5 things we learnt looking under the bonnet of the Green Party deputy leadership election
This year's Green Party leadership election was a straightforward two horse race between Zack Polanski and the joint ticket of Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay. However, the deputy leadership race…
Why Standing Together shouldn’t be given a platform at Green Party conference
In his recent article, Craig Simmons urges the Green Party not to "ban" Palestinian peace activist Sally Abed from addressing its upcoming conference, warning that doing so would play into…
Banning a Palestinian peace activist from speaking at Green Party conference would be a gift to the Israeli right
The Ancient Greek writer Aeschylus observed that, in war, truth is often the first casualty. However, in the increasingly polarised discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is more likely to…
What does cutting through look like for the Green Party?
There’s been a lot of talk in the leadership and deputy leadership contests about “cutting through”. But what does that mean? What does “cutting through” look like? When we talk…
Liberation groups should be at the heart of Green Party policy
While we're both black, queer and socialists to our core we have very different backgrounds. Ekua is African Irish and a Muslim revert. She was born in Hampshire, spent her…
Greens Organise elects first steering committee
Greens Organise - a left wing faction within the Green Party of England and Wales - has elected its first steering committee. There are 12 places on the committee and…
The Green Party is out of the wilderness. It mustn’t return to it.
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (George Santayana) My first ever Green Party meeting was nearly 25 years ago, in February 2001. I’d had…
Manchester Greens choose local champion to defend council seat
Manchester Green Party has chosen Zoe Marlow to stand as its candidate in the upcoming Woodhouse Park by-election. The by-election has been triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Anastasia…
Why Zack Polanski should be the next Green Party leader
In 2010 I stood in two elections on the same day. One was carefully targeted and delivered Surrey’s first Green councillor by 600 votes. The other, a long-shot attempt to…
Four things that make good Green Party policy
We all agree that the Green Party should have good policies. It is the core basis for any political party. But what makes a ‘good’ policy? I decided to stand…