STUC leader: Unions will take civil disobedience against Trade Union Bill
The Scottish left took another stride forward on Sunday as the Greens launched the party’s trade union group at their conference in Glasgow. Grahame Smith, General Secretary of the Scottish…
Bright Green’s cut out and keep guide to #SGPConf 2015
Scottish Greens are holding their largest ever conference this weekend, in the SECC, Glasgow. Image: Stevie Brown, Flickr. Greens are gathering at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on the…
Patrick Harvie and Caroline Lucas kick off #sgpconf weekend
Last night Scottish Green Party conference weekend opened with two of the biggest names in Green politics in the UK, as Patrick Harvie and Caroline Lucas discussed defeating austerity and…
Scottish Young Greens threw a tea party for the Queen today. Here’s why.
At some point today (around according to the Telegraph), Elizabeth Windsor will become the longest reigning monarch in British history. The Scottish Young Greens heard that she’d be in Edinburgh…
Alison Johnstone to stand in Edinburgh Central constituency
Photo: Alison Johnstone MSP The Scottish Green Party has today confirmed that Alison Johnstone MSP will be contesting the constituency seat of Edinburgh Central in next May's Holyrood election, in…
RISE and the Greens must work together, and here’s how
Radical Independence campaigners including Scottish Greens at the Lothians region count of the 2014 referendum. Photo: Ric Lander This week, a new political group is coming together in Scotland. RISE…
#SGPconf: motion opposes discrimination of Gypsies and Travellers
"My Home". Photograph by Tara Darby; graffiti by Delaine Le Bas. Trailer at Delaine's Mum and Dad's place West Sussex 2005. From ROOM Transition Editions produced for solo exhibition by…
We need rent controls to fight poverty – and climate change
Photo: Living Rent Campaign This article was written under a pseudonym. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher scrapped rent controls for the Private Rented Sector (PRS) – laws limiting the amount landlords…
An SNP member on the importance of the Scottish Greens
Photo: Scottish Green Party Last week, Caroline Lucas—following the position of the Scottish Green Party—voted against the Scottish National Party's amendment for 'full fiscal autonomy' in the Scotland Bill, attracting…
Partial progress as Edinburgh divests from coal and tar sands
Edinburgh students occupied the finance department for 10 days in May. Photo: Ric Lander Nearly a month ago, on Wednesday 27 May, Edinburgh University released a statement signalling its…