Getting to grips with mental health
This guest post is by Sarah Cope, who has proposed a motion to Green Party Conference updating the party's policy on Mental Health. Party members can read all of the…
The Greens: A movement without the mass
This post is by Benali Hamdache, who is a member of the Policy Committee of the Green Party of England and Wales, and Co-coordinator of the London Greens. He tweets…
Left Unity is an Opportunity Greens Can’t Afford to Ignore
By Josiah Mortimer It’s a question many Greens are asking themselves – whether to put their names to the Left Unity project, the nascent party which has thus far seen…
Next month’s Autumn Conference could solidify the Greens’ place on the left
The 13th-16th September will see hundreds of Greens from across the country descend on Brighton for the party’s Autumn Conference. And from the look of what’s made the final agenda,…
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…
Natalie Bennett’s stand on immigration is cunning politics
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett went to the Romanian Cultural Institute yesterday to call for an end to immigrant bashing (you can read the full speech here). This wasn't just…
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…
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…
Greens: a middle-class party? Think again
Josiah Mortimer is a student and Green Party activist based in York. Follow him at @josiahmortimer Green Party members. A bunch of humous-eating, London-dwelling, middle-class, Masters-holding Guardian-readers. That’s the stereotype…
It's up to the Greens to take down UKIP
In
the next few years we shall either get that effective Socialist party that we need, or we shall not get it. If we do not get it, then Fascism…