What does UEA have against protesters?
By Elliot Folan Earlier this month, the University of East Anglia dropped a disciplinary case against two students for taking part in an anti-tax avoidance protest. I was one of…
We must make EDF regret their choice to sue activists
The powerful win not by convincing the people, but by removing our tools for organising. Mrs Thatcher's great victory was not her privatisations. It was not her cuts, and it…
Here’s why David Cameron should do community service
By Stuart Roger Phew! Thank God that’s over. 100 hours of community service for disrupting a speech David Cameron was giving in Scotland, as an act of protest against his…
Green World is right not to run adverts for Population Matters
Someone isn't happy. Here at Bright Green towers, we received a pretty miffed email from a member of the Green Party complaining about the party magazine - Green World. They…
The way the economic wind blows and what it means for the left
With employment increasing, is the economic crisis nearing an end? or are we heading for triple dip recession as manufacturing and exports shrink? Will the economy be on the mend…
This conference could establish the Greens as the party of the left
The Green Party of England and Wales’ Spring Conference looks set to be a radical one. In just a couple of weeks’ time – and on the Greens’ 40th ‘birthday’…
“IF…” campaign was agreed with Government a year in advance
Memos from within the UK Department for International Development, released under Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation, offer a glimpse of how the big aid charities' Enough Food For Everyone campaign…
No silver lining: The ugly truth about Canadian mining in Oaxaca, Mexico and beyond
Jen Wilton and Liam Barrington-Bushreport from San José del Progreso, Oaxaca, Mexico In a small, dry town in the south-west of Oaxaca, Mexico there is a deadly political battle being…
BREAKING: Why we plebs occupied Andrew Mitchell's office on budget day
by Roz Burgin Today, December 5th, George Osborne is to deliver his Autumn Statement outlining further cuts and ‘sacrifices’ to be made in the name of austerity. My friends and…
Starbucks Vice President awarded “Prize Mug” following £33m tax ‘dodge’
Starbucks VP Marketing Ian Cranna was yesterday awarded a golden mug ahead of a speech in Birmingham. The “Prize Mug” was awarded for the company’s ‘mugging’ of the UK taxpayer.…