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.…
Maggie Chapman to run for Scotland’s Euro seat
Edinburgh city councillor and Bright Green editor Maggie Chapman has been selected by the members of the Scottish Greens as their nominee for the European Parliament election in June 2014.…
Well there is something wrong with the University of Birmingham – Zahawi. Swift was right!
On Newsnight last Wednesday, Alice Swift, a University of Birmingham student, People and Planet an National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) activist joined in a panel debate on the…
Bright Green at the Radical Independence Conference
Tomorrow, Bright Green will host a workshop on the Green economy as part of the Radical Independence Conference in Glasgow. We were incredibly flattered to be invited and the graphic…
Independents day
The dust has settled on Thursday's ramshackle polling day. It is now clear that there were a few general trends: the gradual rise of the Labour party, the success of…
Some thoughts for Greens after a ramshackle polling day
Yesterday was a pretty significant polling day, as they go. Police and crime commissioners in England and Wales, a troika of Parliamentary seats up for grabs, Bristol mayor, and various…
8 months of police harrasment, finally behind me.
Last week, Sean Farmelo was found not guilty of violent disorder at a student protest in February. Here is his shocking account of what happened: a story of fabricated evidence,…
Scottish Green Party Conference 2012 – Live Blog
Alison Johnstone MSP closed conference showing off our latest membership count (just passed 7,000) and lauding Patrick Harvie MSP’s emergency motion on Green Yes (see below). Free Public Transport was…
Has Occupy Had an Impact?
by Luke Martell This week was the first birthday of Occupy Wall Street. It returned to Manhattan to mark the occasion. In the UK, occupations kicked off in the student…