Scottish Coalition Against NATO and For Peace Formed
The SNP are considering reversing their opposition to Scottish membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). In response to this news a Scottish coalition has come together to make…
Letting Agent Fails to Disrupt Tenant Protest
In a farcical move, letting agent DJ Alexander hired contractors to carry out unsafe work outside their offices at noon on Friday 20th July in an attempt to prevent a…
Ed Miliband: British nationalist.
By Lallands Peat Worrier - this post first appeared on his blog The name may not be familiar, but most of you are likely to have come across some permutation…
Fairness and equality for Scotland? Only with independence
I’ve been asked a lot about what my position on independence is. It’s not an issue I find particularly easy. I grew up in Belfast where constitutional debate is a…
Scottish Government must act to allow Portobello and Leith wind project to go ahead
Campaigners demand a solution to the turbine problem One of the most exciting things I’ve been involved with in my time in Edinburgh is the proposal for a community owned…
Peter McColl Rectorial Address
Peter McColl is inaugurated at Rector at Edinburgh's Old College. Image: Ric Lander. The five Scottish Universities with roots in the pre-modern era each have Rectors. The Rector presides at…
Democracy and Direct Action: An interview with Edinburgh University's new student president James McAsh
In the same week that Peter McColl was installed as Rector of Edinburgh University, Bright Green's friend and occasional contributor James McAsh was elected as the new president of Edinburgh…
Breastfeeding: stop staring at me
by Fiona Peacock I recently took my daughter for her eight week check. The waiting room at my Doctor's is adorned with signs explaining it is a breastfeeding friendly space,…
How I Got My Tenancy Fees Back
Euan Kidston explains how he followed the EPTAG guide to getting your illegal tenancy charges back, and won! On the 22nd of February this year, I wrote a letter to…
Edinburgh stores occupied to oppose workfare schemes
Demonstrators in Edinburgh took direct action on the 31st March Britain-wide day of action against workfare. Protestors occupied British Heart Foundation for an hour then invaded Poundstretcher – both heavily involved in the…