboard…
What are the Greens’ values?
The Green MEPs, who spoke at Green Party conference about standing shoulder to shoulder with migrants John Denham has written an interesting piece on OurKingdom about today's One Nation…
Greens pick Zara Kitson for Dunfermline
The Scottish Greens have selected 27-year-old grassroots democracy advocate Zara Kitson to contest the Dunfermline seat at Holyrood vacated by Bill Walker after his conviction for domestic violence. Zara is…