Brighton Uncut verdict: 4 ‘not guilty’, 5 ‘guilty’
brightonuncut Brighton Uncut 4 of the #brighton9 in TopShop window not guilty of criminal damage. #ukuncut 27 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply brightonuncut Brighton Uncut Judge has found 5…
Students occupy Royal Conservatoire to protest 9k fees
About 30 students from across Scotland are staging a sit-in at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland today (Friday) in protest against the institution's announcement of 9k fees for RUK (Rest…
Escalating police tactics and the growing assault on dissent
The imprisonment this week of student activist Ed Bauer for holding a banner on a bridge marks a disturbing escalation in the British police’s efforts to criminalise dissent. The news…
Solidarity demo for imprisoned activist Edd Bauer
Edd Bauer, the 22 year old who is being held indefinately before trial for the 'crime' of hanging a banner off a bridge at the Liberal Democrat conference, will have…
Greens and growth
Greens don’t like growth. It’s the mantra. We like to talk about a ‘stable’ economy; one that neither grows nor shrinks. The trouble with maintaining a zero growth economy is…
Students occupy against 36k fees
Students from universities across Scotland are staging an occupation of an Edinburgh University lecture theatre in protest against significant increases in fees for 'Rest of UK' students. Scottish university students,…
Boundary review – Greens do pretty well
Boundary reviews are always a frighting time for MPs. You can fight for years to win a constituency, then have it dissolved in the blink of a commission. For the…
Adrian Ramsay conference speech: “we are proud of the NHS”
This was the speech Green Party deputy leader Adrian Ramsay gave to the Green Party conference in Sheffield I'm delighted we're meeting here in Sheffield. Did you know that Green…
Free Hetherington occupation ends: final statement
The Glasgow University Free Hetherington occupation was lifted as of midday today - 31st August 2011. Yesterday was its 212th, and final, day of enforcement. It was the longest running…
Day 6 – Prisonomics
Jonnie Marbles wrote this from prison, where he was serving time for throwing a cream pie at Rupert Murdoch. See his previous prison blogs here. Here, as far as I can…